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Definitions
- 1. son
- 2. child
- 3. seed
- 4. egg
- 5. small thing
- 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
- 7. Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
- 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- 9. subsidiary
- 10. subordinate
- 11. sub-
Example Sentences
1 shown有隻貓剛剛從籃 子 裏爬了出來。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 子
sunflower seeds
to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
sublayer
scarab
Beijing dialect
jar
bookworm
ovary (botany)
(chemistry) zwitterion
adopted son
electronic dance music
pigtail
organized group
a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[dà xué]
seemly
this time
the whole family
(fig.) supply of grain to the public
husband's sister
great-grandson
Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
feeder pig
rock garden
lit. to climb all over sb
manly
see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊|又想当婊子又想立牌坊[yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng]
eraser
crown prince
subnetwork
place
trousers
electron microscope
beloved son
woman's lover
to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)
saddle-bag
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
electronic keyboard (music)
(dialect) little devil; brat
I still have sons, don't I?
(coll.) to be the object of flattery
like father, like son (idiom)
tricky
lair
lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well.
callus (patch or hardened skin)
(coll.) father's younger brother's wife
atomic theory
baby
intestines
grape
antiparticle (physics)
tune
a straight (poker, mahjong)
house
peasant
item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts)
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
cheek
ashes after cremation
waist
dog's leg
pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)
gnarl
miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
stone roller used to compact loose soil after sowing seeds
lit. brains rusty
stamp
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
hypocrite
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
to throw off inhibitions
testicles
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
crystal
appearance
Coccidioides immitis
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)
Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti
chain
thick bar
(coll.) skinny legs
electronic edition
see 腦瓜|脑瓜[nǎo guā]
shuttle (textile)
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
cyberspace
shoe
blind person
wrecker; saboteur
to lose face; to be humiliated
a sum of money
encumbrance
impetuous person
thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
prunes
molecule
the next life
gin
house; residence
(animal's) claw
upright gentleman
executioner
lace hemming
to do sth for show
outer surface; the outside of sth
tube
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself
heavy ion (physics)
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom)
chopping board
(derog.) Korea
positive ion
sentence
to tow (a barge)
petty
(coll.) puppy
imperial concubine
Journal of Atomic Scientists
same as 花子
lithium ion battery
to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles
neutrino (particle physics)
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
woodcutter
chestnut
girl
bullet train
(dial.) silk floss
(slang) rich, good-looking guy
molecular mass
woods
to catch sb out
offspring of an animal
amulet
quilt
quantum chromodynamics (particle physics)
bamboo grid for steaming food
carbon atom
axe
to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)
high energy particle
short note
Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
arm wrestling
electronic eye
see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
e-commerce (computing)
(informal) mother's brother's wife
falsetto (in opera)
pliers
a frolicsome creature
village
Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi
rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)
to hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request
tall person
bellyful (of sth)
electric equipment
roller (used for milling or crushing)
angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
Higgs particle (particle physics)
tutor to the crown prince (in imperial China)
cunning or sly person
(derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest)
hoodlum
anus (rural coll.)
armed extremists
(dialect) simpleton
platitude
pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy (medicine)
clause (grammar)
illegal device
alley
(slang) very close friend
seal of authority
only son
(dialect) motorcycle
delayed neutron
soft in the head
somersault (in gymnastics or dance); aerial flip
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[sūn wǔ] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
hail
pole
(dialect) coarsely ground maize
ion exchange
mule
lit. a dog who catches mice
orangeade
microelectronics
bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
baryon (physics)
(coll.) to be completely at ease
coat
off-key singing voice
fig. conservative opinion
plasma (physics)
foster son
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[mò jiā] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
to grimace with displeasure
first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支
affine subspace (math.)
