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"many and elaborate" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
繁缛 繁縟 fán rù many and elaborate syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú many hairs make a fur coat (idiom) / many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle syn
繁征博引 繁徵博引 fán zhēng bó yǐn an elaborate string of references / many quotations
繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn
一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns syn
勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined syn
多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn
多方面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects 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
百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households
多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn
积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn
人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn
更仆难数 更僕難數 gēng pú nán shǔ too many to count / very many / innumerable syn
虱多不痒 蝨多不癢 shī duō bù yǎng many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom) / no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others / Troubles never come singly. / It never rains but it pours.
在很多方面 zài hěn duō fāng miàn in many aspects / in many regards
少成多 shǎo chéng duō Many little things add up to sth great (idiom) / many a mickle makes a muckle
多对多关系 多對多關系 many-to-many relationship
千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér bó lè bù cháng yǒu lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count / to know how many / (fig.) to know exactly how things stand / to know the score / not many / only a few syn
积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo - chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn
聚沙成塔 jù shā - chéng tǎ lit. many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) / fig. many little things add up to sth great syn
几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn
繁文缛节 繁文縟節 fán wén rù jié convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo syn
牵羊担酒 牽羊擔酒 qiān yáng dān jiǔ pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom) / fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf
项庄舞剑，意在沛公 項莊舞劍，意在沛公 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent
发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn
阐述 闡述 chǎn shù to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) syn
精巧 jīng qiǎo elaborate syn
细化 細化 xì huà to give a more granular level of detail / to elaborate / to refine / to become more differentiated
敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by syn
雕琢 diāo zhuó to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose syn
铺陈 鋪陳 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate syn
项庄舞剑 項莊舞劍 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
不题 不題 bù tí we will not elaborate on that (used as pluralis auctoris)
敷演 fū yǎn variant of 敷衍 / to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the meaning of the classics)
牙机巧制 牙機巧制 yá jī qiǎo zhì ingenious gear machine / elaborate contraption
琼筵 瓊筵 qióng yán banquet / elaborate feast
繁文 fán wén convoluted / elaborate formalities
分述 fēn shù to elaborate / detailed explanation
云云 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused syn
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn
纷纭 紛紜 fēn yún diverse and muddled / many and confused syn
履舄交错 履舄交錯 lǚ xì jiāo cuò lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom) / fig. many guests come and go / a lively party syn
丁韪良 丁韙良 dīng wěi liáng William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
土洋结合 土洋結合 tǔ yáng jié hé combining native and foreign methods (idiom) / sophisticated and many-sided
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
多多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more syn
繁琐 繁瑣 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details syn
僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn
举一反三 舉一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) syn
须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied syn
多端 duō duān multifarious / multifold / many and varied / multiport / multistation / multiterminal
类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
武侯祠 wǔ hóu cí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn
烦杂 煩雜 fán zá many and disorderly / muddled syn
番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn
沓 tà again and again / many syn
邙 máng Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
兼容并包 兼容並包 jiān róng bìng bāo to include and monopolize many things / all-embracing syn
能歌善舞 néng gē shàn wǔ can sing and dance (idiom) / fig. a person of many talents
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
冗杂 冗雜 rǒng zá many and varied / confused syn
北邙 běi máng Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
多种多样 多種多樣 duō zhǒng duō yàng manifold / all sorts / many and varied syn
夥颐 夥頤 huǒ yí (literary) very many / wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration)
懒驴上磨屎尿多 懶驢上磨屎尿多 lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
李英儒 lǐ yīng rú Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
东观汉记 東觀漢記 dōng guān hàn jì History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls
浩博 hào bó vast and plentiful / ample / very many
狼多肉少 láng duō ròu shǎo many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
璀错 璀錯 cuǐ cuò many and varied
里进外出 裡進外出 lǐ jìn wài chū too many people coming and going (idiom)
邙山 máng shān Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
有百利而无一弊 有百利而無一弊 yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī bì to have many advantages and no disadvantages
有百利而无一害 有百利而無一害 yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī hài to have many advantages and no disadvantages
考霸 kǎo bà "exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them
啁哳 zhāo zhā (literary) (onom.) combined twittering and chirping of many birds
东观汉记 東觀漢記 dōng guàn hàn jì Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors
很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn
许多 許多 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much syn
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many
不少 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few syn
多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn
多种 多種 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi- syn
往往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not syn
多个 多個 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn
这么多 這麼多 zhè me duō so many / so much
多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn
大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly syn
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years?
若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? syn
过多 過多 guò duō too many / excessive syn
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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