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"to bridge over" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn
争夺 爭奪 zhēng duó to fight over / to contest / to vie over syn
反复 反復 fǎn fù repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return syn
折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) syn
桥梁 橋梁 qiáo liáng bridge (lit. and fig.) syn
天桥 天橋 tiān qiáo overhead walkway / pedestrian bridge syn
再三 zài sān over and over again / again and again syn
吊桥 吊橋 diào qiáo drawbridge / suspension bridge syn
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
桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game)
鼻梁 bí liáng bridge of the nose
俯身 fǔ shēn to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow
桥头 橋頭 qiáo tóu either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
口口声声 口口聲聲 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom) / to repeat over and over again
转体 轉體 zhuǎn tǐ to roll over / to turn over (one's body) syn
斤斤计较 斤斤計較 jīn jīn jì jiào to haggle over every ounce / (fig.) to fuss over minor matters / to split hairs syn
撞倒 zhuàng dǎo to knock down / to knock over / to run over (sb) syn
接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn
独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
桥墩 橋墩 qiáo dūn bridge pier
通车 通車 tōng chē to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
高架桥 高架橋 gāo jià qiáo high trestle bridge / viaduct / flyover
攀越 pān yuè to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount
扫视 掃視 sǎo shì to run one's eyes over / to sweep one's eyes over syn
事过境迁 事過境遷 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge. syn
鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting
桥面 橋面 qiáo miàn roadway / floor / deck / bridge floor
浮桥 浮橋 fú qiáo pontoon bridge
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
拱桥 拱橋 gǒng qiáo arch bridge
三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì over and over again (idiom) syn
架桥 架橋 jià qiáo to bridge / to put up a bridge
桥头堡 橋頭堡 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) syn
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
引桥 引橋 yǐn qiáo bridge approach
腾越 騰越 téng yuè to jump over / to vault / to soar over syn
冰封 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal etc)
一次又一次 yī cì yòu yī cì repeatedly / over and over again
重来 重來 chóng lái to start over / to do sth all over again
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dǎo to topple over / to fall over / to greatly admire / to prostrate oneself before syn
源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn
断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
挂在嘴边 掛在嘴邊 guà zài zuǐ biān to keep saying (sth) over and over
挂帅 掛帥 guà shuài to be in command / (fig.) to dominate over other considerations / to be over-emphasized
卢沟桥 盧溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
桥接 橋接 qiáo jiē to join by or as if by a bridge / to bridge
廊桥 廊橋 láng qiáo covered bridge / (aviation) passenger boarding bridge / jet bridge
网桥 網橋 wǎng qiáo (network) bridge
跨海大桥 跨海大橋 kuà hǎi dà qiáo bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water)
舰桥 艦橋 jiàn qiáo bridge (of a naval ship)
垮塌 kuǎ tā to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
过河拆桥 過河拆橋 guò hé chāi qiáo lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) / fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal syn
悬索桥 懸索橋 xuán suǒ qiáo suspension bridge syn
七七事变 七七事變 qī qī shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
合龙 合龍 hé lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction syn
过街天桥 過街天橋 guò jiē tiān qiáo skywalk / pedestrian bridge syn
叫牌 jiào pái to bid (bridge and similar card games)
赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
泸定桥 瀘定橋 lú dìng qiáo Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河[Da4 du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county Sichuan Luding county 瀘定縣|泸定县[Lu2 ding4 xian4] with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州|甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
桥 橋 qiáo bridge / CL:座[zuo4] syn
掠 lüè to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep syn
桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
逾 yú to exceed / to go beyond / to transcend / to cross over / to jump over syn
颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn
和稀泥 huò xī ní to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over syn
芦沟桥 蘆溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
桥接器 橋接器 qiáo jiē qì bridge (networking)
便桥 便橋 biàn qiáo temporary bridge
圯 yí bridge, bank syn
堍 tù side of bridge
过 過 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
完 wán to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire syn
接 jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn
那边 那邊 nà bian over there / yonder syn
考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over / to consider / consideration syn
剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over syn
讨论 討論 tǎo lùn to discuss / to talk over syn
反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn
监视 監視 jiān shì to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance syn
王 wàng (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) syn
交给 交給 jiāo gěi to give / to deliver / to hand over syn
说服 說服 shuō fú to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] syn
思考 sī kǎo to reflect on / to ponder over syn
争取 爭取 zhēng qǔ to fight for / to strive for / to win over syn
通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn
商量 shāng liang to consult / to talk over / to discuss syn
四处 四處 sì chù all over the place / everywhere and all directions syn
警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over / (security) guard syn
主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor syn
过度 過度 guò dù excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue syn
查看 chá kàn to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out syn
接手 jiē shǒu to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc) syn
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over syn
战胜 戰勝 zhàn shèng to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount syn
倒下 dǎo xià to collapse / to topple over syn
浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over / from head to foot syn
计算 計算 jì suàn to calculate / to compute / to consider / to think over / to plot / to scheme syn
掩饰 掩飾 yǎn shì to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over syn
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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