手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 尊敬 zūn jìng to respect / to revere / to esteem / honorable / distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) syn 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn 光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend syn 广播 廣播 guǎng bō broadcast / CL:個|个[ge4] / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize syn 礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) syn 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously 寡妇 寡婦 guǎ fu widow syn 少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 聚餐 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group syn 遗孀 遺孀 yí shuāng widow syn 礼帽 禮帽 lǐ mào hat that goes with formal dress / top hat 莅临 蒞臨 lì lín to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2]) syn 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 见外 見外 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest syn 对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal) syn 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn 正方 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) syn 呈交 chéng jiāo (formal and deferential) to present / to submit syn 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) syn 哭丧 哭喪 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed syn 守寡 shǒu guǎ to live as widow / to observe widowhood syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 卸妆 卸妝 xiè zhuāng to remove makeup / (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments syn 老妪 老嫗 lǎo yù old woman (formal writing) syn 照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn 名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn 须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 行文 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication syn 从一而终 從一而終 cóng yī ér zhōng faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) syn 拜别 拜別 bài bié (formal) to take leave of sb / to bid farewell syn 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5] syn 所幸 suǒ xìng fortunately (formal writing) 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) 务请 務請 wù qǐng please (formal) 华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn 笙歌 shēng gē music and song (formal writing) 玉成 yù chéng please help achieve something (formal) syn 拜谒 拜謁 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc) syn 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 切腹 qiē fù harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling 免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying 守节 守節 shǒu jié faithful (to the memory of betrothed) / constant (of widow who remains unmarried) syn 雅乐 雅樂 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 谨 謹 jǐn cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal) syn 寡居 guǎ jū to live as a widow syn 孀 shuāng widow 怙 hù to rely on / father (formal) syn 贞女 貞女 zhēn nǚ female virgin / widow who does not remarry 未亡人 wèi wáng rén a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times) 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 嫠 lí widow 孀居 shuāng jū to live in widowhood (formal) syn 敬贺 敬賀 jìng hè to offer one's congratulations (formal) 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow 三贞九烈 三貞九烈 sān zhēn jiǔ liè (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory 三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) 遗妻 遺妻 yí qī widow / the deceased's widow 寡妇净化 guǎ fù jìng huà widow cleansing / widow-cleansing 声请 聲請 shēng qǐng to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law) 嫠节 嫠節 lí jié chastity of a widow (old usage) 孀婺 shuāng wù widow 孀闺 孀閨 shuāng guī a widow's chamber (old usage) 孤孀 gū shuāng widow 守活寡 shǒu huó guǎ to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow 富孀 fù shuāng rich widow 美人尖 měi rén jiān widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women) 遗孀恤金 yí shuāng xù jīn widow's benefit 黑寡妇雷 黑寡婦雷 black widow mine 贞节牌坊 貞節牌坊 zhēn jié pái fāng memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow 杞妇 杞婦 qǐ fù the wife of 杞梁[Qi3 Liang2], a senior official of the state of Qi 杞[Qi3] who died on a military expedition / (fig.) a widow 正式投票 zhèng shì tóu piào formal vote 鹿苑寺 lù yuàn sì Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺[Jin1 ge2 si4] as Buddhist temple 正规系统 正規系統 zhèng guī xì tǒng formal 交拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony 内阁总理大臣 內閣總理大臣 nèi gé zǒng lǐ dà chén formal title of the Japanese prime minister 八行书 八行書 bā háng shū formal recommendation letter in eight columns syn 共同纲领 共同綱領 gòng tóng gāng lǐng common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan 匝月 zā yuè (formal) a full month 少数民族乡 少數民族鄉 shǎo shù mín zú xiāng ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county) 居孀 jū shuāng to remain widowed (formal) 提学御史 提學御史 tí xué yù shǐ superintendent of education (formal title) 正装 正裝 zhèng zhuāng formal dress 社会主义教育运动 社會主義教育運動 shè huì zhǔ yì jiào yù yùn dòng Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4] 绽露 綻露 zhàn lù to appear (formal) 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 肉袒 ròu tǎn to make a humble apology (formal writing) 见背 見背 jiàn bēi (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away 蹀足 dié zú to stamp the feet (formal writing) 蹀蹀 dié dié to walk in a mincing gait (formal writing) 