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"non-marginal changes" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
非边际改变 非邊際改變 non-marginal changes
Chinese Pinyin Translation
边缘 邊緣 biān yuán edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline syn
八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy
有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn
一成不变 一成不變 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom) / always the same / stuck in a rut syn
病变 病變 bìng biàn pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
缓冲 緩衝 huǎn chōng buffer / to cushion / to adjust to sharp changes
巨变 巨變 jù biàn great changes
变迁 變遷 biàn qiān changes / vicissitudes syn
瞬息万变 瞬息萬變 shùn xī wàn biàn in an instant a myriad changes (idiom) / rapid substantial change syn
应变 應變 yìng biàn to meet a contingency / to adapt oneself to changes
沧桑 滄桑 cāng sāng great changes / ups and downs / vicissitudes / abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2] syn
批注 批註 pī zhù to annotate / to add marginal comments on / criticism / marginalia syn
边际 邊際 biān jì limit / bound / boundary / (economics) marginal syn
千变万化 千變萬化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes / constant permutation syn
易经 易經 yì jīng The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
变化多端 變化多端 biàn huà duō duān changeable / changing / varied / full of changes syn
冷暖 lěng nuǎn lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc syn
周易 zhōu yì another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn
万变不离其宗 萬變不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose syn
大变 大變 dà biàn huge changes
拐点 拐點 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn
边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
五经 五經 wǔ jīng the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
易传 易傳 yì zhuàn Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) syn
损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn
雌黄 雌黃 cí huáng orpiment / arsenic trisulfide As2S3 / make changes in writing / malign / criticize without grounds syn
卦 guà divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
新官上任三把火 xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn
十三经 十三經 shí sān jīng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] syn
擦边 擦邊 cā biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
嬗 shàn (literary) to go through successive changes / to evolve
彖 tuàn to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn
非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn
爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn
会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn
轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn
异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn
老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn
华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn
平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn
无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn
不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan
荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn
直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...)
副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous
有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)
不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition
不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly
无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self")
非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream
明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn
蛮夷 蠻夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian
无生命 無生命 wú shēng mìng non-living / inanimate / lifeless
东夷 東夷 dōng yí Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
奶精 nǎi jīng non-dairy creamer
不干预 不幹預 non-intervention
十六国 十六國 shí liù guó Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
夷狄 yí dí non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians
赵紫阳 趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn
泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn
夷 yí non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze syn
荤 葷 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn
非政府 fēi zhèng fǔ non-governmental
连轴转 連軸轉 lián zhóu zhuàn (coll.) to work non-stop / to work around the clock syn
蕃 fān variant of 番[fan1] / foreign (non-Chinese)
旱鸭子 旱鴨子 hàn yā zi non-swimmer
能屈能伸 néng qū néng shēn can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes) / ready to give and take / flexible syn
饱经沧桑 飽經滄桑 bǎo jīng cāng sāng having lived through many changes syn
冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment
互不侵犯条约 Non-Aggression Pact
不结盟运动 不結盟運動 bù jié méng yùn dòng Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
夫妻反目 fū qī fǎn mù man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes) / marital strife
渤澥桑田 bó xiè sāng tián lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian) / time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
羊触藩篱 羊觸藩籬 yáng chù fān lí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
羝羊触藩 羝羊觸藩 dī yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
能伸能屈 néng shēn néng qū can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes) / ready to give and take / flexible
树欲静而风不止 樹欲靜而風不止 shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
凭轼结辙 憑軾結轍 píng shì jié zhé to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
杀鸡焉用牛刀 殺雞焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
缓急轻重 緩急輕重 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急
等额选举 等額選舉 děng é xuǎn jǔ non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election
边缘海 邊緣海 marginal sea / marginal basin
边缘盆地 邊緣盆地 marginal sea / marginal basin
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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