"white lie" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
善意的谎言 善意的謊言 shàn yì de huǎng yán white lie
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
说谎 說謊 shuō huǎng to lie / to tell an untruth syn
在乎 zài hu to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about syn
谎言 謊言 huǎng yán lie syn
在于 在於 zài yú to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by / to be up to (sb) syn
隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn
位于 位於 wèi yú to be located at / to be situated at / to lie syn
谎话 謊話 huǎng huà lie syn
鬼话 鬼話 guǐ huà lie / false words / nonsense / CL:篇[pian1] syn
埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn
休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow syn
凭空 憑空 píng kōng baseless (lie) / without foundation syn
沉睡 chén shuì to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant / to lie undiscovered syn
卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn
编织 編織 biān zhī to weave / to knit / to plait / to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc) syn
白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker
假话 假話 jiǎ huà a lie / untrue statement / misstatement syn
荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study) syn
长眠 長眠 cháng mián (euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place) syn
扯谎 扯謊 chě huǎng to tell a lie syn
介于 介於 jiè yú between / intermediate / to lie between syn
卧床 臥床 wò chuáng to lie in bed / bedridden / bed
销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low syn
漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence syn
避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble
拆穿 chāi chuān to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc) syn
匍匐 pú fú to crawl / to creep / to lie prostrate syn
闲置 閒置 xián zhì to leave sth unused / to lie idle syn
洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white / pure white syn
冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
谎报 謊報 huǎng bào to lie
空置 kōng zhì to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
仰卧 仰臥 yǎng wò to lie supine syn
卧薪尝胆 臥薪嚐膽 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge syn
银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light
白皮书 白皮書 bái pí shū white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn
俯卧 俯臥 fǔ wò to lie prone
侧卧 側臥 cè wò to lie on one's side
白蜡 白蠟 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
觥筹交错 觥籌交錯 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
介乎 jiè hū to lie between syn
轮休 輪休 lún xiū to take holidays in rotation / to stagger employees' days off / (agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation
白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教
窥伺 窺伺 kuī sì to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity) syn
隐伏 隱伏 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low syn
躺下 tǎng xià to lie down syn
伏地 fú dì to lie prostrate
倒头 倒頭 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die
白蛇传 白蛇傳 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake
汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
赖床 賴床 lài chuáng to have a lie-in / to dawdle in bed
倒卧 倒臥 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead
横躺 橫躺 héng tǎng to lie flat
列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
避风头 避風頭 bì fēng tou to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
俯伏 fǔ fú to lie prostrate syn
倒伏 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
卧轨 臥軌 wò guǐ to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
诳语 誑語 kuáng yǔ a lie / a falsehood
shuì to sleep / to lie down syn
dǎo to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit syn
tǎng to recline / to lie down syn
liè to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row syn
huǎng lies / to lie syn
yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn
to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of syn
to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn
wāi askew / at a crooked angle / devious / noxious / (coll.) to lie on one's side syn
liè hunting syn
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt syn
jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor syn
liè to split / to crack / to break open / to rend syn
lie modal particle expressing exclamation syn
liē used in 咧咧[lie1lie1] / used in 大大咧咧[da4da4-lie1lie1] / used in 罵罵咧咧|骂骂咧咧[ma4ma5-lie1lie1] syn
liě to draw back the corners of one's mouth syn
liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn
to lie / to crouch syn
liè inferior syn
macaque / to spy / to lie in ambush
qǐn (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop / to cease syn
liè bristles / mane syn
wán white / white silk syn
liè cold and raw
kuáng to deceive / to dupe / falsehood / lie / (dialect) to amuse
蜷伏 quán fú to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up syn
测谎仪 測謊儀 cè huǎng yí lie detector / polygraph
白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
白痢 bái lì dysentery characterized by white mucous stool / white diarrhea
yǎn to lie supine / to stop / to fall down
liè pure / to cleanse syn
liè used in 趔趄[lie4qie5]
liè tear / twist
liè minnow
liè (literary) equal / enclosure / dike / embankment / Taiwan pr. [le4] syn
liè step across syn
zhōu (literary) to curse / to deceive / to lie
bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn
白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian
白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist 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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