| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 开 | 開 | kāi | - to open - to start - to turn on - to boil - to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) - to operate (a vehicle) - carat (gold) - abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] - abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format |
| 丢开 | 丟開 | diūkāi | - to cast or put aside - to forget for a while |
| 伸开 | 伸開 | shēnkāi | - to stretch out |
| 倒开 | 倒開 | dàokāi | - to reverse a vehicle - to drive backwards |
| 传开 | 傳開 | chuánkāi | - (of news) to spread - to get around |
| 八开 | 八開 | bākāi | - octavo |
| 公开 | 公開 | gōngkāi | - public - to publish - to make public |
| 再开 | 再開 | zàikāi | - to reopen - to start again |
| 分开 | 分開 | fēnkāi | - to separate - to part |
| 劈开 | 劈開 | pīkāi | - to cleave - to split open - to spread open (fingers, legs) |
| 化开 | 化開 | huàkāi | - to spread out after being diluted or melted - to dissolve into a liquid |
| 南开 | 南開 | Nánkāi | - Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| 另开 | 另開 | lìngkāi | - to break up - to divide property and live apart - to start on a new (path) |
| 召开 | 召開 | zhàokāi | - to convene (a conference or meeting) - to convoke - to call together |
| 大开 | 大開 | dàkāi | - to open wide |
| 封开 | 封開 | Fēngkāi | - Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong |
| 对开 | 對開 | duìkāi | - running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) |
| 小开 | 小開 | xiǎokāi | - (dialect) boss' son - rich man's son - young master |
| 展开 | 展開 | zhǎnkāi | - to unfold - to carry out - to be in full swing - to launch |
| 岔开 | 岔開 | chàkāi | - to diverge - to branch off the road - to change (the subject) |
| 张开 | 張開 | zhāngkāi | - to open up - to spread - to extend |
| 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 |
| 扒开 | 扒開 | bākāi | - to push aside |
| 打开 | 打開 | dǎkāi | - to open - to show (a ticket) - to turn on - to switch on |
| 拆开 | 拆開 | chāikāi | - to dismantle - to disassemble - to open up (sth sealed) - to unpick |
| 拉开 | 拉開 | lākāi | - to pull open - to pull apart - to space out - to increase |
| 抛开 | 拋開 | pāokāi | - to throw out - to get rid of |
| 挖开 | 挖開 | wākāi | - to dig into - to cut a mine into |
| 掀开 | 掀開 | xiānkāi | - to lift open - to tear open |
| 推开 | 推開 | tuīkāi | - to push open (a gate etc) - to push away - to reject - to decline |
| 掰开 | 掰開 | bāikāi | - to pull apart - to pry open with the hands |
| 揭开 | 揭開 | jiēkāi | - to uncover - to open |
| 撇开 | 撇開 | piēkāi | - to disregard - to leave aside |
| 拨开 | 撥開 | bōkāi | - to push aside - to part - to brush away |
| 撩开 | 撩開 | liāokai | - to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something - to toss aside |
| 撬开 | 撬開 | qiàokāi | - to pry open - to lever open |
| 擘开 | 擘開 | bòkāi | - to break open |
| 拧开 | 擰開 | nǐngkāi | - to unscrew - to twist off (a lid) - to turn on (a faucet) - to switch on (by turning a knob) - to turn (a door handle) - to wrench apart |
| 摊开 | 攤開 | tānkāi | - to spread out - to unfold |
| 放开 | 放開 | fàngkāi | - to let go - to release |
| 敞开 | 敞開 | chǎngkāi | - to open wide - unrestrictedly |
| 散开 | 散開 | sànkāi | - to separate - to disperse |
| 断开 | 斷開 | duànkāi | - to break - to sever - to turn off (electric switch) |
| 洞开 | 洞開 | dòngkāi | - to be wide open |
| 滚开 | 滾開 | gǔnkāi | - to boil (of liquid) - boiling hot - Get out! - Go away! - fuck off (rude) |
| 溅开 | 濺開 | jiànkāi | - splash |
| 煮开 | 煮開 | zhǔkāi | - to boil (food) |
| 烧开 | 燒開 | shāokāi | - to boil |
| 甩开 | 甩開 | shuǎikāi | - to shake off - to get rid of |
| 疏开 | 疏開 | shūkāi | - to disperse |
| 盛开 | 盛開 | shèngkāi | - blooming - in full flower |
| 看开 | 看開 | kànkāi | - to come to accept an unpleasant fact - to get over sth - to cheer up |
| 睁开 | 睜開 | zhēngkāi | - to open the eyes |
| 破开 | 破開 | pòkāi | - to split - to cut open |
| 移开 | 移開 | yíkāi | - move away |
| 绽开 | 綻開 | zhànkāi | - to burst forth |
| 翻开 | 翻開 | fānkāi | - to open up |
| 脱开 | 脫開 | tuōkāi | - to withdraw |
| 裂开 | 裂開 | lièkāi | - to split open |
| 解开 | 解開 | jiěkāi | - to untie - to undo |
| 让开 | 讓開 | ràngkāi | - to get out of the way - to step aside |
| 走开 | 走開 | zǒukāi | - to go somewhere else - Get out of the way! |
| 躲开 | 躲開 | duǒkāi | - to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) - to avoid (sb) |
| 避开 | 避開 | bìkāi | - to avoid - to evade - to keep away from |
| 重开 | 重開 | chóngkāi | - to reopen |
| 锯开 | 鋸開 | jùkāi | - to saw |
| 错开 | 錯開 | cuòkāi | - to stagger (times) |
| 闪开 | 閃開 | shǎnkāi | - to get out of the way |
| 开交 | 開交 | kāijiāo | - (used with negative) to conclude - (impossible) to end - (can't) finish |
| 开仗 | 開仗 | kāizhàng | - to start a war - to open hostilities |
| 开伙 | 開伙 | kāihuǒ | - to start providing food - to open today's service in a canteen |
