"school of thought" Chinese-English Dictionary

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学派 學派 xué pài school of thought
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought
中专 中專 zhōng zhuān vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校
中等师范学校 中等師範學校 zhōng děng shī fàn xué xiào secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought syn
发人深省 發人深省 fā rén shēn xǐng to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking syn
发人深思 發人深思 fā rén shēn sī (idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought syn
诸子百家 諸子百家 zhū zǐ bǎi jiā the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重 千里送鵝毛,禮輕情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
礼轻情意重 禮輕情意重 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
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
耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén - xún wèi (idiom) thought-provoking / to provide food for thought syn
倡导 倡導 chàng dǎo to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) syn
孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc)
流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn
里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower
代表人物 dài biǎo rén wù representative individual (of a school of thought)
鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn
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
刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn
自立门户 自立門戶 zì lì mén hù to form one's own group or school of thought / to set up one's own business / to establish oneself
刑名之学 刑名之學 xíng míng zhī xué xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4]
流别 流別 liú bié branch (of a river) / school (of thought)
家法 jiā fǎ the rules and discipline that apply within a family / stick used for punishing children or servants / traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school / primary school syn
入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school / to attend school syn
中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student
开学 開學 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term syn
正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine syn
校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
学风 學風 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions
初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn
体校 體校 tǐ xiào sports school / physical education school (abbr. for 體育學校|体育学校[ti3yu4 xue2xiao4])
卫校 衛校 wèi xiào medical school / nursing school
夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school
高职院校 高職院校 gāo zhí yuàn xiào professional school / higher vocational school
干校 幹校 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]
心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn
伊顿公学 伊頓公學 yī dùn gōng xué Eton public school (English elite school)
法相宗 fǎ xiàng zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Dharma-character school of Buddhism
复式班学校 multi-grade school / cluster school
阿拉伯国家校内校外教育区域方桉 阿拉伯國家校內校外教育區域方案 Regional Programme for in-school and out-of-school education in the Arabic countries
保罗·尼采高级国际研究学院 保羅·尼采高級國際研究學院 The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies / School of Advanced International Studies
高级国际研究学院 高級國際研究學院 gāo jí guó jì yán jiū xué yuàn The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies / School of Advanced International Studies
网络学校 網絡學校 cyber school / online school
国际校际交流计划 國際校際交流計劃 International School-to-School Experience
排雷训练学校 排雷訓練學校 demining training school / mine-clearance training school
唯识宗 唯識宗 wéi shí zōng Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism)
村塾 cūn shú (old) village school / rural school syn
推甄 tuī zhēn to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school / to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan) / abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选
学舍 學舍 xué shè school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
中中 zhōng zhōng middling / average / impartial / (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school")
英中 yīng zhōng (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses English as a medium of instruction ("EMI school")
低年级 低年級 dī nián jí a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year) / the lower division (of a school etc)
女高 nǚ gāo (slang) female high school student / all-girls high school
黉舍 黌舍 hóng shè school building / school
精神 jīng shén spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
思想 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn
观念 觀念 guān niàn notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions syn
思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn
思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn
想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn
念头 念頭 niàn tou thought / idea / intention syn
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought / unexpectedly syn
思绪 思緒 sī xù train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling syn
浮现 浮現 fú xiàn (of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge syn
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought syn
着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] syn
意念 yì niàn idea / thought syn
百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households
迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) syn
毛泽东思想 毛澤東思想 máo zé dōng sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought
出神 chū shén spellbound / entranced / lost in thought syn
思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn
心路 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas syn
扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
奋不顾身 奮不顧身 fèn bù gù shēn to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils syn
政治思想 zhèng zhì sī xiǎng political thought / ideology
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
隽永 雋永 juàn yǒng meaningful / thought-provoking / significant syn
百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn
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
文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing syn
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn
孰料 shú liào who would have thought? / who could have imagined? / unexpectedly
置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard syn
思想体系 思想體系 sī xiǎng tǐ xì system of thought / ideology
妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn
抽象思维 抽象思維 chōu xiàng sī wéi abstract thought / logical thinking
三思而行 sān sī ér xíng think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully syn
浮想 fú xiǎng passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection
舍生忘死 捨生忘死 shě shēng wàng sǐ bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / risking life and limb / undaunted by perils syn
evil thought
百思不解 bǎi sī bù jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought syn
仁心仁术 仁心仁術 rén xīn rén shù benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius) / charitable in thought and deed
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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