"(fig.) to trigger" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
掀起	xiān qǐ	v.	to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
按钮按鈕	àn niǔ	n.	to push a button / button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action)
引发引發	yǐn fā	v.	to lead to / to trigger / to initiate / to cause / to evoke (emotions)	syn
触发觸發	chù fā		to trigger / to spark	syn
诱发誘發	yòu fā	v.	to induce / to cause / to elicit / to trigger	syn
扳机扳機	bān jī		(gun) trigger
触发清单觸發清單	chù fā qīng dān		trigger list
鏾	sǎn		the trigger of a crossbow / crossbow
扣动扣動	kòu dòng		to pull (a trigger)
冷阴极触发管			cold-cathode trigger tube
中子源点火器			nuclear initiator / neutron initiator / neutron trigger
补充作用和触发机制问题工作组			Working Group on Complementarity and Trigger Mechanism
初级裂变初級裂變	chū jí liè biàn		fission primary / fission trigger / thermonuclear weapon primary
裂变触发器裂變觸發器			fission primary / fission trigger / thermonuclear weapon primary
触发点觸發點			trigger point
一石激起千层浪	yī shí jī qǐ qiān céng làng		(idiom) A remark or a seemingly small action can trigger a strong response and far-reaching repercussions.
开花開花	kāi huā	v.	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	adj.	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
鬼扯脚鬼扯腳	guǐ chě jiǎo		lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢	wài yì		(of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
目光	mù guāng	n.	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
味道	wèi dao	n.	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
塑造	sù zào	v.	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	n., adj.	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	v.	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	v., n.	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
架空	jià kōng		to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ		to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu		flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	v.	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
中招	zhòng zhāo		(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù		small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
出笼出籠	chū lóng		(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
松柏	sōng bǎi		pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo		to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi		to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén		(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu		lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù		loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
矮化	ǎi huà		(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn		(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú		turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
雏儿雛兒	chú ér		newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
一团漆黑一團漆黑	yī tuán qī hēi		pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation	syn
擦边擦邊	cā biān		to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
切中要害	qiè zhòng yào hài		to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
反裘负刍反裘負芻	fǎn qiú fù chú		lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
夫唱妇随夫唱婦隨	fū chàng fù suí		fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony	syn
操斧伐柯	cāo fǔ fá kē		(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
旧瓶装新酒舊瓶裝新酒	jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ		lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
来踪去迹來蹤去跡	lái zōng qù jì		the traces of a person's movements / (fig.) sb's history / (fig.) the ins and out of a matter	syn
伐柯	fá kē		(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
刺儿刺兒	cì r		a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
周瑜打黄盖周瑜打黃蓋	zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài		fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰\|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
大镕炉大鎔爐	dà róng lú		lit. large smelting furnace / fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures / Melting Pot / variant of 大熔爐\|大熔炉, lit. large smelting furnace / fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures / Melting Pot
脱裤子放屁脫褲子放屁	tuō kù zi fàng pì		lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated
开国元勛開國元勛	kāi guó yuán xūn		founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc / variant of 開國元勳\|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company, school etc
西克莫无花果西克莫無花果	xī kè mò wú huā guǒ		sycamore fig / common cluster fig
树高千丈，落叶归根樹高千丈，落葉歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn		fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home / see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根\|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
树高千丈，叶落归根樹高千丈，葉落歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn		fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
万箭穿心萬箭穿心	wàn jiàn chuān xīn		lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds	syn
回过头来回過頭來	huí guò tóu lái		to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
火候	huǒ hou	n.	heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment	syn
卷铺盖捲鋪蓋	juǎn pū gai		to roll up one's bedding / to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired / to get the sack	syn
操刀	cāo dāo		to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task / to take the reins
放血	fàng xiě		(TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
斩获斬獲	zhǎn huò		to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal) / to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards / to achieve gains
磋磨	cuō mó		to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
总汇總匯	zǒng huì		(of streams) to come together / to converge / confluence / (fig.) compendium / (fig.) aggregation / (in the name of a shop) emporium / (Tw) club sandwich (abbr. for 總匯三明治\|总汇三明治[zong3hui4 san1ming2zhi4])	syn
踩雷	cǎi léi		to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
首页首頁	shǒu yè		home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
运行運行	yùn xíng	v.	(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	n.	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn
材料	cái liào	n.	(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job	syn
不知	bù zhī		not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
下来下來	xià lai	v.	to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)	syn
带来帶來	dài lái		to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce	syn
价值價值	jià zhí	n.	value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
启动啟動	qǐ dòng	v.	to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)	syn
掌握	zhǎng wò	v.	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
提升提昇	tí shēng	v.	to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve	syn
背景	bèi jǐng	n.	background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種\|种[zhong3]	syn
反映	fǎn yìng	v.	to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render	syn
窗口	chuāng kǒu	n.	window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
色彩	sè cǎi	n.	tint / coloring / coloration / (fig.) flavor / character	syn
梦想夢想	mèng xiǎng	v., n.	(fig.) to dream of / dream	syn
动力動力	dòng lì	n.	motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus
一块一塊	yī kuài		a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這\|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊\|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company	syn
白色	bái sè	n.	white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist	syn
书库書庫	shū kù		a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus
导航導航	dǎo háng	v.	(lit. and fig.) to navigate	syn
身后身後	shēn hòu		the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background	syn
把握	bǎ wò	v., n.	to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)	syn
渠道	qú dào	n.	irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means	syn
转移轉移	zhuǎn yí	v.	to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize	syn
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	n.	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
感染	gǎn rǎn	v.	to infect / infection / (fig.) to influence	syn
污染	wū rǎn	v.	to pollute / to contaminate (lit. and fig.)	syn
曝光	bào guāng	v.	to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]	syn
透明	tòu míng	adj.	transparent / (fig.) transparent / open to scrutiny	syn

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"(fig.) to trigger" Chinese-English Dictionary

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