| 开例 | 開例 | kāilì | - to create a precedent |
| 开价 | 開價 | kāijià | - to quote a price - seller's first offer |
| 开元 | 開元 | Kāiyuán | - Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity |
| 开先 | 開先 | kāixiān | - at first |
| 开光 | 開光 | kāiguāng | - eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) - to consecrate - to bless - transparent - translucent - haircut - shaving the head or face (humorous) - a method of decoration - first light (astronomy) |
| 开冻 | 開凍 | kāidòng | - to thaw - to melt |
| 开刀 | 開刀 | kāidāo | - to perform or have an operation - to operate on or to be operated on |
| 开列 | 開列 | kāiliè | - (make a) list |
| 开初 | 開初 | kāichū | - at the outset - at first - early |
| 开创 | 開創 | kāichuàng | - to initiate - to start - to found |
| 开动 | 開動 | kāidòng | - to start - to set in motion - to move - to march - to dig in (eating) - to tuck in (eating) |
| 开化 | 開化 | kāihuà | - to become civilized - to be open-minded - (of ice) to thaw |
| 开印 | 開印 | kāiyìn | - to start a print run |
| 开卷 | 開卷 | kāijuàn | - to open a book - open-book (exam) |
| 开原 | 開原 | Kāiyuán | - Kaiyuan county level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning |
| 开口 | 開口 | kāikǒu | - to open one's mouth - to start to talk |
| 开味 | 開味 | kāiwèi | - whet the appetite |
| 开启 | 開啟 | kāiqǐ | - to open |
| 开单 | 開單 | kāidān | - to bill - to open a tab |
| 开国 | 開國 | kāiguó | - to found a state - to open a closed country |
| 开地 | 開地 | kāidì | - to clear land (for cultivation) - to open up land |
| 开城 | 開城 | Kāichéng | - Kaesong or Gaeseong 개성 city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies |
| 开埠 | 開埠 | kāibù | - to open up a port for trade - to open treaty ports |
| 开堂 | 開堂 | kāitáng | - to open a law court - to set up a mourning hall |
| 开场 | 開場 | kāichǎng | - to begin - to open - to start - beginning of an event |
| 开垦 | 開墾 | kāikěn | - to clear a wild area for cultivation - to put under the plow |
| 开壶 | 開壺 | kāihú | - pot of boiling water |
| 开外 | 開外 | kāiwài | - over and above (some amount) - beyond (budget) |
| 开始 | 開始 | kāishǐ | - to begin - beginning - to start - initial - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 开学 | 開學 | kāixué | - foundation of a University or College - school opening - the start of a new term |
| 开封 | 開封 | Kāifēng | - Kaifeng prefecture level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan - old name Bianliang 汴梁 |
| 开导 | 開導 | kāidǎo | - to talk sb round - to straighten sth out - to enlighten |
| 开局 | 開局 | kāijú | - opening (chess etc) - early stage of game, match, work, activity etc |
| 开屏 | 開屏 | kāipíng | - (a peacock) spreads its tail |
| 开展 | 開展 | kāizhǎn | - (begin to) develop - unfold - to start - to launch - to open - to carry out |
| 开山 | 開山 | kāishān | - to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) - to open a monastery |
| 开工 | 開工 | kāigōng | - to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) - to start a construction job |
| 开市 | 開市 | kāishì | - to open a store for business |
| 开幕 | 開幕 | kāimù | - to open (a conference) - to inaugurate |
| 开平 | 開平 | Kāipíng | - Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong - Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei |
| 开店 | 開店 | kāidiàn | - to open shop |
| 开庭 | 開庭 | kāitíng | - to begin a (judicial) court session |
| 开吊 | 開弔 | kāidiào | - to hold memorial service - to hold a funeral |
| 开张 | 開張 | kāizhāng | - to open a business - first transaction of a business day |
| 开往 | 開往 | kāiwǎng | - (of a bus, train etc) to leave for - heading for |
| 开征 | 開徵 | kāizhēng | - to start collecting taxes |
| 开心 | 開心 | kāixīn | - to feel happy - to rejoice - to have a great time - to make fun of sb |
| 开恩 | 開恩 | kāiēn | - to give a favor (used of Christian God) |
| 开怀 | 開懷 | kāihuái | - to one's heart's content - without restraint |
| 开戒 | 開戒 | kāijiè | - to end abstinence - to resume (drinking) after a break - to break (a taboo) |
| 开战 | 開戰 | kāizhàn | - to start a war - to make war - to battle against |
| 开戏 | 開戲 | kāixì | - to start an opera |
| 开户 | 開戶 | kāihù | - to open an account (bank etc) |
| 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 |
| 开拍 | 開拍 | kāipāi | - to begin shooting (a film) |
| 开拓 | 開拓 | kāituò | - to break new ground (for agriculture) - to open up (a new seam) - to develop (border regions) - fig. to open up (new horizons) |
| 开拔 | 開拔 | kāibá | - to set out (of troops) - departure - start date (of military expedition) |
| 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) |
| 开采 | 開採 | kāicǎi | - to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) - to exploit - to mine |
