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"to aim low" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
浅希近求 淺希近求 qiǎn xī jìn qiú to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition
Chinese Pinyin Translation
目的 mù dì purpose / aim / goal / target / objective / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
瞄准 瞄準 miáo zhǔn to take aim at / to target
低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn
低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn
宗旨 zōng zhǐ objective / aim / goal syn
低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb
低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn
成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off syn
下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn
旨在 zhǐ zài to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth) syn
低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage
标的 標的 biāo dì target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn
问鼎 問鼎 wèn dǐng to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc) syn
瞒天过海 瞞天過海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means syn
照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn
扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
低分 dī fēn low marks / low score
低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet)
水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. syn
瞄 miáo to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at / to glance at syn
洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn
旨 zhǐ imperial decree / purport / aim / purpose syn
滴水穿石 dī shuǐ chuān shí dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. syn
高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn
隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn
小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn
埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn
扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn
小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn
下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn
低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn
音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn
低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature
低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn
低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn
深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn
谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn
自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn
低价 低價 dī jià low price syn
矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized syn
无精打采 無精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out
销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low syn
低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade syn
小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble
卑贱 卑賤 bēi jiàn lowly / mean and low syn
苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn
细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn
低收入 dī shōu rù low income syn
低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn
低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low syn
低空 dī kōng low altitude
不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn
低速 dī sù low speed
贱卖 賤賣 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale
缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies
低频 低頻 dī pín low frequency
花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn
低洼 低窪 dī wā low-lying syn
平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn
低垂 dī chuí to droop / to hang low syn
悄声 悄聲 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice syn
低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
低息 dī xī low-interest
卑下 bēi xià base / low syn
低烧 低燒 dī shāo a low fever (up to 38°C)
低热 低熱 dī rè a low fever (up to 38°C)
窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn
洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn
回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn
假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities syn
低矮 dī ǎi short / low
安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
怅惘 悵惘 chàng wǎng distracted / listless / in low spirits syn
隐伏 隱伏 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low syn
灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
低端 dī duān low-end
低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive
偏低 piān dī to be on the low side / to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline)
过低 過低 guò dī too low
慢速 màn sù slow / low-speed
廉租房 lián zū fáng low-rent housing
低层 低層 dī céng low level
低保真 dī bǎo zhēn low fidelity / lo-fi
找遍 zhǎo biàn to search everywhere / to search high and low / to comb
芝麻官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat syn
偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
低阶 低階 dī jiē low level
看扁 kàn biǎn to have a low opinion of
下拜 xià bài to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow
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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