Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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向外 | 向外 | xiàngwài | - out - outward |
外头 | 外頭 | wàitou | - outside - out |
往外 | 往外 | wǎngwài | - out - outbound - departing |
倒 | 倒 | dào | - to place upside down - to invert - to pour - to throw out - to move backwards - however - actually - as a matter of fact - contrary to expectation |
倾 | 傾 | qīng | - to overturn - to collapse - to lean - to tend - to incline - to pour out |
冘 | 冘 | yín | - to move on - to go out |
凸 | 凸 | tū | - convex - to stick out - Taiwan pr. [tu2] |
出 | 出 | chū | - to go out - to come out - to occur - to produce - to go beyond - to rise - to put forth - to happen - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
刳 | 刳 | kū | - to cut open - rip up - scoop out |
剔 | 剔 | tī | - to scrape the meat from bones - to pick (teeth etc) - to weed out |
剜 | 剜 | wān | - to scoop out - to gouge out |
勚 | 勩 | yì | - (literary) toilsome - laborious - (of an edge etc) worn out - blunt |
勾 | 勾 | gōu | - to attract - to arouse - to tick - to strike out - to delineate - to collude - variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook |
呠 | 呠 | pēn | - to spurt - to blow out - to puff out - to snort |
呼 | 呼 | hū | - to call - to cry - to shout - to breath out - to exhale |
咻 | 咻 | xiū | - call out - jeer |
呼 | 嘑 | hū | - variant of 呼[hu1] - to shout - to call out |
嚷 | 嚷 | rǎng | - to blurt out - to shout |
塈 | 塈 | jì | - to brick a grave - to snuff out |
涂 | 塗 | tú | - to apply (paint etc) - to smear - to daub - to blot out - to scribble - to scrawl - (literary) mud - street |
垫 | 墊 | diàn | - pad - cushion - mat - to pad out - to fill a gap - to pay for sb - to advance (money) |
夷 | 夷 | yí | - non-Han people, esp. to the East of China - barbarians - to wipe out - to exterminate - to tear down - to raze |
夺 | 奪 | duó | - to seize - to take away forcibly - to wrest control of - to compete or strive for - to force one's way through - to leave out - to lose |
展 | 展 | zhǎn | - to spread out - to open up - to exhibit - to put into effect - to postpone - to prolong - exhibition |
复 | 復 | fù | - to go and return - to return - to resume - to return to a normal or original state - to repeat - again - to recover - to restore - to turn over - to reply - to answer - to reply to a letter - to retaliate - to carry out |
悠 | 悠 | yōu | - long or drawn out - remote in time or space - leisurely - to swing - pensive - worried |
扒 | 扒 | bā | - to hold on to - to cling to - to dig up - to rake - to push aside - to climb - to pull out - to strip off |
扳 | 扳 | bān | - to pull - to draw out - to turn |
抉 | 抉 | jué | - to pick out - to single out |
抖 | 抖 | dǒu | - to tremble - to shake out - to reveal - to make it in the world |
披 | 披 | pī | - to drape over one's shoulders - to open - to unroll - to split open - to spread out |
抻 | 抻 | chēn | - to pull - to stretch - to draw sth out |
抽 | 抽 | chōu | - to draw out - to pull out from in between - to remove part of the whole - (of certain plants) to sprout or bud - to whip or thrash |
拔 | 拔 | bá | - to pull up - to pull out - to draw out by suction - to select - to pick - to stand out (above level) - to surpass - to seize |
挓 | 挓 | zhā | - to open out - to expand |
挖 | 挖 | wā | - to dig - to excavate - to scoop out |
挹 | 挹 | yì | - to ladle out - to dip - to pour out |
挺 | 挺 | tǐng | - to stick out - to (physically) straighten up - to endure or hold out - straight - stiff - outstanding - extraordinary - rather - quite - very - classifier for machine guns |
捭 | 捭 | bǎi | - to spread out - to open |
探 | 探 | tàn | - to explore - to search out - to scout - to visit - to stretch forward |
拣 | 揀 | jiǎn | - to choose - to pick - to sort out - to pick up |
揄 | 揄 | yú | - to draw out - to let hanging |
揰 | 揰 | chòng | - poke out - punch - push into |
揸 | 揸 | zhā | - to stretch fingers out |
搣 | 搣 | miè | - to peel - to pull out - to peel - to tear - to pinch |
搪 | 搪 | táng | - to keep out - to hold off - to ward off - to evade - to spread - to coat - to smear - to daub |
抠 | 摳 | kōu | - to dig out - to pick out (with one's fingers) - to carve - to cut - to study meticulously - to lift one's clothes - stingy - miserly |
撅 | 撅 | juē | - to protrude - to stick out - to pout (also written 噘) - to embarrass (people) |
择 | 擇 | zé | - to select - to choose - to pick over - to pick out - to differentiate - to eliminate - also pr. [zhai2] |
擢 | 擢 | zhuó | - to pull out - to select - to promote |
摊 | 攤 | tān | - to spread out - vendor's stand |
放 | 放 | fàng | - to release - to free - to let go - to put - to place - to let out - to set off (fireworks) |
敝 | 敝 | bì | - my (polite) - poor - ruined - shabby - worn out - defeated |
敷 | 敷 | fū | - to spread - to lay out - to apply (powder, ointment etc) - sufficient (to cover) - enough |
于 | 於 | yú | - in - at - to - from - by - than - out of |
施 | 施 | shī | - to grant - to give - to bestow - to act - to carry out |
晕 | 暈 | yūn | - confused - dizzy - giddy - to faint - to swoon - to lose consciousness - to pass out |
栉 | 櫛 | zhì | - comb - to comb - to weed out - to eliminate - Taiwan pr. [jie2] |
泄 | 泄 | xiè | - to leak (of water or gas) - to drip - to drain - to discharge - to leak out - to divulge (secrets) - to give vent (to anger, spite etc) - to disperse - to reduce |
泯 | 泯 | mǐn | - to vanish - to die out - to obliterate |
淘 | 淘 | táo | - to wash - to clean out - to cleanse - to eliminate - to dredge |
灭 | 滅 | miè | - to extinguish or put out - to go out (of a fire etc) - to exterminate or wipe out - to drown |
熄 | 熄 | xī | - to extinguish - to put out (fire) - to quench - to stop burning - to go out (of fire, lamp etc) - to come to an end - to wither away - to die out - Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