| 开支 | 開支 | kāizhī | - expenditures - pay - expenses - CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 开放 | 開放 | kāifàng | - to bloom - to open - to be open (to the public) - to open up (to the outside) - to be open-minded - unrestrained by convention - unconstrained in one's sexuality |
| 开败 | 開敗 | kāibài | - to wither and fall |
| 开敞 | 開敞 | kāichǎng | - wide open |
| 开方 | 開方 | kāifāng | - to extract a square root |
| 开明 | 開明 | kāimíng | - enlightened - open-minded - enlightenment |
| 开映 | 開映 | kāiyìng | - to start showing a movie |
| 开春 | 開春 | kāichūn | - beginning of spring - the lunar New Year |
| 开晴 | 開晴 | kāiqíng | - to brighten up |
| 开畅 | 開暢 | kāichàng | - happy and carefree |
| 开旷 | 開曠 | kāikuàng | - open and vast |
| 开会 | 開會 | kāihuì | - to hold a meeting - to attend a meeting |
| 开朗 | 開朗 | kāilǎng | - spacious and well-lit - open and clear - to open out (onto a wider vista) - optimistic - cheerful - carefree - easy-going - open-minded |
| 开本 | 開本 | kāiběn | - book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16开 format is roughly A4) - abbr. to 開|开[kai1] |
| 开架 | 開架 | kāijià | - open shelves (in self-service store or user access library) |
| 开杆 | 開桿 | kāigǎn | - to tee off (golf) - to break (snooker) |
| 开业 | 開業 | kāiyè | - to open a business - to open a practice - open (for business) |
| 开枪 | 開槍 | kāiqiāng | - to open fire - to shoot a gun |
| 开机 | 開機 | kāijī | - to start an engine - to boot up (a computer) - to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete - to begin shooting a film or TV show |
| 开步 | 開步 | kāibù | - to step forward - to walk |
| 开水 | 開水 | kāishuǐ | - boiled water - boiling water |
| 开江 | 開江 | Kāijiāng | - Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan |
| 开河 | 開河 | kāihé | - to open a river - to dig a canal - to thaw (of river) |
| 开消 | 開消 | kāixiāo | - variant of 開銷|开销[kai1 xiao1] |
| 开涮 | 開涮 | kāishuàn | - (coll.) to make fun of (sb) - to play tricks on |
| 开源 | 開源 | kāiyuán | - to expand one's financial resources - abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1 fang4 yuan2 ma3] |
| 开溜 | 開溜 | kāiliū | - to leave in stealth - to slip away |
| 开满 | 開滿 | kāimǎn | - to bloom abundantly |
| 开演 | 開演 | kāiyǎn | - (of a play, movie etc) to begin |
| 开火 | 開火 | kāihuǒ | - to open fire |
| 开灯 | 開燈 | kāidēng | - to turn on the light |
| 开炉 | 開爐 | kāilú | - to open a furnace - to start up a furnace |
| 开犁 | 開犁 | kāilí | - to start plowing - to plow the first furrow |
| 开奖 | 開獎 | kāijiǎng | - to announce the winners in a lottery |
| 开球 | 開球 | kāiqiú | - open ball (math.) - to start a ball game - to kick off (soccer) - to tee off (golf) |
| 开疆 | 開疆 | kāijiāng | - to pioneer a frontier area - to open up new territory |
| 开发 | 開發 | kāifā | - to exploit (a resource) - to open up (for development) - to develop |
| 开皌 | 開皌 | kāimò | - to receive condolences |
| 开盘 | 開盤 | kāipán | - to commence trading (stock market) |
| 开眼 | 開眼 | kāiyǎn | - to open one's eyes - to widen one's horizons |
| 开炮 | 開砲 | kāipào | - to open fire |
| 开矿 | 開礦 | kāikuàng | - to mine - to open a seam |
| 开票 | 開票 | kāipiào | - to open ballot boxes - to count votes - to make out a voucher or invoice etc - to write out a receipt |
| 开禁 | 開禁 | kāijìn | - to lift a ban - to lift a curfew |
| 开福 | 開福 | Kāifú | - Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan |
| 开窍 | 開竅 | kāiqiào | - to get it straight - to start to understand things properly - enlightenment dawns |
| 开立 | 開立 | kāilì | - to found or start |
| 开站 | 開站 | kāizhàn | - to put a new bus or railway station into operation |
| 开端 | 開端 | kāiduān | - start - beginning |
| 开笔 | 開筆 | kāibǐ | - to start learning as a poet - to write one's first (poem, essay etc) |
| 开筵 | 開筵 | kāiyán | - to host a banquet |
| 开篇 | 開篇 | kāipiān | - start of literary work - opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] |
| 开绽 | 開綻 | kāizhàn | - to come unsewn |
| 开线 | 開線 | kāixiàn | - to come unsewn |
| 开县 | 開縣 | Kāixiàn | - Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 开罪 | 開罪 | kāizuì | - to offend sb - to give offense - to displease |
| 开罗 | 開羅 | Kāiluó | - Cairo, capital of Egypt |
| 开胃 | 開胃 | kāiwèi | - to whet the appetite - appetizing - to amuse oneself at sb's expense - to tease |
| 开脱 | 開脫 | kāituō | - to exculpate - to absolve - to exonerate |
| 开腔 | 開腔 | kāiqiāng | - to speak out - to start speaking |
| 开胶 | 開膠 | kāijiāo | - to come unglued - to come apart |
| 开脸 | 開臉 | kāiliǎn | - to shave fine hairs (when decking out a bride) - to carve a face |
| 开台 | 開臺 | kāitái | - start of play - opening of theatrical performance |
| 开船 | 開船 | kāichuán | - to set sail |
| 开花 | 開花 | kāihuā | - to bloom - to blossom - to flower - fig. to burst open - to feel happy or elated - new development grows out |
| 开苞 | 開苞 | kāibāo | - to deflower |
