怪异 怪異 guài yì monstrous / strange / strange phenomenon syn 异响 異響 yì xiǎng unusual sound / strange noise / to make a strange sound 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 珍闻 珍聞 zhēn wén oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item 奇谈怪论 奇談怪論 qí tán guài lùn strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks syn 嗜痂成癖 shì jiā chéng pǐ to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom) syn 奇崛 qí jué strange and prominent syn 奇谲 奇譎 qí jué strange and deceitful / sly / treacherous 吊诡矜奇 弔詭矜奇 diào guǐ jīn qí strange and paradoxical 3C sān C abbr. for computers, communications, and consumer electronics / China Compulsory Certificate (CCC) / computers, communications, and consumer electronics / China Compulsory Certificate (CCC) / ordinateurs, communications et électronique grand public / Certificat Obligatoire de Chine (CCC) 奇怪 qí guài strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled syn 陌生 mò shēng strange / unfamiliar syn 古怪 gǔ guài strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre syn 诡异 詭異 guǐ yì strange / weird syn 奇妙 qí miào wonderful / marvelous / intriguing / mysterious / strange syn 灵异 靈異 líng yì deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural 稀奇 xī qí rare / strange syn 见鬼 見鬼 jiàn guǐ absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it! syn 怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn 怪人 guài rén strange person / eccentric syn 蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd / queer / strange / fishy syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 生疏 shēng shū unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed syn 稀奇古怪 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange syn 见怪不怪 見怪不怪 jiàn guài bù guài to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all / to be well accustomed (to sth) syn 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 怪癖 guài pǐ eccentricity / peculiarity / strange hobby syn 怪味 guài wèi strange odor 珍奇 zhēn qí rare / strange syn 奇诡 奇詭 qí guǐ strange / queer / intriguing 奇绝 奇絕 qí jué strange / rare / bizarre syn 同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn 咄咄怪事 duō duō guài shì strange / absurd / paradoxical / extraordinary syn 奇 qí strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually syn 异 異 yì different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate syn 邪 xié demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal syn 巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution 希奇古怪 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange 怪模怪样 怪模怪樣 guài mó guài yàng outlandish / strange-looking / grotesque syn 聊斋志异 聊齋志異 liáo zhāi zhì yì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2] 二十年目睹之怪现状 二十年目睹之怪現狀 èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2] 吴趼人 吳趼人 wú jiǎn rén Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状 奇异夸克 奇異夸克 qí yì kuā kè strange quark (particle physics) 怪念头 怪念頭 guài niàn tou eccentric notion / strange whim 怪秘 怪祕 guài mì strange / mystic 怪声怪气 怪聲怪氣 guài shēng guài qì strange voice / affected manner of speaking syn 独在异乡为异客 獨在異鄉為異客 dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2]) 异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible 异文鄙事 異文鄙事 yì wén bǐ shì strange writing by rustic or illiterate 眼生 yǎn shēng unfamiliar / strange-looking syn 邪门 邪門 xié mén strange / unusual / evil ways / dishonest practices 可怪 kě guài strange / curious / surprising 日怪 rì guài (dialect) strange 怪腔怪调 怪腔怪調 guài qiāng guài diào strange accent / odd manner of speaking or singing 说也奇怪 說也奇怪 shuō yě qí guài strangely enough / oddly enough / strange to say 中二病 zhōng èr bìng (neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō") 人生地不熟 rén shēng dì bù shú to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family 怪模怪样 怪模怪樣 guài mú guài yàng outlandish / strange-looking / grotesque syn 怪象 guài xiàng strange phenomenon 撞鬼 zhuàng guǐ to encounter a ghost or supernatural being / (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky 异象 異象 yì xiàng (religion) a vision / strange phenomenon 稀奇古怪 xī qí - gǔ guài (idiom) crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange syn 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 刘姥姥进大观园 劉姥姥進大觀園 liú lǎo lao jìn dà guān yuán Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings 奕䜣 奕訢 yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing 怒江大峡谷 怒江大峽谷 nù jiāng dà xiá gǔ the Grand Canyon of the Nujiang river in Tibet and Yunnan 恭亲王奕䜣 恭親王奕訢 gōng qīn wáng yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing 成也萧何，败也萧何 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor 盛气 盛氣 shèng qì grand and heroic / exuberant character 藐藐 miǎo miǎo contemptuous (of manner) / high and distant / mysterious / grand / magnificent 雄心勃勃 xióng xīn bó bó aggressive and grand (idiom) / ambitious / pushy syn 非洲人权问题格朗德贝宣言和行动计划 非洲人權問題格朗德貝宣言和行動計劃 Grand Bay Declaration and Plan of Action on Human Rights in Africa 泇河 jiā hé Jia River, originating in Shandong and flowing through Jiangsu into the Grand Canal 补天浴日 補天浴日 bǔ tiān - yù rì lit. Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun (idiom) / fig. (of an achievement, deed, undertaking etc) grand / magnificent / unparalleled 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 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 大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 总计 總計 zǒng jì (grand) total syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 隆重 lóng zhòng grand / prosperous / ceremonious / solemn syn 盛大 shèng dà grand / majestic / magnificent syn 大酒店 dà jiǔ diàn grand hotel syn 宏伟 宏偉 hóng wěi grand / imposing / magnificent syn 大奖赛 大獎賽 dà jiǎng sài grand prix 堂堂 táng táng grand / magnificent / stately / majestic appearance syn 雄伟 雄偉 xióng wěi grand / imposing / magnificent / majestic syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 大公 dà gōng grand duke / impartial syn 盛典 shèng diǎn majestic pomp / grand ceremony syn 史记 史記 shǐ jì Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng grand reputation / renowned / famous syn 大峡谷 大峽谷 dà xiá gǔ great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River 盛况 盛況 shèng kuàng grand occasion 盛事 shèng shì grand occasion syn 宏图 宏圖 hóng tú major undertaking / vast plan / grand prospect syn 排场 排場 pái chang ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape syn 司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography 壮阔 壯闊 zhuàng kuò grand / majestic / vast syn 