"roll of thunder" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
yǐn roll of thunder syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
打雷 dǎ léi to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder syn
雷公 léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
滚动 滾動 gǔn dòng to roll / (to do sth) in a loop / to scroll (computing) / to progressively expand (economics) / to rumble (of thunder) syn
卷子 juǎn zi steamed roll / spring roll syn
春卷 春捲 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll
肠粉 腸粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
juǎn to roll up / to sweep up / to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc syn
挡拆 擋拆 dǎng chāi pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll
全球500佳环境奖 全球500佳環境獎 Global 500 Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement / Global 500 Roll of Honour
滚装集装箱 gǔn zhuāng jí zhuāng xiāng roll-on roll-off container
滚装滚卸渡船 滾裝滾卸渡船 gǔn zhuāng gǔn xiè dù chuán roll-on / roll-off ferry
技术延期 技術延期 roll-over / technical roll-over
雷电 雷電 léi diàn thunder and lightning syn
雷霆 léi tíng sound of thunder syn
雷鸣 雷鳴 léi míng thunder rolls syn
雷声 雷聲 léi shēng thunder
惊雷 驚雷 jīng léi sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events syn
索尔 索爾 suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder)
雷厉风行 雷厲風行 léi lì fēng xíng pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom) / swift and decisive reaction syn
如雷贯耳 如雷貫耳 rú léi guàn ěr lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) syn
闷雷 悶雷 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
雷打不动 雷打不動 léi dǎ bù dòng not shaken by thunder (idiom) / the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan) syn
轰响 轟響 hōng xiǎng loud sound, such as that of thunder or a bomb / to rumble / to roar syn
隆隆声 隆隆聲 lóng lóng shēng rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
青天霹雳 青天霹靂 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue
léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn
zhèn to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder / syn
tíng clap of thunder syn
群龙无首 群龍無首 qún lóng wú shǒu lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader syn
列缺霹雳 列缺霹靂 liè quē pī lì lightning and thunder
沉雷 chén léi deep growling thunder
yǐn (onom.) sound of thunder
虺虺 huǐ huǐ rumbling (of thunder etc) syn
雷公打豆腐 léi gōng dǎ dòu fu the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺 雷公打豆腐,揀軟的欺 léi gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
雷大雨小 léi dà yǔ xiǎo lit. much thunder but little rain / fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
雷声大,雨点小 雷聲大,雨點小 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action
雷轰 雷轟 léi hōng sound of thunder
雷电计 雷電計 léi diàn jì brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
雷电计图 雷電計圖 léi diàn jì tú brontograph / record of thunder and lightning
响雷 響雷 xiǎng léi to be thundering / thunder clap / CL:個|个[ge4]
雷电行动 雷電行動 Operation Lightning Thunder
bìng thunder
干打雷,不下雨 乾打雷,不下雨 gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
雷神 léi shén god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公[Lei2 gong1], Norse Thor 索爾|索尔[Suo3 er3], Greek Zeus 宙斯[Zhou4 si1] etc)
摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
下线 下線 xià xiàn to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme) syn
滚滚 滾滾 gǔn gǔn to surge on / to roll on syn
背包 bēi bāo knapsack / rucksack / infantry pack / field pack / blanket roll / CL:個|个[ge4]
奔腾 奔騰 bēn téng (of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop syn
滑落 huá luò to slide / to roll
翻滚 翻滾 fān gǔn to roll / to boil syn
翻转 翻轉 fān zhuǎn to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip syn
卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn
舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn
点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn
上榜 shàng bǎng to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll
打滚 打滾 dǎ gǔn to roll about syn
胶卷 膠捲 jiāo juǎn film / roll of film syn
转悠 轉悠 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly syn
翻白眼 fān bái yǎn to roll one's eyes
名册 名冊 míng cè roll (of names) / register / CL:本[ben3] syn
卷曲 捲曲 juǎn qū to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly syn
金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations / roll of honor
菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film
卷帘门 捲帘門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door / roller shutter door
人仰马翻 人仰馬翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) syn
卷门 捲門 juǎn mén rolling door / roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll
轧钢 軋鋼 zhá gāng to roll steel (into sheets or bars) syn
转体 轉體 zhuǎn tǐ to roll over / to turn over (one's body) syn
排名榜 pái míng bǎng ranking / ordered list / top 20 / roll of honor / to come nth out of 100 syn
光荣榜 光榮榜 guāng róng bǎng honor roll syn
轧辊 軋輥 zhá gǔn (steelmaking) roll / roller / CL:根[gen1]
易拉宝 易拉寶 yì lā bǎo roll-up banner stand
花卷 huā juǎn Chinese steamed twisted bread roll syn
轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel / to roll / also pr. [gu1 lu5] syn
小面包 小麵包 xiǎo miàn bāo bread roll / bun
发榜 發榜 fā bǎng to publish a roll-call of successful candidates syn
检录 檢錄 jiǎn lù roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record
width / roll / classifier for textiles or pictures syn
gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn
cuō to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist syn
zhá to roll (steel) syn
tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel
wheel / to roll
gǎn to roll (dough etc) syn
xuān to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm syn
liè to roll the eyeballs to look
摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task syn
棒硫 bàng liú roll sulfur
lèi roll stone down hill / stone pile
奋袂 奮袂 fèn mèi to roll up one's sleeves for action
应卯 應卯 yìng mǎo to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
卷饼 捲餅 juǎn bǐng rolled-up pastry / roll / turnover (patisserie)
排名表 pái míng biǎo league table / roll of honor
抟饭 摶飯 tuán fàn to roll rice balls / rice ball
攘袖 rǎng xiù to roll up the sleeves
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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