(math.) common factor
deep natural pond
Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
oval face
to wear out one's lips (idiom)
trace
young man
mosquito net
fun
(coll.) boy
Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang
offspring
male chauvinism
caviar
face (mining)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
thoracic cavity
see 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛|是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛[shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu]
(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
electronic money
national nature reserve at Kuandian 寬甸|宽甸 in Liaoning
village
pigeon
deck of playing cards
(dialect) to do a body search
climax (in a story)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
bead-type ion exchanger
implosion atomic bomb
hunchback
atomic power station
cuckoo
see 胳膊肘[gē bo zhǒu]
bandit; brigand
dumpling
Liangzihu district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei
Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity
to stir up trouble
valency electron
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
person living or traveling far from home
silverfish
spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis)
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
beam of electrons
forehead (dialect)
(dialect) wetlands
subsidiary company
eardrops (pendant jewelry)
atomic energy
electronic book
case
Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[kǒng fū zǐ], also known as Ji Lu 季路[jì lù]
neutron star
lit. covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)
elementary particle (particle physics)
zygote (biology)
paralyzed person
subsystem
now
to play
pot; pan; wok; cauldron
marmalade
fish eggs
to idle
photoelectron
swallow
car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
to grab sb by the pigtail
bamboo
(dialect) to live as a bachelor
Shandong opera
dandy
neutron capture
children
woman
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
skirt
(coll.) silly girl
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom)
tick (zoology)
scarlet kafir lily
to sketch
calf (back of the leg below the knee)
princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
Siemens (company name)
tartan
circle
to push up one's sleeves
children
felt (fabric)
mother-to-infant transmission
adopted son
offspring
to marry after getting pregnant
target
plum
one's ancestors
silk fabric
hot pot
seeded player
acorn
Higgs boson (particle physics)
codon
pockmark
Qiezihe district of Qitaihe city 七台河[qī tái hé], Heilongjiang
lintel
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth
police station
separatist
eyeball
subdirectory (computing)
young horse, ass or mule
slap
whistle
draft of a document
gooseberry
ribs
positron emission tomography (PET)
daughter cell
donkey foal
second son
see 蓮花落|莲花落[lián huā lào]
dango (Japanese dumpling)
to become sworn brothers
lit. to rub one's nose with dust
insect
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
(slang) to start a feud
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
plait
beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
cushion; mat; pad
electronics industry
see 命根[mìng gēn]
Shuangtai district of Panjin city 盤錦市|盘锦市, Liaoning
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
spot
film
a great number of students (idiom)
thermal neutron
quick-tempered person
mother and child
subset (math.)
woman
gap
gruel made from coarsely ground maize
black box (aviation), (systems theory)
one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively)
Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)
hammer drill for boring through rock
handle
foreign devil
son orphaned of his mother
person with country accent
neutron
Ganjingzi district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[dà lián shì], Liaoning
can opener
trowel
a (finger) ring
handle (on a pot)
nobleman
forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032
prostitute
serrated edge
atomic scientist
pistachio
sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)
gifted scholar
trellis latticework
book
desk
Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
pear
iron lattice
terminal (electronics)
careless
accounts book
see 動嘴皮|动嘴皮[dòng zuǐ pí]
clip
(of a childless couple) to pray for a son
to set the tone
father and son
Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[qí guó], also known as 晏嬰|晏婴[yàn yīng], hero of book 晏子春秋[yàn zǐ chūn qiū]
sixty years
monkey
window lattice
stratum
fig. to complain despite being privileged
Longzihu district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[bèng bù shì], Anhui
to snivel (usually humorous)
ovum
lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)
towrope
see 敗家子|败家子[bài jiā zǐ]
orange
to swim with head submerged
Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi
loafer
shoehorn
persimmon
to put on airs
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
wart
courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云[zhào yún], general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
box
fork
the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃[wáng sù]
electronic dictionary
the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[huì shī] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[míng jiā] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
chatterbox
(coll.) to pace around nervously
rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol)
whirlwind somersault (in gymnastics or martial arts)
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[zhào guó], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[cháng píng zhī zhàn] in 260 BC
young successor
Michiko, Japanese female given name
another name for Xishi 西施[xī shī]
pole
How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
macromolecule (chemistry)
apricot
(coll.) malaria
to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
polite appellation for an elderly male
waste rock (mining)
torsor (math.)
to vent anger
radicals; extremists
pistachio tree
spore
heir
to have one's bicycle chain come off
peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional)
(dialect) nuisance
plane
chip; counter
duster
door
duck
quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction)
(finger) ring
(coll.) milk
adopted son
(literary) child
the first meridian
boots
silkworm eggs
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[tán sì tóng], Lin Xu 林旭[lín xù], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[yáng shēn xiù], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[liú guāng dì], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[kāng guǎng rén] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[yáng ruì]
cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
sunspot cycle
to shave
quantum mechanics
pair of antithetical phrases
ability
Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
fuck!
