突然 tū rán sudden / abrupt / unexpected syn 一下子 yī xià zi in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden syn 忽然 hū rán suddenly / all of a sudden syn 突击 突擊 tū jī sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly syn 应急 應急 yìng jí to respond to an emergency / to meet a contingency / (attributive) emergency 灰姑娘 huī gū niang Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden / hurriedly syn 突变 突變 tū biàn sudden change / mutation syn 急剧 急劇 jí jù rapid / sudden syn 急转弯 急轉彎 jí zhuǎn wān to make a sudden turn syn 三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death syn 不翼而飞 不翼而飛 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire syn 心血来潮 心血來潮 xīn xuè lái cháo to be prompted by a sudden impulse / carried away by a whim / to have a brainstorm syn 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 突兀 tū wù lofty or towering / sudden or abrupt syn 茅塞顿开 茅塞頓開 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear syn 暴利 bào lì sudden huge profits 合着 合著 hé zhe (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all 回马枪 回馬槍 huí mǎ qiāng sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard) 惊雷 驚雷 jīng léi sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events syn 蓦然 驀然 mò rán suddenly / sudden syn 抢险 搶險 qiǎng xiǎn emergency (measures) / to react to an emergency 告急 gào jí to be in a state of emergency / to report an emergency / to ask for emergency assistance syn 刺痛 cì tòng to tingle / to sting / to have a sudden sharp pain / (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle / prick / sting / stab of pain 突发事件 突發事件 tū fā shì jiàn emergency / sudden occurrence 箭步 jiàn bù sudden big stride forward 猛力 měng lì with all one's might / with sudden force / violently / to slam 灵机 靈機 líng jī sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick syn 闷雷 悶雷 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow 急遽 jí jù rapid / sudden syn 怦然 pēng rán with a sudden shock, bang etc 遽然 jù rán (literary) all of a sudden syn 飞来横祸 飛來橫禍 fēi lái hèng huò sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom) syn 喔 wo (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder syn 股 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn 暴 bào sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure syn 突 tū to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2] syn 骤 驟 zhòu sudden / unexpected / abrupt / suddenly / Taiwan pr. [zou4] syn 马失前蹄 馬失前蹄 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness syn 霎 shà all of a sudden / drizzle 暴病 bào bìng sudden attack of a serious illness syn 暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn 紧急 緊急 jǐn jí urgent / emergency syn 急救 jí jiù to give emergency treatment / first aid syn 戒备 戒備 jiè bèi to take precautions / to guard against (emergency) syn 救济 救濟 jiù jì emergency relief / to help the needy with cash or goods syn 戒严 戒嚴 jiè yán to impose martial law / to impose emergency measures 急症 jí zhèng acute disease / medical emergency syn 紧急状态 緊急狀態 jǐn jí zhuàng tài state of emergency 救急 jiù jí to provide emergency assistance syn 急刹车 急剎車 jí shā chē emergency braking 急中生智 jí zhōng shēng zhì quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully syn 急智 jí zhì quick witted / able to think fast in an emergency syn 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn 周济 周濟 zhōu jì help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济) syn 急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn 急救中心 emergency centre 紧急疏散 緊急疏散 jǐn jí shū sàn emergency evacuation 毓婷 yù tíng Yuting, trade name of an emergency birth control tablet containing the hormonal medication levonorgestrel 急诊室 急診室 jí zhěn shì emergency room 急救包 jí jiù bāo emergency health kit 急救站 jí jiù zhàn emergency desk / first aid office 太平门 太平門 tài píng mén emergency exit 救济粮 救濟糧 jiù jì liáng relief grain / emergency provisions 救济品 jiù jì pǐn emergency goods / relief goods 火烧眉毛 火燒眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn 崛地而起 jué dì ér qǐ lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom) / sudden emergence of prominent new feature 诈尸 詐屍 zhà shī sudden movement of a corpse (superstition) / fig. sudden torrent of abuse 场外应急 場外應急 chǎng wài yìng jí general emergency (or "off-site emergency") (nuclear facility emergency classification) 紧急避孕 緊急避孕 jǐn jí bì yùn emergency contraception / emergency birth control 大会第八届紧急特别会议 eighth emergency special session of the General Assembly / emergency special session of the General Assembly to discuss the question of Namibia 越境动植物病虫害紧急防治系统 越境動植物病虫害緊急防治系統 yuè jìng dòng zhí wù bìng chóng hài jǐn jí fáng zhì xì tǒng Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases / Emergency Prevention System 紧急防治系统 緊急防治系統 jǐn jí fáng zhì xì tǒng Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases / Emergency Prevention System 司长兼紧急救济协调员特别顾问 司長兼緊急救濟協調員特別顧問 Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator for Internally Displaced Persons / Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator 大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team 联合国非洲紧急状况会议 聯合國非洲緊急狀況會議 United Nations Conference on the Emergency Situation in Africa / Conference on the Emergency Situation in Africa 非洲紧急状况会议 非洲緊急狀況會議 United Nations Conference on the Emergency Situation in Africa / Conference on the Emergency Situation in Africa 辐射紧急情况 輻射緊急情況 radiation emergency / radiological emergency 紧急阶段 緊急階段 emergency phase / emergency period 场区应急 場區應急 chǎng qū yìng jí site area emergency (nuclear facility emergency classification) 暴洪 bào hóng a sudden, violent flood / flash flood syn 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 戄 jué to fear / to be in awe / sudden glance 儵 shù alternate form of 倏 / sudden / abrupt 一闪念 一閃念 yī shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of insight 嘎然 gā rán (onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds) 奇祸 奇禍 qí huò unexpected calamity / sudden disaster 婴儿猝死综合症 嬰兒猝死綜合症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) / crib death 幡然改图 幡然改圖 fān rán gǎi tú to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom) 急袭 急襲 jí xí sudden attack 恍然醒悟 huǎng rán xǐng wù a sudden realization / to realize sth in a flash 撒然 sā rán sudden 相向突击 相向突擊 xiāng xiàng tū jī sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom) 突击检查 突擊檢查 tū jī jiǎn chá sudden unannounced investigation / on-the-spot inspection / to search without notification 兴会 興會 xìng huì sudden inspiration / flash of insight / brainwave syn 那倒是 nà dào shi Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization) 闪念 閃念 shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of thought 骤死 驟死 zhòu sǐ sudden death (play-off in sporting competition) 