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"seldom seen" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
少 shǎo few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom syn
常见 常見 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently syn
罕见 罕見 hǎn jiàn rare / rarely seen syn
难得 難得 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by syn
可见 可見 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible syn
绝无仅有 絕無僅有 jué wú jǐn yǒu one and only (idiom) / rarely seen / unique of its kind syn
背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn
千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ thousand articles, same rule (idiom) / stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all syn
见怪不怪 見怪不怪 jiàn guài bù guài to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all / to be well accustomed (to sth) syn
班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period)
见闻 見聞 jiàn wén what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience syn
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring / never to be seen again / unique syn
由此可见 由此可見 yóu cǐ kě jiàn from this, it can be seen that... syn
很少 hěn shǎo seldom
见过 見過 jiàn guò have seen
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible
见不得 見不得 jiàn bu dé not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
生僻 shēng pì unfamiliar / rarely seen syn
航次 háng cì air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL:個|个[ge4]
散见 散見 sǎn jiàn seen periodically
被视为 被視為 bèi shì wéi to be viewed as / to be seen as / to be considered to be / to be deemed
前所未见 前所未見 qián suǒ wèi jiàn unprecedented / never seen before syn
奇花异草 奇花異草 qí huā yì cǎo very rarely seen, unusual (idiom) syn
少见多怪 少見多怪 shǎo jiàn duō guài lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication / naive / unworldy syn
亘古未有 亙古未有 gèn gǔ wèi yǒu unprecedented / never seen since ancient times syn
忽略不计 忽略不計 hū lüè bù jì to disregard (sth seen as negligible) / to neglect (sth seen as insignificant)
伄儅 diào dāng seldom / irregularly
不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen / unpresentable / beyond recognition
从外表来看 從外表來看 cóng wài biǎo lái kàn looking from the outside / seen from the outside
不见一点踪影 不見一點蹤影 bù jiàn yī diǎn zōng yǐng no trace to be seen
后影 後影 hòu yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn
患难见真情 患難見真情 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
愧难见人 愧難見人 kuì nán jiàn rén to be ashamed to be seen in public (idiom)
拿出手 ná chū shǒu not presentable / not fit to be seen in company
李英儒 lǐ yīng rú Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
视听材料 視聽材料 shì tīng cái liào evidence of material seen and heard / oral testimony
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
难得一见 難得一見 nán dé yī jiàn rarely seen syn
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
猪仔包 豬仔包 zhū zǎi bāo a French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao
不见兔子不撒鹰 不見兔子不撒鷹 bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
君子远庖厨 君子遠庖廚 jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
尝粪 嘗糞 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass
好戏还在后头 好戲還在後頭 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
习见 習見 xí jiàn commonly seen
正脸 正臉 zhèng liǎn a person's face as seen from the front
随处可见 隨處可見 suí chù kě jiàn can be seen everywhere
人矿 人礦 rén kuàng (neologism c. 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is exploited for its value to the nation
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
率性 shuài xìng to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
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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