thin flake
louse (Pediculus humanus)
(elementary) particle
baking soda (used to leaven bread)
bear
ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs
fat person
peppercorn
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)
to throttle
Xidian University
to educate one's children
shadow
Fanziquan - \Overturning Fist\ - Martial Art
nevus
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
Euratom
endgame (in go)
rice (crop)
insurgent; rebel
trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
grain (of rice)
(dialect) form of address for one's wife
tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation
Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
loafer; wastrel; prodigal son
The Nutcracker (ballet)
disciple; follower
knot (on a rope or string)
Pekingese
light bulb
positron (antiparticle of the electron)
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
stool
credulous
hare
eldest son
many
to show deference or praise publicly
see 腳丫子|脚丫子[jiǎo yā zi]
(coll.) paste
Coccidioidomycosis
lining
button
rent (payment)
fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
pedal
sedan chair
orange juice
bastard
beneath the surface
cayenne pepper
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility)
courtyard
molecular biology
to make a mess of sth
wheel
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher
hydroxide ion OH-
to suffer beating
glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
reactionaries; reactionary elements
bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)
nose
armed groups
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider)
subspace (math.)
pregnant
to talk glibly
a type of woolen fabric made in Tibet
to beat time
negative ion
shrimp
dense and sticky substance
debut (by a male performer or sports player)
malaria
putting on official airs
skeleton
(coll.) marine worm resembling intestines such as the spoon worm (echiuroid) or the peanut worm (Sipunculus nudus)
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the \wind\",2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63283,43492,to bear fruit,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63284,43493,seat,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63285,43493,chair,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63286,43494,coordinate (geometry),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63287,43495,bidet,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63288,43496,bidet,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63289,43497,to be imprisoned,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63290,43498,to work office hours,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63291,43498,on duty,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63292,43499,to be in prison,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63293,43500,to sit in meditation,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63294,43500,to meditate,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63295,43501,lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63296,43501,restless,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63297,43501,fidgety,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63298,43502,unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63299,43503,to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63300,43504,to be restless,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63301,43505,to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63302,43507,suppository,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63303,43508,to be embarrassed,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63304,43508,to be put in a difficult situation,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 63305,43509,to sit and watch
maize cornflour
masculinity
(dialect) a mute
attractor network
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
lit. to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (idiom)
mongoose
fruit drink
e-mail inbox
(TCM) folk remedy
activist
to kick with the hind legs
to chase girls
consonant
cage
email inbox
ionic bond (chemistry)
housefly
Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[zhòu], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[zhōu] dynasty
Zishou County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee
Zishou County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
terrible mess; shambles
Dengtu Zi, famous lecherous character
binzi
traffic camera
woman from a respectable family
to take an X-ray
(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
(dialect) child
pen
material
hadron (particle physics)
socks
kidney
benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
woolen cloth
seed enclosed in artificial capsule
Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in imperial China
Zhangzi county in Shanxi 山西[shān xī]
Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
millet
cellar
Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist
shrimp roe
period of time
to eat out
tangerine
woven mat
to go around in circles
Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
subnet mask (computing)
wife and children
a peg
steamed bun stuffed with vegetables
see 兔崽子[tù zǎi zi]
to give birth to a child or children
(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust
to pick up a girl; to get a girl
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
common people; ordinary folk
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Prince Charming
alpha particle (helium nucleus)
(Beijing dialect) see 陣子|阵子[zhèn zi]
see 松明[sōng míng]
brother's son
cubicle
neck
Lhünzê county, Tibetan: Lhun rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
an illegitimate child
nephew
swab
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
sand
artillery cluster bomb
traitor
swindler
owl
red in the face
lit. secondary foreigner
two-wheeled handcart
(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement
declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 \shoushika\)
bullet
trickery
(derog.) opera singer
twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
(airplane) black box
slap
belly
cervix
shadow cabinet
blackberry
stubble
fan
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
(dialect) glass bottle
prince
to bear seeds (of plant)
basket
boss
coconut water
to make a scapegoat of sb
melon seed
scoop
fruit
goatee
work chant
croquettes
(used sarcastically) pedant
mantis shrimp
(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress
vegetable or food basket
to seize by the throat
to club together (to offer a gift)
disturbance
shovel
miliaria (type of skin disease)
video gaming (as a sport)
a one-off, short-sighted deal
short person
white Go chess piece
moth
playboy
to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar
(coll.) wife's younger brother
deaf person
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
flower bed
to bludgeon
to go wrong
Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
sapling
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth
see 紫荊|紫荆[zǐ jīng]
double-edged fine-toothed comb
see 父慈子孝[fù cí zǐ xiào]
masculine woman
to look for blemishes
Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang
instanton (math.)
