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"two-China (policy)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn
决策 決策 jué cè strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision / to determine policy syn
两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn
两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn
夹击 夾擊 jiā jī pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn
双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn
一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn
新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn
两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn
夹攻 夾攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn
飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
拉锯 拉鋸 lā jù a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides
二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
对华 對華 duì huá (policy etc) towards China
小桥 小橋 xiǎo qiáo Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
轮距 輪距 lún jù tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle)
一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn
中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn
脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
四体 四體 sì tǐ one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello 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
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn
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
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary syn
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
二 èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid syn
感情 gǎn qíng emotion / sentiment / affection / feelings between two persons syn
切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn
环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn
政策 zhèng cè policy / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
两者 兩者 liǎng zhě both of them / the two of them 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
一无所有 一無所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom) / utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together syn
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn
两千 兩千 liǎng qiān two thousand
个别 個別 gè bié individually / one by one / just one or two / exceptional / rare syn
双人 雙人 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem
大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate syn
双面 雙面 shuāng miàn double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible syn
时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn
两百 兩百 liǎng bǎi two hundred
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn
时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn
双臂 雙臂 shuāng bì arms / both arms / two arms syn
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn
间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn
西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen
一二 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit syn
交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse syn
双向 雙向 shuāng xiàng bidirectional / two-way / interactive
兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn
两侧 兩側 liǎng cè two sides / both sides
方针 方針 fāng zhēn policy / guidelines / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn
墙角 牆角 qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls)
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
两面派 兩面派 liǎng miàn pài two-faced person / double-dealing syn
三分之二 sān fēn zhī èr two-thirds
截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate
斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
保险单 保險單 bǎo xiǎn dān insurance policy (document)
二百 èr bǎi two hundred / 200
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn
板上钉钉 板上釘釘 bǎn shàng dìng dīng that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it syn
个把 個把 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of
心心相印 xīn xīn xiāng yìn two hearts beat as one (idiom) / a kindred spirit syn
夹层 夾層 jiā céng hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
时辰 時辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day syn
两端 兩端 liǎng duān both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes syn
两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
交加 jiāo jiā (of two or more things) to occur at the same time / to be mingled / to accompany each other syn
两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn
出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn
双眼 雙眼 shuāng yǎn the two eyes syn
奉行 fèng xíng to pursue (a course, a policy) syn
领口 領口 lǐng kǒu collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet syn
双脚 雙腳 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
其二 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second syn
大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn
对折 對摺 duì zhé to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two syn
南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei
并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn
半斤八两 半斤八兩 bàn jīn bā liǎng not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee syn
对口 對口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste syn
一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn
扰民 擾民 rǎo mín (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult syn
超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn
不可同日而语 不可同日而語 bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable syn
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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