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"weighing every word" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
字斟句酌 zì zhēn jù zhuó weighing every word syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一物降一物 yī wù xiáng yī wù lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
逐字逐句 zhú zì zhú jù literal / word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase syn
训读 訓讀 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
国骂 國罵 guó mà curse word / four-letter word / esp. the "national swear word" of China, namely 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5]
word w o r d my (Internet slang variant of 我的[wo3 de5])
挂念 掛念 guà niàn to feel anxious about / to have (sth) weighing on one's mind syn
自问 自問 zì wèn to ask oneself / to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter syn
磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn
戥 děng small steelyard for weighing money syn
体重计 體重計 tǐ zhòng jì weighing scale
思想包袱 sī xiǎng bāo fu sth weighing on one's mind
称体重 稱體重 weighing
凡是 fán shì each and every / every / all / any syn
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
一举一动 一舉一動 yī jǔ yī dòng every movement / each and every move syn
百般 bǎi bān in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means syn
俱全 jù quán every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut syn
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom) / every household
步步为营 步步為營 bù bù wéi yíng to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step syn
三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently syn
见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn
分秒必争 分秒必爭 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom) / not a minute to lose / every moment counts syn
一个萝卜一个坑 一個蘿蔔一個坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid
旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom) / incessant and ever more complicated demands
一颦一笑 一顰一笑 yī pín yī xiào every frown and every smile syn
战无不胜，攻无不克 戰無不勝，攻無不克 zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
战无不胜，攻无不取 戰無不勝，攻無不取 zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
攻无不克，战无不胜 攻無不克，戰無不勝 gōng wú bù kè , zhàn wú bù shèng to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
每时每日 每時每日 měi shí měi rì every day and every hour / hourly and daily (idiom)
见缝就钻 見縫就鑽 jiàn fèng jiù zuān lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity syn
一举手一投足 一舉手一投足 yī jǔ shǒu yī tóu zú every little move / every single movement
冤有头，债有主 冤有頭，債有主 yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom) / when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
一举一动 一舉一動 yī jǔ - yī dòng (idiom) every movement / each and every move syn
隔三差五 gé sān - chà wǔ (idiom) every few days / every once in a while syn
一言一行 yī yán yī xíng every word and action (idiom) syn
字字珠玉 zì zì zhū yù every word a gem (idiom) / magnificent writing
一言一动 一言一動 yī yán yī dòng (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
字字珠玑 字字珠璣 zì zì - zhū jī (idiom) every word is a gem
忠告 zhōng gào to give sb a word of advice / advice / counsel / a wise word syn
生词 生詞 shēng cí new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
照抄 zhào chāo to copy word for word syn
语词 語詞 yǔ cí word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued syn
望文生义 望文生義 wàng wén shēng yì lit. view a text and interpret (idiom) / to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
禁语 禁語 jìn yǔ taboo (word) / unmentionable word
同韵词 同韻詞 tóng yùn cí a word that rhymes (with another word)
多音节词 多音節詞 duō yīn jié cí polysyllabic word / Chinese word made up of three or more characters
异文 異文 yì wén variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition
说话算话 說話算話 shuō huà suàn huà to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says
一字不差 yī zì bù chā word for word / verbatim
单纯词 單純詞 dān chún cí (linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word syn
复词 複詞 fù cí compound word / polysyllabic word
复音词 複音詞 fù yīn cí disyllabic word / polysyllabic word
各种 各種 gè zhǒng every kind of / all kinds of / various
一切 yī qiè everything / every / all syn
每天 měi tiān every day syn
每个 每個 měi gè each / every
每次 měi cì every time syn
每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn
天天 tiān tiān every day syn
各个 各個 gè gè every / various / separately, one by one syn
各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn
每一 měi yī every
每周 每週 měi zhōu every week
人人 rén rén everyone / every person syn
全国各地 全國各地 quán guó gè dì every part of the country
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually / each and every syn
每当 每當 měi dāng whenever / every time syn
步步 bù bù step by step / at every step
力求 lì qiú to make every effort to / striving to do one's best syn
全能 quán néng omnipotent / all-round / strong in every area syn
日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn
年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn
每隔 měi gé at intervals of / every (so often)
各处 各處 gè chù every place syn
千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) / by every possible means syn
点点滴滴 點點滴滴 diǎn diǎn dī dī bit by bit / dribs and drabs / the little details / every aspect
每逢 měi féng every time / on each occasion / whenever
日日 rì rì every day syn
各色 gè sè all kinds / of every description
夜夜 yè yè every night
想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn
各行各业 各行各業 gè háng gè yè every trade / all professions / all walks of life syn
月月 yuè yuè every month
万般 萬般 wàn bān every kind / manifold / extremely syn
形形色色 xíng xíng sè sè all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of syn
万象 萬象 wàn xiàng every manifestation of nature syn
动辄 動輒 dòng zhé easily / readily / frequently / at every turn / at the slightest pretext syn
五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored / every color under the sun syn
一点一滴 一點一滴 yī diǎn yī dī bit by bit / every little bit syn
清一色 qīng yī sè (mahjong) flush / a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit / (fig.) uniformly / each and every one syn
日新月异 日新月異 rì xīn yuè yì daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
回回 huí huí time and again / every time
悉数 悉數 xī shù all / every single one / the entire sum syn
千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) syn
无微不至 無微不至 wú wēi bù zhì in every possible way (idiom) / meticulous syn
千家万户 千家萬戶 qiān jiā wàn hù every family (idiom) 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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