动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement / (sign of) activity / movement and stillness syn 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 五四运动 五四運動 wǔ sì yùn dòng May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles 一骨碌 yī gū lu with a rolling or twisting movement / in a single movement / in one breath syn 民运 民運 mín yùn civil transport / movement aimed at the masses / democracy movement (abbr.) 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 起来 起來 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] syn 动 動 dòng (of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb syn 动作 動作 dòng zuò movement / motion / action (CL:個|个[ge4]) / to act / to move syn 运动 運動 yùn dòng to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL:場|场[chang3] syn 移动 移動 yí dòng to move / movement / migration / mobile / portable syn 举动 舉動 jǔ dòng act / action / activity / move / movement syn 手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4]) syn 迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) syn 一举一动 一舉一動 yī jǔ yī dòng every movement / each and every move syn 动态 動態 dòng tài movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science) 调动 調動 diào dòng to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play syn 招数 招數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4] syn 舞姿 wǔ zī dancer's posture and movement 动感 動感 dòng gǎn sense of movement (often in a static work of art) / dynamic / vivid / lifelike syn 滑动 滑動 huá dòng to slide / sliding movement syn 行车 行車 xíng chē to drive a vehicle / movement of vehicles syn 乐章 樂章 yuè zhāng movement (of a symphony) syn 蠕动 蠕動 rú dòng to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) syn 不动声色 不動聲色 bù dòng shēng sè not a word or movement (idiom) / remaining calm and collected / not batting an eyelid syn 狂飙 狂飆 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force syn 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 胎动 胎動 tāi dòng fetal movement 夹攻 夾攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn 着数 著數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4] syn 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 五四 wǔ sì fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 法轮功 法輪功 fǎ lún gōng Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government) 群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc) 梁启超 梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 康有为 康有為 kāng yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 新文化运动 新文化運動 xīn wén huà yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science 西学 西學 xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动 水上运动 水上運動 shuǐ shàng yùn dòng water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water 洋务运动 洋務運動 yáng wù yùn dòng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动 绊住 絆住 bàn zhù to entangle / to hinder / to impede movement 肠蠕动 腸蠕動 cháng rú dòng peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) 王丹 wáng dān Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 青年会 青年會 qīng nián huì YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844) 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement 民族解放运动 民族解放運動 national liberation movement 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 女装 女裝 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes 女权 女權 nǚ quán women's rights 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 妇女节 婦女節 fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 小可爱 小可愛 xiǎo kě ài cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) syn 红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 妇女联合会 婦女聯合會 fù nǚ lián hé huì women's union 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 章 zhāng chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 淑 shū (bound form) (of women) gentle / kind / lovely / admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 举手投足 舉手投足 jǔ shǒu tóu zú one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures syn 什叶 什葉 shí yè Shia (a movement in Islam) 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 未来派 未來派 wèi lái pài Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century) 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 策源地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) syn 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) 学运 學運 xué yùn student movement