"petty kindness" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
煦仁孑义 煦仁孑義 xù rén jié yì petty kindness
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
便宜 pián yi cheap / inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly syn
仁慈 rén cí benevolent / charitable / kind / kindly / kindness / merciful syn
好意 hǎo yì good intention / kindness syn
好心 hǎo xīn kindness / good intentions syn
下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn
士官 shì guān warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer
善意 shàn yì goodwill / benevolence / kindness syn
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn
龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn
小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy syn
善心 shàn xīn kindness / benevolence / philanthropy / virtuous intentions syn
小偷小摸 xiǎo tōu xiǎo mō petty theft syn
盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn
领情 領情 lǐng qíng to feel grateful to sb / to appreciate the kindness syn
风月 風月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) syn
恩情 ēn qíng kindness / affection / grace / favor syn
报效 報效 bào xiào render service to repay kindness syn
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness syn
挑毛病 tiāo máo bìng to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag syn
小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship syn
错爱 錯愛 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
心领 心領 xīn lǐng I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) syn
芝麻官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat syn
补报 補報 bǔ bào to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness syn
小官 xiǎo guān petty official / minor functionary
挑刺 tiāo cì to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism
小资产阶级 小資產階級 xiǎo zī chǎn jiē jí petty bourgeois
周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover
窝囊气 窩囊氣 wō nang qì pent-up frustration / petty annoyances
琐屑 瑣屑 suǒ xiè trivial matters / petty things syn
ēn favor / grace / kindness syn
huì (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4]) syn
小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded syn
小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn
轻罪 輕罪 qīng zuì petty crime / misdemeanor
小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn
小家子气 小家子氣 xiǎo jiā zi qì petty / small-minded syn
小里小气 小裡小氣 xiǎo li xiǎo qì stingy / petty
恩慈 ēn cí bestowed kindness
打小算盘 打小算盤 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter syn
不识抬举 不識抬舉 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors syn
感恩图报 感恩圖報 gǎn ēn tú bào grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom) syn
知遇之恩 zhī yù zhī ēn lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
卑卑不足道 bēi bēi bù zú dào to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
妙手空空 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty syn
蚁斗蜗争 蟻鬥蝸爭 yǐ dòu wō zhēng lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) / fig. petty squabbling
以直报怨,以德报德 以直報怨,以德報德 yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
手足亲情 手足親情 shǒu zú qīn qíng brotherly kindness
仁术 仁術 rén shù kindness / benevolence / to govern in humanitarian way
报德 報德 bào dé to repay debts of gratitude / to repay kindness
恩威兼施 ēn wēi jiān shī to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
推恩 tuī ēn to extend kindness
皇恩 huáng ēn imperial kindness / benevolence from the emperor
盛德 shèng dé splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness
示恩 shì ēn to show kindness
至德 zhì dé splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness
雅爱 雅愛 yǎ ài (hon.) your great kindness
狗咬吕洞宾,不识好人心 狗咬呂洞賓,不識好人心 gǒu yǎo lǚ dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
把方便当随便 把方便當隨便 bǎ fāng biàn dàng suí biàn to act unappreciatively in response to a kindness
美意 měi yì goodwill / kindness syn
petty / wretched
zhān to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty
孑孑为义 孑孑為義 jié jié wéi yì petty favors
心胸狭窄 心胸狹窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi (idiom) narrow-minded / petty / ungenerous
心胸狭隘 心胸狹隘 xīn xiōng xiá ài narrow / petty-minded
鸡鹜 雞鶩 jī wù petty or mean persons
零用金 líng yòng jīn petty cash
零用基金 líng yòng jī jīn petty cash fund
零用现金凭单 petty cash voucher
定额备用现金 dìng é bèi yòng xiàn jīn petty cash / imprest cash
小商业 小商業 xiǎo shāng yè petty trading
定额备用金账户 定額備用金賬戶 petty cash account / imprest account
海军士官 海軍士官 petty officer
海军军士 海軍軍士 petty officer
海军军士长 海軍軍士長 chief petty officer
小罪 minor offence / petty offence
轻罪犯 輕罪犯 petty offender
耍小聪明 耍小聰明 shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming to get smart / to resort to petty tricks
卑陋 bēi lòu humble / petty / crude
稗官 bài guān (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer / novelist
小便宜 xiǎo pián yi petty advantage / small gains syn
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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