辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 传染病 傳染病 chuán rǎn bìng infectious disease / contagious disease / communicable disease 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land 性病 xìng bìng sexually transmitted disease / venereal disease syn 发病率 發病率 fā bìng lǜ incidence of a disease / disease rate 并发 併發 bìng fā to happen simultaneously / (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another) / (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously / (computing) concurrent syn 性疾病 xìng jí bìng sexually transmitted disease / venereal disease 矽肺 xī fèi silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease 暗疾 àn jí unmentionable disease / a disease one is ashamed of 矽肺病 xī fèi bìng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease 暑瘟 shǔ wēn tropical disease / summertime disease syn 水俣病 水俁病 shuǐ yǔ bìng Minamata disease (neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning due to industrial pollution in Japan, first identified in 1956) 烟雾症 煙霧症 yān wù zhèng moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan) 石匠痨 石匠癆 shí jiàng láo silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病 石末沉着病 石末沉著病 shí mò chén zhuó bìng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病 矽末病 xī mò bìng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病 硅肺病 guī fèi bìng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病 花柳病 huā liǔ bìng sexually transmitted disease / venereal disease syn 疫苗可预防疾病 疫苗可預防疾病 yì miáo kě yù fáng jí bìng vaccine-preventable disease / immunizable disease 可免疫疾病 kě miǎn yì jí bìng vaccine-preventable disease / immunizable disease 美国疾病防治中心 美國疾病防治中心 United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Centers for Disease Control 疾病防治中心 United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Centers for Disease Control 被忽略的疾病 neglected disease / orphan disease 油症 yóu zhèng Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979) 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 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 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 剥掉 剝掉 bō diào to peel off / to strip off 刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 出脱 出脫 chū tuō to manage to sell / to dispose of sth (by selling) / to get property off one's hands / to find excuses (to get off a charge) / to extricate sb (from trouble) / to vindicate / to become prettier (of child) syn 鼠窜 鼠竄 shǔ cuàn to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat 混充 hún chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 混充 hùn chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 滗 潷 bì to pour off (the liquid) / to decant / to strain off 擗 pǐ (literary) to beat the breast / to break off / to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc) syn 掐断 掐斷 qiā duàn to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect 率尔操觚 率爾操觚 shuài ěr cāo gū to compose in off-hand way (idiom) / to dash off syn 脱岗 脫崗 tuō gǎng to take time off / to take leave (e.g. for study) / to skive off work 地表径流 地表徑流 dì biǎo jìng liú surface water run-off / surface run-off 走板 zǒu bǎn to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach 地面径流 surface water run-off / surface run-off 地表流 surface water run-off / surface run-off 地面泛流 surface water run-off / surface run-off 脱离母公司的公司 spin-off company / spin-off 饲养场径流 飼養場徑流 sì yǎng chǎng jìng liú run-off from feedlot / feedlot run-off 第二轮选举 第二輪選舉 run-off election / run-off 左嗓子 zuǒ sǎng zi off-key singing voice / sb who sings off-key 失准 失準 shī zhǔn not up to scratch / subpar / off / gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark 嘴炮 zuǐ pào (Internet slang) to mouth off / to shoot one's mouth off / sb who does that 下头 下頭 xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off 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 剥除 剝除 bō chú to strip off / to peel off / to remove (esp. unwanted parts) 流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable syn 疾病 jí bìng disease / sickness / ailment syn 免疫 miǎn yì immunity (to disease) 复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 心脏病 心臟病 xīn zàng bìng heart disease 顽疾 頑疾 wán jí stubborn illness / chronic disease / fig. deep-seated problem / systemic issue 皮肤病 皮膚病 pí fū bìng skin disease / skin condition / dermatosis 肝病 gān bìng liver disease 强直性脊柱炎 強直性脊柱炎 qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán ankylosing spondylitis / Bechterew’s disease 标本 標本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease 防控 fáng kòng to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease) 病因 bìng yīn cause of disease / pathogen syn 确诊 確診 què zhěn to make a definite diagnosis / confirmed (case of a specific disease) syn 染上 rǎn shàng to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit) syn 病症 bìng zhèng disease / illness syn 冠心病 guān xīn bìng coronary heart disease 再发 再發 zài fā to reissue / (of a disease) to recur / (of a patient) to suffer a relapse 丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 暴发 暴發 bào fā to break out (of disease etc) / to suddenly get rich (or prominent) syn 患儿 患兒 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child syn 