"the worst" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
最差 zuì chā least / worst / the least / the worst
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
大不了 dà bù liǎo at worst / if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious / alarming syn
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately syn
上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture syn
比上不足比下有余 比上不足比下有餘 bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú to fall short of the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
束手就毙 束手就斃 shù shǒu jiù bì hands tied and expecting the worst
束手待死 shù shǒu dài sǐ hands tied and expecting the worst
末位淘汰 mò wèi táo tài sacking the worst-performing employee / elimination of the worst-performing contestant
不孝有三,无后为大 不孝有三,無後為大 bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Meng4zi3])
最坏情况假设 最壞情況假設 worst case scenario
最恶劣形式的童工劳动 最惡劣形式的童工勞動 the worst forms of child labour
好戏还在后头 好戲還在後頭 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
比上不足,比下有余 比上不足,比下有餘 bǐ shàng - bù zú , bǐ xià - yǒu yú neither the best nor the worst / not too bad / better than some
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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