hot-water bottle
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
bamboo pole
crown prince
new emperor, new officials (idiom)
to make a mess of sth
atom
raised ground
paternal uncle's son
crafty fellow
silk ribbon or braid
lotus seed
bamboo fence
a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
Chinese pear-leaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
to perform a lion dance
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
atom bomb
clip
wardrobe
sputter
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)
father
electronic exchange of data
calf
proton bombardment
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
wall of the uterus
to break up; to disband
KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008
non-swimmer
branch road
surrogate pregnancy
bit
heap of salt (dialect)
macromolecule
youngest brother
rheumatoid factor
divisor (math.)
band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
way
drum kit
He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
spanner
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[kǒng zǐ] (551-479 BC), author of \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ], also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[sūn zǐ]
hole
chisel
Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹[zhū xī]
see 介之推[jiè zhī tuī]
electronic
Nagarzê county, Tibetan: Sna dkar rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
bag
upper arm
small hairbrush
introduction
in a short while
plum
tweezers
board
man (i.e. manly, masculine)
Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[kè lā mǎ yī shì], Xinjiang
eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
attractive appearance, but without substance
chisel
lion
to swing one's sleeve (in anger)
blighted grain
hazelnut
(slang) (of women) to hunt for rich, attractive guys
to wet one's pants
shirt collar
powder
store
If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)
jelly
proper subset
to eat out
person speaking with a foreign accent
Fangzi district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[wéi fāng shì], Shandong
to throw the dice
(coll.) bullheaded
wrist
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
basin
Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
to establish a brand
crack
frame (of spectacles, small ornament etc)
breast meat (of chicken etc)
pills
bao (steamed stuffed bun)
Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
beard
pessary
to stir up trouble
slow-tempered
awl
husband and wife
molecular hybridization
Chengzihe district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[jī xī], Heilongjiang
pomegranate seeds
unfilial son
leg (aka shaft) of a boot; leg of a sock
twig
knife
raft
fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads)
beam
mother and son
(coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
notebook
swindler
ballpoint pen
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[jīng kē] in 227 BC
official in feudal court
(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)
e-commerce
dregs
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
Nazi
see 瀉肚|泻肚[xiè dù]
small row-boat
poor but spirited person
an extreme right-winger
long table
to put on airs
hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
quantum entanglement (physics)
auspicious day
tube-shaped object
the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
cochlear implant
atomic weapon
Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period
newborn baby
computer and video games
to squeeze the throat
beads of sweat
Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard
hopscotch
to regard face as all-important
37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
molecular formula
feelers (zoology)
Yingshouyingzikuang district of Chengde city 承德市[chéng dé shì], Hebei
men's singles (sports)
intelligence gatherer
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[gě hóng] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
to meet with a rebuff
cotton-padded mattress
stick
tiger cub
sieve
sunspot
tycoon
drawer
lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)
Shuangchengzi, former name of Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region
men's basketball
crispy fried chicken
submodel
natural child
fire tongs
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)
stupid person
pearl
cluster bomb
cheek
Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site
virtual particle
(coll.) foot
wrist
at that time
atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)
ruler (measuring instrument)
male chauvinist
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc)
fool
chopsticks
stewed eggplant
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
outer (of cabbage etc)
(dialect) prison
tomboy
Shuangtai district of Panjin city 盤錦市|盘锦市, Liaoning
Confucius says:
(coll.) lying-in woman
peddlers and common people
peach
(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
(literary) virgin
neutrino (particle physics)
(fig.) a long time
cook
Sapindales
terrorist
particle physics
carrying pole and its load
crown prince
ascomycete
covering
live target
noble lady
highest common factor HCF
(coll.) pushover
putty (same as 泥子)
Fangzi district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[wéi fāng shì], Shandong
tray
e-cigarette
a dike breaks
parent and child
blanket
gingham
to set up a stall
to carry sb in a sedan chair
atomic clock
to lead by the nose
promoter
ladle; scoop
tartan
wire cutting pincers
card
fish bait
see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
(dialect) fool
hairy fellow
cave
button
(lit.) the soft knife
to throw one's weight around
orphan
son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first
son of man
(coll.) lass
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
polymer chemistry
rightist elements
functor (math.)
