"to drift apart" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
除了 chú le besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for) syn
liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn
距离 距離 jù lí distance / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be apart from syn
崩溃 崩潰 bēng kuì to collapse / to crumble / to fall apart syn
以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond syn
其余 其餘 qí yú the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them syn
分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn
除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài apart from this / in addition to this syn
流浪 liú làng to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant syn
拉开 拉開 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase syn
除去 chú qù to eliminate / to remove / except for / apart from syn
撕裂 sī liè to tear / to rip apart syn
分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
漂浮 piāo fú to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial syn
断裂 斷裂 duàn liè fracture / rupture / to break apart syn
漂流 piāo liú to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting syn
漂移 piāo yí to drift syn
天涯海角 tiān yá hǎi jiǎo the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart syn
漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence syn
流入 liú rù to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow syn
吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick syn
大相径庭 大相徑庭 dà xiāng jìng tíng as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
飘逸 飄逸 piāo yì graceful / elegant / to drift / to float syn
散架 sǎn jià to fall apart / exhaustion syn
分化 fēn huà to split apart / differentiation
脱节 脫節 tuō jié to come apart syn
飘荡 飄盪 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind syn
游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component)
悬殊 懸殊 xuán shū vastly different / poles apart syn
相距 xiāng jù distance apart / separated by a given distance syn
土崩瓦解 tǔ bēng wǎ jiě to collapse / to fall apart syn
浮动 浮動 fú dòng to float and drift / unstable syn
随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly syn
分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
裂变 裂變 liè biàn (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment
掰开 掰開 bāi kāi to pull apart / to pry open with the hands syn
放任自流 fàng rèn zì liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire syn
拆卸 chāi xiè to dismantle / to take apart syn
开天辟地 開天闢地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth syn
飘动 飄動 piāo dòng to float / to drift syn
割裂 gē liè to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate syn
扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn
飘散 飄散 piāo sàn to waft (through the air) / to drift syn
浮游 浮遊 fú yóu to float / to drift / to wander / variant of 蜉蝣[fu2 you2] syn
选派 選派 xuǎn pài to select / to detail / to set apart / to appoint syn
颠沛流离 顛沛流離 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom) / to wander about in a desperate plight / to drift syn
浮沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge syn
飘拂 飄拂 piāo fú to drift lightly syn
拆下 chāi xià to dismantle / to take apart
疏离 疏離 shū lí to become alienated / estranged / alienation / disaffection / set wide apart
撕扯 sī chě to tear apart
四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè all split up and in pieces (idiom) / disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens syn
马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
天各一方 tiān gè yī fāng (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other syn
十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn
拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom) / to break up / falling to pieces syn
随波 隨波 suí bō to drift with the waves
妻离子散 妻離子散 qī lí zǐ sàn a family wrenched apart (idiom) syn
苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence syn
扯破 chě pò tear apart
滑移 huá yí to slip / to drift
脱胶 脫膠 tuō jiāo (of parts glued together) to come apart syn
流网 流網 liú wǎng drift net (fishing)
hùn to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless syn
to cut / to cut apart syn
chāi to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open syn
sǎn scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine syn
to be at a distance of ... from / to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc) syn
piāo to float / to drift syn
天渊 天淵 tiān yuān distance between two poles / poles apart
飘移 飄移 piāo yí to drift
韦格纳 韋格納 wéi gé nà Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift / also written 魏格納|魏格纳
绽裂 綻裂 zhàn liè to split open / to split apart syn
浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái lit. to live on a boat / to drift from place to place (idiom)
浪迹江湖 浪跡江湖 làng jì jiāng hú to roam far and wide / to drift with the wind
不啻天渊 不啻天淵 bù chì tiān yuān no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
隔行如隔山 gé háng rú gé shān different trades, worlds apart (idiom) / to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book
一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom) syn
咫尺天涯 zhǐ chǐ tiān yá so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
天差地远 天差地遠 tiān chā dì yuǎn poles apart (idiom) / entirely different syn
沉积漂移 sediment drift / sedimentary drift
拖缆漂移 拖纜漂移 streamer feathering / feathering / streamer drift / cable drift
流网捕鱼 流网捕魚 liú wǎng bǔ yú drift-netting / drift-net fishing
大陆漂移 大陸漂移 dà lù piāo yí continental drift
漂游 漂遊 piāo yóu drift
偏角 piān jiǎo angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence
偏转角 偏轉角 piān zhuǎn jiǎo angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence
苟存 gǒu cún to drift through life
讨生活 討生活 tǎo shēng huó to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly
随波逊流 隨波遜流 suí bō xùn liú to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly
魏格纳 魏格納 wèi gé nà Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
块冰 drift ice / ice pack / pack ice;
农药飘失 農藥飄失 nóng yào piāo shī pesticide drift
海洋水层流网捕鱼 海洋水層流网捕魚 hǎi yáng shuǐ céng liú wǎng bǔ yú pelagic drift-net fishing
漂移轨道 漂移軌道 drift orbit
轨道漂移 軌道漂移 orbit drift
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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