"pointing" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy syn
颐指风使 頤指風使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
上箭头 上箭頭 shàng jiàn tóu up-pointing arrow
下箭头 下箭頭 xià jiàn tóu down-pointing arrow
右箭头 右箭頭 yòu jiàn tóu right-pointing arrow
左箭头 左箭頭 zuǒ jiàn tóu left-pointing arrow
指向装置 指向裝置 zhǐ xiàng zhuāng zhì pointing device (computing)
触控点 觸控點 chù kòng diǎn pointing stick (for notebook computer)
仪表定位系统 yí biǎo dìng wèi xì tǒng Instrument Pointing System
波束指向 bō shù zhǐ xiàng beam pointing
固定定向天线 固定定向天線 gù dìng dìng xiàng tiān xiàn fixed pointing antenna
横眉冷对千夫指 橫眉冷對千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
凤眼 鳳眼 fèng yǎn elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix
指着和尚骂秃子 指着和尚罵禿子 zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
绳愆纠谬 shéng qiān jiū miù (idiom) To correct faults and rectify errors. It can also refer to pointing out someone’s failings in order to correct them.
戟指嚼舌 jǐ zhǐ jiáo shé (idiom) Describes extreme anger, to the point of pointing accusingly and biting one’s tongue in fury.
指矢天日 zhǐ shǐ tiān rì (idiom) To swear an oath while pointing to the sky and the sun, thereby affirming one’s sincerity and intentions. It is equivalent to making a solemn oath.
点指划脚 diǎn zhǐ jí jiǎo (idiom) To speak while using hand gestures for emphasis or indication. It often suggests an unrestrained manner of speaking, or careless pointing and criticism.
绳愆纠违 shéng qiān jiū wéi (idiom) To correct faults and rectify mistakes. It also implies exposing or pointing out wrongdoing.
蹇谔匪躬 jiǎn è fěi gōng (idiom) To remonstrate frankly and loyally with one’s ruler or country, pointing out faults and shortcomings. It describes someone who dares to speak with integrity.
鼻孔撩天 bí kǒng liáo tiān (idiom) To hold one's head high with one's nostrils pointing skyward / figuratively, to be arrogant and self-important.
鼻孔辽天 鼻孔遼天 bí kǒng liáo tiān (idiom) To raise one’s head with the nostrils pointing skyward. It describes an arrogant and haughty attitude.
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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