叮 dīng to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound syn 烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage) syn 化腐朽为神奇 化腐朽為神奇 huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) 一矢中的 yī shǐ zhòng dì to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom) 说不准 說不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say / can't say precisely 听见风就是雨 聽見風就是雨 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others 不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say / can't be sure / difficult to speak about / unpleasant to say 多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly / continuously / constantly syn 反复 反復 fǎn fù repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return syn 来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly syn 连连 連連 lián lián repeatedly / again and again syn 一再 yī zài repeatedly syn 频频 頻頻 pín pín repeatedly / again and again / continuously / constantly 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 一次又一次 yī cì yòu yī cì repeatedly / over and over again 叮嘱 叮囑 dīng zhǔ to warn repeatedly / to urge / to exhort again and again syn 屡屡 屢屢 lǚ lǚ again and again / repeatedly syn 迭起 dié qǐ continuously arising / to arise repeatedly syn 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 屡次 屢次 lǚ cì repeatedly / time and again syn 转悠 轉悠 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly syn 反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn 屡遭 屢遭 lǚ zāo to suffer repeatedly syn 连番 連番 lián fān repeatedly 廉颇 廉頗 lián pō Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国 数 數 shuò (literary) frequently / repeatedly syn 累犯 lěi fàn to repeatedly commit an offense / repeat offender / habitual criminal / recidivist / recidivism 重译 重譯 chóng yì to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors) syn 屡 屢 lǚ time and again / repeatedly / frequently syn 迭 dié alternately / repeatedly syn 亟 qì repeatedly / frequently syn 谆 諄 zhūn repeatedly (in giving advice) / sincere / earnest / untiring 层见迭出 層見迭出 céng jiàn dié chū to occur frequently / to occur repeatedly 再三再四 zài sān zài sì repeatedly / over and over again 千叮万嘱 千叮萬囑 qiān dīng wàn zhǔ repeatedly urging / imploring over and over again 巴前算后 巴前算後 bā qián suàn hòu thinking and pondering (idiom) / to turn sth over in one's mind / to consider repeatedly 几次三番 幾次三番 jǐ cì sān fān lit. twice then three times (idiom) / fig. repeatedly / over and over again 谆谆告诫 諄諄告誡 zhūn zhūn gào jiè to repeatedly advise sb earnestly (idiom) / to admonish syn 饱以老拳 飽以老拳 bǎo yǐ lǎo quán to thump repeatedly with one's fist 来回来去 來回來去 lái huí lái qù repeatedly / back and forth again and again syn 再四 zài sì repeatedly / over and over again 叮问 叮問 dīng wèn to question closely / to make a detailed inquiry / to probe / to ask repeatedly 换来换 換來換 huàn lái huàn to repeatedly exchange 捣腾 搗騰 dǎo teng to turn over sth repeatedly 小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.) 滚刀块 滾刀塊 gǔn dāo kuài chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut 揪痧 jiū shā folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation syn 三番两次 三番兩次 sān fān liǎng cì repeatedly (idiom) 久经 久經 jiǔ jīng to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly 一改再改 yī gǎi - zài gǎi to change (sth) repeatedly 层见叠出 層見疊出 céng xiàn - dié chū (idiom) to occur frequently / to occur repeatedly syn 什么 什麼 shén me what? / something / anything syn 决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] / certainly syn 承诺 承諾 chéng nuò to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment syn 会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter 大王 dà wáng king / magnate / person having expert skill in something syn 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn 定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order 奈何 nài hé to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail syn 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 返还 返還 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance 追加 zhuī jiā to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title syn 落空 lào kōng to fail to achieve something / to be fruitless syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 免于 免於 miǎn yú to be saved from / to be spared (something) syn 一气呵成 一氣呵成 yī qì hē chéng to do something at one go / to flow smoothly syn 猫腻 貓膩 māo nì (coll.) something fishy / shenanigans 措辞 措辭 cuò cí wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction syn 无中生有 無中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu to create something from nothing (idiom) syn 隐现 隱現 yǐn xiàn glimpse (of something hidden) 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 推托 tuī tuō to make excuses / to give an excuse (for not doing something) syn 挂失 掛失 guà shī to report the loss of something syn 后话 後話 hòu huà something to be taken up later in speech or writing 某事 mǒu shì something / a certain matter 算你狠 suàn nǐ hěn you got me! / you win! / you are something! 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 专管 專管 zhuān guǎn to be in charge of something specific 措词 措詞 cuò cí wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction syn 撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn 强人所难 強人所難 qiǎng rén suǒ nán to force someone to do something syn 玉成 yù chéng please help achieve something (formal) syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 物归原主 物歸原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner syn 某物 mǒu wù something 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around / to mess with something / to have an affair 藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face 挖墙脚 挖牆腳 wā qiáng jiǎo to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something syn 背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn 扶 fú to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 不伤脾胃 不傷脾胃 bù shāng pí wèi lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach / fig. something that is not critical 博而不精 bó ér bù jīng extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none 如有所失 rú yǒu suǒ shī to seem as if something is amiss (idiom) 学无止境 學無止境 xué wú zhǐ jìng no end to learning (idiom) / There's always something new to study. / You live and learn. 完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 wán bì guī zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom) / fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner syn 树上开花 樹上開花 shù shàng kāi huā to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom) 