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"narrow alley" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street
Chinese Pinyin Translation
小巷 xiǎo xiàng alley syn
巷子 xiàng zi alley syn
死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn
龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn
狭窄 狹窄 xiá zhǎi narrow syn
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
狭小 狹小 xiá xiǎo narrow syn
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
探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn
小径 小徑 xiǎo jìng alley / trail syn
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs 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
狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow syn
九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn
短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow
弄堂 lòng táng (dialect) alley / lane syn
街巷 jiē xiàng streets and alleys / street / alley 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
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
狭义 狹義 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense
夹道 夾道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street
险胜 險勝 xiǎn shèng to win by a narrow margin / to barely win / narrow victory
好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths syn
卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed syn
一衣带水 一衣帶水 yī yī dài shuǐ (separated only by) a narrow strip of water syn
局 jú cramped / narrow syn
缝 縫 fèng seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4] syn
夹 夾 gā hold between / lined / narrow lane syn
咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass syn
巷 xiàng lane / alley syn
窄 zhǎi narrow / narrow-minded / badly off syn
眯 瞇 mī to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap syn
小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn
偏狭 偏狹 piān xiá prejudiced / narrow-minded syn
隘 ài (bound form) narrow / (bound form) a defile / a narrow pass syn
仄 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry) syn
天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape 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
笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow
褊 biǎn narrow / urgent syn
衖 lòng lane / alley
戋 戔 jiān narrow / small
孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn
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
隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn
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
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
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
田篱间作 田籬間作 alley farming / alley cropping
衚衕 hú tòng lane / alley
死衚衕 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley
巷弄 xiàng lòng alley / lane
死巷 sǐ xiàng blind alley / dead end
钻牛角 鑽牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
热带非洲田篱间作网 熱帶非洲田籬間作網 Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa
酒香不怕巷子深 jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) / quality goods need no advertising
里巷 lǐ xiàng lane / alley
空中接力 kōng zhōng jiē lì alley-oop (basketball)
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
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
束狭 束狹 shù xiá narrow (of waterway) / a bottleneck
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)
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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