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 长白山 長白山 cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology 白头山 白頭山 bái tóu shān Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology 奇伟 奇偉 qí wěi singular and majestic / strange and grand syn 贤达 賢達 xián dá prominent and worthy personage syn 中山成彬 zhōng shān chéng bīn NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese politician and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes 国有资产监督管理委员会 國有資產監督管理委員會 guó yǒu zī chǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), an entity that oversees state-owned assets at a particular level of government, the most prominent one being the SASAC of the State Council 國務院|国务院[Guo2wu4yuan4] 奕䜣 奕訢 yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing 帕拉塞尔士 帕拉塞爾士 pà lā sè ěr shì Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist 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 福泽谕吉 福澤諭吉 fú zé yù jí Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901), prominent Japanese Westernizer, liberal educator and founder of Keio University 亚哈 亞哈 yà hā Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22 黎智英 lí zhì yīng Lai Chee-ying, aka Jimmy Lai (1947-), Hong Kong media tycoon, prominent critic of the CCP and supporter of the pro-democracy camp 民主派[Min2zhu3pai4] 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 突出 tū chū prominent / outstanding / to give prominence to / to protrude / to project syn 杰出 傑出 jié chū outstanding / distinguished / remarkable / prominent / illustrious syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 暴发 暴發 bào fā to break out (of disease etc) / to suddenly get rich (or prominent) syn 突显 突顯 tū xiǎn conspicuous / to make sth stand out / make sth prominent syn 独步 獨步 dú bù lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding syn 题写 題寫 tí xiě to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign) syn 名嘴 míng zuǐ well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host 望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old) syn 黄兴 黃興 huáng xīng Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916 显明 顯明 xiǎn míng obvious / evident / conspicuous / prominent / distinct / apparent syn 出列 chū liè (military) to leave one's place in the ranks / to fall out / (fig.) to emerge / to become prominent 显要 顯要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary syn 潘岳 pān yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" 张之洞 張之洞 zhāng zhī dòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing 萧红 蕭紅 xiāo hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang 法拉第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity 李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration 显 顯 xiǎn to make visible / to reveal / prominent / conspicuous / (prefix) phanero- syn 郭台铭 郭台銘 guō tái míng Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn 要津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position syn 梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn 崭 嶄 zhǎn towering / prominent / very / extremely / (dialect) marvelous / excellent syn 眣 dié prominent eyes 崛地而起 jué dì ér qǐ lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom) / sudden emergence of prominent new feature 西斯塔尼 xī sī tǎ ní Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah) 大沽炮台 大沽砲臺 dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 孑孑 jié jié outstanding / conspicuous / prominent / tiny 燽 chóu salience / prominent / notable 特出 tè chū outstanding / prominent syn 索尔仁尼琴 索爾仁尼琴 suǒ ěr rén ní qín Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago 较著 較著 jiào zhù obvious / prominent / standing out 显职 顯職 xiǎn zhí prominent post 大沽口炮台 大沽口砲臺 dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 尼哥底母 ní gē dǐ mǔ Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John 耶户 耶戶 yē hù Jehu (842-815 BC), Israelite king, prominent character in 2 Kings 9:10 钮祜禄 鈕祜祿 niǔ hù lù Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan) C位 C wèi (neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core") 放卫星 放衛星 fàng wèi xīng to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big 秘闻 秘聞 mì wén matters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private syn 赫赫有名 hè hè yǒu míng illustrious / prominent / prestigious / well-known syn 窜访 竄訪 cuàn fǎng (derog.) (of a prominent figure) to visit (another country) (used when one disapproves of the visit for political reasons) 巨子 jù zǐ (Mohism) master / leader / an authority / a prominent figure / tycoon / magnate syn 名记 名記 míng jì well-known journalist / prominent reporter 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 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 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 