de
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
mù dì
purpose
aim
goal
target
objective
CL:個|个[ge4]
de huà
if (coming after a conditional clause)
yǒu de
(there are) some (who are...)
some (exist)
zhòng dì
to hit the target
to hit the nail on the head
xiǎo de
I (when talking to a superior)
zhòng yào de shì
It is important (that) ...
The (important) point is ...
shì de
yes, that's right
variant of 似的[shi4 de5]
duān dì
really
after all
details
particulars
yǒu de shì
have plenty of
there's no lack of
shì de
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
biāo di
target
aim
objective
what one hopes to gain
nà yàng de
that kind of
that sort of
dǎ dī
(coll.) to take a taxi
to go by taxi
jiǎ de
bogus
ersatz
fake
mock
phoney
zǒng de lái shuō
generally speaking
to sum up
in summary
in short
lóng de chuán rén
Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
hǎo yàng de
(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
pò dì
to hit the target
(fig.) to hit the nail on the head
dá dào mù dì
to achieve one's aim
to get what one wants
dí gē
(young male) taxi driver
cabbie (slang)
zhí de zhù yì de shì
it's worth noting that...
biǎo miàn de
superficial
just for show
wèi de shì
for the sake of
for the purpose of
zěn me gǎo de
How did it happen?
What's wrong?
What went wrong?
What's up?
zhēn shi de
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
mó dī
motorcycle taxi
abbr. for 摩托車的士|摩托车的士[mo2 tuo1 che1 di1 shi4]
dí shì
taxi (loanword, originally Hong Kong usage)
also called 出租車|出租车 or 出租汽車|出租汽车
xún dì
homing
target-seeking (military)
bù zú de dì fang
defect
disadvantage
drawback
unsatisfactory point
zhòng shǐ zhī dì
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism
attacked on all sides
bǎo hú lu de mì mì
Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
dí shì gāo
disco (loanword)
also written 迪斯科[di2 si1 ke1]
Bā ěr dì mó
Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
zuì hòu de wǎn cān
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
hǎo pà de
worthy of being afraid of
lí míng qián de hēi àn
darkness comes before dawn
things can only get better (idiom)
jiāng hái shì lǎo de là
lit. old ginger is hotter than young ginger
experience counts (idiom)
Huáng dì de xīn yī
the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
wú dì fàng shǐ
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking
firing blindly
to shoot in the air
a shot in the dark
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
fā zhǎn de guó jiā
developing country
developing nation
lái yìng de
to get tough
to use force
zì wǒ de rén
(my, your) own person
(to assert) one's own personality
Dì lí bō lǐ
Tripoli, capital of Libya
Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
Yà dì sī Yà bèi bā
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
tiān shēng de yī duì
couple who were made for each other
dì qiú shàng de shēng wù
Life on Earth, 1979 TV series by David Attenborough 大衛·艾登堡|大卫·艾登堡[Dà wèi · Ài dēng bǎo]
huáng guān shàng de míng zhū
the brightest jewel in the crown
Méng dé wéi dì yà
Montevideo, capital of Uruguay
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
to move a stone and stub one's toe
to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
gǔ dì
bull's-eye
target
objective
gòu shòu de
to be quite an ordeal
to be hard to bear
miàn xiàng duì xiàng de jì shù
object-oriented technology
yī shǐ zhòng dì
to hit the target with a single shot
to say something spot on (idiom)
jué wàng de jìng dì
desperate straits
impossible situation
ā dì píng
atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
Fù huó de jūn tuán
the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army)
Máo Zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi
Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
jiǎn jié shì zhì huì de líng hún
Brevity is the soul of wit (from Polonius' 波洛涅斯 speech in Hamlet II:2 哈姆雷特).
