栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 双色树鸭 雙色樹鴨 fulvous whistling duck 白脸鹭 白臉鷺 bái liǎn lù (bird species of China) white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) 白头硬尾鸭 白頭硬尾鴨 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 飒飒 颯颯 sà sà soughing / whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc) syn 哨子声 哨子聲 shào zi shēng whistling sound 紫啸鸫 紫嘯鶇 zǐ xiào dōng (bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) 红顶绿鸠 紅頂綠鳩 hóng dǐng lǜ jiū (bird species of China) whistling green pigeon / Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae) 台湾紫啸鸫 臺灣紫嘯鶇 tái wān zǐ xiào dōng (bird species of China) Taiwan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis) 响箭 響箭 xiǎng jiàn whistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal) syn 白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker 洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white / pure white syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash 白皮书 白皮書 bái pí shū white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 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 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 白蜡 白蠟 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 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 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 虫白蜡 蟲白蠟 chóng bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 虫蜡 蟲蠟 chóng là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 奶汤 奶湯 nǎi tāng white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine 精白 jīng bái pure white / spotlessly white 白大衣高血压 白大衣高血壓 bái dà yī gāo xuè yā white coat hypertension / white coat syndrome 白虎观 白虎觀 bái hǔ guàn White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn 米白色 mǐ bái sè off-white / creamy white 白皮猪 白皮豬 bái pí zhū (derog.) white person / white pig 当前 當前 dāng qián the present time / to be faced with syn 双面 雙面 shuāng miàn double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible syn 死皮赖脸 死皮賴臉 sǐ pí lài liǎn brazen faced (idiom) / shameless syn 面无人色 面無人色 miàn wú rén sè ashen-faced syn 面如土色 miàn rú tǔ sè ashen-faced (idiom) syn 白面书生 白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears syn 两面派 兩面派 liǎng miàn pài two-faced person / double-dealing syn 两面三刀 兩面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing syn 乡愿 鄉愿 xiāng yuàn (literary) hypocrite / two-faced person syn 人面兽心 人面獸心 rén miàn shòu xīn human face, beast's heart (idiom) / two-faced / malicious and duplicitous syn 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom) / two-faced / malicious and duplicitous syn 慈眉善目 cí méi shàn mù kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / amiable looking / benign-faced syn 慈眉善眼 cí méi shàn yǎn kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / amiable looking / benign-faced 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient syn 不见棺材不落泪 不見棺材不落淚 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality 面如灰土 miàn rú huī tǔ ashen-faced (idiom) 面临困难 面臨困難 miàn lín kùn nán to be faced with problems 长鼻袋鼠属 長鼻袋鼠屬 cháng bí dài shǔ shǔ broad-faced 愧赧 kuì nǎn to blush in shame / red-faced syn 黑脸琵鹭 黑臉琵鷺 hēi liǎn pí lù (bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) 红脸鸬鹚 紅臉鸕鷀 hóng liǎn lú cí (bird species of China) red-faced cormorant (Urile urile) 腹黑 fù hēi (slang) outwardly kind but inwardly evil / two-faced 面色如土 miàn sè rú tǔ ashen-faced (idiom) 棕脸鹟莺 棕臉鶲鶯 zōng liǎn wēng yīng (bird species of China) rufous-faced warbler (Abroscopus albogularis) 灰脸鵟鹰 灰臉鵟鷹 hēi liǎn kuáng yīng (bird species of China) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) 灰头薮鹛 灰頭藪鶥 huī tóu sǒu méi (bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea) 灰头鹀 灰頭鵐 huī tóu wú (bird species of China) black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) 红翅薮鹛 紅翅藪鶥 hóng chì sǒu méi (bird species of China) scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) 黑脸鹟莺 黑臉鶲鶯 hēi liǎn wēng yīng (bird species of China) black-faced warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps) 黑顶噪鹛 黑頂噪鶥 hēi dǐng zào méi (bird species of China) black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) 灰脸𫛭鹰 灰臉鵟鷹 huī liǎn kuáng yīng (bird species of China) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) 见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话 見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話 jiàn rén shuō rén huà , jiàn guǐ shuō guǐ huà (fig.) adaptable / able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere / two-faced 两面人 兩面人 liǎng miàn rén two-faced person 大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí - dāng qián (idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy syn 慈眉善目 cí méi - shàn mù lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / fig. amiable looking / benign-faced syn 双面人 雙面人 shuāng miàn rén two-faced person 幼态 幼態 yòu tài baby-faced / having a childlike face 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 垫板 diàn pàn duck-board 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 鸭 鴨 yā duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (slang) male prostitute syn 鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck 鹜 鶩 wù duck syn 鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck 鶩 wù tame duck 鴢 yòu (duck) 赶鸭子上架 趕鴨子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 鴄 pī wild duck 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck 家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn 家鸭绿头鸭 家鴨綠頭鴨 jiā yā lǜ tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha) 棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout 鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other 鸭嘴龙 鴨嘴龍 yā zuǐ lóng hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) 