"small craftsman (contemptuous)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
杂沓 雜沓 zá tà small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult syn
杂流 雜流 zá liú small craftsman (contemptuous)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
小武器和轻武器区域中心 小武器和輕武器區域中心 Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States / Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons / Regional Centre on Small Arms
小武器区域中心 小武器區域中心 Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States / Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons / Regional Centre on Small Arms
联合国小武器和轻武器登记册 聯合國小武器和輕武器登記冊 United Nations register for small arms and light weapons / UN register on small arms / small arms register / SALW register
碎钻 碎鑽 suì zuàn small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)
鲁班 魯班 lǔ bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
jiàng craftsman syn
慢工出巧匠 màn gōng chū qiǎo jiàng patient work makes a skilled craftsman
篆工 zhuàn gōng craftsman engaged in carving characters
大匠 dà jiàng master craftsman / Han dynasty official title
宗匠 zōng jiàng person with remarkable academic or artistic attainments / master craftsman / highly esteemed person syn
liáng (literary) to be good at / to be expert in / (literary) skilled craftsman
篾匠 miè jiàng craftsman who makes articles from bamboo strips
轻视 輕視 qīng shì contempt / contemptuous / to despise / to scorn / scornful syn
轻蔑 輕蔑 qīng miè scornful / disdainful / contemptuous / pejorative / disdain / contempt syn
老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) syn
阿猫阿狗 阿貓阿狗 ā māo ā gǒu any Tom, Dick or Harry / anyone (contemptuous)
恃才傲物 shì cái ào wù (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability / to be conceited and contemptuous syn
二婚头 二婚頭 èr hūn tóu remarried lady (contemptuous term) / lady who marries for a second time
怕死鬼 pà sǐ guǐ afraid to die (contemptuous term)
臭老九 chòu lǎo jiǔ stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) syn
蔑称 蔑稱 miè chēng contemptuous term
藐藐 miǎo miǎo contemptuous (of manner) / high and distant / mysterious / grand / magnificent
蛮子 蠻子 mán zi barbarian / slave servant / (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)
贱称 賤稱 jiàn chēng contemptuous term
阉竖 閹豎 yān shù eunuch (contemptuous appellation)
眼高 yǎn gāo haughty / contemptuous / to have high expectations
小型 xiǎo xíng small scale / small size syn
小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn
小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn
弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn
矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized syn
小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several syn
一小部分 yī xiǎo bù fèn a small part / a small section
大事化小,小事化了 dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà le to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all
麻雀虽小,五脏俱全 麻雀雖小,五臟俱全 má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quán the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail
小规模渔业 xiǎo guī mú yú yè small-scale commercial fisheries / small-scale fisheries
小城镇利贫水和废水综合管理项目 Integrated Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns / Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns
中小型工业 中小型工業 small and medium-sized industries / small and medium industries
小武器行动纲领 小武器行動綱領 Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Programme of Action on Small Arms
2006年小武器审查会议 2006年小武器審查會議 United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Small Arms Review Conference
欧安组织关于小武器和轻武器问题的文件 歐安組織關於小武器和輕武器問題的文件 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons / OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons
小动物饲养 小動物飼養 small animal raising / small animal husbandry
宁做鸡头,不做凤尾 寧做雞頭,不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
大事化小,小事化了 dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
草台班子 草臺班子 cǎo tái bān zi small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
小鸟胃 小鳥胃 xiǎo niǎo wèi (fig.) small appetite / sb with a small appetite
大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn
意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn
灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
零售 líng shòu to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities syn
小企业 小企業 xiǎo qǐ yè small enterprise
娃娃 wá wa baby / small child / doll syn
少数 少數 shǎo shù small number / few / minority syn
中小企业 中小企業 zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè small and medium enterprise
深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure syn
小巧 xiǎo qiǎo small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty syn
领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group
小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town / village
片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn
轻微 輕微 qīng wēi slight / light / trivial / to a small extent syn
小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn
套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom
包包 bāo bāo bag or purse etc / small bump or pimple / hillock
小城 xiǎo chéng small town
略带 略帶 lüè dài to have (an attribute) to a small degree / to have a touch of syn
大大小小 dà dà xiǎo xiǎo large and small / of all sizes syn
毛毛 máo mao (pet name for a baby or small child) syn
腰部 yāo bù waist / small of the back syn
风月 風月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) syn
缝隙 縫隙 fèng xì small crack / chink syn
虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn
微小 wēi xiǎo minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal syn
小菜 xiǎo cài appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] syn
山羊 shān yáng goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)
小本 xiǎo běn small capital / on a shoestring
茶几 chá jī small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
凳子 dèng zi stool / small seat syn
旅店 lǚ diàn inn / small hotel syn
女童 nǚ tóng small girl syn
伺服 sì fú servo (small electric motor) / computer server
散户 散戶 sǎn hù individual (shareholder) / the small investor
大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn
极少数 極少數 jí shǎo shù extremely few / a small minority
一斑 yī bān lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme
坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) syn
极小 極小 jí xiǎo minimal / extremely small
鞭炮 biān pào firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL:枚[mei2] syn
碎裂 suì liè to disintegrate / to shatter into small pieces
小球 xiǎo qiú sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls / see also 大球[da4 qiu2]
小树 小樹 xiǎo shù shrub / small tree / sapling / CL:棵[ke1] syn
侏儒 zhū rú dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget syn
镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff
非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter syn
沾染 zhān rǎn to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage syn
绒毛 絨毛 róng máo fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine) syn
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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