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"to mediate between" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
居间 居間 jū jiān positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn
调解 調解 tiáo jiě to mediate / to bring parties to an agreement syn
介于 介於 jiè yú between / intermediate / to lie between syn
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn
调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn
调停 調停 tiáo tíng to reconcile / to mediate / to bring warring parties to agreement / to arbitrate syn
疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn
牵线 牽線 qiān xiàn to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate syn
间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events syn
圆场 圓場 yuán chǎng to mediate / to broker a compromise syn
排解 pái jiě to mediate / to reconcile / to make peace / to intervene syn
劝架 勸架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel / to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down syn
做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn
牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn
居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered syn
斡旋 wò xuán to mediate (a conflict etc) syn
空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn
转圜 轉圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation) / to mediate / to intercede
夹 夾 jiā to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2] syn
介 jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor syn
说合 說合 shuō hé to bring together / to mediate / to arrange a deal syn
解劝 解勸 jiě quàn to soothe / to pacify / to mollify / to mediate (in a dispute etc) syn
来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
感情 gǎn qíng emotion / sentiment / affection / feelings between two persons syn
哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn
中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn
价 價 jie particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element syn
回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn
开诚布公 開誠布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table syn
说客 說客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries
分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear
亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between syn
专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2]
左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn
亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn
一视同仁 一視同仁 yī shì tóng rén to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom) / not to discriminate between people syn
虎口 hǔ kǒu tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand syn
其间 其間 qí jiān in between / within that interval / in the meantime syn
死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn
夹层 夾層 jiā céng hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
总长 總長 zǒng zhǎng name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3] syn
课间 課間 kè jiān interval between lessons
牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth
天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn
盟约 盟約 méng yuē contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies syn
离间 離間 lí jiàn to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc) syn
换乘 換乘 huàn chéng to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
对抗赛 對抗賽 duì kàng sài duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
对接 對接 duì jiē to join up / to dock / a joint (between components) syn
眉心 méi xīn (the space) between the eyebrows syn
鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn
挑拨离间 挑撥離間 tiǎo bō lí jiàn to sow dissension (idiom) / to drive a wedge between syn
咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth syn
照会 照會 zhào huì a diplomatic note / letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments syn
中人 zhōng rén go-between / mediator / intermediary syn
媒人 méi ren go-between / matchmaker syn
半斤八两 半斤八兩 bàn jīn bā liǎng not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee syn
跨度 kuà dù span / horizontal distance between vertical supports
灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears syn
隔断 隔斷 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition syn
字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations syn
搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief syn
五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
穿针引线 穿針引線 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn lit. to thread a needle (idiom) / fig. to act as a go-between syn
械斗 械鬥 xiè dòu armed confrontation / bust-up between gangs
邀请赛 邀請賽 yāo qǐng sài invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
船舷 chuán xián the sides of a ship / (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
龙争虎斗 龍爭虎鬥 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom) / fierce battle between giants syn
咨文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state syn
口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn
小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
贸易额 貿易額 mào yì é volume of trade (between countries)
啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears syn
鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting
拉锯 拉鋸 lā jù a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides
钓鱼台 釣魚臺 diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
月老 yuè lǎo matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2] syn
夹角 夾角 jiā jiǎo angle (between two intersecting lines)
国书 國書 guó shū credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
纵隔 縱隔 zòng gé mediastinum (organs and tissues in the thorax between the lungs)
黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals)
国大 國大 guó dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
折算 zhé suàn to convert (between currencies) syn
足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot 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
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
介乎 jiè hū to lie between syn
类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
车次 車次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
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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