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Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
行	háng	row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column	syn
开開	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文\|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本\|开本[kai1ben3], book format	syn
关關	guān	mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve	syn
业業	yè	line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already	syn
放	fàng	to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)	syn
路	lù	road (CL:條\|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind	syn
收	shōu	to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)	syn
干幹	gàn	tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed	syn
一直	yī zhí	straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through	syn
表现表現	biǎo xiàn	to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior	syn
队伍隊伍	duì wǔ	ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個\|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條\|条[tiao2]	syn
开通開通	kāi tōng	to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service)	syn
便宜	pián yi	cheap / inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly	syn
出发出發	chū fā	to set off / to start (on a journey)	syn
思维思維	sī wéi	(line of) thought / thinking	syn
风光風光	fēng guāng	scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect)	syn
摆脱擺脫	bǎi tuō	to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself	syn
视线視線	shì xiàn	line of sight
摇滚搖滾	yáo gǔn	rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
对抗對抗	duì kàng	to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation	syn
掀起	xiān qǐ	to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)	syn
截止	jié zhǐ	to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off	syn
封闭封閉	fēng bì	to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)	syn
中断中斷	zhōng duàn	to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt	syn
排队排隊	pái duì	to line up
起飞起飛	qǐ fēi	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly	syn
滋润滋潤	zī rùn	moist / humid / to moisten / to provide moisture / comfortably off	syn
封锁封鎖	fēng suǒ	to blockade / to seal off / to lock down	syn
富裕	fù yù	prosperous / well-to-do / well-off	syn
大爷大爺	dà yé	arrogant idler / self-centered show-off	syn
停顿停頓	tíng dùn	to halt / to break off / pause (in speech)	syn
终点終點	zhōng diǎn	the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
推迟推遲	tuī chí	to postpone / to put off / to defer	syn
刹车剎車	shā chē	to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake	syn
炫耀	xuàn yào	dazzling / to show off / to flaunt	syn
拖延	tuō yán	to delay / to put off / to procrastinate	syn
冒充	mào chōng	to feign / to pretend to be / to pass oneself off as	syn
裁员裁員	cái yuán	to cut staff / to lay off employees	syn
报销報銷	bào xiāo	to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out	syn
变质變質	biàn zhì	to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism	syn
吹牛	chuī niú	to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)	syn
盖章蓋章	gài zhāng	to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth	syn
淡季	dàn jì	off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4]
断绝斷絕	duàn jué	to sever / to break off	syn
截取	jié qǔ	to cut off a section of sth
串行	chuàn háng	to miss a line / to confuse two lines
禁地	jìn dì	forbidden area / restricted area / (fig.) sth considered off-limits
发稿發稿	fā gǎo	(of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer / (of a journalist) to send a dispatch
褪去	tuì qù	to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4]
锦上添花錦上添花	jǐn shàng tiān huā	lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
吞吞吐吐	tūn tūn tǔ tǔ	to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back	syn
单兵單兵	dān bīng	individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
反超	fǎn chāo	to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead
引流	yǐn liú	to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online
传输线傳輸線	chuán shū xiàn	transmission line
行号行號	háng hào	(computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
占线佔線	zhàn xiàn	busy (telephone line)	syn
相映成趣	xiāng yìng chéng qù	to set each other off nicely	syn
凋落	diāo luò	to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away	syn
明灭明滅	míng miè	to flicker / to flash on and off / to brighten and fade
一炮打响一炮打響	yī pào dǎ xiǎng	to win instant success (idiom) / to start off successfully	syn
扫尾掃尾	sǎo wěi	to complete the last stage of work / to round off	syn
表嫂	biǎo sǎo	wife of older male cousin via female line
挨宰	ái zǎi	to get ripped off
表姐夫	biǎo jiě fu	husband of older female cousin via female line
断斷	duàn	to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly	syn
打马虎眼打馬虎眼	dǎ mǎ hu yǎn	to play dumb / to slack off (idiom)	syn
推	tuī	to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage	syn
划劃	huà	to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character	syn
折线图折線圖	zhé xiàn tú	line chart
瞎吹	xiā chuī	to boast / to shoot one's mouth off
送	sòng	to send / to deliver / to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany / to go along with	syn
女大不中留	nǚ dà bù zhōng liú	when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
混充	hùn chōng	to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as	syn
掉	diào	to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)	syn
画畫	huà	to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張\|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃\|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃\|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃\|划[hua4])	syn
脱脫	tuō	to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from	syn
卖賣	mài	to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt	syn
挂掛	guà	to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects	syn
敲	qiāo	to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge	syn
摘	zhāi	to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need	syn
嫁	jià	(of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc)	syn
宰	zǎi	to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)	syn
抄	chāo	to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms	syn
窄	zhǎi	narrow / narrow-minded / badly off	syn
钓釣	diào	to fish with a hook and line / to angle	syn
甩	shuǎi	to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)	syn
岔	chà	fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times)	syn
烘	hōng	to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast	syn
掐	qiā	to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight	syn
掰	bāi	to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)	syn
朗朗上口	lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu	to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song)	syn
了断了斷	liǎo duàn	to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)	syn
英年早逝	yīng nián zǎo shì	to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime	syn
一句	yī jù	a line of verse / a sentence
线路線路	xiàn lù	(electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route	syn
剧情劇情	jù qíng	story line / plot / drama (genre)
再说再說	zài shuō	to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides	syn
路线路線	lù xiàn	itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條\|条[tiao2]	syn
思路	sī lù	line of thought / way of thinking	syn

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