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"warp brocade" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
经丝彩色显花 經絲彩色顯花 jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā warp brocade / woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
经锦 經錦 jīng jǐn warp brocade / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp
Chinese Pinyin Translation
经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn
扭曲 niǔ qū to twist / to warp / to distort syn
弯曲 彎曲 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp syn
锦上添花 錦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
锦缎 錦緞 jǐn duàn brocade
织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern
经纬 經緯 jīng wěi warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points syn
锦衣卫 錦衣衛 jǐn yī wèi Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
经线 經線 jīng xiàn warp / line of longitude / meridian (geography)
纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn
锦 錦 jǐn brocade / embroidered work / bright syn
八段锦 八段錦 bā duàn jǐn eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
经纬线 經緯線 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof
纴 紝 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread
锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn
襽 lán old variant of 襴|襕[lan2] / brocade
锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 jǐn yī yù shí brocade garments, jade meals (idiom) / a life of luxury / extravagance syn
絍 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving
纬锦 緯錦 wěi jǐn woof brocade / woven fabric with many-colored woof
织金锦 織金錦 zhī jīn jǐn gold brocade
缠头 纏頭 chán tóu embroidered headband used as decoration by actors or in Hui ethnic group / to reward an actor with brocade headband
花缎 花緞 huā duàn brocade / figured satin
蜀锦 蜀錦 shǔ jǐn brocade from Sichuan
锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
淤灌 yū guàn to warp (fertilize land by flooding)
经纱 經紗 jīng shā warp (vertical thread in weaving)
翘曲 翹曲 qiáo qū to warp / to bend / fig. distorted opinion / prejudice
翘棱 翹稜 qiáo leng to warp / to bend syn
軭 kuāng to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel)
时空错置感 時空錯置感 shí kōng cuò zhì gǎn sense of being in another time and place / feeling that one has entered a time warp
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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