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"opposite States" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
海岸相对的国家 海岸相對的國家 States with opposite coasts / opposite States
Chinese Pinyin Translation
对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn
直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward syn
反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn
明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn
相反 xiāng fǎn opposite / contrary syn
主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn
对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn
韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature
相对 相對 xiāng duì relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart 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
恰恰相反 qià qià xiāng fǎn just the opposite syn
反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction syn
反向 fǎn xiàng opposite direction / reverse
对岸 對岸 duì àn opposite bank (of a body of water) syn
对立 對立 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical syn
背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn
对立面 對立面 duì lì miàn opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict)
适得其反 適得其反 shì dé qí fǎn to produce the opposite of the desired result syn
反作用 fǎn zuò yòng opposite reaction syn
反其道而行之 fǎn qí dào ér xíng zhī to do the very opposite / to act in a diametrically opposite way syn
精装 精裝 jīng zhuāng hardcover (book) / elaborately packaged / opposite: 簡裝|简装[jian3 zhuang1]
对角 對角 duì jiǎo opposite angle
对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn
邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn
对开 對開 duì kāi running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4]
简装 簡裝 jiǎn zhuāng paperback / plainly packaged / opposite: 精裝|精装[jing1 zhuang1]
秦国 秦國 qín guó the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
战国时代 戰國時代 zhàn guó shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
逆反 nì fǎn rebellious behavior / opposite / ob-
魏国 魏國 wèi guó Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
漏油 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2])
相背 xiāng bèi contrary / opposite
鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1]
战国策 戰國策 zhàn guó cè "Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2]
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary syn
左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn
旧 舊 jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age) syn
韩 韓 hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn
逆 nì contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel syn
思春期 sī chūn qī age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex / puberty
赵国 趙國 zhào guó Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
美国 美國 měi guó United States / USA / US
全美 quán měi throughout the United States / the whole of America
波多黎各 bō duō lí gè Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
合众国 合眾國 hé zhòng guó federated nation / the United States syn
苏丹 蘇丹 sū dān Sudan / sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)
游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
花旗 huā qí the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
毛遂自荐 毛遂自薦 máo suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) syn
战国 戰國 zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
道家 dào jiā Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC) syn
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
大梁 dà liáng capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states / CL:根[gen1] syn
孙膑 孫臏 sūn bìn Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
屈原 qū yuán Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers
楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
齐国 齊國 qí guó Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
美国国防部 美國國防部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense
春秋战国 春秋戰國 chūn qiū zhàn guó the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
独联体 獨聯體 dú lián tǐ Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体
墨子 mò zǐ Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4jia1], which flourished during the Warring States period (475-220 BC)
缔约国 締約國 dì yuē guó signatory states / countries that are party to a treaty
扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
法家 fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist syn
赵军 趙軍 zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
苏秦 蘇秦 sū qín Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
桑德斯 sāng dé sī Sanders (name) / Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont and 2016 Presidential candidate
连横 連橫 lián héng Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
韩非子 韓非子 hán fēi zǐ another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
欧盟成员国 歐盟成員國 ōu méng chéng yuán guó EU member states / countries of the European Union
墨家 mò jiā Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mo4 zi3]
列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
渔阳 漁陽 yú yáng old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
美利坚合众国 美利堅合眾國 měi lì jiān hé zhòng guó United States of America
晏子 yàn zǐ Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2], also known as 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1], hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
国民警卫队 國民警衛隊 guó mín jǐng wèi duì National Guard (United States)
杂家 雜家 zá jiā Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn
美分 měi fēn one cent (United States coin)
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
星条旗 星條旗 xīng tiáo qí Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
惠子 huì zi Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
物极必反 物極必反 wù jí bì fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
艾迪生 ài dí shēng Addison (name) / Addison, city in United States
惠施 huì shī Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子[Hui4 zi5](c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
公孙龙 公孫龍 gōng sūn lóng Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn
晏婴 晏嬰 yàn yīng Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] , hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
阴阳家 陰陽家 yīn yáng jiā School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3] syn
旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
计时工资 計時工資 jì shí gōng zī payment by the hour / time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage 計件工資|计件工资[ji4 jian4 gong1 zi1])
诸子百家 諸子百家 zhū zǐ bǎi jiā the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
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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