烂 | 爛 | làn | - soft - mushy - well-cooked and soft - to rot - to decompose - rotten - worn out - chaotic - messy - utterly - thoroughly - crappy - bad |
发 | 發 | fā | - to send out - to show (one's feeling) - to issue - to develop - classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
省 | 省 | shěng | - to save - to economize - to do without - to omit - to leave out - province - CL:個|个[ge4] |
睪 | 睪 | yì | - to spy out |
破 | 破 | pò | - broken - damaged - worn out - lousy - rotten - to break, split or cleave - to get rid of - to destroy - to break with - to defeat - to capture (a city etc) - to expose the truth of |
磨 | 磨 | mó | - to rub - to grind - to polish - to sharpen - to wear down - to die out - to waste time - to pester - to insist |
租 | 租 | zū | - to hire - to rent - to charter - to rent out - to lease out - rent - land tax |
穵 | 穵 | wā | - to dig - to scoop out |
突 | 突 | tū | - to dash - to move forward quickly - to bulge - to protrude - to break through - to rush out - sudden - Taiwan pr. [tu2] |
窾 | 窾 | kuǎn | - crack - hollow - cavity - to excavate or hollow out - (onom.) water hitting rock - (old) variant of 款[kuan3] |
累 | 累 | lèi | - tired - weary - to strain - to wear out - to work hard |
舀 | 舀 | yǎo | - to ladle out - to scoop up |
荒 | 荒 | huāng | - desolate - shortage - scarce - out of practice - absurd - uncultivated - to neglect |
落 | 落 | là | - to leave out - to be missing - to leave behind or forget to bring - to lag or fall behind |
落 | 落 | luò | - to fall or drop - (of the sun) to set - (of a tide) to go out - to lower - to decline or sink - to lag or fall behind - to fall onto - to rest with - to get or receive - to write down - whereabouts - settlement |
衍 | 衍 | yǎn | - to spread out - to develop - to overflow - to amplify - superfluous |
诈 | 詐 | zhà | - to cheat - to swindle - to pretend - to feign - to draw sb out - to try to extract information by deceit or bluff |
贳 | 貰 | shì | - to borrow - to buy on credit - to rent out |
起 | 起 | qǐ | - to rise - to raise - to get up - to set out - to start - to appear - to launch - to initiate (action) - to draft - to establish - to get (from a depot or counter) - verb suffix, to start - (before place or time) starting from - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance - classifier for groups: batch, group |
镊 | 鑷 | niè | - tweezers - forceps - nippers - pliers - to nip - to pick up with tweezers - to pluck out |
除 | 除 | chú | - to get rid of - to remove - to exclude - to eliminate - to wipe out - to divide - except - not including |
陈 | 陳 | chén | - to lay out - to exhibit - to display - to narrate - to state - to explain - to tell - old - stale |
雪 | 雪 | xuě | - snow - snowfall - CL:場|场[chang2] - to have the appearance of snow - to wipe away, off or out - to clean |
颁 | 頒 | bān | - to promulgate - to send out - to issue - to grant or confer |
顿 | 頓 | dùn | - to stop - to pause - to arrange - to lay out - to kowtow - to stamp (one's foot) - at once - classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
齐 | 齊 | qí | - neat - even - level with - identical - simultaneous - all together - to even sth out |
一空 | 一空 | yīkōng | - (sold etc) out |
三振 | 三振 | sānzhèn | - to strike out - strikeout (baseball, softball) - (Tw) to ditch - to eliminate from consideration |
不凡 | 不凡 | bùfán | - out of the ordinary - out of the common run |
不合 | 不合 | bùhé | - to not conform to - to be unsuited to - to be out of keeping with - should not - ought out |
不在 | 不在 | bùzài | - not to be present - to be out - (euphemism) to pass away - to be deceased |
不爽 | 不爽 | bùshuǎng | - not well - out of sorts - in a bad mood - without discrepancy - accurate |
不兴 | 不興 | bùxīng | - out of fashion - outmoded - impermissible - can't |
不送 | 不送 | bùsòng | - don't bother to see me out |
不适 | 不適 | bùshì | - unwell - indisposed - out of sorts |
干瘪 | 乾癟 | gānbiě | - dried out - wizened - shriveled |
干透 | 乾透 | gāntòu | - to dry out - to dry completely |
了解 | 了解 | liǎojiě | - to understand - to realize - to find out |
交钱 | 交錢 | jiāoqián | - to pay up - to shell out - to hand over the money to cover sth |
企划 | 企劃 | qǐhuà | - to plan - to lay out - to design |
伸开 | 伸開 | shēnkāi | - to stretch out |
作出 | 作出 | zuòchū | - to put out - to come up with - to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) - to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) - to draw (conclusion) - to deliver (speech, judgment) - to devise (explanation) - to extract |
信口 | 信口 | xìnkǒu | - to blurt sth out - to open one's mouth without thinking |
修理 | 修理 | xiūlǐ | - to repair - to perform maintenance - to overhaul - to fix - to prune - to trim - (coll.) to sort sb out - to fix sb |
倒空 | 倒空 | dàokōng | - to empty (a bag) - to turn inside out - to turn out |
倦怠 | 倦怠 | juàndài | - worn out - exhausted - dispirited |
做出 | 做出 | zuòchū | - to put out - to issue |
健身 | 健身 | jiànshēn | - to exercise - to keep fit - to work out - physical exercise |
侦破 | 偵破 | zhēnpò | - to investigate (as detective) - to solve (crime) - to uncover (a plot) - to sniff out - to break in and analyze - detective work - to scout |
倾倒 | 傾倒 | qīngdào | - to dump - to pour - to empty out |
俨然 | 儼然 | yǎnrán | - just like - solemn - dignified - neatly laid out |
充填 | 充填 | chōngtián | - to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) - to pad out - to complement - (dental) filling - filled |
凸出 | 凸出 | tūchū | - to protrude - to stick out |
凸现 | 凸現 | tūxiàn | - to come to prominence - to appear clearly - to stick out |
出来 | 出來 | chūlái | - to come out - to appear - to arise |
出包 | 出包 | chūbāo | - to contract out - to run into problems |
出去 | 出去 | chūqù | - to go out |
出圈 | 出圈 | chūquān | - to muck out - to clean muck from a cowshed, pigsty etc |
出外 | 出外 | chūwài | - to go out - to leave for another place |
