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"the curtain falls" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn
瓜熟蒂落 guā shú dì luò when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom) / problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time syn
百足之虫死而不僵 百足之蟲死而不僵 bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng a centipede dies but never falls down / old institutions die hard
天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval syn
兰艾同焚 蘭艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom) / fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common / the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
尼亚加拉瀑布 尼亞加拉瀑布 ní yà jiā lā pù bù Niagara Falls
洛皮塔 luò pí tǎ Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant
洛皮塔瀑布 luò pí tǎ pù bù Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant
维多利亚瀑布 維多利亞瀑布 wéi duō lì yà pù bù Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe
夜幕低垂 yè mù dī chuí darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc) syn
覆巢之下无完卵 覆巢之下無完卵 fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
见光死 見光死 jiàn guāng sǐ (lit.) to wither in the light of day / (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb) / (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls
天上掉馅饼 天上掉餡餅 tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap
维多利亚瀑布首脑会议 Victoria Falls Summit
黄果树大瀑布 黃果樹大瀑布 huáng guǒ shù dà pù bù Huangguoshu falls, Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
尼加拉瀑布 ní jiā lā pù bù Niagara Falls (Tw)
肉烂在锅里 肉爛在鍋裡 ròu làn zài guō lǐ lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
双节 雙節 shuāng jié combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节[Zhong1 qiu1 jie2] falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section
帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn
落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn
夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn
幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)
谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end
帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn
幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn
撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn
帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn
浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain
垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn
窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn
划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn
幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn
帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn
帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn
幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn
幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain
帷 wéi curtain / screen syn
幔 màn curtain syn
帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent
簾 lián curtain
帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn
裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet
幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen
幔子 màn zi curtain / veil
幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage
幙 mù curtain / screen
扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter
珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads
开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser
帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain
幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain
床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net
窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn
雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour syn
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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