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"raise one's head" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
昂 áng to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive syn
昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn
抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn
扬起 揚起 yáng qǐ to raise one's head / to perk up syn
仰头 仰頭 yǎng tóu to raise one's head syn
頍 kuǐ raise one's head
𫠆 頍 kuǐ raise one's head
Chinese Pinyin Translation
抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head / it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties syn
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn
顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously syn
翘首 翹首 qiáo shǒu to raise one's head and look syn
翘望 翹望 qiáo wàng to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
昂首天外 áng shǒu - tiān wài (idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens / (idiom) arrogant / haughty
屁股决定脑袋 屁股決定腦袋 pì gu jué dìng nǎo dai lit. the butt governs the head (idiom) / fig. where one stands depends on where one sits / one's views are shaped by one's circumstances
加注 jiā zhù to increase a bet / to raise (poker) / to raise the stakes
头大 頭大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming
秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person
吴头楚尾 吳頭楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off
响头 響頭 xiǎng tóu to bump one's head / to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
闭目塞听 閉目塞聽 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand syn
举一反三 舉一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) syn
认养 認養 rèn yǎng to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
怒发冲冠 怒髮衝冠 nù fà chōng guān lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles syn
扯嗓子 chě sǎng zi to raise one's voice / to speak at the top of one's voice
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫 bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn
部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
光头 光頭 guāng tóu shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless syn
牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
水头 水頭 shuǐ tóu hydraulic head / total head syn
头面 頭面 tóu miàn head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks syn
剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn
一较高下 一較高下 yī jiào gāo xià to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)
自动寻的装置 自動尋的裝置 homing device / homing head / seeker / seeker head
PK P K (slang) to take on / to challenge / to go head to head / showdown / comparison
大头 大頭 dà tóu big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] on the obverse side syn
头对头 頭對頭 tóu duì tóu (of clinical trial) head-to-head
露头 露頭 lòu tóu to show one's head / to give a sign to show one's presence syn
掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn
摇头摆尾 搖頭擺尾 yáo tóu bǎi wěi to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air syn
枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle syn
点头咂嘴 點頭咂嘴 diǎn tóu zā zuǐ to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom)
掩面而泣 yǎn miàn ér qì to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
项上人头 項上人頭 xiàng shàng rén tóu head / neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
低头认罪 低頭認罪 dī tóu rèn zuì to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt
打挺儿 打挺兒 dǎ tǐng r to arch one's body and fling one's head back
昏头 昏頭 hūn tóu to lose one's head / to be out of one's mind / to be dazed
回过头来 回過頭來 huí guò tóu lái to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
人间清醒 人間清醒 rén jiān qīng xǐng (neologism c. 2021) to keep one's senses / not get carried away / not let success go to one's head
举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
振奋 振奮 zhèn fèn to stir oneself up / to raise one's spirits / to inspire syn
把酒 bǎ jiǔ to raise one's wine cup syn
举目 舉目 jǔ mù to look / to raise one's eyes syn
拔高 bá gāo to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding syn
上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud syn
欠 qiàn to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body) syn
跷 蹺 qiāo variant of 蹺|跷[qiao1] / to raise one's foot / stilts syn
竦 sǒng respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane
挈 qiè to raise / to lift / to take along (e.g. one's family) syn
蹻 qiāo raise one's foot
振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū to issue a call for action / to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call (idiom) syn
加俸 jiā fèng to raise one's pay
千军易得，一将难求 千軍易得，一將難求 qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
对杯 對杯 duì bēi to raise glasses together / to toast one another
提起精神 tí qǐ jīng shen to raise one's spirits / to take courage
跷足以待 蹺足以待 qiāo zú yǐ dài lit. raise one's foot enough to delay / make a pretence of action (idiom)
一把屎一把尿 yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)
大小声 大小聲 dà xiǎo shēng (Tw) (coll.) to speak loudly and emotionally / to raise one's voice / to yell and shout
振臂一呼 zhèn bì - yī hū (idiom) to issue a call for action / to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) syn
量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can.
望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn
孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
量力而为 量力而為 liàng lì ér wéi to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of / each and every one / one by one / one after another
一一映射 yī yī yìng shè bijective map (i.e. map between sets in math. that is one-to-one and onto) / one-to-one correspondence
四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
深藏若虚 深藏若虛 shēn cáng ruò xū to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom) / fig. modest about one's talents / to hide one's light under a bushel syn
道高一尺，魔高一丈 dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng (idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil / no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom) / striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
一村一品 yī cūn yī pǐn One Village One Product / One Village One Product Movement
剃头挑子一头热 剃頭挑子一頭熱 tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘 duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given
背着抱着一般重 bēi zhe bào zhe yī bān zhòng lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
一对一 一對一 yī duì yī one-to-one / one-on-one syn
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn
摇头 搖頭 yáo tóu to shake one's head syn
转头 轉頭 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent syn
低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn
钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn
过头 過頭 guò tóu to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead syn
迎面 yíng miàn directly / head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face syn
金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) syn
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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