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"three-way calling" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) 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
一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn
使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn
出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct syn
退路 tuì lù a way out / a way to retreat / leeway syn
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn
标注 標注 biāo zhù to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) syn
霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation
王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
退避三舍 退避三捨 tuì bì sān shè lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom) / fig. to give way in the face of superior strength / a strategic withdrawal syn
约法三章 約法三章 yuē fǎ sān zhāng to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules syn
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
承运 承運 chéng yùn to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
风声鹤唳 風聲鶴唳 fēng shēng hè lì lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery syn
承兑 承兌 chéng duì (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise)
三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb syn
三个代表 三個代表 sān gè dài biǎo the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
沿路 yán lù along the way / on the way / area beside a road
活路 huó lù through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence syn
鼎足 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
钟 鐘 zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) syn
咪 mī sound for calling a cat
喽 嘍 lou (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) syn
钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate syn
嘤 嚶 yīng calling of birds
亘 亙 gèn extending all the way across / running all the way through
鸣锣开道 鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth syn
对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of / so / this way / like this / such syn
这么 這麼 zhè me so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this syn
那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn
将 將 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn
一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn
三 sān three / 3 syn
如何 rú hé how / what way / what syn
门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn
办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn
方式 fāng shì way / manner / style / mode / pattern / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
方法 fāng fǎ method / way / means / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
第三 dì sān third / number three syn
路上 lù shang on the road / on the way / en route syn
样 樣 yàng manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type syn
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way / not in the least / absolutely not syn
竟然 jìng rán unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to syn
看法 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
说法 說法 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation syn
手段 shǒu duàn method / way / means (of doing sth) / skill / ability / trick / wile syn
大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) syn
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn
做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL:個|个[ge4]
设法 設法 shè fǎ to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth) syn
对了 對了 duì le Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating) syn
指引 zhǐ yǐn to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines syn
眼光 yǎn guāng gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things syn
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop / to bar the way syn
法子 fǎ zi way / method / Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] syn
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way
途径 途徑 tú jìng way / means / channel syn
上路 shàng lù to start on a journey / to be on one's way syn
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way / to step aside
台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn
转向 轉向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost / to lose one's way syn
没戏 沒戲 méi xì (coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless syn
作风 作風 zuò fēng style / style of work / way syn
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn
得逞 dé chěng to prevail / to have one's way / to get away with it syn
饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living syn
口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn
曲线 曲線 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn
思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn
三百 sān bǎi three hundred
银河 銀河 yín hé Milky Way syn
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
线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn
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
顺路 順路 shùn lù by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently syn
脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains / mind / head / way of thinking syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path syn
顺道 順道 shùn dào on the way syn
心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way / to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence / to matter syn
银河系 銀河系 yín hé xì Milky Way Galaxy / the galaxy (our galaxy)
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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