七星鱿鱼 qī xīng yóu yú sevenstar flying squid 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 霓虹灯 霓虹燈 ní hóng dēng neon lamp (loanword) 霓虹 ní hóng rainbow / neon (loanword) syn 荧光灯 熒光燈 yíng guāng dēng fluorescent lamp / neon lamp syn 氖 nǎi neon (chemistry) 氝 nèi neon Ne (chemistry) (now written 氖[nai3]) 鱿鱼 魷魚 yóu yú squid syn 小管 xiǎo guǎn young squid (Tw) 腕 wàn wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm syn 头足纲 頭足綱 tóu zú gāng Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid 枪乌贼 槍烏賊 qiāng wū zéi squid 柔鱼，鱿鱼 柔魚，魷魚 squid 滑柔鱼 Northern short-fin squid 僧头乌贼属 bobtail squid / cuttlefish 阿根廷滑柔鱼 Argentine short-fin squid 东洋鱿 東洋魷 dōng yáng yóu common squid 茎柔鱼 jīng róu yú giant squid 北太平洋八腕手钩鱿 北太平洋八腕手鉤魷 boreopacific armhook squid 北方钩鱿 北方鉤魷 boreal clubhook squid 软足类 軟足類 ruǎn zú lèi (coll.) inkfish / octopus, squid and cuttlefish 透抽 tòu chōu swordtip squid (Tw) 中卷 zhōng juǎn adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw) 吸血乌贼 吸血烏賊 xī xuè wū zéi vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) 小卷 xiǎo juǎn young squid (Tw) 飞行 飛行 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation syn 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 飞身 飛身 fēi shēn to move quickly / to vault / flying tackle 飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 飞碟 飛碟 fēi dié flying saucer / frisbee 飞行器 飛行器 fēi xíng qì flying craft (airplane, drone, missile, balloon, spacecraft, satellite etc) syn 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 习习 習習 xí xí (of the wind) blowing gently / abundant / flying syn 李广 李廣 lǐ guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 加油机 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish syn 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing 飞蝗 飛蝗 fēi huáng flying locusts 飞虫 飛蟲 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 陈纳德 陳納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II 砉 huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn 鼯 wú flying squirrel 螣 téng flying dragon 鸓 lěi flying squirrel 健步如飞 健步如飛 jiàn bù rú fēi running as fast as flying syn 悍然不顾 悍然不顧 hàn rán bù gù outrageous and unconventional (idiom) / flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc) syn 终南捷径 終南捷徑 zhōng nán jié jìng lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career / easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court) syn 雁过拔毛 雁過拔毛 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic syn 十面埋伏 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]) 幽浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship 塕 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust 鼯鼠亚科 鼯鼠亞科 wú shǔ yà kē flying 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 狐蝠 hú fú flying fox / fruit bat (genus Pteropus) 飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn 飞身翻腾 飛身翻騰 fēi shēn fān téng flying somersault 飞针走线 飛針走線 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom) / skillful needlework syn 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 飞鸽 飛鴿 fēi gē Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) 鼯鼠 wú shǔ flying squirrel 放线 放線 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field 飞片透镜 flying plate lens 飞毯行动 Operation Flying Carpet 空中加油机 空中加油機 tanker aircraft / flying tanker 国际不明飞行物年 國際不明飛行物年 International Year of Unidentified Flying Objects 东非飞行学校 東非飛行學校 East African Flying School 盲目飞行 盲目飛行 blind flying 超低空飞行 超低空飛行 nap-of-the-earth flying 掠地飞行 掠地飛行 nap-of-the-earth flying 飞鼠 飛鼠 fēi shǔ flying squirrel / (dialect) bat 鸡飞狗跳 雞飛狗跳 jī fēi gǒu tiào lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray 飞也似的 飛也似的 fēi yě shì de lit. as if flying / very fast 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu - héng fēi (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions / carnage syn 𬸣 鶱 xiān (literary) (adjective) (of birds) flying / soaring 