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"previously unimagined" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
意想不到 yì xiǎng bù dào unexpected / previously unimagined syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
之前 zhī qián before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn
加 jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
从前 從前 cóng qián previously / formerly / once upon a time syn
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously
先前 xiān qián before / previously syn
加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
早先 zǎo xiān previously / before syn
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) syn
此前 cǐ qián before this / before then / previously syn
先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others syn
前尘 前塵 qián chén the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) syn
早前 zǎo qián previously
四年前 sì nián qián four years previously
曾 céng once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn
曏 xiàng variant of 向, direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly / to side with / to be partial to / all along (previously)
在此之前 zài cǐ zhī qián before that / beforehand / previously
其先 qí xiān previously / before that / up to then
旧游 舊遊 jiù yóu place one has previously visited / old haunts
重历旧游 重歷舊遊 chóng lì jiù yóu to revisit / to return to a previously visited spot
翻唱 fān chàng to cover (a previously recorded song) / cover version (of a song)
从先 從先 cóng xiān (dialect) before / in the past / previously
二汤 二湯 èr tāng second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤[tou2tang1]
吃别人嚼过的馍不香 吃別人嚼過的饃不香 chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
复阳 復陽 fù yáng to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result
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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