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"poorly expressed" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
词不达意 詞不達意 cí bù dá yì words do not convey the meaning / poorly expressed / senseless / inarticulate
Chinese Pinyin Translation
相处 相處 xiāng chǔ to be in contact (with sb) / to associate / to interact / to get along (well, poorly) syn
呼声 呼聲 hū shēng a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group syn
读后感 讀後感 dú hòu gǎn impression of a book / opinion expressed in a book review
返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
滞销 滯銷 zhì xiāo to sell poorly / unmarketable / slow-moving (product, inventory etc)
涨幅 漲幅 zhǎng fú extent of a rise (in prices etc) / amount of increase / growth (typically expressed as a percentage) syn
三言两语 三言兩語 sān yán liǎng yǔ in a few words (idiom) / expressed succinctly
意犹未尽 意猶未盡 yì yóu wèi jìn to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself syn
布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed
三言两句 三言兩句 sān yán liǎng jù in a few words (idiom) / expressed succinctly
文以载道 文以載道 wén yǐ zài dào words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral
疏阔 疏闊 shū kuò inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered
笔替 筆替 bǐ tì (poorly paid) ghostwriter or substitute calligrapher
装酸哭穷 裝酸哭窮 zhuāng suān kū qióng to dress poorly an plead poverty (even though rich) (idiom)
草台班子 草臺班子 cǎo tái bān zi small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
八字方针 八字方針 bā zì fāng zhēn a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[Li3 Fu4chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
冰炭不言，冷热自明 冰炭不言，冷熱自明 bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
寄怀 寄懷 jì huái emotions expressed in writing
文责自负 文責自負 wén zé zì fù the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
公设比 公設比 gōng shè bǐ (Tw) shared-facilities ratio (expressed as a percentage of the total floor space of a building)
怎一个愁字了得 怎一個愁字了得 zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé (last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4]) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?
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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