出尖 | 出尖 | chūjiān | - out of the ordinary - outstanding - egregious |
出局 | 出局 | chūjú | - to send off (player for a foul) - to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament) - to eliminate - to call out - to kill off - to pull out of (a competition) - to retire (a runner in baseball) - out (i.e. man out in baseball) |
出版 | 出版 | chūbǎn | - to publish - to come off the press - to put out |
出产 | 出產 | chūchǎn | - to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) - to yield - to turn out - produce - products |
出发 | 出發 | chūfā | - to start out - to set off |
出众 | 出眾 | chūzhòng | - to stand out - outstanding |
出线 | 出線 | chūxiàn | - out of bounds - over the line - beyond the pale |
出门 | 出門 | chūmén | - to go out - to go on a journey - away from home |
出头 | 出頭 | chūtóu | - to get out of a predicament - to stick out - to take the initiative - remaining odd fraction after a division - a little more than |
删减 | 刪減 | shānjiǎn | - to delete - to censor out |
制订 | 制訂 | zhìdìng | - to work out - to formulate |
铲除 | 剷除 | chǎnchú | - to root out - to eradicate - to sweep away - to abolish |
划掉 | 劃掉 | huàdiào | - to cross out - to cross off |
勃发 | 勃發 | bófā | - thrive - prosper - break out |
劳倦 | 勞倦 | láojuàn | - exhausted - worn out |
劳累 | 勞累 | láolèi | - tired - exhausted - worn out - to toil |
勾出 | 勾出 | gōuchū | - to delineate - to articulate - to evoke - to draw out - to tick off |
勾画 | 勾畫 | gōuhuà | - to sketch out - to delineate |
原来 | 原來 | yuánlái | - original - former - originally - formerly - at first - so, actually, as it turns out |
去掉 | 去掉 | qùdiào | - to get rid of - to exclude - to eliminate - to remove - to delete - to strip out - to extract |
取出 | 取出 | qǔchū | - to take out - to extract - to draw out |
叫唤 | 叫喚 | jiàohuan | - to cry out - to bark out a sound |
吃亏 | 吃虧 | chīkuī | - to suffer losses - to come to grief - to lose out - to get the worst of it - to be at a disadvantage - unfortunately |
告吹 | 告吹 | gàochuī | - to fizzle out - to come to nothing |
告罄 | 告罄 | gàoqìng | - to run out - to have exhausted |
呼出 | 呼出 | hūchū | - to exhale - to breathe out |
呼气 | 呼氣 | hūqì | - to breathe out |
咔嚓 | 咔嚓 | kāchā | - (onom.) breaking or snapping - cut it out - stop it (colloquial) - also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] |
售完 | 售完 | shòuwán | - to sell out |
售罄 | 售罄 | shòuqìng | - to be completely sold out - to sell out |
唱念 | 唱念 | chàngniàn | - to recite loudly - to sing out |
问世 | 問世 | wènshì | - to be published - to come out |
喊叫 | 喊叫 | hǎnjiào | - to cry out - to shout |
嘴软 | 嘴軟 | zuǐruǎn | - soft-spoken - afraid to speak out |
喷出 | 噴出 | pēnchū | - spout - spray - belch - to well up - to puff out - to spurt out |
喷涌 | 噴湧 | pēnyǒng | - to bubble out - to squirt |
喷薄 | 噴薄 | pēnbó | - to gush - to squirt - to surge - to well out - to overflow |
在野 | 在野 | zàiyě | - be out of (political) office - out of power |
执行 | 執行 | zhíxíng | - to implement - to carry out - to execute - to run |
报销 | 報銷 | bàoxiāo | - to submit an expense account - to apply for reimbursement - to write off - to wipe out |
压挤 | 壓擠 | yājǐ | - to squeeze out - to extrude |
外出 | 外出 | wàichū | - to go out - to go away (on a trip etc) |
外流 | 外流 | wàiliú | - outflow - to flow out - to drain |
外送 | 外送 | wàisòng | - to send out - fast food delivered |
大吃 | 大吃 | dàchī | - to gorge oneself - to pig out |
大干 | 大幹 | dàgàn | - to go all out - to work energetically |
大骂 | 大罵 | dàmà | - to rain curses (on sb) - to let sb have it - to bawl sb out |
失调 | 失調 | shīdiào | - out of tune (music) |
失灵 | 失靈 | shīlíng | - out of order (of machine) - not working properly - a failing (of a system) |
夷灭 | 夷滅 | yímiè | - to massacre - to die out |
套问 | 套問 | tàowèn | - to sound sb out - to find out by tactful indirect questioning |
客满 | 客滿 | kèmǎn | - to have a full house - to be sold out - no vacancy |
寂灭 | 寂滅 | jìmiè | - to die out - to fade away - nirvana (Buddhism) |
寄养 | 寄養 | jìyǎng | - to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) - to foster - to board out |
实施 | 實施 | shíshī | - to implement - to carry out |
实行 | 實行 | shíxíng | - to implement - to carry out - to put into practice |
审查 | 審查 | shěnchá | - to examine - to investigate - to censor out - censorship |
封杀 | 封殺 | fēngshā | - to shut out - to block - to smother |
寻出 | 尋出 | xúnchū | - to find out - to search out - to uncover - to discover |
对打 | 對打 | duìdǎ | - to spar - to fight - to duke it out |
展现 | 展現 | zhǎnxiàn | - to come out - to emerge - to reveal - to display |
展开 | 展開 | zhǎnkāi | - to unfold - to carry out - to be in full swing - to launch |
布下 | 布下 | bùxià | - to arrange - to lay out |
平摊 | 平攤 | píngtān | - to spread out - (fig.) to share equally |
廓清 | 廓清 | kuòqīng | - to clear up - to wipe out - to eradicate |
废旧 | 廢舊 | fèijiù | - worn out - old fashioned and dilapidated |
延展 | 延展 | yánzhǎn | - to extend - to stretch out - ductable - to scale - scalable |
弄懂 | 弄懂 | nòngdǒng | - to make sense of - to grasp the meaning of - to figure out |
引出 | 引出 | yǐnchū | - to extract - to draw out |
得知 | 得知 | dézhī | - to find out - to know - to learn about |
念诵 | 念誦 | niànsòng | - to read out - to recite - to remember sb (while talking about sth else) |
恰好 | 恰好 | qiàhǎo | - as it turns out - by lucky coincidence - (of number, time, size etc) just right |
悠悠 | 悠悠 | yōuyōu | - lasting for ages - long drawn out - remote in time or space - unhurried - a great number (of events) - preposterous - pensive |
想出 | 想出 | xiǎngchū | - to figure out - to work out (a solution etc) - to think up - to come up with (an idea etc) |
想通 | 想通 | xiǎngtōng | - to figure out - to realize - to become convinced - to come round (to an idea) - to get over it |
憷头 | 憷頭 | chùtóu | - to be afraid to stick out |
所指 | 所指 | suǒzhǐ | - the objects indicated - as pointed out |
打探 | 打探 | dǎtàn | - to make discreet inquiries - to scout out |
