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发
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Definitions
- 1. hair
- 2. Taiwan pr. [fǎ]
Example Sentences
1 shown我在 发 呆。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 发
occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act)
spokesman
barber
to issue
to generate electricity
to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)
to text
vocal organs
motive power
silver hair; gray hair
(to act) on one's own initiative
improvisation
to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
horny
heuristic
rate of occurrence
prosperous and developing
launching silo
to get ready (for a journey)
to make easy money
idiopathic
development zone
news conference
to outdo oneself; to perform exceptionally well
to rouse to vigorous action
to stare
to requisition
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
beautiful hair
to get in a rage
(of a stock) to fall below the issue price
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
to publish a roll-call of successful candidates
Kei truck
Kei truck
see 直髮器|直发器[zhí fà qì]
to sell
to display
hairnet
to stare blankly; to be in a daze
to be furious
Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank)
to release
to give a speech
electricity generator
joint statement
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
to vow
to provide
flip-flop (electronics)
to occur suddenly
to catch fire
thermal power generation
to see one's child die before oneself
rediscovery
to move and inspire
to reissue
all the more
swelling of the head (physical condition)
hair extensions
headband
to dispatch an army
to receive and send
budding
development
to issue an order
pomade
crazy
optical transmitter
evaporative air conditioner
Space Shuttle Discovery
to faint
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
to start
to deal (cards)
outbreak of illness
to vanish
fan
to occur unexpectedly
beanbag
trigger list
white or gray hair
spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
to send away to serve a penal sentence
Burj Khalifa, skyscraper in Dubai, 830 m high
hair conditioner
oestrus (sexual receptivity in female mammals)
(mail or email) sender
to lodge an accusation
to dispatch
to elucidate
(upholstered) armchair
once it gets started there's no stopping it
positron emission tomography (PET)
narcolepsy
to make one's mark
launch pad (for rocket or projectile)
Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
to rant and rave
smelly
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
headband
to stick sth up (on the wall)
delayed neutron
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits
Coma Berenices (constellation)
approved for distribution
diesel engine
lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom)
(baseball) starting pitcher
to ache; to be sore; to feel painful
power plant
cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)
to be impossible to stop once started
to be confused
(tennis etc) to serve
hairstylist
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)
to get a hair transplant
hairstyle
Alpha and Omega
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
to make a determined effort
starting pistol
first issue
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels
to dye one's hair
(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
launch site
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Committee 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会, replaced in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
in heat
to evaporate
to come up with an idea
hairstyle
to distribute
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
heuristic method
to sprout up
to make people laugh
inventor
atomic power station
to set (sth) afoot
to feel numb
developing
to sweat
hair conditioner
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
(men) sideburns
to tie up one's hair
(of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off
pro forma invoice
baffled
to shine
to become rich
African Development Bank
to expose (e.g., wrongdoing)
form word
technological development
hair whorl
to feel terrified
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done
fair-haired and blue-eyed
to have a high temperature (from illness)
to get sleepy
to volatilize
United Nations Development Program
transmission power
radio transmitter
hair
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周[xī zhōu] 1046-771 BC
intonation
spokesperson
to recur (of a disease)
lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
proposer
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
see 發揚踔厲|发扬踔厉[fā yáng chuō lì]
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
to get wildly drunk
developmental biology
(idiom) thought-provoking
transmitter
shampoo (liquid)
a punitive expedition
to set off
Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan
mind map
press conference
to expose
high-risk group (med.)
hydroelectricity
wig
positron emission tomography (PET)
to shoot (a projectile)
volatile oil (in general)
hair clip
to feel light, as if floating
to curl hair
invoice
turbojet
volcanic explosivity index (VEI)
to question
to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
to arouse
hair cream
to develop
to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning
to make a speech
shivering
explosive power
morphogen
(coll.) to go crazy
to supply again (sth lost)
publisher
perm (hairstyle)
to lose one's hair
embryogenesis
literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
wind farm
hairdresser
developed nation
nuclear power generation
face glowing (idiom); looking radiant
shampoo
China Development Bank
multiple myeloma (medicine)
news conference
to be complicated by
sofa (loanword)
to provide food for thought (idiom)
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
to tickle
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
to shiver
to trigger
the breeding season (zool.)
sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)
to feel a chill (as an emotional response)
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with
to tremble with fear
delayed lesion
fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)
course of events
(periodical) circulation
to originate
to put on weight
to induce
transponder
to publish
hair conditioner
hair ends
sound device
launchpad
(idiom) to speak from the heart
barbershop
to shine
nuclear power plant
to prove one's worth through firm resolve (idiom)
to issue and deliver (to people)
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
epileptic seizure
spring
hair on the temples
hair clip
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
blond
to transmit
to become agitated
(of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence
place of origin
disheveled
sofa bed
to invent and innovate
to develop rapidly
latent heat of evaporation
engine; motor
hairdresser's
to get rich
not to deviate one hair's breadth (idiom)
shampoo
to leaven dough
to send
Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
vocal organs
(real estate etc) developer
well-developed; flourishing
a wholesale business
to become aware
power station
light-emitting diode
the Cambrian explosion
prompt neutron
to teach a child to read and write
place of issue (of document)
the Cambrian explosion
a hair
to probe deeply and uncover minute details
to feel embarrassment
hair stylist
(slang) to reject sb (by labeling them a \nice guy\)
to send to multiple recipients; mass mailout
to issue
to give rise to (sth good)
to darken
could happen at any moment
spontaneous
to shiver
hair gel
to put out to contract
Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
to get angry
hair (on the head)
shampoo
to feel dizzy
a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
hair straightener
to originate; to initiate
shampoo
lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
developed nation
grenade launcher
luxuriant black hair
radiant nebula
to banish to penal servitude
complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
to issue a document
(of goods) to dispatch
(loanword) caliph
to transmit
fax transmission
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
baking powder
to have a high temperature
to stare blankly
to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
wholesale
wholesale business
Baikonur Cosmodrome
to shave one's head
economic development
to flare up; to break out
Daihatsu, Japanese car company
to give vent to (one's feelings)
tresses
to take preemptive action
to issue a card
Bratislava
to post a letter
to enlighten
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
muscular
to become brittle
to exert oneself; to apply force
hair roller
earthquake swarm
to sprout
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
research and development
publisher
high-spirited
beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)
increasingly
to issue (a document)
hair curler
software developer
shampoo
to invent
starting point
to rise
to excavate
to whine
to not say a word (idiom)
to lead to
to vow
to develop
development cycle
to wilt
to deprive
Asian Development Bank
to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action
the Cambrian explosion
to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
foaming agent
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
burning hot
to lay down a family fortune
to erupt
developer
a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom)
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
to rise in revolt
volatile memory
(literary) gray hair
emergency
all brawn no brains
to notice; to become aware of
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
to award a prize
development bank
to get angry
hair ends
to germinate
to keep one's emotions inside oneself
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
offering memorandum (for public stock issue)
frequently reoccurring disease
to feel weak
hair conditioner
self-rising flour
braid
to shine
to vow
newly rich
commercial invoice
transceiver
lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
straight hair
foreword
to express (an emotion)
hair worn in a bun or coil
hair and beard
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
bun hair extension
to have sexual relations with sb
turboshaft
developer
to burst out laughing
cluster headache
to post (an item on a forum)
to disperse
prompt radiation
to issue instructions
(of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer
hairpin
a bonus issue (a form of dividend payment)
to turn pale
to burst forth
long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae
to distribute
in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
volcanic eruption
to order sb to start on a journey
to burst forth
(bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
hairdressing
panic attack
barbershop
shampoo powder
the scene of the incident
see 發跡|发迹[fā jì]
delayed action
developing country
to turn red
mail room
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
transponder
multiple sclerosis
(of a crime) to occur
to pronounce
to pay wages or salary
a length of hair
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
to fret
to ferment
payday
to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better
to make an effort
to not say a word (idiom)
steam turbine electric generator
first wife
to weaken
puberty
transmitter
(in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
to dispatch
to put on weight
to evolve from
RT Mart (supermarket chain)
to go mad
hair (on the head)
luminous intensity
dispatch upon receipt of payment
electroencephalogram (EEG)
diction
to emerge and grow
to develop and promote
radiophosphor
suddenly have a thought (idiom)
to publish
sustainable development
departure (of a coach or train)
the right of speech
a find
(to get a) haircut
incidence of a disease
invoice
to break out (of disease etc)
to send a message
to broadcast
hair grip
to publish
vocal
wholesale price
volatility
to be full of vigor (idiom)
payday
with dishevelled hair (idiom)
development process
increasingly
an impact detonator
to deal with (an offender)
software development
volatile
secondary infection
couchsurfing
Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[hú jǐn tāo], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007
Euphrates River
sender (of a message)
hydroelectric power plant
crime scene
barber; hairdresser
to reoccur
geothermal electric power station
inventor
hair dye
hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged
to break out
to produce foam
barbershop
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
developed area
jet engine
to pass the time
to fire in bursts
to issue
to feel dizzy
to become inflamed
(power station, solar panel etc) output or capacity
to shave the head but keep the queue
to get angry
to tremble
development environment (computer)
expanded polystyrene (EPS)
to send back
to push-start (a car)
lovey-dovey
to exploit (a resource)
(of an illness) to occur
to swell up
hair salon
the birthplace (of sth good)
hair restorer
long hair
to reconstitute (dried mushrooms, seaweed etc)
black hair
to boss people around (idiom)
perm
to worry
to flip out
date of issue (of document)
to issue
inventor
the time of the incident
to dispatch sb to do sth
teeing ground (golf)