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Chinese Pinyin Translation
何为 何為 hé wéi what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
Chinese Pinyin Translation
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ... / what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
什么是 甚麼是 shén me shì what is ...?
不明白 bù míng bái does not understand / fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on
实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn
荣辱观 榮辱觀 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]
懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn
何谓 何謂 hé wèi (literary) what is? / what is the meaning of? syn
见义勇为 見義勇為 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause syn
虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation syn
心里话 心裡話 xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
何乐而不为 何樂而不為 hé lè ér bù wéi what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) syn
神经衰弱 神經衰弱 shén jīng shuāi ruò nervous exhaustion / neurasthenia / mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression) syn
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn
出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn
据理力争 據理力爭 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds / to argue strongly for what is right
胸臆 xiōng yì inner feelings / what is deep in one's heart syn
隐讳 隱諱 yǐn huì to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind syn
木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone syn
兴利除弊 興利除弊 xīng lì chú bì to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom) syn
召 shào surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province syn
蜀 shǔ short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
鉴往知来 鑒往知來 jiàn wǎng zhī lái to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs) / studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
数黄道黑 數黃道黑 shǔ huáng dào hēi to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]
数黑论白 數黑論白 shǔ hēi lùn bái to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]
米已成炊 mǐ yǐ chéng chuī lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
数黑论黄 數黑論黃 shǔ hēi lùn huáng to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
定于一尊 定於一尊 dìng yú yī zūn (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
言不尽意 言不盡意 yán bù jìn yì (conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom)
安南 ān nán Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
人心隔肚皮 rén xīn gé dù pí there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
甚么是 甚麼是 shén me shì what is ...?
补满 補滿 bǔ mǎn to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish
择善固执 擇善固執 zé shàn gù zhí to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
取其精华，去其糟粕 取其精華，去其糟粕 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
话到嘴边 話到嘴邊 huà dào zuǐ biān to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
何乐不为 何樂不為 hé lè bù wéi (idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) syn
中华龙鸟 中華龍鳥 zhōng huá lóng niǎo Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period
扬幡招魂 揚幡招魂 yáng fān - zhāo hún lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
妙在不言中 miào zài bù yán zhōng the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)
占婆 zhān pó Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam
孰真孰假 shú zhēn shú jiǎ what is true and what is fake
听会 聽會 tīng huì to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
扶余 扶餘 fú yú Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China
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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