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng Guān dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge
you take the easy way, I'll follow the hard path
Yǎ diǎn de tài mén
Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
guà shuài de shè huì
a society in which that is regarded as all-important
fēng xiǎn yǔ shōu yì de guān xì
relation between venture and profit
risk-return relation
gǒu rì de liáng shi
The damned grain, novel by Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒
Dà ān dì liè sī
Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago
Dà ān dì liè sī qún dǎo
Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago
qián bù shì wàn néng de méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de
Money isn't everything but without money you have nothing. (idiom)
zǒu zì jǐ de lù , ràng rén jiā qù shuō
Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)
Do it my way.
wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì
to play a cat and mouse game
shēng mìng de yí jì
trace of life
vestige of life
Máo Zé dōng · bù wéi rén zhī de gù shi
Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
suì dào jìn tóu de guāng liàng
the light at the end of the tunnel
chī bǎo le fàn chēng de
having nothing better to do
see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
huàn nàn zhī jiāo cái shì zhēn zhèng de péng you
a friend in need is a friend indeed (English proverb)
cf idiom 患難之交|患难之交, a friend in need
měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang
However excellent, everyone has his defects.
There is always a fly in the ointment.
cf idiom 美中不足[měi zhōng bù zú], everything is fine except for one small defect
kě cāo zuò de yì shù
the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)
yòng hù dào wǎng luò de jiē kǒu
User-Network Interface
UNI
chōng mǎn xī wàng de bá shè bǐ dào dá mù dì dì gēng néng gěi rén lè qù
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
chéng gōng de nán rén hòu mian bì yǒu yī gè fèng xiàn de nǚ rén
Every successful man has a dedicated woman behind him (European proverb).
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target
méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
pàn biàn de shěng fèn
renegade province (term PRC uses for Taiwan)
shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài
essence is more important than external appearance
a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
yī gū jie r de líng chī
to snack in dribs and drabs
hòu xù de jiě shì guò chéng
post-interpretive processes
lín shí de běn dì guǎn lǐ jiē kǒu
Interim Local Management Interface
ILMI
jīn shòu shí jiān de kǎo yàn
to stand the test of time (idiom)
hào qí huì chī kǔ tou de
Curiosity killed the cat.
Chūn fēng shēn zuì de wǎn shang
Intoxicating spring nights, novel by Yu Dafu 郁達夫|郁达夫
dī gē
male taxi driver
cabbie (slang)
wán yīn de
to play dirty
crafty
scheming
rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof
anxious
agitated
pō chū qù de shuǐ
spilt water
(fig.) sth that can not be retrieved
spilt milk
yǒu de méi de
trivial (matters)
triviality
nonsense
rubbish
yǒu de méi yǒu de
see 有的沒的|有的没的[you3 de5 mei2 de5]
Zuì hòu de Wǎn cān
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
Dì lǐ yǎ sī tè
Trieste, port city in Italy
miàn dī
abbr. of 麵包車的士|面包车的士[mian4 bao1 che1 di1 shi4]
minivan taxi
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target
Yǎ diǎn de Tài mén
Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
fig. government officials come and go
hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
what's going on?
jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
guǎn tā de
don’t worry about (it, him etc)
doesn’t matter
whatever
anyway
zhēn yǒu nǐ de
You're really quite something!
You're just amazing!
shěng yóu de dēng
sb who is easy to deal with
Dì lí bō lǐ
Tripoli, capital of Libya
Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
Chūn fēng Shēn zuì de Wǎn shang
Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁達夫|郁达夫[Yu4 Da2 fu1]
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
hoisted by one's own petard
bàn lù shā chū de Chéng Yǎo jīn
see 半路殺出個程咬金|半路杀出个程咬金[ban4 lu4 sha1 chu1 ge4 Cheng2 Yao3 jin1]
tā mā de
(taboo curse) damn it!
fucking
tā niáng de
same as 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5]
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
What brings you here? (idiom)
bù shì chī sù de
not to be trifled with
to be reckoned with
yī yǔ pò dì
see 一語中的|一语中的[yi1 yu3 zhong4 di4]
yī yǔ zhòng dì
to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
to say sth spot on
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom)
fig. in the same boat
in it together for better or worse
to sink or swim together
nǎ r de huà
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment)
don't mention it
Dà Ān dì liè sī Qún dǎo
Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2]
fú bù qǐ de Ā dǒu
weak and inept person
hopeless case
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha
see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]