| 开荒 | 開荒 | kāihuāng | - to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 开荤 | 開葷 | kāihūn | - to resume a meat diet - to eat meat again after a period of fasting - fig. novel experience |
| 开蒙 | 開蒙 | kāiméng | - (old) (of a child) to begin schooling |
| 开药 | 開藥 | kāiyào | - to prescribe medicine |
| 开衩 | 開衩 | kāichà | - slit (in clothing) |
| 开裂 | 開裂 | kāiliè | - to split open - to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) |
| 开襟 | 開襟 | kāijīn | - buttoned Chinese tunic - unbuttoned (to cool down) |
| 开解 | 開解 | kāijiě | - to straighten out - to explain - to ease sb's anxiety |
| 开言 | 開言 | kāiyán | - to start to speak |
| 开设 | 開設 | kāishè | - to offer (goods or services) - to open (for business etc) |
| 开诚 | 開誠 | kāichéng | - to be honest - to show sincerity |
| 开课 | 開課 | kāikè | - school begins - give a course - teach a subject |
| 开讲 | 開講 | kāijiǎng | - to begin a lecture - to start on a story |
| 开议 | 開議 | kāiyì | - to hold a (business) meeting - to start negotiations |
| 开账 | 開賬 | kāizhàng | - to make out a bill |
| 开赛 | 開賽 | kāisài | - to start a match - the kick-off |
| 开走 | 開走 | kāizǒu | - to go (of car, train etc) - to drive off |
| 开赴 | 開赴 | kāifù | - (of troops) to depart for - to head for |
| 开路 | 開路 | kāilù | - to open up a path - to make one's way through - to construct a road - (electricity) open circuit |
| 开车 | 開車 | kāichē | - to drive a car |
| 开办 | 開辦 | kāibàn | - to open - to start (a business etc) - to set up |
| 开通 | 開通 | kāitong | - to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transport routes etc) - open-minded |
| 开道 | 開道 | kāidào | - to clear the way |
| 开远 | 開遠 | Kāiyuǎn | - Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 开释 | 開釋 | kāishì | - to release (a prisoner) |
| 开金 | 開金 | kāijīn | - carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold) |
| 开销 | 開銷 | kāixiāo | - to pay (expenses) - expenses - (old) to dismiss (an employee) |
| 开锅 | 開鍋 | kāiguō | - (of a pot) to boil |
| 开锁 | 開鎖 | kāisuǒ | - to unlock |
| 开镰 | 開鐮 | kāilián | - to start the harvest |
| 开锣 | 開鑼 | kāiluó | - to beat the gong to open a performance |
| 开钻 | 開鑽 | kāizuān | - to start drilling |
| 开凿 | 開鑿 | kāizáo | - to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) |
| 开门 | 開門 | kāimén | - to open a door (lit. and fig.) - to open for business |
| 开间 | 開間 | kāijiān | - alcove - bay in a room - unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters |
| 开阔 | 開闊 | kāikuò | - wide - open (spaces) - to open up |
| 开关 | 開關 | kāiguān | - power switch - to open a gate |
| 开辟 | 開闢 | kāipì | - to open up - to set up - to establish |
| 开除 | 開除 | kāichú | - to expel |
| 开阳 | 開陽 | Kāiyáng | - zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper - Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou |
| 开集 | 開集 | kāijí | - open set (math.) |
| 开霁 | 開霽 | kāijì | - to clear up (of weather) |
| 开革 | 開革 | kāigé | - to fire - to discharge |
| 开头 | 開頭 | kāitóu | - beginning |
| 开颜 | 開顏 | kāiyán | - to smile - to beam |
| 开饭 | 開飯 | kāifàn | - to serve a meal |
| 开鲁 | 開魯 | Kāilǔ | - Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia |
| 开斋 | 開齋 | kāizhāi | - to stop following a vegetarian diet - to break a fast |
| 除开 | 除開 | chúkāi | - besides - except - to get rid of (sb) - (math.) to divide |
| 隔开 | 隔開 | gékāi | - to separate |
| 双开 | 雙開 | shuāngkāi | - double expulsion (from the party and from administrative post, as a punishment for corruption) - cf. 開除黨籍，行政開除|开除党籍，行政开除 |
| 离开 | 離開 | líkāi | - to depart - to leave |
| 松开 | 鬆開 | sōngkāi | - to release - to let go - to loosen - to untie - to come loose |
| 三七开 | 三七開 | sānqīkāi | - ratio seventy to thirty - thirty percent failure, seventy percent success |
| 不开窍 | 不開竅 | bùkāiqiào | - unable to understand - can't get the point |
| 公开信 | 公開信 | gōngkāixìn | - open letter |
| 公开化 | 公開化 | gōngkāihuà | - to publicize - openness (of government, PRC equivalent of 'glasnost') |
| 公开赛 | 公開賽 | gōngkāisài | - championship |
| 半公开 | 半公開 | bàngōngkāi | - semi-overt - more or less open |
| 半开化 | 半開化 | bànkāihuà | - semi-civilized |
| 半开门 | 半開門 | bànkāimén | - half-open door - fig. prostitute |
| 南开区 | 南開區 | Nánkāiqū | - Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| 吃不开 | 吃不開 | chībukāi | - be unpopular - won't work |
| 吃得开 | 吃得開 | chīdekāi | - to be popular - to be getting on well - much in demand |
| 大开斋 | 大開齋 | Dàkāizhāi | - see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2] |
| 封开县 | 封開縣 | Fēngkāixiàn | - Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong |
| 寻开心 | 尋開心 | xúnkāixīn | - to make fun of - to seek diversion |
| 展开图 | 展開圖 | zhǎnkāitú | - expansion plan - development graph |
| 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 |
