暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] syn 立 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately syn 编排 編排 biān pái to arrange / to lay out syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 布雷 佈雷 bù léi to lay mines 摆放 擺放 bǎi fàng to set up / to arrange / to lay out syn 摊牌 攤牌 tān pái to lay one's cards on the table 安放 ān fàng to lay / to place / to put in a certain place syn 铺床 鋪床 pū chuáng to make a bed / to lay bedding 缴械 繳械 jiǎo xiè to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender syn 产卵 產卵 chǎn luǎn to lay eggs syn 下蛋 xià dàn to lay eggs syn 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success 囤积 囤積 tún jī to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth syn 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 戳穿 chuō chuān to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc) syn 布防 bù fáng to lay out a defense syn 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 奠基 diàn jī to lay a foundation 暴露无遗 暴露無遺 bào lù wú yí to lay bare / to come to light syn 献花 獻花 xiàn huā to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial) 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism syn 雅俗共赏 雅俗共賞 yǎ sú gòng shǎng can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom) / fig. to cease / to give in syn 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 下注 xià zhù to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet 建基 jiàn jī to lay foundations 说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal 敷设 敷設 fū shè to lay / to spread out syn 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 舍下 捨下 shě xià to abandon / to lay down syn 铺轨 鋪軌 pū guǐ to lay railway track 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 供 gòng to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession / statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) syn 陈 陳 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 缴枪 繳槍 jiǎo qiāng to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm syn 砌砖 砌磚 qì zhuān to lay bricks / bricklaying 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 积肥 積肥 jī féi to accumulate manure / to lay down compost 扪 捫 mén lay hands on / to cover 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 凡俗 fán sú lay (as opposed to clergy) / ordinary / commonplace syn 纴 紝 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread 倒戈卸甲 dǎo gē xiè jiǎ to lay down arms 积谷防饥 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 絍 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving 执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) 侇 yí (literary) class / category / (literary) to place / to lay out 匿影藏形 nì yǐng cáng xíng to hide from public view / to conceal one's identity / to lay low syn 卸肩儿 卸肩兒 xiè jiān r lit. a weight off one's shoulders / fig. to resign a post / to lay down a burden / to be relieved of a job 展列 zhǎn liè to lay out one's products / to display 布下 bù xià to arrange / to lay out 捐命 juān mìng to lay down one's life 摊晒 攤曬 tān shài to lay sth out to dry 放下包袱 fàng xia bāo fu to lay down a heavy burden 放下屠刀，立地成佛 fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes 放平 fàng píng to set level / to lay flat 条陈 條陳 tiáo chén to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior syn 订出 訂出 dìng chū to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked) 铺摊 鋪攤 pū tan to spread out / to display / to lay out a vendor's stall syn 铺炕 鋪炕 pū kàng to make a bed / to lay bedding 陈尸 陳屍 chén shī to lay out the corpse 点穿 點穿 diǎn chuān to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word 檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) 排版技术员 排版技術員 Lay-out Technician 工厂布局 工廠布局 gōng chǎng bù jú plant lay-out 襄审员 襄審員 xiāng shěn yuán lay judge 非专业法官 非專業法官 fēi zhuān yè fǎ guān lay judge 裁革 cái gé to dismiss / to lay off 鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 亮底牌 liàng dǐ pái to show one's hand / to lay one's cards on the table 铺梗 鋪梗 pū gěng (Tw) to set the scene / to lay the groundwork / to pique the interest of one's audience 垫底 墊底 diàn dǐ to put sth on the bottom / to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime / to lay the foundation / to come last in the rankings 定下 dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat) 打底子 dǎ dǐ zi to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation 动毫毛 動毫毛 dòng háo máo to lay a finger on sb / to harm sb in the slightest way 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 嬎 fàn (dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs / (archaic) to reproduce / to bear offspring 嬎蛋 fàn dàn (dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs 排布 排佈 pái bù to arrange / to lay out / (esp.) to set up (a trap) 叠放 疊放 dié fàng to stack / to lay one on top of another 裁人 cái rén to cut staff / to lay off employees 