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 水路 shuǐ lù waterway syn 航道 háng dào waterway / ship channel syn 水深 shuǐ shēn depth (of waterway) / sounding syn 漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]) 河渠 hé qú rivers and canals / waterway syn 人工河 rén gōng hé canal / man-made waterway 冰塞 bīng sāi ice blockage / freezing of waterway 跌水 diē shuǐ drop of height in waterway / staircase of waterfalls 感潮水道 gǎn cháo shuǐ dào tidal waterway 潮汐航道 cháo xī háng dào tidal waterway 感潮河道 gǎn cháo hé dào tidal waterway 国际内河客货运输合同公约 國際內河客貨運輸合同公約 Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Inland Waterway / CVN Convention 内河客货运公约 內河客貨運公約 Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Inland Waterway / CVN Convention 国际海上和内河气垫船客货运输公约 國際海上和內河氣墊船客貨運輸公約 convention relating to the international carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea and by inland waterway in air-cushion vehicles 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 狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow syn 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 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil 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 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life 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 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 卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed 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 一衣带水 一衣帶水 yī yī dài shuǐ (separated only by) a narrow strip of water syn 短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow 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 条案 條案 tiáo àn long narrow table 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 艜 dài a long narrow vessel with two masts 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 孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn 小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty 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 斗筲之器 dǒu shāo zhī qì person narrow-minded and shortsighted 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 少间 少間 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) 弦月窗 xián yuè chuāng a narrow slit window / a lunette 心窄 xīn zhǎi narrow-minded / intolerant syn 心胸狭窄 心胸狹窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi (idiom) narrow-minded / petty / ungenerous 心胸狭隘 心胸狹隘 xīn xiōng xiá ài narrow / petty-minded 斗筲 dǒu shāo an ancient bamboo container / narrow-mindedness 条几 條幾 tiáo jī long narrow table syn 浅短 淺短 qiǎn duǎn narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial 狭径 狹徑 xiá jìng narrow lane 由径 由徑 yóu jìng to follow a narrow path 窄缝 窄縫 zhǎi fèng narrow gap / slit 细明体 細明體 xì míng tǐ Mincho narrow font 缝子 縫子 fèng zi crack / chink / narrow slit / crevice syn 羯鼓 jié gǔ double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist 蓬心 péng xīn narrow and bending / unkempt interior 蚰蜒路 yóu yan lù lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road 螳蜋捕蝉 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) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 螳蜋捕蝉，黄雀在后 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 褊狭 褊狹 biǎn xiá narrow / small-minded syn 觑着眼 覷著眼 qù zhe yǎn to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention 迫胁 迫脅 pò xié to coerce / fig. narrow 迮径 迮徑 zé jìng narrow path 关塞 關塞 guān sài border fort, esp. defending narrow valley 虎门 虎門 hǔ mén the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4] 窄波束回声测深仪 窄波束回聲測深儀 zhǎi bō shù huí shēng cè shēn yí narrow-beam echo sounder 低空飞过 低空飛過 dī kōng fēi guò to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam) 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu 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 叕 zhuó to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow 垭口 埡口 yā kǒu (dialect) narrow mountain pass 鿍 gàng hill / long and narrow highland / (used in place names) 眯眼 瞇眼 mī yǎn to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting) syn 