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"top news story" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
头条新闻 頭條新聞 tóu tiáo xīn wén top news story
Chinese Pinyin Translation
报喜不报忧 報喜不報憂 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
中国新闻社 中國新聞社 zhōng guó xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
吊带衫 吊帶衫 diào dài shān halter top / spaghetti strap top / sun top
顶面 頂面 dǐng miàn top / top side / top surface
扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
阿Ｑ ā Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2] / Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4zhuan4] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1])
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán - qí shuō (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline
头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn
构想图 構想圖 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
标题新闻 標題新聞 biāo tí xīn wén headline news / title story
层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn
利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive
噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / sad news syn
凶信 xiōng xìn fateful news / news of sb's death syn
报料 報料 bào liào to provide information to a news organization / to tip off / information provided to a news organization / a tip-off
悲报 悲報 bēi bào sad news / bad news
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn
百强 百強 bǎi qiáng top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)
上边 上邊 shàng bian the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up syn
顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building
上色 shàng sè top-quality / top-grade syn
顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn
Ａ咖 A kā class "A" / top grade / class "A" / top grade
磁悬浮轴承 magnetic suspension bearing / top magnetic suspension bearing / top bearing / upper bearing
拉丁美洲和加勒比最高域名协会 拉丁美洲和加勒比最高域名協會 Latin American & Caribbean Country Code Top-Level Domain Organization / Latin American and Caribbean Top-Level Domain Association
一哥 yī gē (coll.) top-ranked male / leading male / top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports)
一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports)
故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale
房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn
剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre)
高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn
演绎 演繹 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn
刊登 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) syn
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn
改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn
成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn
片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn
却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞)
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn
爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn
加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn
奇闻 奇聞 qí wén anecdote / fantastic story
趣事 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident syn
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn
平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story / inside information syn
短篇小说 短篇小說 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story
始末 shǐ mò whole story / the ins and outs syn
支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
鬼故事 guǐ gù shi ghost story
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
专题报道 專題報道 feature story
老套 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn
原委 yuán wěi the whole story syn
单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level
归结 歸結 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc) syn
天方夜谭 天方夜譚 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses syn
伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
别论 別論 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection
开讲 開講 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story syn
传话 傳話 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message syn
书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
神话故事 神話故事 shén huà gù shi mythical story / myth
姐妹俩 姐妹倆 jiě mèi liǎ The Sisters (short story)
路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn
关子 關子 guān zi climax (in a story) syn
石头记 石頭記 shí tou jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
就里 就裡 jiù lǐ inside story 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
委曲 wěi qū sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop syn
揭底 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets syn
续篇 續篇 xù piān sequel / continuation (of a story)
大闹天宫 大鬧天宮 dà nào tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn
民间故事 民間故事 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale
三岔口 sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
催泪 催淚 cuī lèi to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen
小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn
奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
瞎编 瞎編 xiā biān to fabricate (a story)
一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell syn
二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom)
伯利恒 伯利恆 bó lì héng Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)
胡编乱造 胡編亂造 hú biān luàn zào to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up
附会 附會 fù huì to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc) / to develop and embellish / to interpret (often in a strained manner)
莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
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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