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"turtle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
海龟 海龜 hǎi guī turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
龟 龜 guī tortoise / turtle / (coll.) cuckold syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
龟头 龜頭 guī tóu head of a turtle / glans penis
甲鱼 甲魚 jiǎ yú softshell turtle syn
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
玳瑁 dài mào hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) / tortoiseshell / Taiwan pr. [dai4 mei4]
瓮中之鳖 甕中之鱉 wèng zhōng zhī biē lit. like a turtle in a jar / to be trapped (idiom) syn
鼋 黿 yuán sea turtle syn
鼂 cháo sea turtle
沅江九肋 yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
瓮中捉鳖 甕中捉鱉 wèng zhōng zhuō biē to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom) / to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot syn
九尾龟 九尾龜 jiǔ wěi guī nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
水鹁鸪 水鵓鴣 shuǐ bó gū turtle dove or similar bird / oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
鹁鸠 鵓鳩 bó jiū turtle dove or similar bird / (esp.) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
鹁鸪 鵓鴣 bó gū turtle dove or similar bird / oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) syn
鳖甲 鱉甲 biē jiǎ turtle shell
鳖裙 鱉裙 biē qún the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
鳲 shī turtle-dove
鵻 zhuī snipe / turtle-dove
四灵 四靈 sì líng four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] / also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
嫩苗龟 嫩苗龜 nèn miáo guī Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head
张春帆 張春帆 zhāng chūn fān Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
忘八旦 wàng bā dàn turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
忘八蛋 wàng bā dàn turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
鳌背负山 鰲背負山 áo bèi fù shān debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
龜兒子 guī ér zi son of a turtle (vulgar)
龟船 龜船 guī chuán "turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱[ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4]
欧斑鸠 歐斑鳩 ōu bān jiū (bird species of China) European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
棱皮龟 棱皮龜 léng pí guī leatherback sea turtle
蠵龟 蠵龜 xī guī loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
火斑鸠 火斑鳩 huǒ bān jiū (bird species of China) red collared dove / red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
赑屃 贔屭 bì xì (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous / exerting great force
山斑鸠 山斑鳩 shān bān jiū (bird species of China) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
关于捕捞作业中减少海龟死亡的准则 Guidelines to Reduce Sea Turtle Mortality in Fishing Operations
海龟逃生装置 海龜逃生裝置 turtle excluder device
山瑞 shān ruì wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
山瑞鳖 山瑞鱉 shān ruì biē wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
斑鳖 斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
龟趺 龜趺 guī fū turtle-shaped plinth of a stele
鼋鱼 黿魚 yuán yú soft-shelled turtle / also termed 鱉|鳖[bie1] syn
缩头乌龟 縮頭烏龜 suō tóu wū guī a turtle that pulls its head in / (fig.) coward / chicken
蝳蝐 dài mào variant of 玳瑁[dai4 mao4] / hawksbill turtle
龟板 龜板 guī bǎn tortoise plastron / turtle shell
老鼠拉龟，无从下手 老鼠拉龜，無從下手 lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start
龟笑鳖无尾 龜笑鱉無尾 guī xiào biē wú wěi lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
隐龟 隱龜 yǐn guī Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)
龟友 龜友 guī yǒu turtle enthusiast
团鱼 團魚 tuán yú softshell turtle syn
独占鳌头 獨占鰲頭 dú zhàn - áo tóu (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
王八 wáng ba softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel syn
瓮中捉鳖 甕中捉鱉 wèng zhōng - zhuō biē lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom) / fig. to go after easy prey syn
裙边 裙邊 qún biān the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
鳖边 鱉邊 biē biān (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
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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