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"rough (of life)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
轗轲 轗軻 kǎn kě variant of 坎坷[kan3 ke3] / bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn
生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn
舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn
坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn
一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn
寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn
死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn
永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life
享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn
起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn
活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn
死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn
救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn
延年益寿 延年益壽 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life syn
贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn
白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life
救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire
救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest
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
生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn
枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom)
死中求生 sǐ zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life
生命的遗迹 生命的遺跡 shēng mìng de yí jì trace of life / vestige of life
年寿 年壽 nián shòu length of life / life span
浮生六记 浮生六記 fú shēng liù jì Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808
无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom
寿命周期分析 life cycle assessment / life cycle analysis
生命肢体急救手术 life- and limb-saving surgical intervention / life- and limb-saving procedure
生命网倡议 生命網倡議 shēng mìng wǎng chàng yì Life Web Initiative / Life Web
有效寿命 有效壽命 useful life component / useful life
命途坎坷 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life
寿考 壽考 shòu kǎo long life / life span
起居作息 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life
夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn - mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life / one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
大概 dà gài roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea syn
粗糙 cū cāo crude / gruff / rough / coarse syn
大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn
粗暴 cū bào crude / crass / rude / rough / harsh syn
粗犷 粗獷 cū guǎng rough / rude / boorish / straightforward / uninhibited syn
眉目 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things syn
风浪 風浪 fēng làng wind and waves / rough waters / (fig.) hardship syn
粗略 cū lüè rough (not precise or accurate) / cursory syn
修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn
干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn
草图 草圖 cǎo tú a sketch / rough drawing
臭豆腐 chòu dòu fu stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
粗野 cū yě insolent / boorish / rough (in actions) syn
约略 約略 yuē lüè approximate / rough syn
粗制滥造 粗製濫造 cū zhì làn zào to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom) / rough and slipshod work syn
毛料 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth syn
毛边 毛邊 máo biān (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge / rough edge
草纸 草紙 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper syn
龙胆 龍膽 lóng dǎn rough gentian / Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra)
粗枝大叶 粗枝大葉 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy syn
画稿 畫稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
粗疏 cū shū coarse / rough / careless syn
打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
粗饲料 粗飼料 cū sì liào silage / rough fodder
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
粗率 cū shuài rough / coarse / crude / without due care / ill-considered syn
草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn
麻 má generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb syn
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless syn
泼 潑 pō to splash / to spill / rough and coarse / brutish syn
糙 cāo rough / coarse (in texture) syn
犷 獷 guǎng rough / uncouth / boorish
笪 dá rough bamboo mat syn
硌 gè (coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe syn
伧 傖 cāng low fellow / rustic / rude / rough
絁 shī rough, indelicate silk
簸荡 簸蕩 bǒ dàng to be tossed around (like a boat on a rough sea) syn
不一致字 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
儊 chù rough and rugged
觕 cū coarse, rough, rude
隒 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream / a rough mountain path
大凡粗知 dà fán cū zhī a rough acquaintance with sth
大醇小疵 dà chún xiǎo cī great despite minor blemishes / a rough diamond syn
崖略 yá lüè (literary) outline / general idea / rough sketch syn
既来之，则安之 既來之，則安之 jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
概测法 概測法 gài cè fǎ rough-and-ready method / rule of thumb
略知一二 lüè zhī yī èr to know just a little / to have a rough idea syn
粗估 cū gū rough estimate
糙面内质网 糙面內質網 cāo miàn nèi zhì wǎng rough endoplasmic reticulum
绵绸 綿綢 mián chóu rough-textured fabric of waste silk
长草区 長草區 cháng cǎo qū the rough (golf)
苏格兰牧羊犬 蘇格蘭牧羊犬 sū gé lán mù yáng quǎn Scotch collie / rough collie
管制毛坯钻石 rough controls
北大西洋长尾鳕 北大西洋長尾鱈 roughhead grenadier / rough rattail
国际毛坯钻石进出口管制制度 system for international rough diamond export and import controls
金伯利进程毛坯钻石证书制度 金伯利進程毛坯鉆石證書制度 Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds / Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
金伯利进程证书制度 金伯利進程證書制度 jīn bó lì jìn chéng zhèng shū zhì duó Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds / Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
毛坯钻石 毛坯鉆石 rough diamond
棤 cuò rough tree bark
粗莽 cū mǎng brusque / rough / boorish / crude
毛腿鵟 máo tuǐ kuáng (bird species of China) rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
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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