zài

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Definitions

  1. 1. again; once more; re-
  2. 2. second; another
  3. 3. then (after sth, and not until then)
  4. 4. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[yě] or 都[dōu] for emphasis)

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Words Containing 再

一再
yī zài

repeatedly

不再
bù zài

no more

再三
zài sān

over and over again

再也
zài yě

(not) any more

再度
zài dù

once more; once again; one more time

再接再厉
zài jiē zài lì

to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist

再次
zài cì

one more time

再现
zài xiàn

to recreate

再生
zài shēng

to be reborn

再见
zài jiàn

goodbye

再说
zài shuō

to say again

一犯再犯
yī fàn zài fàn

to keep doing (the wrong thing)

一而再,再而三
yī ér zài , zài ér sān

again and again

一错再错
yī cuò zài cuò

to repeat errors

不可再生资源
bù kě zài shēng zī yuán

nonrenewable resource

再一次
zài yī cì

again

再三再四
zài sān zài sì

repeatedly

再不
zài bù

if not, then

再世
zài shì

to be reincarnated

再使用
zài shǐ yòng

to reuse

再保证
zài bǎo zhèng

to reassure

再保险
zài bǎo xiǎn

reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers)

再入
zài rù

to re-enter

再出现
zài chū xiàn

to reappear

再利用
zài lì yòng

to reuse

再则
zài zé

moreover

再四
zài sì

repeatedly

再好
zài hǎo

even better

再好不过
zài hǎo bù guò

couldn't be better

再婚
zài hūn

to remarry

再嫁
zài jià

to remarry (of woman)

再审
zài shěn

to hear a case again

再屠现金
zài tú xiàn jīn

cash in transit (accountancy)

再建
zài jiàn

to reconstruct

再怎么
zài zěn me

no matter how ...

再拜
zài bài

to bow again

再改
zài gǎi

to renew

再会
zài huì

to meet again

再活化假说
zài huó huà jiǎ shuō

reactivation hypothesis

再版
zài bǎn

second edition

再犯
zài fàn

to repeat a crime

再生不良性贫血
zài shēng bù liáng xìng pín xuè

aplastic anemia

再生制动
zài shēng zhì dòng

regenerative braking

再生水
zài shēng shuǐ

reclaimed water; recycled water

再生燃料
zài shēng rán liào

renewable fuel

再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ

like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

再生产
zài shēng chǎn

to reproduce

再生能源
zài shēng néng yuán

renewable energy source

再生资源
zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

再生医学
zài shēng yī xué

regenerative medicine

再发
zài fā

to reissue

再发生
zài fā shēng

to reoccur

再发见
zài fā xiàn

rediscovery

再者
zài zhě

moreover

再育
zài yù

to increase

再临
zài lín

to come again

再处理
zài chǔ lǐ

reprocessing

再融资
zài róng zī

refinancing

再衰三竭
zài shuāi sān jié

weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline

再制
zài zhì

to make more of the same thing

再制纸
zài zhì zhǐ

recycled paper

再制盐
zài zhì yán

refined salt

再见全垒打
zài jiàn quán lěi dǎ

walk-off home run

再读
zài dú

to read again

再赛
zài sài

to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)

再起
zài qǐ

to arise again

再转复
zài zhuǎn fù

to transfer again

再造
zài zào

to give a new lease of life

再造手术
zài zào shǒu shù

reconstructive surgery

再造业
zài zào yè

recycling industry

再迁
zài qiān

to promote again

再醮
zài jiào

to remarry

再开
zài kāi

to reopen

可一而不可再
kě yī ér bù kě zài

may be done once and once only; just this once

可再生
kě zài shēng

renewable (resource)

可再生资源
kě zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

好借好还,再借不难
hǎo jiè hǎo huán , zài jiè bù nán

see 有借有還,再借不難|有借有还,再借不难[yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán]

密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统
mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng

closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)

恩同再造
ēn tóng zài zào

your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)

扩大再生产
kuò dà zài shēng chǎn

to expand production

时不再来
shí bù zài lái

Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)

有借有还,再借不难
yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán

return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)

东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ

lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback

机不可失,失不再来
jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài lái

opportunity knocks but once (idiom)

机不可失,时不再来
jī bù kě shī , shí bù zài lái

Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)

花有重开日,人无再少年
huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián

a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)

蚊子再小也是肉
wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu

lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)

财务再保险
cái wù zài bǎo xiǎn

financial reinsurance

陈再道
chén zài dào

Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army

青春不再
qīng chūn bù zài

lit. one's youth will never return