打爆 | 打爆 | dǎbào | - to blow out - to blow off - (computer games) to zap - (phone) to ring off the hook - to be jammed - to max out (credit card etc) |
打理 | 打理 | dǎlǐ | - to take care of - to sort out - to manage - to put in order |
扔掉 | 扔掉 | rēngdiào | - to throw away - to throw out |
扳动 | 扳動 | bāndòng | - to pull out - to pull a lever |
批办 | 批辦 | pībàn | - to approve and carry out - to issue approval |
找出 | 找出 | zhǎochū | - to find - to search out |
投杀 | 投殺 | tóushā | - (sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out |
抖搂 | 抖摟 | dǒulou | - to shake out - to bring to light - to squander |
抖落 | 抖落 | dǒuluò | - to shake out |
抵消 | 抵消 | dǐxiāo | - to counteract - to cancel out - to offset |
抹平 | 抹平 | mǒpíng | - to flatten - to level - to smooth out |
抹杀 | 抹殺 | mǒshā | - to erase - to cover traces - to obliterate evidence - to expunge - to blot out - to suppress |
抽出 | 抽出 | chōuchū | - to take out - to extract |
抽插 | 抽插 | chōuchā | - to slide in and out - thrusting |
抽气 | 抽氣 | chōuqì | - to draw air out |
拉平 | 拉平 | lāpíng | - to bring to the same level - to even up - to flare out - to flatten out |
拉开 | 拉開 | lākāi | - to pull open - to pull apart - to space out - to increase |
抛出 | 拋出 | pāochū | - to toss - to throw out |
抛洒 | 拋灑 | pāosǎ | - to drip - to flow out - to sprinkle |
抛开 | 拋開 | pāokāi | - to throw out - to get rid of |
拔取 | 拔取 | báqǔ | - to pick out - to select and recruit - to pluck - to pull |
拔掉 | 拔掉 | bádiào | - to pluck - to pull off - to pull out - to unplug |
拔除 | 拔除 | báchú | - to pull out - to remove |
拔高 | 拔高 | bágāo | - to raise (one's voice) - to overrate - to build up - to stand out - outstanding |
拖长 | 拖長 | tuōcháng | - to lengthen - to drag out |
拿出 | 拿出 | náchū | - to take out - to put out - to provide - to put forward (a proposal) - to come up with (evidence) |
指出 | 指出 | zhǐchū | - to indicate - to point out |
指示 | 指示 | zhǐshì | - to point out - to indicate - to instruct - directives - instructions - CL:個|个[ge4] |
挖掉 | 挖掉 | wādiào | - to dig out - to eradicate |
挹取 | 挹取 | yìqǔ | - to ladle out - to scoop up |
挨延 | 捱延 | áiyán | - to delay - to stretch out - to play for time |
扫荡 | 掃蕩 | sǎodàng | - to root out - to wipe out |
掉队 | 掉隊 | diàoduì | - to fall behind - to drop out |
掏出 | 掏出 | tāochū | - to fish out - to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) |
排挤 | 排擠 | páijǐ | - to crowd out - to push aside - to supplant |
排遗 | 排遺 | páiyí | - feces - excrement - scat - droppings - to egest - to get (one's feelings) out - to rid oneself (of a thought) |
排除 | 排除 | páichú | - to eliminate - to remove - to exclude - to rule out |
掘出 | 掘出 | juéchū | - to exhume - to unearth - to dig out |
探查 | 探查 | tànchá | - to examine - to probe - to scout out - to nose around |
探听 | 探聽 | tàntīng | - to make inquiries - to try to find out - to pry |
推出 | 推出 | tuīchū | - to push out - to release - to launch - to publish - to recommend |
推行 | 推行 | tuīxíng | - to put into effect - to carry out |
拣选 | 揀選 | jiǎnxuǎn | - to select - to sort out |
提示 | 提示 | tíshì | - to prompt - to present - to point out - to draw attention to sth - hint - brief - cue |
提神 | 提神 | tíshén | - to freshen up - to be cautious or vigilant - to watch out - stimulant to enhance mental performance - stay-awake drug - agrypnotic |
揣摩 | 揣摩 | chuǎimó | - to try to figure out - to rack one's brains |
揪出 | 揪出 | jiūchū | - to grab and open out - to uncover - to ferret out (the culprit) |
揭露 | 揭露 | jiēlù | - to expose - to unmask - to ferret out - to disclose - disclosure |
搜检 | 搜檢 | sōujiǎn | - to search out - to check |
撤出 | 撤出 | chèchū | - to withdraw - to leave - to retreat - to pull out |
撤掉 | 撤掉 | chèdiào | - to cut - to throw out - to depose (from office) - to tear off |
拨出 | 撥出 | bōchū | - to pull out - to allocate (funds) - to dial |
挤出 | 擠出 | jǐchū | - to squeeze out - to extrude - to drain - to find the time - to burst out |
挤垮 | 擠垮 | jǐkuǎ | - to squash - to crush - to squeeze out of business - to drive out |
摆放 | 擺放 | bǎifàng | - to set up - to arrange - to lay out |
摆设 | 擺設 | bǎishè | - to arrange - to set out - to decorate - to display - decorative items |
撵出 | 攆出 | niǎnchū | - to expel - to drive out - to oust |
撵走 | 攆走 | niǎnzǒu | - to drive out - to oust |
攘除 | 攘除 | rǎngchú | - to get rid of - to weed out - to reject |
摊派 | 攤派 | tānpài | - to distribute proportionately - to share out |
摊开 | 攤開 | tānkāi | - to spread out - to unfold |
支出 | 支出 | zhīchū | - to spend - to pay out - expense |
支招 | 支招 | zhīzhāo | - to give advice - to make a suggestion - to help out |
收拾 | 收拾 | shōushi | - to put in order - to tidy up - to pack - to repair - (coll.) to sort sb out - to fix sb |
放出 | 放出 | fàngchū | - to let off - to give out |
放水 | 放水 | fàngshuǐ | - to turn on the water - to let water out - to throw a game (sports) |
敢情 | 敢情 | gǎnqing | - actually - as it turns out - indeed - of course |
整理 | 整理 | zhěnglǐ | - to arrange - to tidy up - to sort out - to straighten out - to list systematically - to collate (data, files) - to pack (luggage) |
整装 | 整裝 | zhěngzhuāng | - to equip - to fit out - to get ready (for a journey) - to arrange (clothes) to be ready |
敷设 | 敷設 | fūshè | - to lay - to spread out |
斥责 | 斥責 | chìzé | - to lash out - to reprimand |
断档 | 斷檔 | duàndàng | - sold out - to be out of stock |
方便 | 方便 | fāngbiàn | - convenient - to help out - to make things easy for people - convenience - suitable - having money to spare - (euphemism) to go to the toilet |
明处 | 明處 | míngchù | - clear place - out in the open |
晕倒 | 暈倒 | yūndǎo | - to faint - to swoon - to black out - to become unconscious |
期满 | 期滿 | qīmǎn | - to expire - to run out - to come to an end |
析出 | 析出 | xīchū | - to separate out |
查出 | 查出 | cháchū | - to find out - to discover |
查明 | 查明 | chámíng | - to investigate and find out - to ascertain |