| 想得开 | 想得開 | xiǎngdekāi | - to not take to heart - to be free of worried thoughts - to adopt a lighthearted perspective - lighthearted |
| 择不开 | 擇不開 | zháibukāi | - impossible to separate - impossible to disentangle - cannot take time out |
| 敞开儿 | 敞開兒 | chǎngkāir | - unrestrictedly |
| 易开罐 | 易開罐 | yìkāiguàn | - pull-top can - easy-open can (with ring-pull) |
| 李开复 | 李開復 | LǐKāifù | - Lee Kai-Fu (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, from 2005 Vice president of Google and president of Google China |
| 杨开慧 | 楊開慧 | YángKāihuì | - Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife |
| 乐开花 | 樂開花 | lèkāihuā | - to burst with joy |
| 白开水 | 白開水 | báikāishuǐ | - plain boiled water |
| 磨不开 | 磨不開 | mòbùkāi | - to feel embarrassed |
| 磨得开 | 磨得開 | módekāi | - unembarrassed - without fear of impairing personal relation |
| 总开关 | 總開關 | zǒngkāiguān | - main switch |
| 开伯尔 | 開伯爾 | Kāibóěr | - Khyber province of Pakistan - Northwest Frontier province |
| 开倒车 | 開倒車 | kāidàochē | - to drive in reverse - fig. to take a backward step - retrogressive - trying to turn the clock back |
| 开创性 | 開創性 | kāichuàngxìng | - innovative |
| 开化县 | 開化縣 | Kāihuàxiàn | - Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 开区间 | 開區間 | kāiqūjiān | - open interval (in calculus) |
| 开原市 | 開原市 | Kāiyuánshì | - Kaiyuan county level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning |
| 开原县 | 開原縣 | Kāiyuánxiàn | - Kaiyuan county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning |
| 开口子 | 開口子 | kāikǒuzi | - a dike breaks - fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) - to open the floodgates |
| 开司米 | 開司米 | kāisīmǐ | - cashmere (loanword) |
| 开城市 | 開城市 | Kāichéngshì | - Kaesong or Gaeseong 개성시 city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies |
| 开场白 | 開場白 | kāichǎngbái | - prologue of play - opening remarks - preamble (of speeches, articles etc) |
| 开士米 | 開士米 | kāishìmǐ | - cashmere (loanword) |
| 开夜车 | 開夜車 | kāiyèchē | - to burn the midnight oil - to work late into the night |
| 开天窗 | 開天窗 | kāitiānchuāng | - to leave a blank to mark censored area |
| 开封市 | 開封市 | Kāifēngshì | - Kaifeng prefecture level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan - old name Bianliang 汴梁 |
| 开封府 | 開封府 | Kāifēngfǔ | - Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty |
| 开封县 | 開封縣 | Kāifēngxiàn | - Kaifeng county in Kaifeng, Henan |
| 开小差 | 開小差 | kāixiǎochāi | - to be absent-minded - to desert - to abscond from the army - absent without leave (AWOL) |
| 开小会 | 開小會 | kāixiǎohuì | - to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture) |
| 开小灶 | 開小灶 | kāixiǎozào | - lit. to turn on a private oven - to get special attention |
| 开幕式 | 開幕式 | kāimùshì | - opening ceremony |
| 开幕词 | 開幕詞 | kāimùcí | - opening speech (at a conference) |
| 开平区 | 開平區 | Kāipíngqū | - Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei |
| 开平市 | 開平市 | Kāipíngshì | - Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong |
| 开后门 | 開後門 | kāihòumén | - to open the back door - fig. under the counter - to do a secret or dishonest deal - to let sth in by the back door |
| 开心果 | 開心果 | kāixīnguǒ | - pistachio nuts - fig. amusing person |
| 开心颜 | 開心顏 | kāixīnyán | - to rejoice - smiling |
| 开快车 | 開快車 | kāikuàichē | - an express train sets off - fig. to work in haste - to rush |
| 开房间 | 開房間 | kāifángjiān | - to take a hotel room - to rent a room |
| 开拓性 | 開拓性 | kāituòxìng | - pioneering - groundbreaking |
| 开拓者 | 開拓者 | kāituòzhě | - pioneer |
| 开放性 | 開放性 | kāifàngxìng | - openness |
| 开普勒 | 開普勒 | Kāipǔlè | - Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion |
| 开普敦 | 開普敦 | Kāipǔdūn | - Cape Town (city in South Africa) |
| 开江县 | 開江縣 | Kāijiāngxiàn | - Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan |
| 开河期 | 開河期 | kāihéqī | - thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring |
| 开尔文 | 開爾文 | Kāiěrwén | - Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) - Kelvin (temperature scale) |
| 开玩笑 | 開玩笑 | kāiwánxiào | - to play a joke - to make fun of - to joke |
| 开瓶器 | 開瓶器 | kāipíngqì | - bottle opener |
| 开瓶费 | 開瓶費 | kāipíngfèi | - corkage fee |
| 开发区 | 開發區 | kāifāqū | - development zone |
| 开发商 | 開發商 | kāifāshāng | - developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc) |
| 开眼界 | 開眼界 | kāiyǎnjiè | - broaden, expand one's horizons |
| 开福区 | 開福區 | Kāifúqū | - Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan |
| 开绿灯 | 開綠燈 | kāilǜdēng | - to give the green light - to give the go-ahead |
| 开罚单 | 開罰單 | kāifádān | - to issue an infringement notice |
| 开胃菜 | 開胃菜 | kāiwèicài | - starter - appetizer |
| 开胃酒 | 開胃酒 | kāiwèijiǔ | - aperitif wine |
| 开花儿 | 開花兒 | kāihuār | - erhua variant of 開花|开花[kai1 hua1] |
| 开花衣 | 開花衣 | kāihuāyī | - to open a bale of cotton |
