"out of plumb" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
歪斜	wāi xié	crooked / askew / oblique / slanting / out of plumb	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
测锤測錘	cè chuí	bob of plumb line
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
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
脱货脫貨	tuō huò	out of stock / sold out
卖光了賣光了	mài guāng le	to be sold out / to be out of stock
铺摊鋪攤	pū tan	to spread out / to display / to lay out a vendor's stall	syn
默认检测默認檢測	mò rèn jiǎn cè	opt-out testing / opt-out screening
财务救助財務救助	cái wù jiù zhù	financial bail-out / bail-out
信号中断信號中斷		signal black-out / black-out
开拔盘存開拔盤存		out-survey / marching-out survey
连锅端連鍋端	lián guō duān	to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out	syn
吹灯拔蜡吹燈拔蠟	chuī dēng bá là	lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
有屁快放	yǒu pì kuài fàng	spit it out! / out with it!
掏空	tāo kōng	to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling	syn
直陈直陳	zhí chén	to say straight out / to point out bluntly / to give a straightforward account / to disclose
跳挡跳擋	tiào dǎng	(of a car) to slip out of gear / to pop out of gear
摸清	mō qīng	to suss out / to figure out / to ascertain	syn
收山	shōu shān	(slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate
躺平	tǎng píng	to lie stretched out / (neologism c. 2021) to opt out of the rat race
骗走騙走	piàn zǒu	to cheat (sb out of sth) / to swindle (sb out of sth)
外溢	wài yì	(of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
进行進行	jìn xíng	(of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance	syn

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"out of plumb" Chinese-English Dictionary

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