便宜 pián yi cheap / inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly syn 为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) syn 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 士官 shì guān warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer 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 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things 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 小偷小摸 xiǎo tōu xiǎo mō petty theft syn 风月 風月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) syn 论理 論理 lùn lǐ normally / as things should be / by rights / to reason things out / logic syn 误事 誤事 wù shì to hold things up / to make a botch of things syn 挑毛病 tiāo máo bìng to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag syn 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things syn 小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship syn 芝麻官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat 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 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 和稀泥 huò xī ní to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over syn 轻罪 輕罪 qīng zuì petty crime / misdemeanor 听其自然 聽其自然 tīng qí zì rán to let things take their course / to take things as they come syn 小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn 编次 編次 biān cì to arrange things in sequence / sequence in which things are arranged syn 那 nà (specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn 把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? syn 件 jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 某些 mǒu xiē some / certain (things) syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn 坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn 活儿 活兒 huó r work / (lots of) things to do syn 眼光 yǎn guāng gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things syn 万物 萬物 wàn wù all things / all that exists 万事 萬事 wàn shì all things syn 风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn 诸如此类 諸如此類 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc syn 扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things / to dampen spirits / to feel deflated / to be dispirited syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 失事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 协商 協商 xié shāng to consult with / to talk things over / agreement syn 搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn 通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable 底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up syn 胡来 胡來 hú lái to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble syn 相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn 如实 如實 rú shí as things really are / realistic syn 诸如 諸如 zhū rú (various things) such as / such as (the following) syn 风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 诸多 諸多 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of syn 交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse syn 分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear 摸索 mō suo to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly syn 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns syn 厮混 廝混 sī hùn (derog.) to hang out (with sb) / to mix (things) together 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 事与愿违 事與願違 shì yǔ yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) syn 刁难 刁難 diāo nàn to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2] syn 天平 tiān píng scales (to weigh things) 留守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn 托儿 托兒 tuō r (coll.) shill / tout / phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers 普照 pǔ zhào (of sunlight) to bathe all things / to shine gloriously syn 惯性 慣性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 倾盆大雨 傾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ a downpour / rain bucketing down / (fig.) to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study) syn 打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in) syn 助兴 助興 zhù xìng to add to the fun / to liven things up 借鉴 借鑒 jiè jiàn to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others) syn 千言万语 千言萬語 qiān yán wàn yǔ thousands of words (idiom) / having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop 时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) 交加 jiāo jiā (of two or more things) to occur at the same time / to be mingled / to accompany each other syn 有始有终 有始有終 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 放任自流 fàng rèn zì liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage syn 糅合 róu hé mix together / put together (usu. things that do not blend well together) syn 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 善始善终 善始善終 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn 简言之 簡言之 jiǎn yán zhī in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly syn 众生 眾生 zhòng shēng all living things syn 实干 實幹 shí gàn to work industriously / to get things done syn 