整洁 整潔 zhěng jié neatly / tidy syn 工整 gōng zhěng fine work / carefully and neatly done syn 罗列 羅列 luó liè to list / to enumerate / (of buildings, objects etc) to be laid out / to be scattered about syn 待岗 待崗 dài gǎng to wait for a job assignment / to be laid off / to be out of a job syn 方城 fāng chéng square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it 淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn 知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 闲散 閑散 xián sǎn laid back / leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused / idle syn 石板路 shí bǎn lù road or pavement laid with flagstones 胸有成略 xiōng yǒu chéng lüè the hero has plans already laid (idiom) / to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed 胸有成算 xiōng yǒu chéng suàn the hero has plans already laid (idiom) / to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed 全新统 全新統 quán xīn tǒng holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years) 落炕 lào kàng to be laid up in bed with illness 随性 隨性 suí xìng casual / laid-back / doing as one pleases 待发寿命 待發壽命 laid life / armed period 解除保险时间 解除保險時間 laid life / armed period 地面雷 surface-laid mine 返岗 返崗 fǎn gǎng to resume one's former position (after being laid off) / to return to work (after taking leave) 铁菱 鐵菱 tiě líng (military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times) 疏散 shū sǎn idle / leisurely / laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4] syn 试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn 灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn 拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn 整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn 展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn 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 拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn 伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn 爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out 掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc) 不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn 挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out 出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment) 涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn 百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn 倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn 理顺 理順 lǐ shùn to straighten out / to sort out / to organize syn 不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market 着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out syn 开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt 透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn 熄灯 熄燈 xī dēng turn out the lights / lights out 发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently 开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 脱销 脫銷 tuō xiāo to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 点题 點題 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely 寻出 尋出 xún chū to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover 售罄 shòu qìng to be completely sold out / to sell out syn 断档 斷檔 duàn dàng sold out / to be out of stock 万人空巷 萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out syn 拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out syn 赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn 挤垮 擠垮 jǐ kuǎ to squash / to crush / to squeeze out of business / to drive out 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn 倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out 演 yǎn to perform (a play etc) / to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop / to play out / to carry out (a task) syn 套问 套問 tào wèn to sound sb out / to find out by tactful indirect questioning 尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom) / to try one's heart out / to do one's utmost syn 择 擇 zhái to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate syn 抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn 租 zū to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax syn 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 抉 jué to pick out / to single out 蹿 躥 cuān to leap up / (coll.) to gush out / to spurt out syn 剜 wān to scoop out / to gouge out syn 倾巢而出 傾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū the whole nest came out (idiom) / to turn out in full strength 鱼贯而出 魚貫而出 yú guàn ér chū to file out / to walk out in a line 呠 pēn to spurt / to blow out / to puff out / to snort 一笔抹杀 一筆抹殺 yī bǐ mǒ shā to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing syn 倾吐衷肠 傾吐衷腸 qīng tǔ zhōng cháng to pour out (emotions) / to pour one's heart out / to say everything that is on one's mind 努出 nǔ chū to extend / to push out (hands as a gesture) / to pout (i.e. push out lips) 搬出去 bān chū qù to move out (vacate) / to shift sth out 发飚 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently / also written 發飆|发飚[fa1 biao1] 禁足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat 租让 租讓 zū ràng to lease out / to rent (one's property out to sb else) 脱档 脫檔 tuō dàng sold out / out of stock 