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"to lock horns" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
角力 jué lì to wrestle / (fig.) to lock horns / to tussle / to wrangle / Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
一见高低 一見高低 yī jiàn gāo dī lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns
顶牛儿 頂牛兒 dǐng niú r to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn
关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn
封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn
锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn
门锁 門鎖 mén suǒ door lock
关押 關押 guān yā to imprison / to lock up (in jail) syn
锁门 鎖門 suǒ mén to lock the door
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
水闸 水閘 shuǐ zhá sluice / water gate / waterlocks / floodgate / lock / dam syn
凤毛麟角 鳳毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between syn
船闸 船閘 chuán zhá a canal lock
锁上 鎖上 suǒ shàng to lock / to lock up
上锁 上鎖 shàng suǒ to lock / to be locked syn
闭锁 閉鎖 bì suǒ to lock syn
密码锁 密碼鎖 mì mǎ suǒ combination lock
圈 juān to confine / to lock up / to pen in syn
拒之门外 拒之門外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
绺 綹 liǔ skein / tuft / lock syn
虬 虯 qiú young dragon with horns syn
磋 cuō (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory, etc into tools / (bound form) to deliberate / to consult
锁钥 鎖鑰 suǒ yuè key and lock / (fig.) strategic place syn
磁力锁 磁力鎖 cí lì suǒ magnetic lock
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
暗锁 暗鎖 àn suǒ built-in lock
犄 jī ox-horns / wing of an army
螭 chī dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry) / variant of 魑[chi1]
弹簧锁 彈簧鎖 tán huáng suǒ spring lock syn
羊触藩篱 羊觸藩籬 yáng chù fān lí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
羝羊触藩 羝羊觸藩 dī yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
闭门觅句 閉門覓句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing
锁掉 鎖掉 suǒ diào lock up / lock out / to lock
镣锁 鐐鎖 liào suǒ fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock
撬锁 撬鎖 qiào suǒ to pick a lock / to force a lock
弹子锁 彈子鎖 dàn zi suǒ pin tumbler lock / spring lock
锁屏 鎖屏 suǒ píng (computing) to lock the screen / lock screen
楅 bì ox yoke placed on the horns
觡 gé horns / antlers
介于两难 介於兩難 jiè yú liǎng nán to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
见难而上 見難而上 jiàn nán ér shàng to take the bull by the horns (idiom)
角弓 jiǎo gōng bow decorated with animal horns
大写锁定 大寫鎖定 dà xiě suǒ dìng caps lock
空气缓冲间 空氣緩衝間 kōng qì huǎn chōng jiān air lock
撞锁 撞鎖 zhuàng suǒ lock syn
鑐 xū bolt of a Chinese lock
一把钥匙开一把锁 一把鑰匙開一把鎖 yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
插锁 插鎖 chā suǒ mortise lock
转字锁 轉字鎖 zhuàn zì suǒ combination lock
锁掣 鎖掣 suǒ chè catch (of a lock)
锁闩 鎖閂 suǒ shuān latch / bolt (to lock a door or window)
闭锁期 閉鎖期 bì suǒ qī lock-up period (on stock options)
关紧 關緊 guān jǐn to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
撞针保险 撞針保險 firing pin lock / firing pin block
弹匣卡榫 彈匣卡榫 magazine catch / magazine latch / magazine lock / magazine release / magazine locking device
目标锁定顺序 目標鎖定順序 target lock-on sequence
目标截获顺序 目標截獲順序 target lock-on sequence
一股脑 一股腦 yī gǔ nǎo all of it / lock, stock and barrel
锁区 鎖區 suǒ qū region lock (gaming etc)
封城 fēng chéng to lock down a city
封控 fēng kòng to lock down
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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