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Chinese Pinyin Translation
齿及 齒及 chǐ jí to mention / referring to
Chinese Pinyin Translation
那 nà (specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn
们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals syn
先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn
龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn
换算 換算 huàn suàn to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
侵华 侵華 qīn huá to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
靠窗 kào chuāng by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc)
孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) syn
边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
半百 bàn bǎi fifty (usually referring to sb's age) syn
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
未亡人 wèi wáng rén a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times)
黄祸 黃禍 huáng huò yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
第二世界 dì èr shì jiè Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
坎坷多舛 kǎn kě duō chuǎn full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
多舛 duō chuǎn full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to sb's life)
怪叔叔 guài shū shu queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
金鱼佬 金魚佬 jīn yú lǎo pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor who lured girls with the prospect of seeing "goldfish" in his apartment)
靠窗户 靠窗戶 kào chuāng hu by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc)
靠走道 kào zǒu dào on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc)
发交机构 發交機構 referring organ
台妹 tái mèi local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人[ben3 sheng3 ren2])
家儿 家兒 jiā ér (old) child, particularly referring to the son who resembles his father
家亲 家親 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives
擒人节 擒人節 qín rén jié (jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day
路氹 lù dàng Cotai, portmanteau term referring to the islands of 路環|路环[Lu4 huan2] (Coloane) and 氹仔[Dang4 zai3] (Taipa) in Macau / the strip of reclaimed land between Coloane and Taipa / the island formed by Coloane, Taipa and the reclaimed land between them
于归之喜 于歸之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
图穷匕见 圖窮匕見 tú qióng bǐ xiàn lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent syn
温酒 溫酒 wēn jiǔ to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒[huang2jiu3] or 白酒[bai2jiu3]
貌若潘安 mào ruò pān ān to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安[Pan1 An1] (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)
冷眼旁观 冷眼旁觀 lěng yǎn - páng guān (idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude / to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to) syn
叫法 jiào fǎ term / name / way of referring to sb or sth
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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