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"lost-wax" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
失蜡法 失蠟法 shī zhà fǎ lost-wax
Chinese Pinyin Translation
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought syn
迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) syn
出神 chū shén spellbound / entranced / lost in thought syn
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
打蜡 打蠟 dǎ là to wax (a car, floor etc)
滚 滾 gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn
转向 轉向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost / to lose one's way syn
迷失 mí shī to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost syn
香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel
遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
追回 zhuī huí to recover (sth lost or stolen) / to get back syn
冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
收复 收復 shōu fù to recover (lost territory etc) / to recapture syn
塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn
失地 shī dì to lose territory / lost territory syn
失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn
失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen
反扑 反撲 fǎn pū to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground syn
补发 補發 bǔ fā to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn
死灰复燃 死灰復燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom) / fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one syn
败仗 敗仗 bài zhàng lost battle / defeat
蜡像 蠟像 là xiàng waxwork / wax figure
石蜡 石蠟 shí là paraffin wax
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
散失 sàn shī to squander / lost syn
拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn
沦丧 淪喪 lún sàng to be lost / to be ruined / to perish / to wither away syn
败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn
蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn
走散 zǒu sàn to wander off / to stray / to get lost
招领 招領 zhāo lǐng to advertise for the owner of lost property
蜡像馆 蠟像館 là xiàng guǎn wax museum / waxworks
罚酒 罰酒 fá jiǔ to drink as the result of having lost a bet
迷漫 mí màn vast haze / lost in boundless mists syn
沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn
米尔顿 米爾頓 mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
白蜡 白蠟 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor
六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn
呜呼哀哉 嗚呼哀哉 wū hū āi zāi alas / all is lost syn
莲雾 蓮霧 lián wù wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)
蜡纸 蠟紙 là zhǐ wax paper / stencil paper
路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn
迷 mí to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused syn
蜡 蠟 là candle / wax syn
佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] syn
味同嚼蜡 味同嚼蠟 wèi tóng jiáo là lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless / insipid syn
鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
塞翁失马 塞翁失馬 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
塞翁失马安知非福 塞翁失馬安知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
堕云雾中 墮雲霧中 duò yún wù zhōng lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom) / fig. at a complete loss
断线风筝 斷線風箏 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) syn
秤砣虽小压千斤 秤砣雖小壓千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
轶事遗闻 軼事遺聞 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
鱼沉雁杳 魚沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away) / to have lost contact
塞翁失马焉知非福 塞翁失馬焉知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
若有所失 ruò yǒu suǒ shī as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty syn
人事不知 rén shì bù zhī to have lost consciousness
北叟失马 北叟失馬 běi sǒu shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
惘然若失 wǎng rán ruò shī lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated syn
迷航 mí háng off course / lost (of ship or plane) / having lost one's way syn
死信 sǐ xìn lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death syn
虫白蜡 蟲白蠟 chóng bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
虫蜡 蟲蠟 chóng là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
杜莎夫人 dù shā fū ren Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in London
鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
洋蒲桃 yáng pú táo love apple / wax apple / Syzygium samarangense (botany)
烃蜡 烴蠟 tīng là hydrocarbon wax
白蜡虫 白蠟蟲 bái là chóng Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) syn
石油蜡 石油蠟 shí yóu là petroleum wax
蜡坨 蠟坨 là tuó lump of wax
蜡虫 蠟蟲 là chóng Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) syn
蜡疗 蠟療 là liáo wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
烛泪 燭淚 zhú lèi drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
滴蜡 滴蠟 dī là (BDSM) wax play
乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
一着不慎，满盘皆输 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸 yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
亡佚 wáng yì nonextant / lost to the ages
去向不明 qù xiàng bù míng missing / lost
失单 失單 shī dān list of lost or stolen articles
失物认领 失物認領 shī wù rèn lǐng lost and found
失迷 shī mí to lose one's way / to get lost (on the road etc)
失道 shī dào (literary) to lose one's way / to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
彭养鸥 彭養鷗 péng yǎng ōu Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂
怔神儿 怔神兒 zhēng shén r lost in thought / in a daze
拾物 shí wù picked up items (i.e. lost property)
收复失地 收復失地 shōu fù shī dì to recover lost territory
散亡 sàn wáng dispersed and lost
无主失物 無主失物 wú zhǔ shī wù unclaimed lost property
父母双亡 父母雙亡 fù mǔ shuāng wáng to have lost both one's parents
兴尽 興盡 xìng jìn to have lost interest / to have had enough
认头 認頭 rèn tóu to admit defeat / to accept having lost
迷踪罗汉拳 迷蹤羅漢拳 mí zōng luó hàn quán Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
迷鸟 迷鳥 mí niǎo vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
追还 追還 zhuī huán to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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