查清 | 查清 | cháqīng | - to find out - to ascertain - to get to the bottom of - to clarify |
查获 | 查獲 | cháhuò | - to investigate and capture (a criminal) - to ferret out - to hunt down and arrest |
查看 | 查看 | chákàn | - to look over - to examine - to check up - to ferret out |
梳理 | 梳理 | shūlǐ | - to comb - fig. to sort out |
构思 | 構思 | gòusī | - to design - to plot - to plan out - to compose - to draw a mental sketch - conception - plan - idea - composition |
标注 | 標注 | biāozhù | - to mark out - to tag - to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to - to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) |
歪斜 | 歪斜 | wāixié | - crooked - askew - oblique - slanting - out of plumb |
死绝 | 死絕 | sǐjué | - to die out - to be exterminated - to become extinct |
歼灭 | 殲滅 | jiānmiè | - to wipe out - to crush - to annihilate |
没治 | 沒治 | méizhì | - hopeless - helpless - incurable - fantastic - out of this world |
没辙 | 沒轍 | méizhé | - at one's wit's end - unable to find a way out |
冲掉 | 沖掉 | chōngdiào | - to wash out - to leach |
泄出 | 泄出 | xièchū | - to leak out - to release (liquid or gas) |
泡汤 | 泡湯 | pàotāng | - to dawdle - to go slow deliberately - to fizzle out - to have all one's hopes dashed |
泯灭 | 泯滅 | mǐnmiè | - to obliterate - to die out - to disappear |
活路 | 活路 | huólù | - through road - way out - way to survive - means of subsistence |
流出 | 流出 | liúchū | - to flow out - to disgorge - to effuse |
消亡 | 消亡 | xiāowáng | - to die out - to wither away |
淄蠹 | 淄蠹 | zīdù | - to be worn out |
淘汰 | 淘汰 | táotài | - to wash out - elimination (by selection) - natural selection - to knock out (in a competition) - to die out - to phase out |
淹盖 | 淹蓋 | yāngài | - to submerge - to flood - to drown out |
清涤 | 清滌 | qīngdí | - to rinse - to wash - to clean - to purge - to comb out |
涌起 | 湧起 | yǒngqǐ | - to well up - to boil out - to bubble forth - to spurt |
灭亡 | 滅亡 | mièwáng | - to be destroyed - to become extinct - to perish - to die out - to destroy - to exterminate |
灭绝 | 滅絕 | mièjué | - to extinguish - to become extinct - to die out |
涤荡 | 滌蕩 | dídàng | - to wash off - to spread out |
滑出 | 滑出 | huáchū | - to slip out |
渗出 | 滲出 | shènchū | - to seep out - to exude |
漏掉 | 漏掉 | lòudiào | - to miss - to leave out - to omit - to be omitted - to be missing - to slip through - to leak out - to seep away |
渐弱 | 漸弱 | jiànruò | - to fade out - gradually weakening - diminuendo - decrescendo |
滤出 | 濾出 | lǜchū | - to filter out |
滤除 | 濾除 | lǜchú | - to filter out |
无业 | 無業 | wúyè | - unemployed - jobless - out of work |
无货 | 無貨 | wúhuò | - out of stock - product unavailable |
熄灭 | 熄滅 | xīmiè | - to stop burning - to go out (of fire) - to die out - extinguished |
熄火 | 熄火 | xīhuǒ | - (of fire, lamp etc) to go out - to put out (fire) - (fig.) to die down - (of a vehicle) to stall |
熄灯 | 熄燈 | xīdēng | - turn out the lights - lights out |
烧胎 | 燒胎 | shāotāi | - burnout - peel out |
爆出 | 爆出 | bàochū | - to burst out - to appear unexpectedly - to break (media story) |
爆发 | 爆發 | bàofā | - to break out - to erupt - to explode - to burst out |
获悉 | 獲悉 | huòxī | - to learn of sth - to find out - to get news |
玩儿 | 玩兒 | wánr | - to play - to have fun - to hang out |
生疏 | 生疏 | shēngshū | - unfamiliar - strange - out of practice - not accustomed |
用光 | 用光 | yòngguāng | - out of (supply) - spent - exhausted (used up) - depleted |
留步 | 留步 | liúbù | - (said by departing guest) no need to see me out |
略去 | 略去 | lüèqù | - to omit - to delete - to leave out - to neglect - to skip over |
当心 | 當心 | dāngxīn | - to take care - to look out |
痛骂 | 痛罵 | tòngmà | - to bawl out - to reprimand severely |
发作 | 發作 | fāzuò | - to flare-up - to break out |
发出 | 發出 | fāchū | - to issue (an order, decree etc) - to send out - to dispatch - to produce a sound - to let out (a laugh) |
发生 | 發生 | fāshēng | - to happen - to occur - to take place - to break out |
发飙 | 發飆 | fābiāo | - to flip out - to act out violently |
省略 | 省略 | shěnglüè | - to leave out - an omission |
看出 | 看出 | kànchū | - to make out - to see |
了解 | 瞭解 | liǎojiě | - to understand - to realize - to find out |
破亡 | 破亡 | pòwáng | - to die out - conquered |
硬挺 | 硬挺 | yìngtǐng | - to endure with all one's will - to hold out - rigid - stiff |
碍口 | 礙口 | àikǒu | - to shy to speak out - tongue-tied - to hesitate - too embarrassing for words |
禁足 | 禁足 | jìnzú | - to forbid sb to go out - to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) - to ground (as disciplinary measure) - to gate - to curfew - restriction on movement - ban on visiting a place - out of bounds - off limits - caveat |
租让 | 租讓 | zūràng | - to lease out - to rent (one's property out to sb else) |
空巢 | 空巢 | kōngcháo | - empty nest - a home where the kids have grown up and moved out |
突起 | 突起 | tūqǐ | - to appear suddenly - projection - bit sticking out |
突显 | 突顯 | tūxiǎn | - conspicuous - to make sth stand out - make sth prominent |
算出 | 算出 | suànchū | - to figure out |
筛除 | 篩除 | shāichú | - to screen or filter out - to winnow (agriculture) |
筹出 | 籌出 | chóuchū | - to plan out - to prepare |
累垮 | 累垮 | lèikuǎ | - to collapse - to be worn out - to break down |
绝版 | 絕版 | juébǎn | - out of print |
绝粮 | 絕糧 | juéliáng | - provisions are exhausted - out of food |
编排 | 編排 | biānpái | - to arrange - to lay out |
编制 | 編製 | biānzhì | - to weave - to plait - to braid - to work out - to draw up - to prepare - to compile - authorized strength - establishment |
罗列 | 羅列 | luóliè | - to spread out |
罗布 | 羅布 | luóbù | - to display - to spread out - to distribute - old spelling of 盧布|卢布[lu2 bu4], ruble |
聚歼 | 聚殲 | jùjiān | - to annihilate - to round up and wipe out |
闻出 | 聞出 | wénchū | - to identify by smell - to detect a scent - to sniff out |
闻到 | 聞到 | wéndào | - to smell - to sniff sth out - to perceive by smelling |
脱口 | 脫口 | tuōkǒu | - to blurt out |
脱档 | 脫檔 | tuōdàng | - sold out - out of stock |
