"to brood over" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
old woman / to brood over / to protect syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
再三 zài sān over and over again / again and again 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
俯身 fǔ shēn to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow
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
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
三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì over and over again (idiom) syn
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
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
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
lüè to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep syn
to exceed / to go beyond / to transcend / to cross over / to jump over syn
孵卵 fū luǎn to hatch / to brood 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
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
wán to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire syn
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
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
解放 jiě fàng to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:次[ci4] syn
接管 jiē guǎn to take over / to assume control
辩论 辯論 biàn lùn debate / argument / to argue over / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] syn
接收 jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate syn
看守 kān shǒu to guard / to watch over syn
发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular syn
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over / to pass through syn
交出 jiāo chū to hand over
台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn
屈服 qū fú to surrender / to succumb / to yield / (as a transitive verb) to defeat / to prevail over syn
停留 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over syn
靠边 靠邊 kào biān to keep to the side / to pull over / move aside! syn
越过 越過 yuè guò to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above syn
飞过 飛過 fēi guò to fly over / to fly past
看护 看護 kān hù to nurse / to look after / to watch over / (old) hospital nurse syn
琢磨 zuó mo to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2] syn
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place syn
哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning syn
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry / to delay / to stop over syn
翻过 翻過 fān guò to turn over / to transform syn
疑惑 yí huò to doubt / to distrust / unconvincing / to puzzle over / misgivings / suspicions syn
残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue syn
过节 過節 guò jié to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) syn
接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn
讨价还价 討價還價 tǎo jià huán jià to haggle over price / to bargain syn
挪开 挪開 nuó kāi to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)
浏览 瀏覽 liú lǎn to skim over / to browse syn
平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn
飞越 飛越 fēi yuè to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
取胜 取勝 qǔ shèng to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents syn
沸腾 沸騰 fèi téng (of a liquid) to boil / (of sentiments etc) to boil over / to flare up / to be impassioned syn
移交 yí jiāo to transfer / to hand over syn
协商 協商 xié shāng to consult with / to talk things over / agreement syn
管辖 管轄 guǎn xiá to administer / to have jurisdiction (over) syn
倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over syn
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth) / may I trouble you (to do sth) syn
跨越 kuà yuè to step across / step over syn
翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes syn
法兰克 法蘭克 fǎ lán kè the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
满身 滿身 mǎn shēn covered all over syn
过渡 過渡 guò dù to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration) syn
换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
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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