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"the two countries" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
两国 兩國 liǎng guó both countries / the two countries
Chinese Pinyin Translation
双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
一分为二 一分為二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) syn
双向时间 雙向時間 two-way traveltime / two-way transit time / two-way time
一山不容二虎 yī shān bù róng èr hǔ lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom) / fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us / (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
唯二 wéi èr (slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two / (of two things) the only two
二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn
两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn
小桥 小橋 xiǎo qiáo Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
夹击 夾擊 jiā jī pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn
一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn
两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn
夹攻 夾攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn
轮距 輪距 lún jù tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle)
两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn
一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn
拉锯 拉鋸 lā jù a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides
脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
四体 四體 sì tǐ one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
两虎相斗 兩虎相鬥 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants
一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
对顶角 對頂角 duì dǐng jiǎo angle to the vertical / angle (between two lines or two planes)
一是一，二是二 yī shì yī , èr shì èr lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal
𬣙 訏 xū to boast / great / large / multicolored silk / piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves
两重天 兩重天 liǎng chóng tiān two entirely different worlds / two contrasting realities
情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4])
游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
两国之间 兩國之間 liǎng guó zhī jiān bilateral / between two countries
邦交 bāng jiāo relations between two countries / diplomatic relations syn
亲睦邻邦 親睦鄰邦 qīn mù lín bāng friendly neighboring countries / to keep up good relations with neighboring countries
不结盟国家经济合作行动纲领协调国会议 Meeting of the Co-ordinating Countries of the Action Programme for Economic Co-operation of Non-Aligned Countries
中东欧国家 中東歐國家 central and eastern European countries / CEE countries
不结盟国家国家元首或政府首脑会议 不結盟國家國家元首或政府首腦會議 Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries / Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries / NAM Summit
不结盟运动首脑会议 不結盟運動首腦會議 Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries / Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries / NAM Summit
支持最不发达国家的综合框架 支持最不發達國家的綜合框架 Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework / Integrated Framework for Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance
贸易方面技术援助的综合框架 貿易方面技術援助的綜合框架 Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework / Integrated Framework for Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance
综合框架 綜合框架 zōng hé kuàng jià Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework / Integrated Framework for Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance
生产国和消费国关系问题常设小组 生產國和消費國關系問題常設小組 Standing Group on Relations with Producer Countries and other Consumer Countries
77个发展中国家联合宣言 77個發展中國家聯合宣言 Joint Declaration of the Seventy-seven developing countries / Joint Declaration of the Seventy-seven countries
77国联合宣言 77國聯合宣言 77guo2 lián hé xuān yán Joint Declaration of the Seventy-seven developing countries / Joint Declaration of the Seventy-seven countries
三个世界 三個世界 sān ge shì jiè the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
洋垃圾 yáng lā jī trash or used goods from Western countries / the dregs of society of Western countries / Taiwan pr. [yang2 le4 se4]
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary syn
感情 gǎn qíng emotion / sentiment / affection / feelings between two persons syn
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... 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
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
第二次 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two
两天 兩天 liǎng tiān two days
双眼 雙眼 shuāng yǎn the two eyes syn
个别 個別 gè bié individually / one by one / just one or two / exceptional / rare syn
两者 兩者 liǎng zhě both of them / the two of them syn
黄金周 黃金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
欧阳 歐陽 ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang
两侧 兩側 liǎng cè two sides / both sides
双腿 雙腿 shuāng tuǐ legs / both legs / two legs
西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen
时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn
轩辕 軒轅 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan syn
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
双向 雙向 shuāng xiàng bidirectional / two-way / interactive
时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn
南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei
双脚 雙腳 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
时辰 時辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day syn
双臂 雙臂 shuāng bì arms / both arms / two arms syn
回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn
慕容 mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Murong
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn
一二 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit syn
亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations
兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn
独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu
二百 èr bǎi two hundred / 200
楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn
诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
不约而同 不約而同 bù yuē ér tóng (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation / (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently / as if by prior agreement syn
其二 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second syn
复试 復試 fù shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
两千 兩千 liǎng qiān two thousand
双面 雙面 shuāng miàn double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible syn
两百 兩百 liǎng bǎi two hundred
公孙 公孫 gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun
车次 車次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
墙角 牆角 qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls)
双人 雙人 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem
交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse syn
并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn
一无所有 一無所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom) / utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together syn
两端 兩端 liǎng duān both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
丹田 dān tián pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
百里 bǎi lǐ two-character surname Baili
居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered 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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