脱水 | 脫水 | tuōshuǐ | - to dry out - to extract water - dehydration - dehydrated - desiccation |
脱漏 | 脫漏 | tuōlòu | - omission - to leave out - missing |
脱货 | 脫貨 | tuōhuò | - out of stock - sold out |
脱钩 | 脫鉤 | tuōgōu | - to cut ties - to disconnect - out of touch |
脱销 | 脫銷 | tuōxiāo | - to sell out - to run out (of supplies) - deficient - lack of supplies |
臭骂 | 臭罵 | chòumà | - tongue-lashing - to chew out - CL:頓|顿[dun4] |
舒展 | 舒展 | shūzhǎn | - to roll out - to extend - to smooth out - to unfold |
落实 | 落實 | luòshí | - practical - workable - to implement - to carry out - to decide |
落托 | 落托 | luòtuō | - down and out - in dire straits - unrestrained - unconventional |
落拓 | 落拓 | luòtuò | - down and out - in dire straits - unrestrained - unconventional |
落泊 | 落泊 | luòbó | - down and out - in dire straits - unrestrained - unconventional |
落潮 | 落潮 | luòcháo | - (of a tide) to ebb or go out |
落魄 | 落魄 | luòpò | - down and out - in dire straits - unrestrained - unconventional - also pr. [luo4 tuo4] |
着手 | 著手 | zhuóshǒu | - to put one's hand to it - to start out on a task - to set out |
冲出 | 衝出 | chōngchū | - to rush out |
衰亡 | 衰亡 | shuāiwáng | - to decline - to die out - decline and fall |
裁剪 | 裁剪 | cáijiǎn | - to cut out |
里外 | 裡外 | lǐwài | - inside and out - or so |
觅取 | 覓取 | mìqǔ | - to seek - to seek out |
触目 | 觸目 | chùmù | - eye-catching - conspicuous - obtrusive - striking - sticking out |
计划 | 計劃 | jìhuà | - plan - project - program - to plan - to map out - CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] |
评理 | 評理 | pínglǐ | - to judge between right and wrong - to reason things out |
试探 | 試探 | shìtàn | - to sound out - to probe - to feel out - to try out |
试用 | 試用 | shìyòng | - to try something out - on probation |
试行 | 試行 | shìxíng | - to try out - to test |
试办 | 試辦 | shìbàn | - to try sth out - trial - pilot scheme |
诛灭 | 誅滅 | zhūmiè | - to wipe out - to exterminate |
诛除 | 誅除 | zhūchú | - to wipe out - to exterminate |
说出 | 說出 | shuōchū | - to speak out - to declare (one's view) |
论理 | 論理 | lùnlǐ | - normally - as things should be - by rights - to reason things out - logic |
誊录 | 謄錄 | ténglù | - to copy out |
贯彻 | 貫徹 | guànchè | - to implement - to put into practice - to carry out |
买断 | 買斷 | mǎiduàn | - to buy out - buyout - severance |
赔付 | 賠付 | péifù | - to pay out - to compensate - (insurance) payment |
卖完 | 賣完 | màiwán | - to be sold out |
走形 | 走形 | zǒuxíng | - out of shape - to lose shape - to deform |
走调 | 走調 | zǒudiào | - out of tune - off-key |
走音 | 走音 | zǒuyīn | - off-key - out of tune (music) |
起步 | 起步 | qǐbù | - to set out - to set in motion - the start (of some activity) |
起程 | 起程 | qǐchéng | - to set out - to leave |
超凡 | 超凡 | chāofán | - out of the ordinary - exceedingly (good) |
赶走 | 趕走 | gǎnzǒu | - to drive out - to turn back |
赶跑 | 趕跑 | gǎnpǎo | - to drive away - to force out - to repel |
跑出 | 跑出 | pǎochū | - to run out |
跳伞 | 跳傘 | tiàosǎn | - to parachute - to bail out - parachute jumping |
跳出 | 跳出 | tiàochū | - to jump out - fig. to appear suddenly |
较著 | 較著 | jiàozhù | - obvious - prominent - standing out |
追歼 | 追殲 | zhuījiān | - to pursue and kill - to wipe out |
退潮 | 退潮 | tuìcháo | - (of a tide) to ebb or go out |
退路 | 退路 | tuìlù | - a way out - a way to retreat - leeway |
送客 | 送客 | sòngkè | - to see a visitor out |
逃离 | 逃離 | táolí | - to run out - to escape |
透露 | 透露 | tòulù | - to leak out - to divulge - to reveal |
逐出 | 逐出 | zhúchū | - to expel - to evict - to drive out |
进发 | 進發 | jìnfā | - to set out - to start |
进行 | 進行 | jìnxíng | - to advance - to conduct - underway - in progress - to do - to carry out - to carry on - to execute |
逸尘 | 逸塵 | yìchén | - outstanding - above the common - out of the ordinary |
运出 | 運出 | yùnchū | - shipment - to dispatch - to ship out - to send |
过时 | 過時 | guòshí | - old-fashioned - out of date - to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon |
违和 | 違和 | wéihé | - unwell - indisposed - out of sorts - euphemism or honorific for ill |
选出 | 選出 | xuǎnchū | - to pick out - to select - to elect |
选定 | 選定 | xuǎndìng | - to pick out - to select - chosen and fixed |
遗落 | 遺落 | yíluò | - to leave behind (inadvertently) - to forget - to omit - to leave out |
迈出 | 邁出 | màichū | - to step out - to take a (first) step |
铺展 | 鋪展 | pūzhǎn | - to spread out |
铺摊 | 鋪攤 | pūtan | - to spread out - to display - to lay out a vendor's stall |
铺陈 | 鋪陳 | pūchén | - to arrange - to spread out - to narrate in detail - to describe at great length - to elaborate |
错位 | 錯位 | cuòwèi | - to misplace - displacement (e.g. of broken bones) - out of alignment - faulty contact - erroneous judgment - inversion (medical, e.g. breach delivery) |
锻炼 | 鍛煉 | duànliàn | - to engage in physical exercise - to work out - to toughen - to temper |
锁掉 | 鎖掉 | suǒdiào | - lock up - lock out - to lock |
闭塞 | 閉塞 | bìsè | - to stop up - to close up - hard to get to - out of the way - inaccessible - unenlightened - blocking |
开导 | 開導 | kāidǎo | - to talk sb round - to straighten sth out - to enlighten |
开展 | 開展 | kāizhǎn | - (begin to) develop - unfold - to start - to launch - to open - to carry out |
开打 | 開打 | kāidǎ | - (of a sports competition or match) to commence - (of a war or battle) to break out - to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) - to brawl - to come to blows |
开挖 | 開挖 | kāiwā | - to dig out - to excavate - to scoop out |
开掘 | 開掘 | kāijué | - to excavate - to dig out - fig. to investigate (in an archive) |
开腔 | 開腔 | kāiqiāng | - to speak out - to start speaking |
开花 | 開花 | kāihuā | - to bloom - to blossom - to flower - fig. to burst open - to feel happy or elated - new development grows out |
开解 | 開解 | kāijiě | - to straighten out - to explain - to ease sb's anxiety |
闲晃 | 閒晃 | xiánhuàng | - to hang around - to hang out |
