"stave" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
五线谱 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff / stave
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
短板 duǎn bǎn short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming / weak point
huǎn slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate syn
缓兵之计 緩兵之計 huǎn bīng zhī jì delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite
谱表 譜表 pǔ biǎo musical stave
魔高一丈,道高一尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
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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