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"mythical story" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
神话故事 神話故事 shén huà gù shi mythical story / myth
Chinese Pinyin Translation
房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn
故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale
线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn
怪兽 怪獸 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster
通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn
演绎 演繹 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn
片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn
剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre)
长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom)
金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
刊登 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) syn
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn
楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn
叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn
传话 傳話 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message syn
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story / inside information syn
趣事 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident syn
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn
归结 歸結 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc) syn
头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn
却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞)
伯利恒 伯利恆 bó lì héng Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses syn
爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn
假造 jiǎ zào to forge / fake / to fabricate (a story) syn
平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house
要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline
短篇小说 短篇小說 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
奇闻 奇聞 qí wén anecdote / fantastic story
关子 關子 guān zi climax (in a story) syn
扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn
原委 yuán wěi the whole story syn
支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
天方夜谭 天方夜譚 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story
成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
始末 shǐ mò whole story / the ins and outs syn
辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
轶闻 軼聞 yì wén anecdote / apocryphal story
就里 就裡 jiù lǐ inside story syn
开讲 開講 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story syn
改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn
佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn
伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn
揭底 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets syn
续篇 續篇 xù piān sequel / continuation (of a story)
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn
鬼故事 guǐ gù shi ghost story
专题报道 專題報道 feature story
老套 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
伏羲 fú xī Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level
别论 別論 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection
书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
姐妹俩 姐妹倆 jiě mèi liǎ The Sisters (short story)
石头记 石頭記 shí tou jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
委曲 wěi qū sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop syn
大闹天宫 大鬧天宮 dà nào tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
民间故事 民間故事 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale
三岔口 sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
催泪 催淚 cuī lèi to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen
小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn
神马 神馬 shén mǎ mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
香巴拉 xiāng bā lā Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
瞎编 瞎編 xiā biān to fabricate (a story)
一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell syn
二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
胡编乱造 胡編亂造 hú biān luàn zào to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up
附会 附會 fù huì to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc) / to develop and embellish / to interpret (often in a strained manner)
莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
根由 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause syn
离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn
楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn
层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn
精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn
添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting) syn
彼拉多 bǐ lā duō Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
空穴来风 空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) syn
鸾 鸞 luán mythical bird related to phoenix syn
禹 yǔ Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu
串供 chuàn gòng to collude to fabricate a story
泄底 洩底 xiè dǐ to divulge the inside story syn
精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn
舜 shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
羲 xī same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1], a mythical emperor / surname Xi
夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
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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