| 开裆裤 | 開襠褲 | kāidāngkù | - open pants (for infants before toilet training) |
| 开车人 | 開車人 | kāichērén | - driver - person driving a vehicle |
| 开远市 | 開遠市 | Kāiyuǎnshì | - Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 开都河 | 開都河 | KāidūHé | - Kaidu River, Xinjiang |
| 开酒费 | 開酒費 | kāijiǔfèi | - corkage fee |
| 开门炮 | 開門砲 | kāiménpào | - firecrackers to open the door on the New Year |
| 开门红 | 開門紅 | kāiménhóng | - a good beginning |
| 开辟者 | 開闢者 | kāipìzhě | - pioneer - groundbreaker |
| 开阳县 | 開陽縣 | Kāiyángxiàn | - Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou |
| 开高叉 | 開高叉 | kāigāochā | - slit dress |
| 开鲁县 | 開魯縣 | Kāilǔxiàn | - Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia |
| 开麦拉 | 開麥拉 | kāimàilā | - camera (loanword) |
| 开黑店 | 開黑店 | kāihēidiàn | - lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) - fig. to carry out a scam - to run a protection racket - daylight robbery |
| 开斋节 | 開齋節 | Kāizhāijié | - Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan |
| 离不开 | 離不開 | líbukāi | - inseparable - inevitably linked to |
| 不可开交 | 不可開交 | bùkěkāijiāo | - to be awfully (busy etc) |
| 信口开合 | 信口開合 | xìnkǒukāihé | - variant of 信口開河|信口开河[xin4 kou3 kai1 he2] |
| 信口开河 | 信口開河 | xìnkǒukāihé | - to speak without thinking (idiom) - to blurt sth out |
| 免开尊口 | 免開尊口 | miǎnkāizūnkǒu | - keep your thoughts to yourself |
| 公共开支 | 公共開支 | gōnggòngkāizhī | - public expenditure |
| 公开指责 | 公開指責 | gōngkāizhǐzé | - to denounce |
| 公开钥匙 | 公開鑰匙 | gōngkāiyàoshi | - public key (in encryption) |
| 别开生面 | 別開生面 | biékāishēngmiàn | - to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path - to break fresh ground |
| 半开半关 | 半開半關 | bànkāibànguān | - half-open, half closed |
| 半开门儿 | 半開門兒 | bànkāiménr | - erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2] |
| 南开大学 | 南開大學 | NánkāiDàxué | - Nankai University (Tianjin) |
| 召开会议 | 召開會議 | zhàokāihuìyì | - to call a conference - to convene a meeting |
| 吾尔开希 | 吾爾開希 | Wúěrkāixī | - Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
| 咧开嘴笑 | 咧開嘴笑 | liěkāizuǐxiào | - to laugh |
| 喜笑颜开 | 喜笑顏開 | xǐxiàoyánkāi | - grinning from ear to ear (idiom) - beaming with happiness |
| 左右开弓 | 左右開弓 | zuǒyòukāigōng | - lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) - fig. to display ambidexterity - to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession - to use both feet equally (football) |
| 帝王切开 | 帝王切開 | dìwángqiēkāi | - Cesarean section |
| 广开言路 | 廣開言路 | guǎngkāiyánlù | - to encourage the free airing of views (idiom) |
| 微扰展开 | 微擾展開 | wēirǎozhǎnkāi | - perturbative expansion (physics) |
| 心胸开阔 | 心胸開闊 | xīnxiōngkāikuò | - broad-minded - open-minded |
| 情窦初开 | 情竇初開 | qíngdòuchūkāi | - first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom) |
| 拉开序幕 | 拉開序幕 | lākāixùmù | - (fig.) to raise the curtain - to lift the curtain - to be a curtain raiser for |
| 拉开架势 | 拉開架勢 | lākāijiàshi | - to assume a fighting stance - (fig.) to take the offensive |
| 掰开揉碎 | 掰開揉碎 | bāikāiróusuì | - lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp - fig. to analyze minutely from every angle - to chew sth over |
| 撇开不谈 | 撇開不談 | piēkāibùtán | - to ignore an issue (idiom) |
| 改革开放 | 改革開放 | gǎigékāifàng | - to reform and open to the outside world - refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 |
| 放开手脚 | 放開手腳 | fàngkāishǒujiǎo | - to have free rein (idiom) |
| 旗开得胜 | 旗開得勝 | qíkāidéshèng | - lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success - success in a single move |
| 树上开花 | 樹上開花 | shùshàngkāihuā | - to deck the tree with false blossoms - to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom) |
| 比斯开湾 | 比斯開灣 | Bǐsīkāiwān | - Bay of Biscay |
| 气动开关 | 氣動開關 | qìdòngkāiguān | - pneumatic switch |
| 狗窦大开 | 狗竇大開 | gǒudòudàkāi | - dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly) |
| 甩开膀子 | 甩開膀子 | shuǎikāibǎngzi | - to throw off inhibitions - to go all out |
| 异想天开 | 異想天開 | yìxiǎngtiānkāi | - to imagine the wildest thing - to indulge in fantasy |
| 皮开肉绽 | 皮開肉綻 | píkāiròuzhàn | - flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) |
| 眉开眼笑 | 眉開眼笑 | méikāiyǎnxiào | - brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy - all smiles |
| 笑逐颜开 | 笑逐顏開 | xiàozhúyánkāi | - smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure - all smiles - joy written across one's face |
| 精简开支 | 精簡開支 | jīngjiǎnkāizhī | - to reduce spending - to cut spending |
| 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 |
| 继往开来 | 繼往開來 | jìwǎngkāilái | - to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition - forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| 羞口难开 | 羞口難開 | xiūkǒunánkāi | - to be too embarrassed for words (idiom) |
| 脑袋开花 | 腦袋開花 | nǎodàikāihuā | - to blow one's brain out |
