狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 险胜 險勝 xiǎn shèng to win by a narrow margin / to barely win / narrow victory 窄 zhǎi narrow / narrow-minded / badly off syn 隘 ài (bound form) narrow / (bound form) a defile / a narrow pass syn 窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 鿍 gàng hill / long and narrow highland / (used in place names) 条案 條案 tiáo àn long narrow table syn 艜 dài a long narrow vessel with two masts 条几 條幾 tiáo jī long narrow table syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 远劳 遠勞 yuǎn láo (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place) 分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing 豅 lóng long and wide valley 羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job syn 孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn 打小算盘 打小算盤 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ nán shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! syn 放长线钓大鱼 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns 宿见 宿見 sù jiàn long-held opinion / long-cherished view 异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship 蟏蛸 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae) 长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now / long since 远途 遠途 yuǎn tú long-distance / long-haul 长臂吊车 long-reach crane / long-reach boom 长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff 国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies 水下远程导弹系统 水下遠程導彈系統 undersea long-range missile system / underwater long-range missile system 兔子尾巴长不了 兔子尾巴長不了 tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long syn 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow 斗筲之器 dǒu shāo zhī qì person narrow-minded and shortsighted 浅短 淺短 qiǎn duǎn narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial 蓬心 péng xīn narrow and bending / unkempt interior 觑着眼 覷著眼 qù zhe yǎn to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention 叕 zhuó to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow 窄小 zhǎi xiǎo narrow and small syn 台蛙 臺蛙 tái wā (derog.) Taiwanese / a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolitical and economic realities) (cf. 井底之蛙[jing3di3zhi1wa1] sb with a narrow view of the world) 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 狭窄 狹窄 xiá zhǎi narrow syn 小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn 狭小 狹小 xiá xiǎo narrow syn 龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn 狭义 狹義 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 狭路相逢 狹路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face syn 夹道 夾道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths syn 卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed syn 一衣带水 一衣帶水 yī yī dài shuǐ (separated only by) a narrow strip of water syn 偏狭 偏狹 piān xiá prejudiced / narrow-minded syn 天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn 局 jú cramped / narrow syn 小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn 夹 夾 gā hold between / lined / narrow lane syn 缝 縫 fèng seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4] syn 咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass syn 眯 瞇 mī to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap syn 仄 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry) syn 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 褊 biǎn narrow / urgent syn 戋 戔 jiān narrow / small 跼 jú cramped / narrow 颋 頲 tǐng narrow forehead 井蛙之见 井蛙之見 jǐng wā zhī jiàn the view of a frog in a well (idiom) / fig. a narrow view 小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty syn 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 逼仄 bī zè narrow / cramped syn 頲 tǐng narrow forehead 交臂失之 jiāo bì shī zhī to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity syn 仄径 仄徑 zè jìng narrow path 兔径 兔徑 tù jìng narrow winding path 壑沟 壑溝 hè gōu ditch / narrow strip of water / moat 小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn 