ruò gān
a certain number or amount
how many?
how much?
tǎng ruò
provided that
supposing that
if
Guō Mò ruò
Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik
ruò wú qí shì
as if nothing had happened (idiom); calmly
nonchalantly
qū zhī ruò wù
to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
bō rě
Sanskrit prajña: wisdom
great wisdom
wondrous knowledge
ruò yǐn ruò xiàn
faintly discernible (idiom)
ruò fēi
were it not for
if not for
huǎng ruò
as if
as though
rather like
xīn xǐ ruò kuáng
to be wild with joy (idiom)
bù ruò
not as good as
not equal to
inferior
shòu chǒng ruò jīng
overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
Ruò ěr gài
Zoigê county (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
xiāng ruò
on a par with
comparable to
dà zhì ruò yú
great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)
xū huái ruò gǔ
receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
zhì ruò wǎng wén
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
lán ruò
Buddhist temple (translit. of Sanskrit Aranyakah)
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
far-flung realms as next door (idiom)
close in spirit although far away
tài rán zì ruò
cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves
perfectly composed
kǒu ruò xuán hé
mouth like a torrent (idiom)
eloquent
glib
voluble
have the gift of the gab
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
frigid
Ruò qiāng
Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
dāi ruò mù jī
lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
Ruò wàng
John
Saint John
less common variant of 約翰|约翰[Yue1 han4] preferred by the Catholic church
ān zhī ruò sù
bear hardship with equanimity
regard wrongdoing with equanimity
bō rě bō luó mì
prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
jìn ruò hán chán
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away
absence makes the heart grow fonder
Ruò qiāng xiàn
Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Ruò ěr gài xiàn
Zoigê county (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
fèng ruò shén míng
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
to worship
to deify
to make a holy cow of sth
to put sb on a pedestal
Zhāng Ruò xū
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
dòng ruò guān huǒ
clear as a flame (idiom); to see things absolutely clearly
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
tán xiào zì ruò
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened
to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
Ruò hàn
John (less common form of 若望[Ruo4 wang4] or 約翰|约翰[Yue1 han4])
càn ruò fán xīng
bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent