"retired and quiet" Chinese-English Dictionary

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恬雅 tián yǎ retired and quiet / calm and graceful
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet / peaceful and quiet syn
风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn
风恬浪静 風恬浪靜 fēng tián làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / All is quiet. / a dead calm (at sea)
国际宁静太阳年 國際宁靜太陽年 guó jì níng jìng tài yáng nián International Year of the Quiet Sun / International Quiet Sun year
广场舞 廣場舞 guǎng chǎng wǔ square dancing, an exercise routine performed to music in public squares, parks and plazas, popular esp. among middle-aged and retired women in China
姚明 yáo míng Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
欧洲退休和老年人联合会 歐洲退休和老年人聯合會 European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons
终身俸 終身俸 zhōng shēn fèng (Tw) pension (for retired military, civil service and teaching personnel)
名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) syn
太上皇 tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang / Retired Emperor / father of the reigning emperor / fig. puppet master
反聘 fǎn pìn to re-hire retired personnel
苏西洛 蘇西洛 sū xī luò Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949-), retired Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 2004-2014
荣民 榮民 róng mín (Tw) retired soldier / veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民[rong2yu4 guo2min2])
返聘 fǎn pìn to rehire retired personnel
荣誉国民 榮譽國民 róng yù guó mín (Tw) retired soldier / veteran
清风明月 清風明月 qīng fēng míng yuè lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life syn
平安 píng ān safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace syn
清幽 qīng yōu (of a location) quiet and secluded / beautiful and secluded syn
寂寥 jì liáo (literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty syn
杳然 yǎo rán quiet, silent, and lonely / far and indistinct / gone without a trace
tiǎo quiet and secluded / gentle, graceful, and elegant
幽僻 yōu pì secluded / quiet and remote / obscure and faraway syn
清恬 qīng tián pure and quiet (of life) / tranquil and comfortable
文静 文靜 wén jìng (of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet syn
恬淡 tián dàn quiet and contented / indifferent to fame or gain syn
素净 素淨 sù jing simple and neat / quiet (colors) / unobtrusive / (of food) light / not greasy or strongly flavored syn
闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn
安适 安適 ān shì quiet and comfortable syn
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn
yǎo dark and quiet / disappear syn
更深人静 更深人靜 gēng shēn rén jìng deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)
guǐ quiet and nice
冷冷清清 lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation syn
冷清清 lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation syn
恬和 tián hé quiet and gentle
恬适 恬適 tián shì quiet and comfortable syn
有一句没一句 有一句沒一句 yǒu yī jù méi yī jù to speak one minute and be quiet the next
温静 溫靜 wēn jìng quiet and gentle
空阒 空闃 kōng qù empty and quiet
阒然 闃然 qù rán quiet / still and silent
雅静 雅靜 yǎ jìng elegant and calm / gentle / quiet
关于悄悄外交的选项和方法的协商会议 關於悄悄外交的選項和方法的協商會議 Consultation on Options and Techniques for Quiet Diplomacy
幽寂 yōu jì (of a place) isolated and quiet syn
寂寞 jì mò lonely / lonesome / (of a place) quiet / silent syn
安静 安靜 ān jìng quiet / peaceful / calm syn
悄悄 qiāo qiāo quiet / making little or no noise / surreptitious / stealthy / anxious / worried / Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3] syn
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm / cool-headed / dispassionate / (of a place) deserted / quiet syn
静态 靜態 jìng tài static / sedate / quiet / passive / (physics) static / steady-state / (electronics) quiescent
寂静 寂靜 jì jìng quiet syn
低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
沉静 沉靜 chén jìng peaceful / quiet / calm / gentle syn
清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) syn
静悄悄 靜悄悄 jìng qiāo qiāo extremely quiet syn
静音 靜音 jìng yīn quiet / silent / mute
幽静 幽靜 yōu jìng quiet / secluded / isolated / peaceful syn
静谧 靜謐 jìng mì (literary) quiet / calm / still / tranquil syn
恬静 恬靜 tián jìng still / peaceful / quiet syn
静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn
静寂 靜寂 jìng jì quiet / silent syn
安生 ān shēng peaceful / restful / quiet / still syn
寂寂 jì jì quiet syn
寂然 jì rán silent / quiet syn
噤若寒蝉 噤若寒蟬 jìn ruò hán chán to keep quiet out of fear (idiom) syn
qīng (of water etc) clear / clean / quiet / still / pure / uncorrupted / clear / distinct / to clear / to settle (accounts) syn
jìng still / calm / quiet / not moving syn
qiǎo quiet / sad
tián quiet / calm / tranquil / peaceful
yàn late / quiet syn
(literary) quiet / peaceful / tranquil syn
dàn tranquil / placid / quiet
quiet / to live alone
宁静致远 寧靜致遠 níng jìng zhì yuǎn tranquility yields transcendence (idiom) / quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.
悄然无声 悄然無聲 qiǎo rán wú shēng absolutely quiet syn
shàn easy / quiet
tiē peaceful / quiet
平伏 píng fú to pacify / to calm / calm / quiet / to lie on one's belly
恬谧 恬謐 tián mì quiet / peaceful
邃户 邃戶 suì hù forbidding entrance to a large, quiet house
阒寂 闃寂 qù jì still / quiet
静若寒蝉 靜若寒蟬 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
悄悄外交 qiǎo qiǎo wài jiāo quiet diplomacy
宁静太阳 宁靜太陽 níng jìng tài yáng quiet sun
tán quiet / peaceful
辟室 闢室 pì shì lit. to open a room / fig. to settle in a quiet room / behind closed doors
沉潜 沉潛 chén qián to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low / to keep a low profile / quiet / reserved / self-possessed
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn
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)
三曹 sān cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
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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