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"tie a knot" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
缬 纈 xié knot / tie a knot
打结 打結 dǎ jié to tie a knot / to tie syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
结 結 jié knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel) syn
喜结连理 喜結連理 xǐ jié lián lǐ to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married syn
疙瘩 gē da swelling or lump on skin / pimple / knot / lump / preoccupation / problem syn
死结 死結 sǐ jié tight knot / intractable problem syn
郁结 鬱結 yù jié to suffer from pent-up frustrations / mental knot / emotional issue syn
快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot syn
绳结 繩結 shéng jié knot
结子 結子 jié zi knot (on a rope or string) syn
节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
缠结 纏結 chán jié to coil around / knot / to entangle
活结 活結 huó jié a slip-knot / a noose syn
纥 紇 gē knot
鬟 huán a knot of hair on top of head
繨 dá a knot (of a rope)
枙 è tree knot
纇 lèi flaw / knot
鬠 kuài to make a top knot
圪垯 gē da mound / knoll / swelling or lump on skin / pimple / knot / lump / preoccupation / problem
快刀断乱麻 快刀斷亂麻 kuài dāo duàn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot
死结难解 死結難解 sǐ jié nán jiě enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom) / thorny problem / intractable difficulty
节上生枝 節上生枝 jié shàng shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom) / fig. side issues keep arising
节瘤 節瘤 jié liú knot (in wood)
纠结点 糾結點 jiū jiē diǎn a knot / fig. meeting of many strands
髓结 髓結 suǐ jié pith knot (in timber)
红腹滨鹬 紅腹濱鷸 hóng fù bīn yù (bird species of China) red knot (Calidris canutus)
活套 huó tào noose / running knot
节子 節子 jiē zi gnarl / knot syn
节疤 節疤 jié bā gnarl / knot
颣 纇 lèi flaw / knot
大滨鹬 大濱鷸 dà bīn yù (bird species of China) great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
好聚好散 hǎo jù hǎo sàn to part without hard feelings (idiom) / to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
疖子 癤子 jiē zi (medicine) boil / furuncle / knot (in wood) syn
好聚好散 hǎo jù - hǎo sàn (idiom) to part without hard feelings / to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
束缚 束縛 shù fù to bind / to tie up / to fetter / to shackle syn
挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn
平手 píng shǒu (sports) draw / tie syn
纽带 紐帶 niǔ dài tie / link / bond syn
联结 聯結 lián jié to bind / to tie / to link syn
平局 píng jú a draw (in competition) / a tie syn
累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] syn
结扎 結扎 jié zā to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)
烙铁 烙鐵 lào tie flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron syn
拴住 shuān zhù to tether / to tie up / (fig.) to restrict / to keep a hold on
领结 領結 lǐng jié bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere
扎染 zā rǎn to tie-dye
束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn
系 繫 jì to tie / to fasten / to button up syn
打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn
电烙铁 電烙鐵 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron syn
扎带 紮帶 zā dài cable tie
枕木 zhěn mù railroad tie / sleeper syn
加赛 加賽 jiā sài (sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play / to have a playoff
绑缚 綁縛 bǎng fù to tie up / to bind / to tether / bondage (BDSM)
猛干 猛幹 měng gàn to tie in to
铁 鐵 tiě iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) syn
头绳 頭繩 tóu shéng string to tie hair syn
括 kuò (bound form) to tie up / to tighten up / (bound form) to include / to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1] syn
扎 紮 zā to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2] syn
贴 貼 tiē to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip syn
绑 綁 bǎng to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap syn
缚 縛 fù to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2] syn
帖 tiē fitting snugly / appropriate / suitable / variant of 貼|贴[tie1] / to paste / to obey syn
帖 tiě invitation card / notice syn
帖 tiè rubbing from incised inscription syn
拴 shuān to tie up syn
呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn
餮 tiè (literary) greedy / gluttonous
縻 mí to tie up
缯 繒 zèng to tie / to bind syn
襻 pàn button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together / to stitch together syn
萜 tiē terpene (chemistry)
絷 縶 zhí to connect / to tie up syn
缳 繯 huán to bind / to tie / lace / noose (for suicide) / hangman's noose
鉄 tiě old variant of 鐵|铁[tie3]
綑 kǔn variant of 捆|捆[kun3] / a bunch / to tie together / bundle
縢 téng bind / cord / tie up
驖 tiě dark brown horse
瓜田不纳履 瓜田不納履 guā tián bù nà lǚ lit. don't tie your shoe-laces in a melon-patch / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
緤 xiè variant of 紲|绁[xie4] / to tie / to bind
绷扒吊拷 繃扒吊拷 bèng bā diào kǎo to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
不分胜负 不分勝負 bù fēn shèng fù unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom) / evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
轨枕 軌枕 guǐ zhěn sleeper / tie
敿 jiǎo tie up (laces)
怗 tiē peaceful / quiet
系上 繫上 jì shang to tie on / to buckle up / to fasten
縳 zhuàn to tie up
紟 jīn a sash / to tie
李铁 李鐵 lǐ tiě Li Tie (1977-), footballer
结缡 結縭 jié lí to marry / to tie the bridal veil
结褵 結褵 jié lí to marry / to tie the bridal veil
褒呔 bāo tāi bow tie (loanword) (Cantonese)
鎹 róng Japanese kokuji pr. kasugai / cramp / tie
鐡 tiě variant of 鐵|铁[tie3], iron
占压 佔壓 zhàn yā to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
系领带 繫領帶 jì lǐng dài to tie one's necktie
呫 tiè to mutter / to talk indistinctly
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
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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