那 nà (specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 件 jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn 轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously syn 怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? 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 眼光 yǎn guāng gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things syn 协商 協商 xié shāng to consult with / to talk things over / agreement syn 借鉴 借鑒 jiè jiàn to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others) syn 为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) syn 摸索 mō suo to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly syn 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 眉目 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things syn 天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law / the natural order of things syn 失事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn 值守 zhí shǒu (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch 钱物 錢物 qián wù money and things of value syn 搅局 攪局 jiǎo jú to upset the apple cart / to disrupt things 举凡 舉凡 jǔ fán such things as ... / examples including ... (etc) / without exception / every / any syn 各自为政 各自為政 gè zì wéi zhèng to do things each in one's own way syn 阳光普照 陽光普照 yáng guāng pǔ zhào (idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight 可遇不可求 kě yù bù kě qiú can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously 顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other 时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) 上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving 触类旁通 觸類旁通 chù lèi páng tōng to comprehend (new things) by analogy syn 暴殄天物 bào tiǎn tiān wù to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly syn 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 拔苗助长 拔苗助長 bá miáo zhù zhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) syn 旷达 曠達 kuàng dá broad-minded / accepting / philosophical (about things) syn 副 fù secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn 事无巨细 事無巨細 shì wú jù xì lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance syn 某些 mǒu xiē some / certain (things) syn 诸多 諸多 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of syn 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 诸如 諸如 zhū rú (various things) such as / such as (the following) syn 万物 萬物 wàn wù all things / all that exists 众生 眾生 zhòng shēng all living things syn 坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn 万事 萬事 wàn shì all things syn 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 如实 如實 rú shí as things really are / realistic syn 效果图 效果圖 xiào guǒ tú rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out) 惯性 慣性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 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 天平 tiān píng scales (to weigh things) 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 无为 無為 wú wéi the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire 风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn 留守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things 存有 cún yǒu to hold in storage / to retain / to harbor (feelings) / to entertain (sentiments) / (of abstract things) to exist / there is syn 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in) syn 底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up syn 分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear 风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 活儿 活兒 huó r work / (lots of) things to do syn 交加 jiāo jiā (of two or more things) to occur at the same time / to be mingled / to accompany each other syn 实干 實幹 shí gàn to work industriously / to get things done syn 物欲 wù yù material desire / craving for material things 成片 chéng piàn (of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area 刁难 刁難 diāo nàn to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2] syn 浑圆 渾圓 hún yuán perfectly round / (fig.) accommodating / considerate / smooth (way of doing things) syn 普照 pǔ zhào (of sunlight) to bathe all things / to shine gloriously syn 诸如此类 諸如此類 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc syn 助兴 助興 zhù xìng to add to the fun / to liven things up 千言万语 千言萬語 qiān yán wàn yǔ thousands of words (idiom) / having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop 扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things / to dampen spirits / to feel deflated / to be dispirited syn 老样子 老樣子 lǎo yàng zi old situation / things as they were 事与愿违 事與願違 shì yǔ yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage syn 举一反三 舉一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) syn 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn 滋长 滋長 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop syn 搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn 两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn 开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns syn 套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn 执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bú wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn 不可同日而语 不可同日而語 bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable syn 