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"the detailed story" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
根由 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
阿Ｑ ā Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2] / Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4zhuan4] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1])
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán - qí shuō (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
详细 詳細 xiáng xì detailed / in detail / minute syn
具体 具體 jù tǐ concrete / specific / detailed syn
精心 jīng xīn with utmost care / fine / meticulous / detailed syn
细腻 細膩 xì nì (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous syn
细则 細則 xì zé detailed rules and regulations / bylaws
详解 詳解 xiáng jiě to explain in detail / detailed answer / full solution (to a math problem)
详尽 詳盡 xiáng jìn thorough and detailed / exhaustive / the tedious details in full syn
玲珑 玲瓏 líng lóng (onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble syn
明细 明細 míng xì clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:) syn
细密 細密 xì mì fine (texture) / meticulous / careful / detailed syn
详实 詳實 xiáng shí detailed and reliable / full and accurate syn
明细表 明細表 míng xì biǎo schedule / subsidiary ledger / a detailed list
入微 rù wēi down to the smallest detail / thoroughgoing / fine and detailed syn
周详 周詳 zhōu xiáng meticulous / thorough / comprehensive / complete / detailed syn
工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
绵密 綿密 mián mì detailed / meticulous / fine and careful syn
细目 細目 xì mù detailed listing / specific item syn
清册 清冊 qīng cè detailed list / inventory
不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom) / only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding syn
大样 大樣 dà yàng arrogant / full-page proofs (of newspaper) / detailed drawing
详 詳 xiáng detailed / comprehensive syn
仔 zǐ (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine / detailed syn
缅 緬 miǎn distant / remote / detailed
缕 縷 lǚ strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) syn
极深研几 極深研幾 jí shēn yán jǐ deep and detailed investigation (idiom)
纤悉无遗 纖悉無遺 xiān xī wú yí detailed and nothing left out (idiom) / meticulous and comprehensive / not missing an iota
分星掰两 分星掰兩 fēn xīng bāi liǎng punctilious / clear and detailed
叮问 叮問 dīng wèn to question closely / to make a detailed inquiry / to probe / to ask repeatedly
叙明 敘明 xù míng detailed accounting
申论 申論 shēn lùn to give a detailed exposition / to state in detail
繁本 fán běn detailed edition / unexpurgated version
纤悉 纖悉 xiān xī detailed / fine and meticulous
详备 詳備 xiáng bèi detailed syn
海底详细绘图高频地震系统 海底詳細繪圖高頻地震系統 High frequency seismic system for detailed mapping of sea floor
详密 詳密 xiáng mì detailed / meticulous syn
分述 fēn shù to elaborate / detailed explanation
台账 檯賬 tái zhàng detailed record or log
故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale
通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn
剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre)
高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn
演绎 演繹 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn
刊登 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) syn
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn
改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn
成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn
片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn
要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline
却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞)
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn
爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn
加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn
头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn
奇闻 奇聞 qí wén anecdote / fantastic story
趣事 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident syn
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn
平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story / inside information syn
短篇小说 短篇小說 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story
始末 shǐ mò whole story / the ins and outs syn
支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
鬼故事 guǐ gù shi ghost story
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn
专题报道 專題報道 feature story
老套 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn
原委 yuán wěi the whole story syn
单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level
归结 歸結 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc) syn
天方夜谭 天方夜譚 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses syn
伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
别论 別論 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection
开讲 開講 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story syn
传话 傳話 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message syn
书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
神话故事 神話故事 shén huà gù shi mythical story / myth
姐妹俩 姐妹倆 jiě mèi liǎ The Sisters (short story)
路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn
关子 關子 guān zi climax (in a story) syn
石头记 石頭記 shí tou jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
就里 就裡 jiù lǐ inside story syn
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn
委曲 wěi qū sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop syn
揭底 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets syn
续篇 續篇 xù piān sequel / continuation (of a story)
大闹天宫 大鬧天宮 dà nào tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
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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