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"mythological underworld judge" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
Chinese Pinyin Translation
裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn
人不可貌相 rén bù kě mào xiàng you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
狄仁杰 狄仁傑 dí rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn
狄公案 dí gōng àn Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate syn
黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs
帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang
黄泉 黃泉 huáng quán the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell syn
冥府 míng fǔ underworld / hell syn
九泉 jiǔ quán the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades syn
阴曹地府 陰曹地府 yīn cáo dì fǔ netherworld / Kingdom of the Underworld / Hades
幽 yōu remote / hidden away / secluded / serene / peaceful / to imprison / in superstition indicates the underworld / ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces syn
冥 míng dark / deep / stupid / the underworld syn
马面 馬面 mǎ miàn Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
黑白无常 黑白無常 hēi bái wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
阴兵 陰兵 yīn bīng underworld soldier / ghost soldier
死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn
黄帝 黃帝 huáng dì the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
神兽 神獸 shén shòu mythological animal
大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) syn
鲲鹏 鯤鵬 kūn péng kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun syn
钟馗 鐘馗 zhōng kuí Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil
精卫 精衛 jīng wèi mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4]
八岐大蛇 bā qí dà shé Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
后羿 hòu yì Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
雪山狮子 雪山獅子 xuě shān shī zi Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
雪山狮子旗 雪山獅子旗 xuě shān shī zi qí Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard
鹍鹏 鵾鵬 kūn péng kun and peng, large mythological birds
九尾狐 jiǔ wěi hú nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) syn
獙獙 bì bì mythological beast resembling a fox with wings
瞌睡虫 瞌睡蟲 kē shuì chóng mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic
鸿蒙 鴻蒙 hóng méng (literary) primordial chaos (mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe) syn
判断 判斷 pàn duàn to judge / to determine / judgment syn
法官 fǎ guān judge (in court) syn
评审 評審 píng shěn to appraise / to evaluate / to judge
回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn
判定 pàn dìng to judge / to decide / judgment / determination syn
评判 評判 píng pàn to judge (a competition) / to appraise syn
手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom) / please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts. syn
难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it syn
论断 論斷 lùn duàn to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion syn
判断力 判斷力 pàn duàn lì ability to judge / judgment
研判 yán pàn to study and come to a conclusion / to judge / to determine
品评 品評 pǐn píng to judge / to assess syn
包公 bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
审时度势 審時度勢 shěn shí duó shì to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock syn
就事论事 就事論事 jiù shì lùn shì to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands
公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn
审判长 審判長 shěn pàn zhǎng presiding judge syn
貌相 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial) / looks / to judge a person by appearances
庭长 庭長 tíng zhǎng presiding judge
审判员 審判員 shěn pàn yuán judge (in court) syn
评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
评断 評斷 píng duàn to judge syn
断案 斷案 duàn àn to judge a case syn
品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn
法衣 fǎ yī robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment syn
断 斷 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly syn
法官法 fǎ guān fǎ judge-made law
评 評 píng to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal) syn
骘 騭 zhì a stallion / to rise / to arrange / to stabilize / to differentiate / to judge
五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
以貌取人 yǐ mào qǔ rén to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
征名责实 徵名責實 zhēng míng zé shí to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom) / to judge sth at face value
是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
牝牡骊黄 牝牡驪黃 pìn mǔ lí huáng a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom) / don't judge by outward appearance
真伪莫辨 真偽莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn can't judge true or false (idiom) / unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
听其言而观其行 聽其言而觀其行 tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
骊黄牝牡 驪黃牝牡 lí huáng pìn mǔ a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom) / don't judge by outward appearance
成败论人 成敗論人 chéng bài lùn rén to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
諟 shì to examine / to judge
裁判官 cái pàn guān judge
不以人废言 不以人廢言 bù yǐ rén fèi yán not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects) / to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
以人废言 以人廢言 yǐ rén fèi yán to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects) / to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
司线员 司線員 sī xiàn yuán line judge (tennis etc)
品议 品議 pǐn yì to judge
品鉴 品鑒 pǐn jiàn to judge / to examine / to evaluate
夏正民 xià zhèng mín Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
大唐狄公案 dà táng dí gōng àn Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth
审判者 審判者 shěn pàn zhě judge
审度时势 審度時勢 shěn duó shí shì to examine and judge the situation
承审法官 承審法官 chéng shěn fǎ guān trial judge
疑狱 疑獄 yí yù a hard legal case to judge
听其言观其行 聽其言觀其行 tīng qí yán guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
听断 聽斷 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide
识力 識力 shí lì discernment / the ability to judge well
量规 量規 liáng guī gauge that is held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc, such as a feeler gauge, calipers etc / (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规[ping2 jia4 liang2 gui1]) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
主审法官 主審法官 zhǔ shěn fǎ guān presiding judge
一审法官 yī shěn fǎ guān judge ad quo
上诉法官 shàng sù fǎ guān judge ad quem
候补法官 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge
审案法官 shěn àn fǎ guān ad litem judge
上诉分庭法官 上訴分庭法官 Appeals Chamber Judge
调查法官 調查法官 investigating judge
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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