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"wishing pond" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
许愿池 許願池 xǔ yuàn chí wishing pond
Chinese Pinyin Translation
水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin
池塘 chí táng pool / pond syn
恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth / to hate to be unable / itching to do sth syn
池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn
积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn
水潭 shuǐ tán water pool / pond syn
深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss
池 chí pond / reservoir / moat syn
泽 澤 zé pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn
荡 蕩 dàng to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond syn
沼 zhǎo pond / pool syn
潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn
塘 táng dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool syn
溏 táng half congealed / pond
池沼 chí zhǎo pool / pond syn
潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll
旁氏 páng shì Pond's (brand of skin care products)
陂 bēi pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2]
潴 瀦 zhū pool / pond
竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
欲益反损 欲益反損 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
塞耳 sāi ěr to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)
懒得搭理 懶得搭理 lǎn de dā lǐ not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond
口彩 kǒu cǎi complimentary remarks / well-wishing
许愿井 許願井 xǔ yuàn jǐng wishing well
埧 jù diked pond
洿 wū dig (a pond) / stagnant water
涂潭 塗潭 tú tán muddy water in a pool or pond
水凼 shuǐ dàng pond
池鹭 池鷺 chí lù (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
滊 xiē saline pond
潭子 tán zi deep natural pond
潭底 tán dǐ bottom of a (deep) pond
潭影 tán yǐng reflection in a deep pond
稳定塘 穩定塘 wěn dìng táng waste stabilization pond
隐潭 隱潭 yǐn tán hidden pond or pool
庞氏 龐氏 páng shì Ponzi (name) / Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏
尾矿池 yǐ kuàng chí tailings pond
尾水池 yǐ shuǐ chí tailings pond
太阳能池 太陽能池 tài yáng néng chí solar pond
池塘生物 pond life
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
碧池 bì chí bitch (loanword) (Internet slang) / clear water pond
陂塘 bēi táng pool / pond
塘堰 táng yàn irrigation pond or dam syn
泡子 pāo zi small lake / pond syn
爪哇池鹭 爪哇池鷺 zhǎo wā chí lù (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)
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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