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大体 大體 dà tǐ n., adv. in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
好 hǎo adj., adv., v. good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
大概 dà gài adj., adv., n. roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea syn
而言 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned / speaking in terms of ...
任 rèn v., conj. to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn
妥协 妥協 tuǒ xié v. to compromise / to reach terms / a compromise syn
型号 型號 xíng hào n. model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
粗暴 cū bào adj. crude / crass / rude / rough / harsh syn
融洽 róng qià adj. harmonious / friendly relations / on good terms with one another syn
粗糙 cū cāo adj. crude / gruff / rough / coarse syn
冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn n. cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
优惠 優惠 yōu huì adj. privilege / favorable (terms) / preferential (treatment) / discount (price) syn
草图 草圖 cǎo tú a sketch / rough drawing
颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ v. to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn
相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn
要好 yào hǎo adj. to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn
粗野 cū yě insolent / boorish / rough (in actions) syn
坎坷 kǎn kě adj. (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn
修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn
大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
大体上 大體上 dà tǐ shàng overall / in general terms syn
小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
风浪 風浪 fēng làng n. wind and waves / rough waters / (fig.) hardship syn
打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn
粗略 cū lüè adj. rough (not precise or accurate) / cursory syn
不和 bù hé not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord syn
和好 hé hǎo adj., v. to become reconciled / on good terms with each other syn
粗犷 粗獷 cū guǎng rough / rude / boorish / straightforward / uninhibited syn
不欢而散 不歡而散 bù huān ér sàn to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
科普 kē pǔ v. popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1xue2 pu3ji2]) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms syn
简言之 簡言之 jiǎn yán zhī in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly syn
粗制滥造 粗製濫造 cū zhì làn zào to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom) / rough and slipshod work syn
干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn
爱美 愛美 ài měi to pay attention to one's appearance / to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
情话 情話 qíng huà terms of endearment / words of love
白露 bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September
门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn
草纸 草紙 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper syn
毛料 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth syn
冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn
夏至 xià zhì Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July syn
春分 chūn fēn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
粗枝大叶 粗枝大葉 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy syn
秋分 qiū fēn Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October
次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn
毛边 毛邊 máo biān (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge / rough edge
规约 規約 guī yuē terms (of an agreement) syn
霜降 shuāng jiàng Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November syn
丧权辱国 喪權辱國 sàng quán rǔ guó to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) / to surrender territory under humiliating terms syn
三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)
为数 為數 wéi shù in numerical terms (typically followed by 不少[bu4 shao3] or 不多[bu4 duo1] or a number)
眉目 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things syn
对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn
深入浅出 深入淺出 shēn rù qiǎn chū to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand syn
从优 從優 cóng yōu preferential treatment / most favored terms syn
臭豆腐 chòu dòu fu stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
简单明了 簡單明瞭 jiǎn dān míng liǎo clear and simple / in simple terms
立春 lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February
小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us
结算方式 結算方式 jié suàn fāng shì settlement terms (accountancy, law)
谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
约略 約略 yuē lüè approximate / rough syn
立秋 lì qiū Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August
立夏 lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May
大寒 dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
惊蛰 驚蟄 jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
立冬 lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November
龙胆 龍膽 lóng dǎn rough gentian / Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra)
寒露 hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October syn
不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms syn
画稿 畫稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June
阿 ā prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4] syn
草 cǎo n. grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless syn
麻 má adj., n. generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb syn
泼 潑 pō v. to splash / to spill / rough and coarse / brutish syn
迦 jiā (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
涩 澁 sè astringent / tart / acerbity / unsmooth / rough (surface) / hard to understand / obscure syn
糙 cāo rough / coarse (in texture) syn
略知一二 lüè zhī yī èr to know just a little / to have a rough idea syn
硌 gè (coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe syn
颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn
粗率 cū shuài rough / coarse / crude / without due care / ill-considered syn
坷 kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes / used in 坎坷[kan3ke3]
大暑 dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August syn
粗疏 cū shū coarse / rough / careless syn
打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
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)
小暑 xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July
粗饲料 粗飼料 cū sì liào silage / rough fodder
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
处暑 處暑 chǔ shǔ Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September
犷 獷 guǎng rough / uncouth / boorish
笪 dá rough bamboo mat syn
伧 傖 cāng low fellow / rustic / rude / rough
麄 cū (of sth long) wide / thick / (of sth granular) coarse / (of a voice) gruff / (of sb's manner etc) rough / crude / careless / rude / remote / distant / variant of 粗[cu1]
絁 shī rough, indelicate silk
泛泛而谈 泛泛而談 fàn fàn ér tán to speak in general terms syn
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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