"to brown-nose" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
舔屁股 tiǎn pì gu to kiss sb's ass / to brown-nose
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
鼻子 bí zi nose / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn
棕色 zōng sè brown syn
布朗 bù lǎng Brown (name) / Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010
褐色 hè sè brown syn
窥探 窺探 kuī tàn to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of syn
捂住 摀住 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) syn
鼻梁 bí liáng bridge of the nose
酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)
探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around syn
目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air syn
鼻青脸肿 鼻青臉腫 bí qīng liǎn zhǒng a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
机头 機頭 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc
五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
棕熊 zōng xióng brown bear syn
鼻尖 bí jiān tip of the nose
咖啡色 kā fēi sè coffee color / brown syn
红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
茶色 chá sè dark brown / tawny syn
深棕色 shēn zōng sè dark brown
傲视 傲視 ào shì to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously syn
鼻头 鼻頭 bí tou (dialect) nose syn
草纸 草紙 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper syn
糙米 cāo mǐ brown rice syn
红糖 紅糖 hóng táng brown sugar
鼻翼 bí yì the wing of the nose / ala nasi
因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk syn
小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship syn
流鼻血 liú bí xiě to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
鼻塞 bí sè a blocked nose
流鼻涕 liú bí tì to have a runny nose
鼻咽癌 bí yān ái cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
鼻咽 bí yān nose and throat
鼻毛 bí máo nose hair
nose syn
xiù to smell / to sniff / to nose syn
qiàng to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb syn
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict syn
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn
xǐng to blow (one's nose) syn
嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose syn
赤褐色 chì hè sè russet / reddish brown
鹰钩鼻 鷹鉤鼻 yīng gōu bí aquiline nose / Roman nose
酒糟鼻 jiǔ zāo bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose syn
鼻涕虫 鼻涕蟲 bí tì chóng a slug / sb with a runny nose
褐煤 hè méi lignite / brown coal syn
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
茶褐色 chá hè sè dark brown / tawny syn
酒渣鼻 jiǔ zhā bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose syn
brown bear syn
to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated syn
cut off the nose
棕红 棕紅 zōng hóng reddish brown
棕黄 棕黃 zōng huáng light brown syn
tuí Japanese brown bear
è junction of nose and forehead
wèng stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)
抹一鼻子灰 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
tiě dark brown horse
大红鼻子 大紅鼻子 dà hóng bí zi rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
鼻钉 鼻釘 bí dīng nose stud / nose piercing
鼻头 鼻頭 bí tóu tip of the nose / (dialect) nose syn
木薯褐线条病毒. 木薯褐線條病毒. Cassava brown streak (virus) disease / brown streak
鹰鸮 鷹鴞 yīng xiāo (bird species of China) brown boobook / brown hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata)
鸿喜菇 鴻喜菇 hóng xǐ gū brown beech mushroom / brown clamshell mushroom / buna-shimeji (Hypsizygus tessulatus)
鼻针疗法 鼻針療法 bí zhēn liáo fǎ nose-acupuncture therapy
qiú congested nose
nàng stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)
nóng cold in the head catarrh of the nose
前鼻音 qián bí yīn alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
口鼻 kǒu bí mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
凭本能做事 憑本能做事 píng běn néng zuò shì to follow one's nose
挖鼻子 wā bí zi to pick one's nose
擤鼻涕 xǐng bí tì to blow one's nose
牵着鼻子走 牽著鼻子走 qiān zhe bí zi zǒu to lead by the nose
犁骨 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
碰一鼻子灰 pèng yī bí zi huī lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
耳鼻咽喉 ěr bí yān hóu ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
整流罩 zhěng liú zhào nose cone
机头锥 機頭錐 nose cone
插脚 插腳 chā jiǎo to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
鼻箫 鼻簫 bí xiāo nose flute
近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent syn
鼻酸 bí suān to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
住海边 住海邊 zhù hǎi biān (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
准头 準頭 zhǔn tóu (physiognomy) the tip of the nose syn
鼻环 鼻環 bí huán nose ring
鼻孔朝天 bí kǒng - cháo tiān lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant / haughty
山根 shān gēn foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes) syn
二氧化铀 二氧化鈾 èr yǎng huà yóu brown oxidier / uranium dioxide
丹布朗 dān bù lǎng Dan Brown (American novelist)
四眼负鼠属 四眼負鼠屬 sì yǎn fù shǔ shǔ Brown
棕沙燕 zōng shā yàn brown-throated
布朗大学 布朗大學 bù lǎng dà xué Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
棕矮星 zōng ǎi xīng brown dwarf star
棕头鸥 棕頭鷗 zōng tóu ōu (bird species of China) brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)
棕黑 zōng hēi dark brown
深棕 shēn zōng dark brown
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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