除根 | 除根 | chúgēn | - to root out - to eliminate the roots - to cure once and for all |
陈设 | 陳設 | chénshè | - to display - to set out - furnishings |
隐没 | 隱沒 | yǐnmò | - to vanish gradually - to disappear - to fade out |
露营 | 露營 | lùyíng | - to camp out - camping |
露苗 | 露苗 | lòumiáo | - (young sprouts) come out - same as 出苗[chu1 miao2] |
非凡 | 非凡 | fēifán | - out of the ordinary - unusually (good, talented etc) |
面世 | 面世 | miànshì | - to be published (of art, literary works etc) - to come out - to take shape - to see the light of day |
革出 | 革出 | géchū | - to expel - to kick out |
飞出 | 飛出 | fēichū | - to fly out |
驱赶 | 驅趕 | qūgǎn | - to drive (vehicle) - to drive out - to chase away - to herd (people towards a gate) |
闹翻 | 鬧翻 | nàofān | - to have a falling out - to have a big argument |
默算 | 默算 | mòsuàn | - mental arithmetic - to figure out |
点出 | 點出 | diǎnchū | - to point out - to indicate |
点明 | 點明 | diǎnmíng | - to point out |
上馆子 | 上館子 | shàngguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
下台阶 | 下臺階 | xiàtáijiē | - to extricate oneself - way out |
下馆子 | 下館子 | xiàguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
吃馆子 | 吃館子 | chīguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
压压脚 | 壓壓腳 | yāyajiǎo | - to help out |
弄不清 | 弄不清 | nòngbuqīng | - unable to figure out |
想不开 | 想不開 | xiǎngbukāi | - cannot figure out - to be unable to take a lighter view - to take things too hard - to be depressed - to fret over trifles |
抓功夫 | 抓功夫 | zhuāgōngfu | - to maximize one's time - to catch some time out - to find enough time - (also 抓工夫) |
抓工夫 | 抓工夫 | zhuāgōngfu | - to maximize one's time - to catch some time out - to find enough time - (also 抓功夫) |
拼到底 | 拼到底 | pīndàodǐ | - to brave it out - to the bitter end |
探身子 | 探身子 | tànshēnzi | - to bend forward - to lean out |
搬出去 | 搬出去 | bānchūqù | - to move out (vacate) - to shift sth out |
搭把手 | 搭把手 | dābǎshǒu | - to help out |
择不开 | 擇不開 | zháibukāi | - impossible to separate - impossible to disentangle - cannot take time out |
猜不透 | 猜不透 | cāibutòu | - to be unable to guess or make out |
留后路 | 留後路 | liúhòulù | - to leave oneself a way out |
看不出 | 看不出 | kànbuchū | - can't see - can't make out - unable to tell |
突起部 | 突起部 | tūqǐbù | - bit sticking out - projection |
老掉牙 | 老掉牙 | lǎodiàoyá | - very old - obsolete - out of date |
卖光了 | 賣光了 | màiguāngle | - to be sold out - to be out of stock |
走形儿 | 走形兒 | zǒuxíngr | - out of shape - to lose shape - to deform |
迸发出 | 迸發出 | bèngfāchū | - to burst forth - to burst out |
逃不出 | 逃不出 | táobùchū | - unable to escape - can't get out |
连锅端 | 連鍋端 | liánguōduān | - to take even the cooking pots (idiom) - to clean out - to wipe out |
闹矛盾 | 鬧矛盾 | nàomáodùn | - to be at loggerheads - to have a falling out |
一反常态 | 一反常態 | yīfǎnchángtài | - complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic - entirely outside the norm - out of character |
一扫而空 | 一掃而空 | yīsǎoérkōng | - to sweep clean - to clean out |
一本万利 | 一本萬利 | yīběnwànlì | - small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out |
不入时宜 | 不入時宜 | bùrùshíyí | - untimely - premature - inopportune - ill-timed - out of fashion - behind the times |
不受管束 | 不受管束 | bùshòuguǎnshù | - to refuse to accept discipline - out of control |
不可收拾 | 不可收拾 | bùkěshōushí | - irremediable - unmanageable - out of hand - hopeless |
不合时宜 | 不合時宜 | bùhéshíyí | - untimely - premature - inopportune - ill-timed - out of fashion - behind the times |
不同凡响 | 不同凡響 | bùtóngfánxiǎng | - lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding - brilliant - out of the common run |
不得而知 | 不得而知 | bùdéérzhī | - unknown - unable to find out |
了如指掌 | 了如指掌 | liǎorúzhǐzhǎng | - to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) - to know (a person, a place etc) inside out |
人困马乏 | 人困馬乏 | rénkùnmǎfá | - riders tired and horses weary - worn out - exhausted - spent - fatigued |
仰屋兴叹 | 仰屋興嘆 | yǎngwūxīngtàn | - to stare at the ceiling in despair - to find no way out - nothing you can do about it - at the end of one's wits |
信口胡说 | 信口胡說 | xìnkǒuhúshuō | - to speak without thinking - to blurt sth out |
信口开河 | 信口開河 | xìnkǒukāihé | - to speak without thinking (idiom) - to blurt sth out |
倾吐衷肠 | 傾吐衷腸 | qīngtǔzhōngcháng | - to pour out (emotions) - to pour one's heart out - to say everything that is on one's mind |
内外兼修 | 內外兼修 | nèiwàijiānxiū | - (of a person) beautiful inside and out |
六神无主 | 六神無主 | liùshénwúzhǔ | - all six vital organs fail (idiom); besides oneself with panic - distracted - out of one's wits |
别树一帜 | 別樹一幟 | biéshùyīzhì | - lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner - to stand out - to develop one's own school - to have attitude of one's own |
别树一旗 | 別樹一旗 | biéshùyīqí | - lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner - to stand out - to develop one's own school - to have attitude of one's own |
加足马力 | 加足馬力 | jiāzúmǎlì | - to go at full throttle - (fig.) to go all out - to kick into high gear |
呕心沥血 | 嘔心瀝血 | ǒuxīnlìxuè | - lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) - to work one's heart out - blood, sweat and tears |
尘埃落定 | 塵埃落定 | chénāiluòdìng | - lit. the dust has settled (idiom) - fig. to get sorted out - to be finalized |
失张失智 | 失張失智 | shīzhāngshīzhì | - out of one's mind |
弹尽援绝 | 彈盡援絕 | dànjìnyuánjué | - out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits |
弹尽粮绝 | 彈盡糧絕 | dànjìnliángjué | - out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits |
从天而降 | 從天而降 | cóngtiānérjiàng | - lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) - fig. to appear unexpectedly - to arise abruptly - out of the blue - to drop into one's lap |
彻头彻尾 | 徹頭徹尾 | chètóuchèwěi | - lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing - through and through - out and out - from top to bottom |
心绪不佳 | 心緒不佳 | xīnxùbùjiā | - out of sorts - gloomy |
