从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn 囫囵吞枣 囫圇吞棗 hú lún tūn zǎo to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up syn 舔 tiǎn to lick / to lap syn 舐 shì to lick / to lap (up) syn 皱折 皺折 zhòu zhé crease / fold / ripple / lap 轮次 輪次 lún cì in turn / by turns / lap / turn / round / classifier for laps, turns, rounds 天上掉馅饼 天上掉餡餅 tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap 膝上舞 xī shàng wǔ lap dance 磕糖 kē táng (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate / to lap it up when one sees a couple whom one ships kissing or cuddling 机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn 数控机床 數控機床 shù kòng jī chuáng computer numerical control machine tool (CNC machine tool) 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down 平衡机 平衡機 centrifugal balancing machine / balancing machine 订书机 訂書機 dìng shū jī stapler / stapling machine / bookbinding machine / CL:臺|台[tai2] 心电图机 xīn diàn tú jī ECG machine / EKG machine / electrocardiograph 支票打印机 支票打印機 cheque imprinting machine / cheque printing machine 分装机 分裝機 fēn zhuāng jī racking machine / filling machine 机关炮 機關炮 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon 洗涤机 洗滌機 xǐ dí jī washer / washing machine / rinsing machine 长纤维卷绕机 filament winding machine / winding machine / filament winder PK机枪 pkjī qiāng PK machine gun / PKM machine gun 滚压成形机床 flow-forming machine / flow-turning machine 核反应堆燃料装卸机 fuel loading machine / nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machine 计算机数控机床 computerized numerical control machine / CNC machine 单机检测 單機檢測 single-machine trial / single-machine test 离心力式平衡机 離心力式平衡機 centrifugal balancing machine / balancing machine 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 丝带 絲帶 sī dài ribbon 剪彩 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) 彩带 彩帶 cǎi dài colored ribbon / streamer / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 缎带 緞帶 duàn dài ribbon 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn 缨 纓 yīng tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon syn 绂 紱 fú ribbon for a seal / sash syn 印绶 印綬 yìn shòu sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times) 帽箍儿 帽箍兒 mào gū r the ribbon around a cap 绦子 絛子 tāo zi silk ribbon or braid / lace or embroidery used for hemming syn 绦带 絛帶 tāo dài silk ribbon / silk braid 花结 花結 huā jié decorative bow of ribbon or fabric 机械化浮桥 jī xiè huà fú qiáo motorized pontoon bridge (generic) / ribbon bridge (US) 白丝带运动 白絲帶運動 bái sī dài yùn dòng White Ribbon Campaign 红丝带奖 紅絲帶獎 Red Ribbon Award 剪䌽 剪綵 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at an opening) 朱绂 朱紱 zhū fú (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official 彩练 彩練 cǎi liàn colored ribbon syn 带状电缆 帶狀電纜 dài zhuàng diàn lǎn ribbon cable 工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming syn 启动 啟動 qǐ dòng to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan) syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 机器 機器 jī qì machine / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4] syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 机身 機身 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 机房 機房 jī fáng machine room / engine room / computer room 洗衣机 洗衣機 xǐ yī jī washing machine / washer / CL:臺|台[tai2] 机床 機床 jī chuáng machine tool / a lathe / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 机子 機子 jī zi machine / device syn 重启 重啟 chóng qǐ to restart (a machine etc) / to reactivate (a postponed project etc) 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 联动 聯動 lián dòng (of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination / to be coupled / linkage 计算器 計算器 jì suàn qì calculator / calculating machine 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 建模 jiàn mó to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc) 飞刀 飛刀 fēi dāo a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool) 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine) syn 传真机 傳真機 chuán zhēn jī fax machine 包装机 包裝機 bāo zhuāng jī packing machine 录音机 錄音機 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL:臺|台[tai2] 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 老虎机 老虎機 lǎo hǔ jī slot machine syn 机枪 機槍 jī qiāng machine gun syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine / CL:架[jia4] 扳手 bān shǒu spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine) syn 虚拟机 虛擬機 xū nǐ jī virtual machine 铣床 銑床 xǐ chuáng milling machine 提花 tí huā Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern) 磨床 mó chuáng grinding machine / grinder 往复 往復 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) syn 进料 進料 jìn liào to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料) 跑步机 跑步機 pǎo bù jī treadmill / running machine 咖啡机 咖啡機 kā fēi jī coffee machine / coffee maker 突突 tū tū (onom.) beating of the heart / pitapat / pulsation of a machine syn 机关枪 機關槍 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] syn 铭牌 銘牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 备品 備品 bèi pǐn machine parts or tools kept in reserve / spare parts 钻床 鑽床 zuàn chuáng drilling machine / drill press 