you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
child (computing)
Liangzihu district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period
dumpling restaurant
electronic computer
positron
members of a class or group
intrauterine device (IUD)
see 牛性[niú xìng]
orange jam
filial son
earpick
see 半瓶醋[bàn píng cù]
various sages
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
hard times
rebels and traitors (idiom)
to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland)
money
lit. to take off a hat
diffraction grating (physics)
mullet roe (salted and dried)
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what
molecular sieve
restaurant
wrist (dialect)
fibroid tumor of the uterus
urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
throat
small box
lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom)
raspberry
hammer
platter
unwanted branches (of a tree etc)
paternity or maternity test
to crawl under a table (e.g. as a penalty for losing in a card game)
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
hook
day
tongs
particle accelerator
vanilla
to abandon wife and children
angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
things as they were
straw rope
beggar
meridian
(dialect) younger sister
(coll.) chunks of ice
electron shell number (chemistry)
muon (particle physics)
whistling sound
leopard
a man; a male
small lake
Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[duān mù cì] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
positron emission tomography (PET)
Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[nán qí shū]
neutron radiography
puerperal fever
chair
valve (electronics)
(dialect) to joke
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
stick
stator (electricity)
electronic network
mustard gas
you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之[hǎo zì wéi zhī])
cannabis seed
(coll.) a moment
cervical cancer
many-particle (physics)
extremist
subatomic
to get angry
(polite) my husband
to go hungry
a freckle
giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)
sleeve
(coll.) bastard
Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer
eyelid
quantum electrodynamics QED
lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom)
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
chess piece
stupa with Buddhist relics
Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
(coll.) gathering place
double layer of padding in a boot
to slit one's own throat
plunger (for clearing drains)
(literary) student
pleat
(of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up; to pair up; to form a cooperative association
slot machine
positron
temper
see 新娘[xīn niáng]
Gemini (star sign)
positrion emission tomography (PET)
(dialect) what
one-child policy
uterus
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
acorn flour
pool
see 考試卷|考试卷[kǎo shì juàn]
wedge
leopard cat
(botany) cassia seed
Chinese opera performers
anionic site
women's suffrage
straw mattress; palliasse
finger ring (dialect)
the Chinese remainder theorem
lepton (particle physics)
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
to have lost one's mind
mill
roller bearing
ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[sūn zǐ]
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
dissidents
banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
recently
dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)
Guo Ziyi (697-781), Chinese general who served three emperors of the Tang dynasty
height
booth; vendor's stall
scorpion
soliton (physics)
toilet soap
Longzihu district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[bèng bù shì], Anhui
Korean (derog.)
return of the prodigal son
lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
tall and strong physique
ladle
poppy seed
simple life
cupboard
subfield (math.)
pipe wrench
sheath
a saw
bare upper body
unlined upper garment
seedling
a suspect
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
body
(coll.) son of a bitch
curb
(coll.) ankle
barbarian
enemy agents in our midst
to clear one's throat
kerchief
\Pregnancy-oriented Economy\, new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China
cytokine
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
bracelet
monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
radar detector (slang)
basket
roller
piecework
weight
lame person (colloquial)
closed subset (math.)
electronic organizer
vacant look of a drunk or imbecile
(for) a lifetime
only son
boson (particle physics)
(military) cluster bomb
curtain
crest
to be criticized
people
to pick an auspicious day
last disciple of a master
cork
Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[zhàn guó]
(argot) gang leader
gruel made from maize ground finer than 大𥻗子[dà chá zǐ]
to produce a draft manuscript
Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
microelectronics
to perform a jar juggling and balancing act
lit. to go on a long detour
gun barrel
see 字紙簍|字纸篓[zì zhǐ lǒu]
poem for singing
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube
viscount
(slang) cop
department of electronics
(dialect) mushroom
key point
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[qín yíng zhèng] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[jīng kē] in 227 BC
rash
(dialect) mouse; rat
sister-in-law
biopolymers
plumber
(coll.) to have diarrhea
positron
(coll.) unorthodox (method etc)
brush
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
suitcase
plectrum
(medicine) boil
a general term for local operas in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong etc
curtain
atomic radius
(automotive) electronic stability program (ESP)
bullet
to stand sb up
mound; hillock
lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
nuclear medicine
list of items
deep-fried noodle cake
jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)
lattice
putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
(coll.) factory
lit. lips
to live one's life
brat
\monkey steals the peach\ (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other
(dialect) to rush off
seed
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair)
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
piece of dough cut to the right size (for making jiaozi etc)
(literary) youngster
cannon fire to hit a mosquito
Nagarzê county, Tibetan: Sna dkar rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
pavilion
Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[wú qǐ]
test paper; examination paper
son
also called 草碼|草码[cǎo mǎ]
black bear
posthumous child
(dialect) callus
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
dates
shack
molecular gastronomy
cyborg
see 胖大海[pàng dà hǎi]
a little bit
tumor
hair clippers
an only child
child
see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]
ass
Changzhi county in Changzhi 長治|长治[cháng zhì], Shanxi
pond
coco de mer or \sea coconut\ (Lodoicea maldivica)
to start talking
atomic number
evil person
positive ion
electronvolt (eV)
subset
a rake
illegitimate child
(dialect) Beat it!
Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
cheek
shoe tree
Korean (derog.)
hydrogen nucleus
electron cloud
a beauty in the bud
man
cup
(physics) quantum well
Scout (youth organization)
honeycomb
all-inclusive
harmonic oscillator (physics)
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[kǒng zǐ]
Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[wèi liáo] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
posture
Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk)
mosquito
ladder
atomic demolition munition
all one's life
to get married and have kids
magnetic monopole
(dialect) saliva
pack animal's load
house
blackcurrant
neck
son
to put on airs
(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
enthusiast
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam
song
pancreas (of a domestic animal)
pistachio nut
particle physics
(coll.) invalid
electronics
strip of high ground
molecular genetics
tail
bamboo flute
rotor (electricity)
IEEE
bad element; bad egg; troublemaker
top student
to pass a message
Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
various sages and ten schools of thought
organic molecule
oyster
the (rightful) emperor
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[zhōu wén wáng] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
USB flash drive
to build a framework
stomachache
fuck!
good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
saucer
mouth
blood clam
Taizi district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning
beam of elementary particles
nuclear
beer belly (complimentary)
to go wrong
beat (music)
opium eater
lump
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
whip
atomic nucleus
electronic document
step
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
intrauterine device (IUD)
thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
to have real skill
to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
(coll.) daughter's son
fan
juniper berry
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
a whiff of
monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii)
stinking pretension
Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
clamp for mending pottery
snap fastener
hedonistic son of rich parents
redneck
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
hasp
bamboo rake
refined gentleman
to run into difficulties
(slang) to smoke pot
amah
Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海[cǎo hǎi], 南苑[nán yuàn] and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
half of a lifetime
linear operator (math.)
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc)
ion
sinew
wheel
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tiān gān] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[dì zhī])
throat
electrons and positrons
ticket scalper
boy
base
Lu Zijing or Lu Su 魯肅|鲁肃 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴
quantization (physics)
(American) cherry (loanword)
ear
matrix
saucer
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
prompt neutron
short-sighted
see 愛面子|爱面子[ài miàn zi]
Master (term used by servant)
cover
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages
dung beetle
proton (positively charged nuclear particle)
dabbler
another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[hán fēi], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
proton number in nucleus
wife
Tanzi or Tantzu Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
method
a coconut palm
a move (in chess)
neutron source
a while
dice
wheat
leaf arrangement
carrying pole and the loads on it
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
sprayer; spraying apparatus
ruffian
to encircle
operator (math.)
sperm
crutch
maize or millet pancake
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
drum beat
emery wheel
see 蟲牙|虫牙[chóng yá]
Tanzi or Tantzu Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
isogamete
Holy Son
pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn
lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom)
oxygen atom
Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
table
Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
prescription (of medicine)
comb
scoundrel
nail
stepson
electronics industry
quantum field theory
little devil
to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
pregnant
satin
lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
gamete
(of a woman) to take a lover
pork shoulder
caraway
formula
atom bomb
best of its kind
slingshot pellet
(coll.) to have diarrhea
subgroup (math.)
seal
one's posterity
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
full beard
Leo (star sign)
leaf (CL:片[piàn])
(slang) a cunning plot
seed plant
a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking
musical score
Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[fēi niǎo shí dài], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
the Son of God
son of a bitch
fast neutrons
(dialect) to flirt (derog.)