指指点点 | 指指點點 | zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn | - to gesticulate - to point out - to point the finger of blame |
昏天黑地 | 昏天黑地 | hūntiānhēidì | - lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) - fig. pitch dark - to black out - disorderly - troubled times |
有屁快放 | 有屁快放 | yǒupìkuàifàng | - spit it out! - out with it! |
汰旧换新 | 汰舊換新 | tàijiùhuànxīn | - out with the old and in with the new (idiom) |
没精打彩 | 沒精打彩 | méijīngdǎcǎi | - listless - dispirited - washed out |
没精打采 | 沒精打采 | méijīngdǎcǎi | - listless - dispirited - washed out - also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩 |
没齿不忘 | 沒齒不忘 | mòchǐbùwàng | - lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out - to remember as long as one lives - unforgettable (idiom) |
滴水不漏 | 滴水不漏 | dīshuǐbùlòu | - lit. not one drop of water can leak out - watertight - rigorous (argument) |
滚瓜烂熟 | 滾瓜爛熟 | gǔnguālànshú | - lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently - to know sth inside out - to know sth by heart |
无可奈何 | 無可奈何 | wúkěnàihé | - have no way out - have no alternative - abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] |
无精打采 | 無精打采 | wújīngdǎcǎi | - dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless - in low spirits - washed out |
无路可逃 | 無路可逃 | wúlùkětáo | - no way out - nowhere to go - trapped beyond hope of rescue - painted into a corner |
独树一帜 | 獨樹一幟 | dúshùyīzhì | - lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner - to stand out - to develop one's own school - to have attitude of one's own |
琴瑟不调 | 琴瑟不調 | qínsèbùtiáo | - out of tune - marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony |
甩开膀子 | 甩開膀子 | shuǎikāibǎngzi | - to throw off inhibitions - to go all out |
百分之百 | 百分之百 | bǎifēnzhībǎi | - a hundred percent - out and out - absolutely |
尽心尽力 | 盡心盡力 | jìnxīnjìnlì | - making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out - to do one's utmost |
真情实意 | 真情實意 | zhēnqíngshíyì | - out of genuine friendship (idiom) - sincere feelings |
蒙混过关 | 矇混過關 | ménghùnguòguān | - to get away with it - to slip through - to bluff one's way out - Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1] |
禁止外出 | 禁止外出 | jìnzhǐwàichū | - to forbid sb to go out - to curfew - to ground (as disciplinary measure) |
穷途末路 | 窮途末路 | qióngtúmòlù | - lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse - in a plight with no way out - things have reached a dead end |
精疲力尽 | 精疲力盡 | jīngpílìjìn | - spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent - drained - washed out |
精疲力竭 | 精疲力竭 | jīngpílìjié | - spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent - drained - washed out |
网开一面 | 網開一面 | wǎngkāiyīmiàn | - open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly - to give one's opponent a way out - lenient treatment |
网开三面 | 網開三面 | wǎngkāisānmiàn | - to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly - to give one's opponent a way out - lenient treatment |
置之死地 | 置之死地 | zhìzhīsǐdì | - to place sb on field of death - to confront with mortal danger - to give sb no way out - with one's back to the wall - looking death in the eye - part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生 |
闻过则喜 | 聞過則喜 | wénguòzéxǐ | - to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) - to be happy when one's errors are pointed out |
胡吃海喝 | 胡吃海喝 | húchīhǎihē | - to eat and drink gluttonously - to pig out |
脱口而出 | 脫口而出 | tuōkǒuérchū | - to blurt out - to let slip (an indiscreet remark) |
脱离危险 | 脫離危險 | tuōlíwēixiǎn | - out of danger - to avoid danger |
脱缰之马 | 脫韁之馬 | tuōjiāngzhīmǎ | - lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse - out of control |
脑袋开花 | 腦袋開花 | nǎodàikāihuā | - to blow one's brain out |
万人空巷 | 萬人空巷 | wànrénkōngxiàng | - the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) - the whole town turns out |
万死不辞 | 萬死不辭 | wànsǐbùcí | - ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out |
万般无奈 | 萬般無奈 | wànbānwúnài | - to have no way out - to have no alternative |
万马齐喑 | 萬馬齊喑 | wànmǎqíyīn | - thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out - an atmosphere of political oppression |
里出外进 | 裡出外進 | lǐchūwàijìn | - uneven - in disorder - everything sticking out |
里勾外连 | 裡勾外連 | lǐgōuwàilián | - to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside - attacked from both inside and out |
里里外外 | 裡裡外外 | lǐlǐwàiwài | - inside and out |
诛尽杀绝 | 誅盡殺絕 | zhūjìnshājué | - to wipe out - to exterminate |
变色易容 | 變色易容 | biànsèyìróng | - to change color and alter one's expression (idiom); to go white with fear - out of one's wits |
费尽心机 | 費盡心機 | fèijìnxīnjī | - to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) - to beat one's brains out |
赤膊上阵 | 赤膊上陣 | chìbóshàngzhèn | - lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) - fig. to go all out - to come out in the open |
超乎寻常 | 超乎尋常 | chāohūxúncháng | - out of the ordinary - exceptional |
辍食吐哺 | 輟食吐哺 | chuòshítǔbǔ | - to stop eating and spit out |
遥不可及 | 遙不可及 | yáobùkějí | - unattainable - far-fetched - out of reach - exceedingly remote or distant |
避坑落井 | 避坑落井 | bìkēngluòjǐng | - to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) - out of the frying pan into the fire |
长点心眼 | 長點心眼 | zhǎngdiǎnxīnyǎn | - to watch out - to keep one's wits about one |
闭目塞听 | 閉目塞聽 | bìmùsètīng | - to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears - out of touch with reality - to bury one's head in the sand |
鱼贯而出 | 魚貫而出 | yúguànérchū | - to file out - to walk out in a line |
纸包不住火 | 紙包不住火 | zhǐbāobùzhùhuǒ | - lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out |
哭得死去活来 | 哭得死去活來 | kūdesǐqùhuólái | - to cry one's heart out |
摆事实讲道理 | 擺事實講道理 | bǎishìshíjiǎngdàolǐ | - present the facts and reason things out |
跳出釜底进火坑 | 跳出釜底進火坑 | tiàochūfǔdǐjìnhuǒkēng | - out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom) |
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