真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn 感谢 感謝 gǎn xiè (express) thanks / gratitude / grateful / thankful / thanks syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 表情 biǎo qíng (facial) expression / to express one's feelings syn 表示 biǎo shì (of sb) to express / to state / to show / (of sth) to indicate / to signify / to show / expression / manifestation syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn 表达 表達 biǎo dá to express / to convey syn 摆脱 擺脫 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself syn 发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn 振作 zhèn zuò to bestir oneself / to pull oneself together / to cheer up / to uplift / to stimulate syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 得意 dé yì proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent syn 快递 快遞 kuài dì express delivery 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul 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 表白 biǎo bái to explain oneself / to express / to reveal one's thoughts or feelings / declaration / confession syn 致以 zhì yǐ to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc) syn 心里话 心裡話 xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind 快车 快車 kuài chē express (train, bus etc) 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 显出 顯出 xiǎn chū to express / to exhibit syn 抒情 shū qíng to express emotion / lyric syn 特快 tè kuài express (train, delivery etc) 自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn 道谢 道謝 dào xiè to express thanks syn 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 致歉 zhì qiàn to apologize / to express regret syn 表述 biǎo shù to express / to articulate / to formulate syn 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 慰问 慰問 wèi wèn to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc syn 答谢 答謝 dá xiè to express one's thanks syn 寄予 jì yú to place (hope, importance etc) on / to express / to show / to give syn 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn 十万火急 十萬火急 shí wàn huǒ jí most urgent / posthaste / express syn 加急 jiā jí to expedite / (of a delivery etc) expedited / express / urgent syn 自理 zì lǐ to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself 自封 zì fēng to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself syn 致哀 zhì āi to express grief / to mourn 硬着头皮 硬著頭皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to syn 抒发 抒發 shū fā to express (an emotion) / to give vent syn 自居 zì jū to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be syn 自嘲 zì cháo to mock oneself / to laugh at oneself 噘嘴 juē zuǐ to pout (to express anger or displeasure) 达意 達意 dá yì to express or convey one's ideas syn 特快专递 特快專遞 tè kuài zhuān dì express mail 现眼 現眼 xiàn yǎn to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself syn 快件 kuài jiàn an express consignment (of goods, luggage etc) / express mail service 鸣谢 鳴謝 míng xiè to express gratitude (esp. in public) / vote of thanks syn 不置可否 bù zhì kě fǒu decline to comment / not express an opinion / be noncommittal / hedge syn 恭贺 恭賀 gōng hè to congratulate respectfully / to express good wishes syn 贻笑大方 貽笑大方 yí xiào dà fāng to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock syn 称谢 稱謝 chēng xiè to express thanks syn 出点子 出點子 chū diǎn zi to express an opinion / to offer advice syn 自认 自認 zì rèn to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to 自己动手 自己動手 zì jǐ dòng shǒu to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to 自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) 寄予 jì yǔ to place (hope, importance etc) on / to express / to show / to give syn 自我安慰 zì wǒ ān wèi to comfort oneself / to console oneself / to reassure oneself 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 抒写 抒寫 shū xiě to express (emotions in prose) / a written description (of emotions) syn 名状 名狀 míng zhuàng to express / to describe 委身 wěi shēn to give oneself wholly to / to put oneself at sb's service / (of a woman) to give one's body to / to marry 老几 老幾 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) 抒怀 抒懷 shū huái to express emotion syn 谢客 謝客 xiè kè to decline to meet a visitor / to express one's gratitude to one's guests 蝉蜕 蟬蛻 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from syn 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn 哎 āi hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) syn 诶 誒 xī sigh (to express regret) 劳 勞 láo (bound form) to toil / labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) syn 尤 yóu outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against syn 一言难尽 一言難盡 yī yán nán jìn hard to explain in a few words (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 抒 shū to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾[shu1] / to relieve syn 阐 闡 chǎn to express / to disclose / to enlighten / to open syn 自己 zì jǐ oneself / one's own syn 干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 美 měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn 远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 个人 個人 gè rén individual / personal / oneself syn 自杀 自殺 zì shā to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide syn 单独 單獨 dān dú alone / by oneself / on one's own syn 亲自 親自 qīn zì personally / in person / oneself syn 自信 zì xìn to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence syn 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 投入 tóu rù to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself syn 本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned syn 体验 體驗 tǐ yàn to experience for oneself syn 