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 故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn 大人 dà ren adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors syn 通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 演绎 演繹 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn 头衔 頭銜 tóu xián title / rank / appellation syn 自称 自稱 zì chēng to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess / to claim a title syn 片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn 目 mù eye / (literary) to look / to regard / eye (of a net) / mesh / mesh size / grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item / section / list / catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name / title syn 题目 題目 tí mù subject / title / topic (CL:個|个[ge4]) / exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4]) syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 标题 標題 biāo tí title / heading / headline / caption / subject syn 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom) 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 刊登 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) syn 启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn 称号 稱號 chēng hào name / term of address / title syn 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn 王位 wáng wèi title of king / kingship 所有权 所有權 suǒ yǒu quán ownership / possession / property rights / title (to property) 传话 傳話 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story / inside information syn 趣事 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident syn 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 归结 歸結 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc) syn 当之无愧 當之無愧 dāng zhī wú kuì fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom) / entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) syn 头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn 天王 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] syn 却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞) 伯利恒 伯利恆 bó lì héng Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story) 狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses syn 爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn 追加 zhuī jiā to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title syn 寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn 假造 jiǎ zào to forge / fake / to fabricate (a story) syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 短篇小说 短篇小說 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 奇闻 奇聞 qí wén anecdote / fantastic story 名号 名號 míng hào name / title / good reputation syn 地契 dì qì title deed (for land) / CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4] 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title syn 称谓 稱謂 chēng wèi title / appellation / form of address syn 片头 片頭 piàn tóu (cinema, TV) title sequence / opening credits / intro 尊称 尊稱 zūn chēng to address sb deferentially / title / honorific syn 自封 zì fēng to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself syn 关子 關子 guān zi climax (in a story) syn 扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn 原委 yuán wěi the whole story syn 支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 正名 zhèng míng to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) 天方夜谭 天方夜譚 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story 成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4] 始末 shǐ mò whole story / the ins and outs syn 书目 書目 shū mù booklist / bibliography / title catalogue / CL:本[ben3] syn 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn 逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn 官衔 官銜 guān xián title / official rank 皇位 huáng wèi the title of Emperor 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 锦标 錦標 jǐn biāo prize / trophy / title 活佛 huó fó Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century syn 奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument 扉页 扉頁 fēi yè title page / flyleaf / end paper 封爵 fēng jué to confer a title / to ennoble / to knight / title of nobility syn 轶闻 軼聞 yì wén anecdote / apocryphal story 就里 就裡 jiù lǐ inside story syn 职称 職稱 zhí chēng one's professional position / title / job title syn 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) 开讲 開講 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story syn 改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn 大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] 授衔 授銜 shòu xián rank of professor / academic title syn 伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) 题意 題意 tí yì meaning of a title / implication / theme 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 揭底 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets syn 续篇 續篇 xù piān sequel / continuation (of a story) 首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter 本事 běn shì source material / original story syn 片名 piān míng movie title 主打 zhǔ dǎ principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on 康熙 kāng xī Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3] 