large meatball (\lion's head\)
upset stomach
bean
sign
lit. to take off trousers to fart
griddle
Siemens AG
subroutine
see 王八羔子[wáng bā gāo zi]
a book
tangerine
pin tumbler lock
child
boy
see 馬駒|马驹[mǎ jū]
machine
intellectual
anthology
molecular biology
if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[gě yōu] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[ràng zǐ dàn fēi])
pine nut
beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus)
sand
the Greenwich meridian
the only son of a family
son of an official
state of matter (solid, liquid or gas)
madman
to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
seat cover
shelf
Yingshouyingzikuang district of Chengde city 承德市[chéng dé shì], Hebei
hydrogen atom
photon (particle physics)
neutron bomb
see 腳腕|脚腕[jiǎo wàn]
to eat out
quantum
so
China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)
brains
gesture; posture
string of copper coins (in ancient China)
devils
to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling)
hot-tempered
Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress
male gamete
kind of dumpling
anticodon
shark's fin
right in front of sb's eyes
right-hander
atomic reactor
baby food
Taiwanese yokel (derog.)
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
scoop
Shizishan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[tóng líng shì], Anhui
Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
thin person
lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
(derog.) Russia
son of first wife
gluon (particle physics)
to wear a hat
saliva
barracuda
Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - \Eagle Claw\ - Martial Art
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
hat
Chengzihe district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[jī xī], Heilongjiang
neutron number
to express an opinion
base
caper (Capparis spinosa)
courage
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[kǒng fū zǐ]
(coll.) infant
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
mug
to bend forward
lit. a soft nail
quantum theory (physics)
pedant
(literary) orphan
many particle systems (physics)
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
(coll.) one's adversary is very tough
(coll.) to die
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
atomic mass
electrically charged particles
flag
(genetics) insertion element
patriotic overseas compatriot
diffraction grating (physics)
embroidery frame
clippers
trouble
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
classifier for affairs, events etc
(dialect) to talk nonsense
to raise one's voice
subheading
Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
usury
hoof
Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
skink
fairy
sperm concentration, often called sperm count
(dialect) saliva
number (e.g. page or house number)
electron shell (in the atom)
brother-in-law
(coll.) forthright person
negative ion
Chinese-style gown
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
to die without progeny
rape (Brassica campestris L.)
Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
louse egg
booklet
(EA) Origin (service) (jocular)
belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle
lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
(coll.) husband's elder brother
stepchildren
children
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud
see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi]
feral child
vinegar jar
foreign devil
skin
pillar
pupil of the eye
to lose face
linseed
middleman
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together
child
gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
adopted son
goddess of fertility
(coll.) a slap on one's face
it seems
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider)
lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom)
bend
illegitimate child (male)
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
(coll.) he-man
official
idiot
left-hander
country bumpkin
a couple of times
(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt
Yuriko, Japanese female given name
lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
family
chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables)
pedestal
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
mirror
bottle
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
to deal a single fatal blow
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects
grandson
Lhotse Mountain, between Tibet and Nepal
NEC (Nippon Electronic Company)
shop sign
Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[kè lā mǎ yī shì], Xinjiang
to supply the answering phrase
see 走門路|走门路[zǒu mén lù]
Hebei opera
cord; string; rope
lame person
(dialect) (of a person) useless
watchman's clapper
unfilial son
Lhünzê county, Tibetan: Lhun rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
to capture stones (in Go)
to allow sb to save face
long woven mat used to form a cylindrical grain bin
mythical monster that preys on swimmers
see 大人不記小人過|大人不记小人过[dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò]
young child
see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín]
callus (patch or hardened skin)
hyacinth (flower)
boyish; childish
Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu
hydroxide ion OH-
midnight
young fellow countryman
short paragraph
(oral) to write (esp. for a living)
voice training (for Chinese opera)
goji berry
see 腳丫子|脚丫子[jiǎo yā zi]
see 串門|串门[chuàn mén]
shapeless
bald-headed person
aniseed
town
Shizishan or Lion Mountain
see 曼荷蓮學院|曼荷莲学院[màn hé lián xué yuàn]
prince
(informal) older brother's wife
feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius
atomic weight
(PRC) fender (automotive)
stream of particles
to take a wrong turn
stove
attractor (math., dynamical systems)
window
lawbreaker; outlaw
musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)
electronic engineering
chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
to tag sb with unfair label
seed
hammer
Camel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍[lǎo shě]
exciton (physics)
to pick one's nose
factor
(esp. of an actor) strong
recluse
molecular medicine
the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion
see 料件子活[liào jiàn zi huó]
steamed roll
screwdriver
(coll.) unexpectedly
meson
(physics) fermion
pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread)
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
cover; casing