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Chinese Pinyin Translation
得 dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished syn
当 當 dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn
好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
正确 正確 zhèng què correct / sound / right / proper syn
尊重 zūn zhòng to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper syn
地道 dì dao authentic / genuine / proper syn
妥善 tuǒ shàn appropriate / proper syn
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards syn
端正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct syn
妥当 妥當 tuǒ dang appropriate / proper / ready syn
得宜 dé yí proper / appropriate / suitable syn
妥帖 tuǒ tiē properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1] syn
妥贴 妥貼 tuǒ tiē properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥帖
端方 duān fāng upright / honest / proper / correct
适 適 shì to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue syn
宜 yí proper / should / suitable / appropriate syn
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate syn
真的 zhēn de really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine / (math.) proper syn
像话 像話 xiàng huà proper / appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
允当 允當 yǔn dàng proper / suitable syn
对工 對工 duì gōng proper
对工儿 對工兒 duì gōng r proper
妥实 妥實 tuǒ shí proper / appropriate syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
理所当然 理所當然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right syn
分寸 fēn cun propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms syn
以次 yǐ cì in the proper order / the following syn
礼尚往来 禮尚往來 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness syn
递 遞 dì to hand over / to pass on / to deliver / (bound form) progressively / in the proper order syn
不妥 bù tuǒ not proper / inappropriate syn
失调 失調 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc) syn
好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) syn
正事 zhèng shì one's proper business
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about syn
天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn
如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn
出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn
不务正业 不務正業 bù wù zhèng yè not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties syn
正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
不二法门 不二法門 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take syn
循序 xún xù in proper sequence
递补 遞補 dì bǔ to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively
卡西尼 kǎ xī ní Cassini (proper name)
伦常 倫常 lún cháng proper human relationships syn
慎独 慎獨 shèn dú to preserve a proper behavior in private life
顺次 順次 shùn cì in order / in proper sequence syn
不到长城非好汉 不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
专名 專名 zhuān míng proper noun
挨次 āi cì in sequence / in the proper order / one by one / in turn syn
养生送死 養生送死 yǎng shēng sòng sǐ to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)
明珠暗投 míng zhū àn tóu to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
养老送终 養老送終 yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
不自量 bù zì liàng not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities syn
不对碴儿 不對碴兒 bù duì chá r not proper / not fit for the occasion
正常工作 zhèng cháng gōng zuò normal operation / proper functioning
专有名词 專有名詞 zhuān yǒu míng cí technical term / proper noun
人五人六 rén wǔ rén liù to make a show of being decent and proper / to display phony or hypocritical behavior
假分数 假分數 jiǎ fēn shù improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths) / see also: proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4]
固有名词 固有名詞 gù yǒu míng cí proper noun
失道 shī dào (literary) to lose one's way / to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
专名词 專名詞 zhuān míng cí proper noun
带分数 帶分數 dài fēn shù mixed fraction / mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4]
常道 cháng dào normal and proper practice / conventional practice / common occurrence
正当理由 正當理由 zhèng dàng lǐ yóu proper reason / reasonable grounds
真分数 真分數 zhēn fēn shù proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4]
真子集 zhēn zǐ jí proper subset
顺导 順導 shùn dǎo to guide sth on its proper course / to guide towards profitable outcome
货物正式名称 proper shipping name
人五人六 rén wǔ - rén liù (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper / to display phony or hypocritical behavior
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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