高耸入云 高聳入雲 gāo sǒng rù yún tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom) / used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper syn 高个子 高個子 gāo gè zi tall person / (of a person) tall syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 高矮胖瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 高瞻远瞩 高瞻遠矚 gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ to stand tall and see far (idiom) / taking the long and broad view / acute foresight syn 伉 kàng spouse / big and tall / strong / robust / upright and outspoken syn 登高望远 登高望遠 dēng gāo wàng yuǎn to stand tall and see far (idiom) / taking the long and broad view / acute foresight syn 能伸能屈 néng shēn néng qū can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes) / ready to give and take / flexible 能屈能伸 néng qū néng shēn can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes) / ready to give and take / flexible syn 亭亭玉立 tíng tíng - yù lì (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight syn 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] 轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 魁梧 kuí wú tall and sturdy syn 伟岸 偉岸 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature syn 英姿飒爽 英姿颯爽 yīng zī sà shuǎng (of a person) valiant and formidable-looking / to carry oneself tall syn 肃立 肅立 sù lì to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic 人高马大 人高馬大 rén gāo mǎ dà tall and strong syn 魁伟 魁偉 kuí wěi tall and big / stalwart syn 巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb 膀大腰圆 膀大腰圓 bǎng dà yāo yuán tall and strong / burly / beefy syn 橚 sù tall and straight (of trees) 劲拔 勁拔 jìng bá tall and straight 大丈夫能屈能伸 dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible 彪个子 彪個子 biāo gè zi tall and strong physique 彪壮 彪壯 biāo zhuàng tall and husky / hefty 昂藏 áng cáng tall and strongly built / stalwart / courageous 髝髞 láo sào boorish and irascible / tall 国际高大建筑物和城市生境理事会 國際高大建築物和城市生境理事會 International Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 高富帅 高富帥 gāo fù shuài "Mr Perfect" (i.e. tall, rich and handsome) (Internet slang) 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 可共患难 可共患難 kě gòng huàn nàn to go through thick and thin together (idiom) 祸福与共 禍福與共 huò fú yǔ gòng to stick together through thick and thin (idiom) 箧箧 篋篋 qiè qiè long and thin / slender 经历风雨 經歷風雨 jīng lì fēng yǔ to go through thick and thin (idiom) 云消雾散 雲消霧散 yún xiāo wù sàn the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air syn 揻 wēi (dialect) to bend (a long and thin object) 秦椒 qín jiāo (dialect) hot pepper (long and thin) / same as 花椒[hua1 jiao1] 穿一条裤子 穿一條褲子 chuān yī tiáo kù zi (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things 渐稀 漸稀 jiàn xī to thin out gradually / to become fainter and fainter 豆干 豆乾 dòu gān pressed tofu / dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish) 高大 gāo dà tall / lofty / towering syn 高耸 高聳 gāo sǒng erect / towering / to stand tall syn 耸立 聳立 sǒng lì to stand tall / to tower aloft syn 高矮 gāo ǎi height (i.e. whether short or tall) syn 森然 sēn rán (of tall trees) dense, thick / awe-inspiring syn 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 大个儿 大個兒 dà gè r tall person syn 高帽子 gāo mào zi tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery syn 崔巍 cuī wēi tall / towering 乔 喬 qiáo tall syn 厦 廈 shà (bound form) tall building / mansion / (bound form) rear annex / lean-to / Taiwan pr. [xia4] syn 轩 軒 xuān pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old) syn 榔 láng tall tree (archaic) syn 颀 頎 qí tall 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 不识高低 不識高低 bù shí gāo dī can't recognize tall or short (idiom) / doesn't know what's what 树大招风 樹大招風 shù dà zhāo fēng lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism 云窗雾槛 雲窗霧檻 yún chuāng wù kǎn cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom) / tall building with the windows in the clouds 高大罂粟花综合症 高大罌粟花綜合症 gāo dà yīng sù huā zōng hé zhèng tall 天梯 tiān tī stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator 乔林 喬林 qiáo lín forest (esp. of tall trees) / high forest 筼筜 篔簹 yún dāng species of tall bamboo 长筒靴 長筒靴 cháng tǒng xuē tall boots 高楼大厦 高樓大廈 gāo lóu dà shà tall building syn 高阁 高閣 gāo gé tall building / high shelf 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. 身高马大 身高馬大 shēn gāo mǎ dà tall / huge syn 高筒靴 gāo tǒng xuē tall boots 高挑子 gāo tiǎo zi tall person 高靿 gāo yào (of boots, socks etc) long / high / tall 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 