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"the bigger picture" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大环境 大環境 dà huán jìng the environment (from a macro perspective) / the broader context / the bigger picture
Chinese Pinyin Translation
更大 gèng dà bigger / even bigger
只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
不顾大局 不顧大局 bù gù dà jú to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
画面 畫面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view syn
图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture syn
单色画 單色畫 dān sè huà monochrome picture / black and white picture
P图 P圖 P tú (Internet slang) to photoshop a picture / photoshopped picture
P图 P圖 P - tú (Internet slang) to photoshop a picture / photoshopped picture
大于 大於 dà yú greater than / bigger than / more than syn
几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc
大一些 dà yī xiē a bit bigger
推波助澜 推波助瀾 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire syn
中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
不啻天渊 不啻天淵 bù chì tiān yuān no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
眼馋肚饱 眼饞肚飽 yǎn chán dù bǎo to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
大阮 dà ruǎn daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine
装Ｂ 裝Ｂ zhuāng bī pretentious bastard (vulgar) / person who pretends to be bigger or richer than they are (vulgar) / variant of 裝屄|装屄[zhuang1 bi1]
㲋 chuò ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger
孔融让梨 孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
大小眼 dà xiǎo yǎn one eye bigger than the other
图片 圖片 tú piàn picture / photograph / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
照片 zhào piàn photograph / picture / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2] syn
影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn
组图 組圖 zǔ tú picture / image / diagram / map
拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn
图像 圖像 tú xiàng image / picture / graphic
图形 圖形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical syn
自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie
偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
头像 頭像 tóu xiàng portrait / bust / (computing) profile picture / avatar
拍照 pāi zhào to take a picture syn
装潢 裝潢 zhuāng huáng to mount (a picture) / to dress / to adorn / decoration / packaging syn
大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn
图画 圖畫 tú huà drawing / picture syn
大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn
画册 畫冊 huà cè picture album
原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
画图 畫圖 huà tú to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city) syn
画卷 畫卷 huà juǎn picture scroll
挂起 掛起 guà qǐ to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation)
上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn
画作 畫作 huà zuò painting / picture
显像管 顯像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope
全貌 quán mào complete picture / full view
童趣 tóng qù qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment) syn
年画 年畫 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture
声带 聲帶 shēng dài vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack syn
失实 失實 shī shí to give a false picture of the situation syn
镜框 鏡框 jìng kuàng picture frame / spectacle frame
画框 畫框 huà kuàng picture frame
顾全大局 顧全大局 gù quán dà jú to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
显像 顯像 xiǎn xiàng to form a picture / to develop a photo / to visualize
画幅 畫幅 huà fú painting / picture / dimension of a painting
岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
春宫 春宮 chūn gōng Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince / erotic picture syn
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn
相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) syn
按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn
招贴画 招貼畫 zhāo tiē huà picture poster (for advertising or propaganda) syn
画儿 畫兒 huà r picture / drawing / painting
贴画 貼畫 tiē huà pinup picture / poster
遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn
艳照 艷照 yàn zhào nude picture
遗照 遺照 yí zhào picture of the deceased syn
影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn
张挂 張掛 zhāng guà to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc) syn
画饼充饥 畫餅充飢 huà bǐng chōng jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom) syn
图 圖 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek syn
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
不识大体 不識大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture syn
画 畫 huà to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) syn
帧 幀 zhèng frame / one of a pair (scrolls) / picture syn
大处着眼 大處著眼 dà chù zhuó yǎn View the big picture while handling the details (idiom).
略见一斑 略見一斑 lüè jiàn yī bān lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture syn
众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn
一叶障目 一葉障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees syn
挂好 掛好 guà hǎo to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
相架 xiàng jià picture frame
角钉 角釘 jiǎo dīng corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
略图 略圖 lüè tú sketch / sketch map / thumbnail picture
全豹 quán bào the full picture (i.e. the whole situation) / panorama
单色照片 單色照片 dān sè zhào piàn monochrome photo / black and white picture
大处着眼，小处着手 大處著眼，小處著手 dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
扉画 扉畫 fēi huà frontpage picture
映像管 yìng xiàng guǎn CRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw) / kinescope
构想图 構想圖 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
沙画 沙畫 shā huà sand picture
淫画 淫畫 yín huà obscene picture
烘染 hōng rǎn relief shading (in a picture) / fig. to throw into relief
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
只见树木，不见森林 祇見樹木，不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín only see the trees, but not see the forest (idiom, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论) / to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture
总体上说 總體上說 zǒng tǐ shàng shuō looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered
蟪蛄不知春秋 huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons / fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
血象 xuè xiàng hemogram / picture of blood used in medical research
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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