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"playing cards" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
扑克 撲克 pū kè poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards syn
打牌 dǎ pái to play mahjong or cards
玩牌 wán pái to play cards / to play mahjong
开诚布公 開誠布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table syn
纸牌 紙牌 zhǐ pái playing card syn
牌局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc
摊牌 攤牌 tān pái to lay one's cards on the table
扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn
绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
哗众取宠 嘩眾取寵 huá zhòng qǔ chǒng sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy syn
片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn
嬉笑 xī xiào to be laughing and playing / to giggle syn
走穴 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn
挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
洗牌 xǐ pái to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle / to reorganize / to shake up / to restructure
未卜 wèi bǔ not foreseen / unpredictable / not on the cards
底牌 dǐ pái cards in one's hand / (fig.) undisclosed strength or information / hidden trump syn
发牌 發牌 fā pái to deal (cards)
吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
弹子 彈子 dàn zi slingshot pellet / playing marbles / billiards / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn
角色扮演游戏 角色扮演遊戲 jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì role-playing game (RPG)
交底 jiāo dǐ to fill sb in (on the details of sth) / to put all one's cards on the table
打扑克 打撲克 dǎ pū kè to play cards / to play poker
趋炎附势 趨炎附勢 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing syn
洗 xǐ to wash / to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) syn
通 tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) syn
牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn
肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn
卡牌 kǎ pái playing card
猱 náo (literary) a kind of gibbon / (music) wide vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2]) (cf. 吟[yin2], rapid vibrato)
保不齐 保不齊 bǎo bu qí more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards
吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹箫乞食 吹簫乞食 chuī xiāo qǐ shí to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
羯鼓催花 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
纸叶子 紙葉子 zhǐ yè zi deck of playing cards
一卡通 yī kǎ tōng the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
交粮本 交糧本 jiāo liáng běn to hand in one's ration cards / to die
保不定 bǎo bù dìng more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards syn
冶天 yě tiān ATI, brand name of AMD graphics cards
将牌 將牌 jiàng pái trump (suit of cards)
洋片 yáng piàn children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
洋画儿 洋畫兒 yáng huà r children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
贺卡业务代表 Greeting Cards Operation Representative
贺卡助理 賀卡助理 Greeting Cards Assistant
共同体援助重建、发展和稳定方桉 共同體援助重建、發展和穩定方案 Community Assistance to Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation programme / CARDS programme
换帖 換帖 huàn tiě to exchange cards containing personal details (when taking an oath of fraternity)
亮底牌 liàng dǐ pái to show one's hand / to lay one's cards on the table
落汗 lào hàn to stop sweating / (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat, fragrance etc
牌组 牌組 pái zǔ set of cards (e.g. hand, suit, deck or meld etc)
卡池 kǎ chí deck of cards (in a trading card game) / (ACG) pool / banner (collection of in-game items players draw from in a gacha video game)
以其人之道，还治其人之身 以其人之道，還治其人之身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
大沽炮台 大沽砲臺 dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
弦诵不辍 弦誦不輟 xián sòng bù chuò incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
比赛场 比賽場 bǐ sài chǎng stadium / playing field for a competition
狂战士 狂戰士 kuáng zhàn shì berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
狂暴者 kuáng bào zhě berserker (fantasy role-playing)
玩兴 玩興 wán xìng interest in dallying / in the mood for playing
轮指 輪指 lún zhǐ circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
争取时间 playing for time
大沽口炮台 大沽口砲臺 dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
家家酒 jiā jiā jiǔ (Tw) house (children's game) / playing house
鸳鸯戏水 鴛鴦戲水 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love syn
乾旦 qián dàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
男旦 nán dàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
鬼牌 guǐ pái Joker (playing card)
场区 場區 chǎng qū (sports) section of a court or playing field / (computer chip manufacture) field area
跑团 跑團 pǎo tuán tabletop role-playing game
氪肝 kè gān (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)
玩家角色 wán jiā jué sè player character (in a role-playing game)
系统角色 系統角色 xì tǒng jué sè non-playable character (in a role-playing game)
舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4]) syn
剧本杀 劇本殺 jù běn shā murder mystery game (role-playing game)
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
翻摄 翻攝 fān shè to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
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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