人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 黄色 黃色 huáng sè yellow / vulgar / lewd / pornographic syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 黄泉 黃泉 huáng quán the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell syn 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes syn 厚脸皮 厚臉皮 hòu liǎn pí brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) 万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom) / the people united syn 麻木不仁 má mù bù rén numbed / insensitive / apathetic / thick-skinned syn 民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 金黄 金黃 jīn huáng golden yellow / golden syn 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 黄河 黃河 huáng hé Yellow River or Huang He 老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen syn 焦黄 焦黃 jiāo huáng sallow / yellow and withered / sickly syn 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around syn 深入人心 shēn rù rén xīn to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom) 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 黄绿色 黃綠色 huáng lǜ sè yellow green 黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) syn 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs syn 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 黄牌 黃牌 huáng pái (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment 淡黄 淡黃 dàn huáng light yellow syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn 两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 黄海 黃海 huáng hǎi Yellow Sea 黄酒 黃酒 huáng jiǔ "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) syn 暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red 黄斑 黃斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 黄鹂 黃鸝 huáng lí yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) syn 黄页 黃頁 huáng yè Yellow Pages 万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 黄帝 黃帝 huáng dì the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC 蚩尤 chī yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 黄菊 黃菊 huáng jú yellow chrysanthemum / wine 食人 shí rén man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people 西海 xī hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term) 普通老百姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi 刑天 xíng tiān Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 亲民 親民 qīn mín in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs 炎黄子孙 炎黃子孫 yán huáng zǐ sūn descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) syn 黄绿 黃綠 huáng lǜ yellow-green 黄河流域 黃河流域 huáng hé liú yù the Yellow River basin 张角 張角 zhāng jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han 黄种人 黃種人 huáng zhǒng rén yellow man / Mongoloid (old term) 黄土地 黃土地 huáng tǔ dì the yellow earth (of China) 两河 兩河 liǎng hé the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia 五帝 wǔ dì the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4] syn 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 黄水晶 黃水晶 huáng shuǐ jīng citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone) 橘黄色 橘黃色 jú huáng sè tangerine yellow / saffron (color) 花雕 huā diāo Shaoxing yellow wine syn 仓颉 倉頡 cāng jié Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method 颛顼 顓頊 zhuān xū Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 黄澄澄 黃澄澄 huáng dèng dèng glistening yellow syn 杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn 橙黄 橙黃 chéng huáng orange yellow / tangerine yellow / chrome yellow syn 面黄肌瘦 面黃肌瘦 miàn huáng jī shòu lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance syn 张宝 張寶 zhāng bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2] 黄花鱼 黃花魚 huáng huā yú yellow croaker (fish) / corvina syn 茶晶 chá jīng yellow quartz / topaz syn 三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River 黄教 黃教 huáng jiào Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4] 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 刘公岛 劉公島 liú gōng dǎo Liugong island in the Yellow sea 仰韶文化 yǎng sháo wén huà Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery syn 河 hé river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3] syn 黄 黃 huáng yellow / pornographic / to fall through syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 黄酱 黃醬 huáng jiàng yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted) 刀枪不入 刀槍不入 dāo qiāng bù rù lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 黄热病 黃熱病 huáng rè bìng yellow fever 桔黄色 jú huáng sè tangerine yellow / saffron (color) 黄种 黃種 huáng zhǒng the yellow race / the Mongoloid race 皙 xī (literary) fair-skinned / of light complexion 鳝 鱔 shàn Chinese yellow eel syn 冼星海 xiǎn xīng hǎi Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4] 政通人和 zhèng tōng rén hé efficient government, people at peace (idiom) / all is well with the state and the people syn 黄袍加身 黃袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown syn 绍兴酒 紹興酒 shào xīng jiǔ Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat syn 苍黄 蒼黃 cāng huáng greenish yellow / sallow (pale or yellow complexion) / variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cang1 huang2] syn 黄巾起义 黃巾起義 huáng jīn qǐ yì Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom) / a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people syn 不到黄河心不死 不到黃河心不死 bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left syn 