"narrow and bending" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
蓬心	péng xīn	narrow and bending / unkempt interior

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
奴颜婢膝奴顏婢膝	nú yán bì xī	servile and bending the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor	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
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
卑躬屈膝	bēi gōng qū xī	to bow and bend the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor	syn
形变形變	xíng biàn	deformation / bending
拗断拗斷	ǎo duàn	(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
射线弯曲效应射線彎曲效應		ray-bending effect / raypath curvature
弯曲机彎曲機		bending machine
探子	tàn zi	intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil	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
孤陋寡闻孤陋寡聞	gū lòu guǎ wén	ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded	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
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
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
短浅短淺	duǎn qiǎn	narrow and shallow
斗筲之器	dǒu shāo zhī qì	person narrow-minded and shortsighted
浅短淺短	qiǎn duǎn	narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
觑着眼覷著眼	qù zhe yǎn	to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
叕	zhuó	to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow
鿍	gàng	hill / long and narrow highland / (used in place names)
窄小	zhǎi xiǎo	narrow and small	syn
台蛙臺蛙	tái wā	(derog.) Taiwanese / a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolitical and economic realities) (cf. 井底之蛙[jing3di3zhi1wa1] sb with a narrow view of the world)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
小肚鸡肠小肚雞腸	xiǎo dù jī cháng	lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty	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
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
束狭束狹	shù xiá	narrow (of waterway) / a bottleneck
条几條幾	tiáo jī	long narrow table	syn
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
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
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
垭口埡口	yā kǒu	(dialect) narrow mountain pass
眯眼瞇眼	mī yǎn	to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)	syn
小胜小勝	xiǎo shèng	(sports) to secure a narrow win / to edge out
沉浮	chén fú	lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes	syn
诸子十家諸子十家	zhū zǐ shí jiā	various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子\|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子\|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子\|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
及其	jí qí	(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ...	syn

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"narrow and bending" Chinese-English Dictionary

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