"second to none" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
首屈一指	shǒu qū yī zhǐ	to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding	syn
寡二少双寡二少雙	guǎ èr shǎo shuāng	peerless / second to none (idiom)

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
无不無不	wú bù	none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception	syn
莫不	mò bù	none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone	syn
乙	yǐ	second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
全无全無	quán wú	none / completely without
旷世曠世	kuàng shì	incomparable / none to compare with at that time	syn
管不着管不著	guǎn bu zháo	to have no right or ability to interfere in sth / it's none of your business!
无無	wú	not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less	syn
莫	mò	do not / there is none who	syn
罔	wǎng	to deceive / there is none / old variant of 網\|网[wang3]	syn
博而不精	bó ér bù jīng	extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none
橆	wǔ	variant of 無\|无 / negative / none / without / apart from
打酱油打醬油	dǎ jiàng yóu	to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")
未检出	wèi jiǎn chū	none detected
一空	yī kōng	leaving none left / (sold etc) out
三个和尚没水喝三個和尚沒水喝	sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē	lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
关你屁事關你屁事	guān nǐ pì shì	(coll.) None of your goddamn business! / Mind your own business!
雨女无瓜雨女無瓜	yǔ nǚ wú guā	(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關\|与你无关[yu3 ni3 wu2 guan1])
莫属莫屬	mò shǔ	(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: 非[fei1] + (noun) + 莫屬\|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun) / would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute)
雨女无瓜雨女無瓜	yǔ nǚ - wú guā	(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關\|与你无关[yu3 ni3 wu2guan1])
第二次	dì èr cì	the second time / second / number two
二次	èr cì	second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
二世	èr shì	the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
二等	èr děng	second class / second-rate
二流	èr liú	second-rate / second-tier	syn
次于次於	cì yú	second after / second only to	syn
次	cì	next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time	syn
二副	èr fù	second officer (of ship) / second mate
仲	zhòng	second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers	syn
秒	miǎo	second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly
二号人物二號人物	èr hào rén wù	second best person / second-rate person
次等	cì děng	second-class / second-rate	syn
二线运输工具	èr xiàn yùn shū gōng jù	second-line transportation / second-line transport
二线药物二線藥物		second-line drug / second-tier drug
二婚	èr hūn	(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
二宝二寶	èr bǎo	second child / second baby
第二春	dì èr chūn	(lit.) second spring / (fig.) falling in love for the second time / a new lease of life / rebirth
第二次漢字簡化方案	dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn	Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986) / abbr. to 二簡\|二简[er4 jian3]
第二次汉字简化方案第二次漢字簡化方案	dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn	Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986) / abbr. to 二簡\|二简[er4 jian3]
二审二審	èr shěn	(law) second instance / second trial
第二	dì èr	second / number two / next / secondary	syn
二手	èr shǒu	indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
二级二級	èr jí	grade 2 / second class / category B
二手房	èr shǒu fáng	second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
一瞬间一瞬間	yī shùn jiān	split second	syn
下半年	xià bàn nián	second half of the year
再生	zài shēng	to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration	syn
二月	èr yuè	February / second month (of the lunar year)	syn
秒钟秒鐘	miǎo zhōng	(time) second
二手车二手車	èr shǒu chē	second-hand car
刹那剎那	chà nà	an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye	syn
二哥	èr gē	second brother
老二	lǎo èr	second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis	syn
亚军亞軍	yà jūn	second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up
其二	qí èr	secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second	syn
复试復試	fù shì	to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
第二代	dì èr dài	second generation
人称人稱	rén chēng	person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
第二轮第二輪	dì èr lún	second round (of match, or election)
仅次于僅次于	jǐn cì yú	second only to ... / ranking behind only ...	syn
霎时霎時	shà shí	in a split second	syn
大二	dà èr	second-year university student
二代	èr dài	second generation
第二位	dì èr wèi	second place
少尉	shào wèi	second lieutenant (army rank)
壮族壯族	zhuàng zú	Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
二奶	èr nǎi	mistress / second wife / lover	syn
千兆	qiān zhào	giga- / (computer networking) gigabits per second / 1000Base-T
似曾相识似曾相識	sì céng xiāng shí	déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
八路军八路軍	bā lù jūn	Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)	syn
转念轉念	zhuǎn niàn	to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
二度	èr dù	again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
李世民	lǐ shì mín	Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
二分	èr fēn	second part / the equinox
第二季度	dì èr jì dù	second quarter (of financial year)
孟子	mèng zǐ	Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
义无反顾義無反顧	yì wú fǎn gù	honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts	syn
兼营兼營	jiān yíng	a second job / supplementary way of making a living
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
旧货舊貨	jiù huò	second-hand goods / used items for sale	syn
中古	zhōng gǔ	medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
成性	chéng xìng	to become second nature / by nature
旧书舊書	jiù shū	second-hand book / old book / ancient book	syn
数一数二數一數二	shǔ yī shǔ èr	(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one	syn
太宗	tài zōng	posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
次之	cì zhī	to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)	syn
二房	èr fáng	second branch of an extended family / concubine	syn
乙酉	yǐ yǒu	twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
第二职业第二職業	dì èr zhí yè	second job
汉书漢書	hàn shū	History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
霎时间霎時間	shà shí jiān	in a split second	syn
歇后语歇後語	xiē hòu yǔ	anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
顺治順治	shùn zhì	reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)
下	xià	down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action	syn
春联春聯	chūn lián	Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)	syn
次子	cì zǐ	second son
再版	zài bǎn	second edition / reprint	syn
榜眼	bǎng yǎn	candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元\|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
行	háng	row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column	syn

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"second to none" Chinese-English Dictionary

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