| 若开山脉 | 若開山脈 | Ruòkāishānmài | - Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma) |
| 茅塞顿开 | 茅塞頓開 | máosèdùnkāi | - murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear |
| 兰开夏郡 | 蘭開夏郡 | Lánkāixiàjùn | - Lancashire (English county) |
| 兰开斯特 | 蘭開斯特 | Lánkāisītè | - Lancaster |
| 见钱眼开 | 見錢眼開 | jiànqiányǎnkāi | - to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain - money-grubbing |
| 豁然开朗 | 豁然開朗 | huòránkāilǎng | - suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing - fig. everything becomes clear at once - to achieve speedy enlightenment |
| 军费开支 | 軍費開支 | jūnfèikāizhī | - military spending |
| 软件开发 | 軟件開發 | ruǎnjiànkāifā | - software development |
| 遍地开花 | 遍地開花 | biàndìkāihuā | - to blossom everywhere - to spring up all over the place - to flourish on a large scale |
| 重新开始 | 重新開始 | chóngxīnkāishǐ | - to resume - to restart - to start afresh |
| 重新开机 | 重新開機 | chóngxīnkāijī | - to restart - to reboot |
| 铁树开花 | 鐵樹開花 | tiěshùkāihuā | - lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) - a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence |
| 门户开放 | 門戶開放 | ménhùkāifàng | - open door policy - Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel |
| 开三次方 | 開三次方 | kāisāncìfāng | - cube root - to extract a cube root |
| 开元盛世 | 開元盛世 | Kāiyuánshèngshì | - peak of Tang prosperity during Kaiyuan, reign name 713-741 of Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] |
| 开卷有益 | 開卷有益 | kāijuànyǒuyì | - lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education |
| 开国元勋 | 開國元勛 | kāiguóyuánxūn | - 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 |
| 开国元勋 | 開國元勳 | kāiguóyuánxūn | - founding figure (of a country or dynasty) - founding father - fig. also used of company or school etc |
| 开国功臣 | 開國功臣 | kāiguógōngchén | - outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state) |
| 开大油门 | 開大油門 | kāidàyóumén | - to open the throttle - to accelerate - to let her rip |
| 开天避地 | 開天避地 | kāitiānbìdì | - to open the sky and divide the earth - ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth |
| 开天辟地 | 開天闢地 | kāitiānpìdì | - to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth |
| 开始以前 | 開始以前 | kāishǐyǐqián | - before the beginning (of sth) |
| 开始比赛 | 開始比賽 | kāishǐbǐsài | - to start a match - to kick off |
| 开始营业 | 開始營業 | kāishǐyíngyè | - to start trading - to open for business |
| 开宗明义 | 開宗明義 | kāizōngmíngyì | - to declare at the outset (idiom) |
| 开封地区 | 開封地區 | Kāifēngdìqū | - Kaifeng prefecture in Henan |
| 开山祖师 | 開山祖師 | kāishānzǔshī | - founding master of a monastery - founder - originator |
| 开山鼻祖 | 開山鼻祖 | kāishānbízǔ | - founder |
| 开幕典礼 | 開幕典禮 | kāimùdiǎnlǐ | - opening ceremony |
| 开放源码 | 開放源碼 | kāifàngyuánmǎ | - open source (computing) |
| 开放系统 | 開放系統 | kāifàngxìtǒng | - open system |
| 开明君主 | 開明君主 | kāimíngjūnzhǔ | - enlightened sovereign |
| 开曼群岛 | 開曼群島 | KāimànQúndǎo | - Cayman Islands |
| 开会祈祷 | 開會祈禱 | kāihuìqídǎo | - invocation |
| 开业大吉 | 開業大吉 | kāiyèdàjí | - celebration on opening a business |
| 开源节流 | 開源節流 | kāiyuánjiéliú | - lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending - to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure |
| 开漳圣王 | 開漳聖王 | Kāizhāngshèngwáng | - Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1] |
| 开发人员 | 開發人員 | kāifārényuán | - developer |
| 开发周期 | 開發周期 | kāifāzhōuqī | - development cycle - development period - also written 開發週期|开发周期 |
| 开发环境 | 開發環境 | kāifāhuánjìng | - development environment (computer) |
| 开发周期 | 開發週期 | kāifāzhōuqī | - development cycle - development period |
| 开发过程 | 開發過程 | kāifāguòchéng | - development process |
| 开发银行 | 開發銀行 | kāifāyínháng | - development bank |
| 开盘汇率 | 開盤匯率 | kāipánhuìlǜ | - opening exchange rate |
| 开罗大学 | 開羅大學 | KāiluóDàxué | - Cairo University |
| 开脱罪责 | 開脫罪責 | kāituōzuìzé | - to absolve sb from guilt - to exonerate - to exculpate |
| 开台锣鼓 | 開臺鑼鼓 | kāitáiluógǔ | - opening gong - gong strokes announcing start of opera performance |
| 开诚布公 | 開誠佈公 | kāichéngbùgōng | - variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1] |
| 开诚布公 | 開誠布公 | kāichéngbùgōng | - lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded - plain speaking - Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. - to put one's cards on the table |
| 开诚相见 | 開誠相見 | kāichéngxiāngjiàn | - candid and open (idiom) |
| 开足马力 | 開足馬力 | kāizúmǎlì | - to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed - fig. to work as hard as possible |
| 开路先锋 | 開路先鋒 | kāilùxiānfēng | - pioneer - trailbreaker |
| 开锣喝道 | 開鑼喝道 | kāiluóhèdào | - to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) |
| 开门揖盗 | 開門揖盜 | kāiményīdào | - leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand |
| 开门见山 | 開門見山 | kāiménjiànshān | - lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom) |
