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"shabby looks" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
穷酸相 窮酸相 qióng suān xiàng wretched look / shabby looks
Chinese Pinyin Translation
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lái seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be syn
人才 rén cái talent / talented person / looks / attractive looks syn
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but syn
破案 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table
长相 長相 zhǎng xiàng appearance / looks / profile / countenance syn
看样子 看樣子 kàn yàng zi it seems / it looks as if syn
美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn
气势 氣勢 qì shì imposing manner / loftiness / grandeur / energetic looks / vigor syn
容貌 róng mào one's appearance / one's aspect / looks / features syn
破旧 破舊 pò jiù shabby syn
人品 rén pǐn character / moral strength / integrity / (coll.) looks / appearance / bearing syn
走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn
落汤鸡 落湯雞 luò tāng jī a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress syn
姿色 zī sè good looks (of a woman) syn
褴褛 襤褸 lán lǚ (of clothes) ragged / shabby syn
穷酸 窮酸 qióng suān (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic / impoverished pedant syn
遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn
明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn
风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn
丰姿 fēng zī charm / good looks syn
眉眼 méi yǎn brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance syn
蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn
头面 頭面 tóu miàn head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks syn
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appears to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be syn
貌美 mào měi good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman)
臭美 chòu měi to show off one's good looks shamelessly
貌相 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial) / looks / to judge a person by appearances
姿容 zī róng looks / appearance syn
潘岳 pān yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
虚有其表 虛有其表 xū yǒu qí biǎo looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance syn
采 採 cǎi color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3] syn
瞄 miáo to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at / to glance at syn
姿 zī beauty / disposition / looks / appearance syn
敝 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated syn
败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby
脸相 臉相 liǎn xiàng complexion / looks / appearance of one's face syn
横眉怒目 橫眉怒目 héng méi nù mù lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes / to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom) syn
这山望着那山高 這山望著那山高 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
风雨如晦 風雨如晦 fēng yǔ rú huì lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom) / fig. the situation looks grim
怪样 怪樣 guài yàng odd expression / funny looks / queer face / to grimace / to give sb funny looks / to pull faces
破敝 pò bì shabby / damaged
破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn
金玉其外，败絮其中 金玉其外，敗絮其中 jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
金玉其表，败絮其中 金玉其表，敗絮其中 jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
老牛破车 老牛破車 lǎo niú pò chē lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient syn
磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule
暖巢管家 nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
疮痍满目 瘡痍滿目 chuāng yí mǎn mù a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom) syn
色厉词严 色厲詞嚴 sè lì cí yán severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
走相 zǒu xiàng to lose one's good looks
龙脉 龍脈 lóng mài dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon
容止 róng zhǐ looks and demeanor syn
背影杀手 背影殺手 bèi yǐng shā shǒu (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀[bei4 sha1]
背杀 背殺 bèi shā (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手[bei4 ying3 sha1 shou3]
逆生长 逆生長 nì shēng zhǎng to seem to grow younger / to regain one's youthful looks
外协 外協 wài xié outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会[wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4])
外貌协会 外貌協會 wài mào xié huì the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)
大兴机场 大興機場 dà xīng jī chǎng Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), nicknamed 海星機場|海星机场[hai3 xing1 ji1 chang3] because its terminal looks like a huge starfish
海星机场 海星機場 hǎi xīng jī chǎng nickname of Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國際機場|北京大兴国际机场[Bei3 jing1 Da4 xing1 Guo2 ji4 Ji1 chang3], whose terminal building looks like a giant alien starfish
白云苍狗 白雲蒼狗 bái yún cāng gǒu lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world syn
颜控 顏控 yán kòng someone who attaches great importance to good looks (esp. in others)
满目疮痍 滿目瘡痍 mǎn mù chuāng yí a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom) syn
貌若潘安 mào ruò pān ān to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安[Pan1 An1] (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)
科技感 kē jì gǎn high tech feel (of a product etc) / the impression that sb's looks are artificial, affected by cosmetic procedures
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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