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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
坦承 tǎn chéng to confess / to admit / to come clean / calmly syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
qīng (of water etc) clear / clean / quiet / still / pure / uncorrupted / clear / distinct / to clear / to settle (accounts) syn
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean / neat syn
产生 產生 chǎn shēng to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate syn
打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo to clean / to sweep syn
清洁 清潔 qīng jié clean / to clean syn
清洗 qīng xǐ to wash / to rinse / to clean / (fig.) to purge / to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) syn
纯洁 純潔 chún jié pure / clean and honest / to purify syn
清新 qīng xīn fresh and clean syn
纯净 純淨 chún jìng pure / clean / unmixed syn
干洗 乾洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning
醒悟 xǐng wù to come to oneself / to come to realize / to come to see the truth / to wake up to reality syn
一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean syn
干净利落 乾淨利落 gān jìng lì luo squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
逃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels syn
洁净 潔淨 jié jìng clean / to cleanse syn
应验 應驗 yìng yàn to come true / to come about as predicted / to be fulfilled syn
洗刷 xǐ shuā to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc) syn
擦拭 cā shì to wipe clean syn
扫除 掃除 sǎo chú to clean / to clean up / to eliminate / to wipe out syn
擦洗 cā xǐ to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub syn
推举 推舉 tuī jǔ to nominate as a worthy candidate / to recommend / to elect / to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press syn
和盘托出 和盤托出 hé pán tuō chū lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all syn
光洁 光潔 guāng jié bright and clean syn
皎洁 皎潔 jiǎo jié shining clean / bright (moonlight) syn
清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) syn
洁身自好 潔身自好 jié shēn zì hào clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean syn
净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water
搓洗 cuō xǐ to rub clean (garments) / to scrub syn
清真 qīng zhēn Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure syn
挺举 挺舉 tǐng jǔ clean and jerk (weightlifting technique) syn
高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied syn
清剿 qīng jiǎo to suppress (insurgents) / clean-up operation syn
整肃 整肅 zhěng sù strict / serious / solemn / dignified / to tidy up / to clean up / to purge / to adjust syn
刷洗 shuā xǐ to scrub clean syn
奇缺 qí quē very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit
荡涤 蕩滌 dàng dí to clean up syn
两袖清风 兩袖清風 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom) / having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices syn
廉政 lián zhèng to govern with integrity / clean and honest government syn
洗净 洗淨 xǐ jìng to wash clean
绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food
明净 明淨 míng jìng bright and clean / luminous syn
去污 qù wū to decontaminate / to clean
洁净室 jié jìng shì clean room / clean laboratory
剃光头 剃光頭 tì guāng tóu to shave the whole head clean / crushing defeat
窗明几净 窗明几淨 chuāng míng jī jìng lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean syn
jié clean syn
jìng clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role syn
擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess syn
féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn
táo to wash / to clean out / to cleanse / to eliminate / to dredge syn
一刀两断 一刀兩斷 yī dāo liǎng duàn (idiom) to make a clean break with / to have nothing more to do with syn
respectful / solemn / to eliminate / to clean up syn
玉洁冰清 玉潔冰清 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn
juān to deduct / to show / bright and clean / glow-worm / galleyworm / millipede syn
jié clean
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
回来 回來 huí lai to return / to come back 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
来说 來說 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... syn
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in syn
来自 來自 lái zì to come from (a place) / From: (in email header) syn
遇到 yù dào to meet / to run into / to come across syn
来到 來到 lái dào to arrive / to come syn
反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn
碰到 pèng dào to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit syn
打架 dǎ jià to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL:場|场[chang2] syn
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn
作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn
返回 fǎn huí to return to / to come (or go) back syn
出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue syn
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success) syn
复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn
打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with / to have dealings syn
来临 來臨 lái lín to approach / to come closer syn
来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
降临 降臨 jiàng lín to descend / to arrive / to come syn
终结 終結 zhōng jié end / conclusion / to come to an end / to terminate (sth) syn
zháo to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in syn
相遇 xiāng yù to meet / to encounter / to come across syn
碰上 pèng shàng to run into / to come upon / to meet syn
登陆 登陸 dēng lù to land / to come ashore / to make landfall (of typhoon etc) / to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[deng1 lu4])
出自 chū zì to come from syn
往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on / in the future / time to come syn
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously
传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive syn
反复 反復 fǎn fù repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return syn
瘫痪 癱瘓 tān huàn (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill syn
难得 難得 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by syn
殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn
松开 鬆開 sōng kāi to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose syn
出入 chū rù to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent syn
归来 歸來 guī lái to return / to come back syn
来往 來往 lái wǎng to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with syn
来看 來看 lái kàn to come and see / to see a topic from a certain point of view syn
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to syn
出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn
响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off 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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