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"where" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
何处 何處 hé chù whence / where syn
什么地方 什麽地方 shén me dì fang somewhere / someplace / where
焉 yān where / how syn
曷 hé why / how / when / what / where syn
何所 hé suǒ where / what place
Chinese Pinyin Translation
所在 suǒ zài place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located syn
哪里 哪裡 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment syn
出处 出處 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from syn
外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where? / wherever / anywhere / somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...? / how could ...? syn
原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
会场 會場 huì chǎng meeting place / place where people gather / CL:個|个[ge4]
表态 表態 biǎo tài to declare one's position / to say where one stands
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
何在 hé zài where? / what place? syn
何方 hé fāng where? syn
丹田 dān tián pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
看热闹 看熱鬧 kàn rè nao to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
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
海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
评书 評書 píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction syn
原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
领口 領口 lǐng kǒu collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet syn
原处 原處 yuán chù original spot / previous place / where it was before
退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally syn
少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter syn
鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting
归位 歸位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
亲赴 親赴 qīn fù to travel to (a place where duty calls)
双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final)
白求恩 bái qiú ēn Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
引以为戒 引以為戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly syn
考区 考區 kǎo qū the exam area / the district where an exam takes place
有始有终 有始有終 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
成语接龙 成語接龍 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
坐享其成 zuò xiǎng qí chéng to reap where one has not sown (idiom) syn
依然如故 yī rán rú gù back to where we were (idiom) / absolutely no improvement / Things haven't changed at all. syn
气口 氣口 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
闹洞房 鬧洞房 nào dòng fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
老几 老幾 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom) / fig. where there's a will, there's a way syn
空巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
善始善终 善始善終 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
内廷 內廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake)
得气 得氣 dé qì "to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted
福袋 fú dài fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn
不平则鸣 不平則鳴 bù píng zé míng where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice syn
奚 xī (literary) what? / where? / why? syn
爰 yuán therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money
有志者事竟成 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng a really determined person will find a solution (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way
风口浪尖 風口浪尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle syn
有头有尾 有頭有尾 yǒu tóu yǒu wěi where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
饮水思源 飲水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! syn
安土重迁 安土重遷 ān tǔ zhòng qiān to hate to leave a place where one has lived long / to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it syn
切中时病 切中時病 qiè zhòng shí bìng to hit the target where it hurts (idiom) / fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
吴头楚尾 吳頭楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off
如堕烟雾 如墮煙霧 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom) / ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
得饶人处且饶人 得饒人處且饒人 dé ráo rén chù qiě ráo rén where it is possible to let people off, one should spare them (idiom) / anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible
有志竟成 yǒu zhì jìng chéng persevere and you will succeed (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way syn
水落归槽 水落歸槽 shuǐ luò guī cáo spilt water returns to the trough (idiom) / fig. people remember where they belong
渤澥桑田 bó xiè sāng tián lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian) / time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
虎踞龙盘 虎踞龍盤 hǔ jù lóng pán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom) / fig. forbidding terrain syn
虎踞龙蟠 虎踞龍蟠 hǔ jù lóng pán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom) / fig. forbidding terrain syn
蜀犬吠日 shǔ quǎn fèi rì lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom) / fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day syn
蠹众木折 蠹眾木折 dù zhòng mù zhé Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
伊于胡底 伊於胡底 yī yú hú dǐ where will it stop?
名利场 名利場 míng lì chǎng competitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain
来路不明 來路不明 lái lù bù míng unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background syn
龙门 龍門 lóng mén Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong / mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
蓬莱 蓬萊 péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live / (by extension) fairyland
不一致字 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
一致字 yī zhì zì (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2], 遙|遥[yao2] and 謠|谣[yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
漎 cóng a place where small streams flow into a large one
南泥湾 南泥灣 nán ní wān Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
不经一番风霜苦，难得腊梅吐清香 不經一番風霜苦，難得臘梅吐清香 bù jīng yī fān fēng shuāng kǔ , nán dé là méi tǔ qīng xiāng Without once passing through the winter's cold and wind, where would the sweet spring fragrance come from?
五七干校 五七幹校 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4])
五七干部学校 五七幹部學校 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4])
任所 rèn suǒ one's office / place where one holds a post
寸口 cùn kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM syn
从何 從何 cóng hé whence? / where from?
成也萧何，败也萧何 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
援助交际 援助交際 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
东交民巷 東交民巷 dōng jiāo mín xiàng East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959
涮锅子 涮鍋子 shuàn guō zi hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
猜枚 cāi méi drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
砚席 硯席 yàn xí ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches
第一象限 dì yī xiàng xiàn first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
经筵 經筵 jīng yán place where the emperor listened to lectures (traditional)
老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
脉口 脈口 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
脉门 脈門 mài mén inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt
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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