"portentous signs" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 星流电击 星流電擊 | meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom) / omens of violent development / portentous signs | ||
| 星流霆击 星流霆擊 | meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom) / omens of violent development / portentous signs |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 苗头 苗頭 | first signs / development (of a situation) | syn | |
| 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster | syn | |
| 十二星座 | the twelve signs of the zodiac | ||
| 十二宫 十二宮 | the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2] | ||
| 面有难色 面有難色 | to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment | ||
| 作色 | to show signs of anger / to flush with annoyance | syn | |
| 死而不僵 | dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom) | ||
| 加减号 加減號 | plus-minus sign (±) / plus and minus signs (+ and -) | ||
| 旧迹 舊跡 | old traces / signs from the past | ||
| 小心地滑 | (used on signs) caution - wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery") | ||
| 路标和信号公约 | Convention on Road Signs and Signals | ||
| 路标和信号议定书 路標和信號議定書 | Protocol on Road Signs and Signals | ||
| 欧洲补充路标和信号公约协定 歐洲補充路標和信號公約協定 | European Agreement Supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals | ||
| 国际电联无线电呼号 國際電聯無線電呼號 | ITU Radio Call Signs | ||
| 国际标志 國際標誌 | international signs | ||
| 生命体征 生命體徵 | vital signs | ||
| 反相 | (a person's) rebellious appearance / signs of an impending rebellion / (physics) reversed phase | ||
| 疲态 疲態 | fatigued look / signs of weariness / (fig.) weakness (in the stock market etc) | syn | |
| 醉意 | tipsiness / signs of intoxication | syn |