听 yǐn smile (archaic) syn 笑 xiào to laugh / to smile / to laugh at syn 交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 微笑 wēi xiào smile / CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1] / to smile syn 台词 臺詞 tái cí an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word syn 笑容 xiào róng smile / smiling expression / CL:副[fu4] syn 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) 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 冷笑 lěng xiào to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 奸笑 jiān xiào evil smile / sinister smile syn 冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn 逗笑 dòu xiào to amuse / to cause to smile / amusing syn 会心 會心 huì xīn knowing (of a smile, look etc) syn 字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations syn 笑纹 笑紋 xiào wén laugh lines (on the face) 苦笑 kǔ xiào to force a smile / a bitter laugh syn 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead syn 平行线 平行線 píng xíng xiàn parallel lines 忍俊不禁 rěn jùn bù jīn cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile syn 格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse 含笑 hán xiào to have a smile on one's face syn 会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn 夹角 夾角 jiā jiǎo angle (between two intersecting lines) 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn 一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn 对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2] syn 律诗 律詩 lǜ shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming syn 压阵 壓陣 yā zhèn to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 暗喜 àn xǐ hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans syn 串行 chuàn háng to miss a line / to confuse two lines 莞尔 莞爾 wǎn ěr (literary) to smile syn 笑吟吟 xiào yín yín smiling / with a smile syn 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 干笑 乾笑 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1] syn 接驳 接駁 jiē bó to access / to transfer passengers between two railway lines 皮笑肉不笑 pí xiào ròu bù xiào to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely syn 强颜欢笑 強顏歡笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile syn 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 妃子笑 fēi zi xiào concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 粲然 càn rán clear and bright / with a big smile syn 赔笑 賠笑 péi xiào to smile apologetically or obsequiously 惨笑 慘笑 cǎn xiào bitter smile 开颜 開顏 kāi yán to smile / to beam syn 句 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse syn 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines 回归线 回歸線 huí guī xiàn tropic / one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer 莞 wǎn smile syn 因袭 因襲 yīn xí to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines syn 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 哂 shěn (literary) to smile / to sneer syn 道白 dào bái spoken lines in opera syn 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 经纬线 經緯線 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào like a smile yet not a smile (idiom) 嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào to smile sweetly syn 一颦一笑 一顰一笑 yī pín yī xiào every frown and every smile syn 七言律诗 七言律詩 qī yán lǜ shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) 唹 yú to smile at 咲 xiào old variant of 笑, laugh / smile 媚笑 mèi xiào enchanting smile 会心微笑 會心微笑 huì xīn wēi xiào a knowing smile (idiom) 破颜 破顏 pò yán to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open 解颐 解頤 jiě yí to smile / to laugh 颔首微笑 頷首微笑 hàn shǒu wēi xiào to nod and smile 灿笑 燦笑 càn xiào to smile brightly 诡笑 詭笑 guǐ xiào smirk / insincere smile 笑而不语 笑而不語 xiào ér bù yǔ to smile but say nothing 莞尔一笑 莞爾一笑 wǎn ěr yī xiào (literary) to smile 面露 miàn lù to look (tired, pleased etc) / to wear (a smile, a puzzled expression etc) 姨母笑 yí mǔ xiào (neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman) 嫣然一笑 yān rán - yī xiào (idiom) to smile sweetly syn 相视而笑 相視而笑 xiāng shì ér xiào (idiom) to look at each other and smile 瑑 zhuàn engraved lines 串线 串線 chuàn xiàn to get the lines crossed 五言绝句 五言絕句 wǔ yán jué jù poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line 交叉阴影线 交叉陰影線 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern 人之初，性本善 rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]) 划线板 劃線板 huà xiàn bǎn ruler (used for drawing lines) 句数 句數 jù shù number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc) 地垄 地壟 dì lǒng lines on ridges on ploughed field 地脉 地脈 dì mài geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水[feng1 shui3] / ley lines 夹批 夾批 jiā pī critical annotations between the lines 密排 mì pái leading (between lines of type) 对词 對詞 duì cí (of actors) to practice lines together / to rehearse a dialogue 对顶角 對頂角 duì dǐng jiǎo angle to the vertical / angle (between two lines or two planes) 接驳车 接駁車 jiē bó chē shuttle bus ferrying passengers between train stations on two different rail lines 