| 开闭幕式 | 開閉幕式 | kāibìmùshì | - opening and closing ceremonies |
| 开除学籍 | 開除學籍 | kāichúxuéjí | - to expel from school |
| 开除党籍 | 開除黨籍 | kāichúdǎngjí | - to expel from party membership |
| 离开人世 | 離開人世 | líkāirénshì | - to die - to leave this world |
| 离开故乡 | 離開故鄉 | líkāigùxiāng | - to leave one's homeland |
| 马拉开波 | 馬拉開波 | Mǎlākāibō | - Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| 鸣锣开道 | 鳴鑼開道 | míngluókāidào | - to beat the gong to clear the way - (fig.) to pave the way for sth |
| 点火开关 | 點火開關 | diǎnhuǒkāiguān | - ignition switch |
| 三七开定论 | 三七開定論 | sānqīkāidìnglùn | - thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong |
| 公开讨论会 | 公開討論會 | gōngkāitǎolùnhuì | - open forum |
| 天安门开了 | 天安門開了 | Tiānānménkāile | - pants fly is down - the barn door is open |
| 封闭性开局 | 封閉性開局 | FēngbìxìngKāijú | - Closed Game - Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) - same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局 |
| 打开话匣子 | 打開話匣子 | dǎkāihuàxiázi | - to start talking |
| 气管切开术 | 氣管切開術 | qìguǎnqiēkāishù | - tracheotomy (medicine) |
| 米开朗基罗 | 米開朗基羅 | Mǐkāilǎngjīluó | - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), renaissance painter and sculptor |
| 米开兰基罗 | 米開蘭基羅 | Mǐkāilánjīluó | - Michelangelo (Tw) |
| 胸廓切开术 | 胸廓切開術 | xiōngkuòqiēkāishù | - thoracotomy (medicine) |
| 开伯尔山口 | 開伯爾山口 | Kāibóěrshānkǒu | - Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan) |
| 开弓不放箭 | 開弓不放箭 | kāigōngbùfàngjiàn | - lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) - fig. to bluff - to be all talk and no action - false bravado |
| 开放式系统 | 開放式系統 | kāifàngshìxìtǒng | - open system(s) |
| 开放式网络 | 開放式網絡 | kāifàngshìwǎngluò | - open network |
| 开放源代码 | 開放源代碼 | kāifàngyuándàimǎ | - see 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1 fang4 yuan2 ma3] |
| 开普勒定律 | 開普勒定律 | Kāipǔlèdìnglǜ | - Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1609, 1618) |
| 开膛手杰克 | 開膛手傑克 | KāitángshǒuJiékè | - Jack the Ripper |
| 亚洲开发银行 | 亞洲開發銀行 | YàzhōuKāifāYínháng | - Asian Development Bank |
| 保险解开系统 | 保險解開系統 | bǎoxiǎnjiěkāixìtǒng | - arming system |
| 国家开发银行 | 國家開發銀行 | GuójiāKāifāYínháng | - China Development Bank |
| 软件开发人员 | 軟件開發人員 | ruǎnjiànkāifārényuán | - software developer |
| 开放源码软件 | 開放源碼軟件 | kāifàngyuánmǎruǎnjiàn | - open source software (OSS) |
| 开放系统互连 | 開放系統互連 | kāifàngxìtǒnghùlián | - open systems interconnection - OSI |
| 双后前兵开局 | 雙后前兵開局 | shuānghòuqiánbīngkāijú | - Double Queen Pawn Opening - Closed Game (chess) - same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局 |
| 非洲开发银行 | 非洲開發銀行 | FēizhōuKāifāYínháng | - African Development Bank |
| 首次公开招股 | 首次公開招股 | shǒucìgōngkāizhāogǔ | - initial public offering (IPO) |
| 哪壶不开提哪壶 | 哪壺不開提哪壺 | nǎhúbùkāitínǎhú | - lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot - to talk about sb's weak point |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | 打開天窗說亮話 | dǎkāitiānchuāngshuōliànghuà | - not to mince words - not to beat about the bush |
| 洋浦经济开发区 | 洋浦經濟開發區 | Yángpǔjīngjìkāifāqū | - Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan |
| 开弓没有回头箭 | 開弓沒有回頭箭 | kāigōngméiyǒuhuítóujiàn | - lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) - fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back - to have to finish what one started - to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks |
| 一把钥匙开一把锁 | 一把鑰匙開一把鎖 | yībǎyàoshikāiyībǎsuǒ | - One key opens one lock. - There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom) |
| 经济协力开发机构 | 經濟協力開發機構 | JīngjìXiélìKāifāJīgòu | - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - also written 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织[Jing1 ji4 He2 zuo4 yu3 Fa1 zhan3 Zu3 zhi1] |
| 联合国开发计划署 | 聯合國開發計劃署 | LiánhéguóKāifāJìhuàshǔ | - United Nations Development Program |
| 一夫当关，万夫莫开 | 一夫當關，萬夫莫開 | yīfūdāngguān,wànfūmòkāi | - one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom) |
| 温布尔登网球公开赛 | 溫布爾登網球公開賽 | Wēnbùěrdēngwǎngqiúgōngkāisài | - Wimbledon lawn tennis championship |
| 精诚所加，金石为开 | 精誠所加，金石為開 | jīngchéngsuǒjiā,jīnshíwèikāi | - lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart to it, you can break up metal and rocks - With a will, you can achieve anything. |
| 精诚所至，金石为开 | 精誠所至，金石為開 | jīngchéngsuǒzhì,jīnshíwèikāi | - lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart to it, you can break up metal and rocks - With a will, you can achieve anything. |
| 开除党籍，行政开除 | 開除黨籍，行政開除 | kāichúdǎngjí,xíngzhèngkāichú | - double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption) - abbr. to 雙開|双开 |
| 花有重开日，人无再少年 | 花有重開日，人無再少年 | huāyǒuchóngkāirì,rénwúzàishàonián | - a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb) |
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