Dictionary - results for things

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
事体	事體	shìtǐ	- things - affairs - decorum
付	付	fù	- to pay - to hand over to - classifier for pairs or sets of things
方	方	fāng	- square - power or involution (mathematics) - upright - honest - fair and square - direction - side - party (to a contract, dispute etc) - place - method - prescription (medicine) - just when - only or just - classifier for square things - abbr. for square or cubic meter
海	海	hǎi	- ocean - sea - CL:個\|个[ge4],片[pian4] - great number of people or things - (dialect) numerous
世事	世事	shìshì	- affairs of life - things of the world
值守	值守	zhíshǒu	- (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things - to keep watch
兼顾	兼顧	jiāngù	- to attend simultaneously to two or more things - to balance (career and family, family and education etc)
势头	勢頭	shìtóu	- power - momentum - tendency - impetus - situation - the look of things
坏事	壞事	huàishì	- bad thing - misdeed - to ruin things
崇洋	崇洋	chóngyáng	- to idolize foreign things
想开	想開	xiǎngkāi	- to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) - to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things - to accept the situation and move on
打点	打點	dǎdian	- to bribe - to get (luggage) ready - to put in order - to organize things - (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
搅局	攪局	jiǎojú	- to upset the apple cart - to disrupt things
此道	此道	cǐdào	- such matters - things like this - this line of work - this pursuit - this hobby - this endeavor
涓埃	涓埃	juānāi	- tiny stream of dust - tiny things - negligible
物欲	物欲	wùyù	- material desire - craving for material things
物色	物色	wùsè	- to look for - to seek - to choose - color of object - color of fleece (of domestic animal) - to see - to notice - all kinds of things - odds and ends
琐屑	瑣屑	suǒxiè	- trivial matters - petty things
留守	留守	liúshǒu	- to stay behind to take care of things
百物	百物	bǎiwù	- all things
眉目	眉目	méimù	- general facial appearance - features - arrangement - sequence of ideas - logic (of writing) - rough sketch or general idea of things
眼光	眼光	yǎnguāng	- gaze - insight - foresight - vision - way of looking at things
众生	眾生	zhòngshēng	- all living things
老套	老套	lǎotào	- old things - old ways (pejorative)
胡来	胡來	húlái	- to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules - to mess with sth - to make a hash of things - to cause trouble
万事	萬事	wànshì	- all things
万物	萬物	wànwù	- all living things
误事	誤事	wùshì	- to hold things up - to make a botch of things
连璧	連璧	liánbì	- to join jade annuli - fig. to combine two good things
风尚	風尚	fēngshàng	- current custom - current way of doing things
不摸头	不摸頭	bùmōtóu	- not acquainted with the situation - not up on things
两回事	兩回事	liǎnghuíshì	- two quite different things - two unrelated matters
两码事	兩碼事	liǎngmǎshì	- two quite different things - another kettle of fish
老样子	老樣子	lǎoyàngzi	- old situation - things as they were
识时务	識時務	shíshíwù	- to have a clear view of things - to adapt to circumstances
不知轻重	不知輕重	bùzhīqīngzhòng	- lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things - naive - doesn't know who's who - no sense of priorities
事到如今	事到如今	shìdàorújīn	- as matters stand - things having reached this stage
事与愿违	事與願違	shìyǔyuànwéi	- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
今非昔比	今非昔比	jīnfēixībǐ	- You can't compare the present with the past. - Nothing is as good as in former times. - Things ain't what they used to be.
依然如故	依然如故	yīránrúgù	- back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement - Things haven't changed at all.
倒行逆施	倒行逆施	dàoxíngnìshī	- to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong - to try to turn back history - a perverse way of doing things
两样东西	兩樣東西	liǎngyàngdōngxi	- two distinct things
兼容并包	兼容並包	jiānróngbìngbāo	- to include and monopolize many things - all-embracing
好大喜功	好大喜功	hàodàxǐgōng	- to rejoice in grandiose deeds - to strive to achieve extraordinary things
峰回路转	峰回路轉	fēnghuílùzhuǎn	- the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) - (of a mountain road) twisting and turning - fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly - things have taken a new turn
时来运转	時來運轉	shíláiyùnzhuǎn	- the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break - things change for the better
时过境迁	時過境遷	shíguòjìngqiān	- things change with the passage of time (idiom)
曲肱而枕	曲肱而枕	qūgōngérzhěn	- lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) - fig. content with simple things
洪水猛兽	洪水猛獸	hóngshuǐměngshòu	- lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) - fig. great scourges - extremely dangerous or threatening things
焚琴煮鹤	焚琴煮鶴	fénqínzhǔhè	- lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes - fig. to waste valuable resources - to destroy wantonly beautiful things
无奇不有	無奇不有	wúqíbùyǒu	- nothing is too bizarre - full of extraordinary things
物是人非	物是人非	wùshìrénfēi	- things have remained the same, but people have changed
白衣苍狗	白衣蒼狗	báiyīcānggǒu	- lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) - fig. the impermanence of all things
礼崩乐坏	禮崩樂壞	lǐbēngyuèhuài	- rites collapse, music spoilt (idiom); degeneration of feudal religious rites - Things ain't what they used to be.
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
蜀犬吠日	蜀犬吠日	Shǔquǎnfèirì	- lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things - alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
话中有话	話中有話	huàzhōngyǒuhuà	- overtones in conversation - things indirectly implied from what is said
诸如此类	諸如此類	zhūrúcǐlèi	- things like this (idiom); and so on - and the rest - etc
逆行倒施	逆行倒施	nìxíngdǎoshī	- to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong - to try to turn back history - a perverse way of doing things
云散风流	雲散風流	yúnsànfēngliú	- lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down - people disperse home - things return to normal
魍魉鬼怪	魍魎鬼怪	wǎngliǎngguǐguài	- ghoulies and bogeys - things that go bump in the night
穿一条裤子	穿一條褲子	chuānyītiáokùzi	- (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together - to be like family - to share the same view of things
竹筒倒豆子	竹筒倒豆子	zhútǒngdǎodòuzi	- to pour beans out of a bamboo tube - to come clean - to make a clean breast of things
一发不可收拾	一發不可收拾	yīfābùkěshōushi	- things that have happened can hardly be controlled - to get out of hand
八字还没一撇	八字還沒一撇	bāzìháiméiyīpiě	- lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 - things have not even begun to take shape - no sign of success yet
黎明前的黑暗	黎明前的黑暗	límíngqiándehēiàn	- darkness comes before dawn - things can only get better (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿	八字還沒一撇兒	bāzìháiméiyīpiěr	- lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 - things have not even begun to take shape - no sign of success yet
王顾左右而言他	王顧左右而言他	wánggùzuǒyòuéryántā	- the king looked left and right and then talked of other things - to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
天要落雨，娘要嫁人	天要落雨，娘要嫁人	tiānyàoluòyǔ,niángyàojiàrén	- the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) - fig. the natural order of things - something you can't go against
水能载舟，亦能覆舟	水能載舟，亦能覆舟	shuǐnéngzàizhōu,yìnéngfùzhōu	- lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) - fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it - if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm - things can be double-edged
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云	曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲	céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquèWūShānbùshìyún	- there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) - one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things