"stick-and-carrot approach" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn
接近 jiē jìn to approach / to get close to syn
靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn
态度 態度 tài du manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success) syn
来临 來臨 lái lín to approach / to come closer syn
前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
棍子 gùn zi stick / rod syn
胡萝卜 胡蘿蔔 hú luó bo carrot syn
插入 chā rù to insert / to stick in / to plug in syn
拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches / crutch / walking stick syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
坚守 堅守 jiān shǒu to hold fast to / to stick to
进场 進場 jìn chǎng to enter the venue / to enter the arena / (aviation) to approach the airfield / (investing) to get into the market
棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn
走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously syn
逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn
杆子 桿子 gǎn zi pole / stick / club / gang of bandits syn
木棍 mù gùn wooden stick syn
路子 lù zi method / way / approach syn
炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)
拂晓 拂曉 fú xiǎo daybreak / approach of dawn syn
两端 兩端 liǎng duān both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes syn
紧贴 緊貼 jǐn tiē to stick close to / to press up against syn
军警 軍警 jūn jǐng the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy)
棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn
不拘一格 bù jū yī gé not stick to one pattern syn
凑近 湊近 còu jìn to approach / to lean close to syn
大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by syn
凸出 tū chū to protrude / to stick out syn
拨弄 撥弄 bō nòng to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up syn
粘贴 粘貼 zhān tiē to stick / to affix / to adhere / to paste (as in "copy and paste") / Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1] / also written 黏貼|黏贴[nian2 tie1] syn
事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn
粘连 粘連 zhān lián adhesion / to adhere / to cohere / to stick syn
迫近 pò jìn to approach / to press in syn
黏着 黏著 nián zhuó to adhere / to stick together / to bond / to agglutinate
凸现 凸現 tū xiàn to come to prominence / to appear clearly / to stick out syn
不拘 bù jū not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever syn
红萝卜 紅蘿蔔 hóng luó bo carrot / red radish syn
探头探脑 探頭探腦 tàn tóu tàn nǎo to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) syn
别出心裁 別出心裁 bié chū xīn cái to hit on sth new (idiom) / to display originality / to adopt an original approach syn
挨近 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to syn
风雨同舟 風雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times syn
拐棍 guǎi gùn cane / walking stick syn
黏附 nián fù to adhere / to stick to syn
香烛 香燭 xiāng zhú joss stick and candle syn
不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan
竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse
路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn
见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn
附耳 fù ěr to approach sb's ear (to whisper)
引桥 引橋 yǐn qiáo bridge approach
发贴 發貼 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
插上 chā shang to plug into / to insert / to stick in
插进 插進 chā jìn to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)
吐舌头 吐舌頭 tǔ shé tou to stick out one's tongue
翘起 翹起 qiào qǐ to stick up / to point sth up
紧扣 緊扣 jǐn kòu to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
异曲同工 異曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome syn
临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line
肉棒 ròu bàng meat stick / penis
粘连 粘連 nián lián to adhere / to stick together syn
粘着 粘著 nián zhuó to stick together / to adhere
助跑 zhù pǎo to run up (pole vault, javelin, bowling etc) / approach / run-up / (aviation) takeoff run
胶着 膠著 jiāo zhuó to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate syn
渐近 漸近 jiàn jìn to approach gradually
手动挡 手動擋 shǒu dòng dǎng manual gear change / shift stick
旁敲侧击 旁敲側擊 páng qiāo cè jī to make insinuations / to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom) syn
趋近 趨近 qū jìn to approach (a numerical value) / to converge to a limit (in calculus) / convergence
努嘴 nǔ zuǐ to pout / to stick out one's lips syn
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
荧光棒 熒光棒 yíng guāng bàng glow stick / light stick
棒喝 bàng hè practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
球棒 qiú bàng (baseball or cricket) bat / hockey stick
行将就木 行將就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave syn
bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn
tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn
tiē to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip syn
xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] syn
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn
gǎn stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns syn
méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
zhān to glue / to paste / to adhere / to stick to syn
qiào to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt syn
shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) syn
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near syn
dīng to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound syn
gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn
ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn
tuó mound / heap / lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiao3zi5] etc) to stick together / to form a clump syn
chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn
familiar / intimate / to approach syn
nián sticky / glutinous / (Tw) to adhere / to stick on / to glue 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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