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"to leaf through" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
翻检 翻檢 fān jiǎn to rummage / to look through / to leaf through
Chinese Pinyin Translation
通过 通過 tōng guò to pass through / to get through / to adopt (a resolution) / to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of / through / via syn
突破 tū pò to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
叶子 葉子 yè zi leaf (CL:片[pian4]) / (slang) marijuana syn
通行 tōng xíng to go through / to pass through / to be in general use syn
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn
通晓 通曉 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through syn
改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn
穿行 chuān xíng to go through / to pass through / to thread one's way through syn
绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
枫叶 楓葉 fēng yè maple leaf syn
通红 通紅 tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red) syn
翻阅 翻閱 fān yuè to thumb through / to flip through (a book) syn
烟叶 煙葉 yān yè leaf tobacco
秋叶 秋葉 qiū yè autumn leaf
枝叶 枝葉 zhī yè branch and leaf syn
金箔 jīn bó gold leaf
贴金 貼金 tiē jīn to cover (a statue) with gold leaf / to gild / (fig.) to prettify / to glorify
遮羞布 zhē xiū bù loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4] syn
得过且过 得過且過 dé guò qiě guò satisfied just to get through (idiom) / to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by syn
叶片 葉片 yè piàn blade (of propellor) / vane / leaf syn
痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character syn
枯叶 枯葉 kū yè dead leaf / withered leaf
联运 聯運 lián yùn through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises
板油 bǎn yóu leaf fat / leaf lard syn
蒲扇 pú shàn palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan
一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through) / once through
四叶草 四葉草 sì yè cǎo four-leaf clover
月桂 yuè guì laurel (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree / bay leaf
互生 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
挤过 擠過 jǐ guò to squeeze through / to force one's way through
洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn
叶脉 葉脈 yè mài venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
从里到外 從裡到外 cóng lǐ dào wài from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
子叶 子葉 zǐ yè cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
芭蕉扇 bā jiāo shàn palm-leaf fan syn
穿 chuān to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread syn
透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate / to seep through / to tell secretly / to leak / thoroughly / through and through / to appear / to show syn
页 頁 yè page / leaf syn
闯 闖 chuǎng to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships) syn
叶 葉 yè leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats syn
柄 bǐng handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades syn
改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn
溃 潰 kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn
贯 貫 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash syn
扉 fēi door with only one leaf syn
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn
复叶 複葉 fù yè compound leaf (botany)
龟背竹 龜背竹 guī bèi zhú split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa
番泻叶 番瀉葉 fān xiè yè senna leaf (Folium sennae)
缨 纓 yīng tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon syn
走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn
从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn
一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn
由 yóu to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... syn
经历 經歷 jīng lì to experience / to go through / experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4]) syn
感受 gǎn shòu to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience syn
经过 經過 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
度过 度過 dù guò to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through syn
经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn
穿过 穿過 chuān guò to pass through syn
穿越 chuān yuè to pass through / to traverse / to cross syn
体会 體會 tǐ huì to know from experience / to learn through experience / to realize / understanding / experience syn
路过 路過 lù guò to pass by or through syn
接通 jiē tōng to connect / to put through syn
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over / to pass through syn
透过 透過 tòu guò to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via syn
传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive syn
进出 進出 jìn chū to enter or exit / to go through syn
整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night syn
过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through syn
琢磨 zuó mo to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2] syn
充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn
流产 流產 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage / (fig.) to fail / to fall through syn
糊弄 hù nong to fool / to deceive / to go through the motions syn
看穿 kàn chuān see through (a person, scheme, trick etc) syn
吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn
词语 詞語 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression syn
看透 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly / to see beyond the facade / to see through (sb) syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
磨损 磨損 mó sǔn to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out syn
识破 識破 shí pò to penetrate / to see through syn
贯穿 貫穿 guàn chuān to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link syn
过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn
开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn
经手 經手 jīng shǒu (lit.) to pass through one's hands / (fig.) to handle / to deal with syn
塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn
随口 隨口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through syn
预演 預演 yù yǎn dummy run / to run through sth / to rehearse syn
历经 歷經 lì jīng to experience / to go through syn
拉扯 lā che to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat syn
透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn
借光 jiè guāng excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige syn
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn
张望 張望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at 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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