逐字逐句 zhú zì zhú jù literal / word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase syn 例语 例語 lì yǔ (lexicography) illustrative phrase / sample word or phrase 空耳 kōng ěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi") 掉头 掉頭 diào tóu to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about syn 回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn 转头 轉頭 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent syn 扭头 扭頭 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around syn 接着 接著 jiē zhe to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn syn 回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 反败为胜 反敗為勝 fǎn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom) / to turn the tide 破涕为笑 破涕為笑 pò tì wéi xiào to turn tears into laughter (idiom) / to turn grief into happiness 拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out 折 zhē to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) syn 扳 bān to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup syn 反脸无情 反臉無情 fǎn liǎn wú qíng to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom) / to turn against a friend 点石成金 點石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 点铁成金 點鐵成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 惨变 慘變 cǎn biàn calamitous turn of events / (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc / to turn deathly pale 打跟头 打跟頭 dǎ gēn tou to turn a somersault / to turn head over heels 轮次 輪次 lún cì in turn / by turns / lap / turn / round / classifier for laps, turns, rounds 转背 轉背 zhuǎn bèi to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time 转面无情 轉面無情 zhuǎn miàn wú qíng to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom) / to turn against a friend 拨转 撥轉 bō zhuǎn to turn / to turn around / to transfer (funds etc) 翻篇儿 翻篇兒 fān piān r to turn a page / (fig.) to turn over a new leaf 背转 背轉 bèi zhuǎn to turn away / to turn one's back to / (gymnastics etc) backspin 回过头来 回過頭來 huí guò tóu lái to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past 含义 含義 hán yì meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation syn 与否 與否 yǔ fǒu whether or not (at the end of a phrase) syn 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must syn 才怪 cái guài it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) 复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn 短语 短語 duǎn yǔ phrase (grammar) syn 中国特色社会主义 中國特色社會主義 zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era 词组 詞組 cí zǔ phrase (grammar) syn 套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn 字词 字詞 zì cí letters or words / words or phrase 口头禅 口頭禪 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase syn 老套 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion 对唱 對唱 duì chàng in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer syn 顺口溜 順口溜 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle 名句 míng jù oft-quoted phrase / famous line syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb 片语 片語 piàn yǔ phrase 语词 語詞 yǔ cí word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate 对歌 對歌 duì gē answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer syn 乐句 樂句 yuè jù musical phrase 口头语 口頭語 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking syn 双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning 惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage 句读 句讀 jù dòu pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases 复句 複句 fù jù compound phrase 对对子 對對子 duì duì zǐ to supply the answering phrase 句 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse syn 读 讀 dòu comma / phrase marked by pause syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 节哀顺变 節哀順變 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase) 句首 jù shǒu start of phrase or sentence 固定词组 固定詞組 gù dìng cí zǔ set phrase 对课 對課 duì kè to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition) 感叹句 感嘆句 gǎn tàn jù exclamation / exclamatory phrase 教安 jiào ān teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher) 炼句 煉句 liàn jù to polish a phrase 发语词 發語詞 fā yǔ cí form word / in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function 等因奉此 děng yīn fèng cǐ officialese / official routine / (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore... syn 潮语 潮語 cháo yǔ fashionable word or phrase / abbr. for 潮流用語|潮流用语[chao2 liu2 yong4 yu3] 仂语 仂語 lè yǔ phrase (linguistics) 寒喧语 寒喧語 hán xuān yǔ polite set phrase / salutation / pleasantries 德先生 dé xiān sheng "Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4] / abbr. for 德謨克拉西|德谟克拉西[de2 mo2 ke4 la1 xi1] / see also 賽先生|赛先生[Sai4 xian1 sheng5] 赛先生 賽先生 sài xiān sheng "Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4] / abbr. for 賽因斯|赛因斯[sai4 yin1 si1] / see also 德先生[De2 xian1 sheng5] 于归之喜 于歸之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman) 领盒饭 領盒飯 lǐng hé fàn (coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies) 形容词短语 形容詞短語 xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ adjectival phrase 现成话 現成話 xiàn chéng huà ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment syn 万里迢迢 萬里迢迢 wàn lǐ tiáo tiáo (adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸|归[gui1] or 赴[fu4] etc) traveling a great distance 为五斗米折腰 為五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary 对对子 對對子 duì duì zi to supply the answering phrase 似地 shì de (used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地[shi4de5]) like (X) / as if (X) / Taiwan pr. [si4de5] 珠玑 珠璣 zhū jī (literary) pearl / gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase / pearl of wisdom 成为 成為 chéng wéi to become / to turn into syn 打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on syn 变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn 帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn syn 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 面向 面嚮 miàn xiàng to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet 并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ... / has not actually ... syn 陆续 陸續 lù xù in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit syn 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 制成 製成 zhì chéng to manufacture / to turn out (a product) 运转 運轉 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around syn 转化 轉化 zhuǎn huà to change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization syn 转动 轉動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate syn 转动 轉動 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around / to swivel syn 