"to skim through" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
概览 概覽 gài lǎn general overview / to skim through syn
略读 略讀 lüè dú to read cursorily / to skim through
Chinese Pinyin Translation
通过 通過 tōng guò v., prep. to pass through / to get through / to adopt (a resolution) / to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of / through / via syn
突破 tū pò v. to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
浏览 瀏覽 liú lǎn v. to skim over / to browse syn
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
通行 tōng xíng v. to go through / to pass through / to be in general use syn
脱脂 脫脂 tuō zhī to remove fat / to skim (milk)
通晓 通曉 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through syn
穿行 chuān xíng to go through / to pass through / to thread one's way through syn
通红 通紅 tōng hóng adj. very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red) syn
劳改 勞改 láo gǎi reeducation through labor / laogai (prison camp) / reform through labor / abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] syn
翻阅 翻閱 fān yuè to thumb through / to flip through (a book) syn
涉猎 涉獵 shè liè v. to skim (through a book) / to read cursorily / to dip into syn
得过且过 得過且過 dé guò qiě guò satisfied just to get through (idiom) / to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by syn
联运 聯運 lián yùn through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises
一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through) / once through
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep
挤过 擠過 jǐ guò to squeeze through / to force one's way through
从里到外 從裡到外 cóng lǐ dào wài from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
穿 chuān v. to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread syn
透 tòu v., adj. (bound form) to penetrate / to seep through / to tell secretly / to leak / thoroughly / through and through / to appear / to show syn
闯 闖 chuǎng v. to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships) syn
掠 lüè to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep syn
溃 潰 kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn
贯 貫 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash syn
走 zǒu v. to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn
从 從 cóng prep., adv. from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn
一直 yī zhí adv. straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn
由 yóu prep. to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... syn
经历 經歷 jīng lì v., n. to experience / to go through / experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4]) syn
感受 gǎn shòu v., n. to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience syn
经过 經過 jīng guò v., n. to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
度过 度過 dù guò to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through syn
经 經 jīng v. classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn
穿过 穿過 chuān guò v. to pass through syn
穿越 chuān yuè v. to pass through / to traverse / to cross syn
体会 體會 tǐ huì v., n. to know from experience / to learn through experience / to realize / understanding / experience syn
路过 路過 lù guò v. to pass by or through syn
接通 jiē tōng to connect / to put through syn
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over / to pass through syn
透过 透過 tòu guò v. to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via syn
传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive syn
进出 進出 jìn chū to enter or exit / to go through syn
整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night syn
过不去 過不去 guò bu qù v. to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through syn
琢磨 zuó mo v. to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2] syn
充电 充電 chōng diàn v. to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn
流产 流產 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage / (fig.) to fail / to fall through syn
糊弄 hù nong to fool / to deceive / to go through the motions syn
看穿 kàn chuān see through (a person, scheme, trick etc) syn
吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn
词语 詞語 cí yǔ n. word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression syn
看透 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly / to see beyond the facade / to see through (sb) syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn
后天 後天 hòu tiān n. the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
磨损 磨損 mó sǔn v. to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out syn
识破 識破 shí pò to penetrate / to see through syn
贯穿 貫穿 guàn chuān v. to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link syn
过关 過關 guò guān v. to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn
开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn
经手 經手 jīng shǒu (lit.) to pass through one's hands / (fig.) to handle / to deal with syn
塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn
随口 隨口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through syn
预演 預演 yù yǎn dummy run / to run through sth / to rehearse syn
历经 歷經 lì jīng v. to experience / to go through syn
拉扯 lā che to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat syn
透支 tòu zhī v. (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn
借光 jiè guāng excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige syn
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn
张望 張望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at syn
排查 pái chá v. to inspect / to run through a checklist / to take stock / to audit
途经 途經 tú jīng to pass through / via / by way of syn
过境 過境 guò jìng v. to pass through a country's territory / transit syn
败露 敗露 bài lù (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed syn
出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb syn
攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough / to break through / to breach (military) syn
自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance syn
连夜 連夜 lián yè adv., v. that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn
搪塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge syn
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera syn
横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently syn
论证 論證 lùn zhèng v., n. to prove a point / to expound on / to demonstrate or prove (through argument) / proof syn
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
咎由自取 jiù yóu zì qǔ (idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions syn
拆穿 chāi chuān to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc) syn
心得 xīn dé n. what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
托运 托運 tuō yùn v. to consign (goods) / to check through (baggage)
半截 bàn jié half (of sth) / halfway through syn
习性 習性 xí xìng character acquired through long habit / habits and properties syn
有始有终 有始有終 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) syn
过场 過場 guò chǎng interlude / to cross the stage / to do sth as a mere formality / to go through the motions syn
邮递 郵遞 yóu dì to mail / to deliver (through the post) syn
过冬 過冬 guò dōng to get through the winter
游街 遊街 yóu jiē to parade sb through the streets / to march or parade in the streets syn
冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn
善始善终 善始善終 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. 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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