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 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 裂隙 liè xì gap / slit / crack / crevice / fracture 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 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 切口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book) syn 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 夹 夾 gā hold between / lined / narrow lane syn 咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass 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 豁 huō opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit syn 偏狭 偏狹 piān xiá prejudiced / narrow-minded syn 抹脖子 mǒ bó zi to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide syn 隘 ài (bound form) narrow / (bound form) a defile / a narrow pass syn 衩 chà slit on either side of robe 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 踰 yú variant of 逾, to exceed / to transcend / to cross over / variant of 窬, slit in wall 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 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 劐 huō (coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠[huo1]) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe 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 弦月窗 xián yuè chuāng a narrow slit window / a lunette 窄缝 窄縫 zhǎi fèng narrow gap / slit 窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street 十字头螺刀 十字頭螺刀 shí zì tóu luó dāo Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit) 卯眼 mǎo yǎn mortise / slit syn 纵裂 縱裂 zòng liè lobe / longitudinal slit / vertical fracture 开衩 開衩 kāi chà slit (in clothing) 开高叉 開高叉 kāi gāo chā slit dress 鳃裂 鰓裂 sāi liè gill slit (in fish) 狭长掩壕 狹長掩壕 slit trench 龙宫贝 龍宮貝 lóng gōng bèi Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan 割腕 gē wàn to slit one's wrists 拉 lá to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash 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 少间 少間 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) 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 细明体 細明體 xì míng tǐ Mincho narrow font 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 