qi lai
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾[shou1 shi5])
(after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgement
xuān dú
to read out loud to an audience
a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
pào
bubble
foam
blister (i.e. skin bubble)
to soak
to steep
to infuse
to dawdle
to shilly-shally
to hang about
to pick up (a girl)
to get off with (a sexual partner)
classifier for occurrences of an action
classifier for number of infusions
qiān tóu
to lead (an animal by the head)
to take the lead
to coordinate (a combined operation)
to mediate
a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
chóng dié
to overlap
to superimpose
to telescope
to run together
to duplicate
one over another
superposition
an overlap
redundancy
reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)
lán pí shū
an official report (e.g. governmental)
guò rè
to overheat (e.g. an economy)
jí quán
centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
lái diàn
incoming telegram or telephone call
your telegram, telephone call, or message
to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
to have instant attraction to sb
to have chemistry with sb
to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
zǒu dòng
to walk around
to move about
to stretch one's legs
to go for a walk
to be mobile (e.g. after an illness)
to visit one another
to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
tà
to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)
ān rán wú yàng
safe and sound (idiom)
to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)
mó shā
to scrub with an abrasive
to sand
frosted (e.g. glass)
wěi shù
remainder (after rounding a number)
decimal part (of number after the decimal point)
mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.)
small change
balance (of an account)
jìn chǎng
to go into
to enter an arena (e.g. sporting)
zāo jù
to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa)
to have an application rejected
tīng lái
to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)
to ring (true)
to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression)
to hear from somewhere
wài chǎng
outer area (of a place that has an inner area)
dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen)
outfield (baseball etc)
area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium)
field (maintenance, testing etc)
(Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage
diàn gōng lǜ
power usage of an electric device (e.g. a 100 watt light bulb)
piào yǒu
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
āo bǎn
an engraved printing plate
gravure
intaglio
material printed using gravure (e.g. postage stamps)
ài yǎn
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
qiǎo lì míng mù
to fabricate excuses (idiom)
to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
luó guō
humpbacked (e.g. a bridge)
in the form of an arch
a hunchback
hóng gǔ
(economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis
yǐn jí
an unmentionable illness (e.g. venereal disease)
bù dìng guān cí
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
dài fēn shù
mixed fraction
mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters)
see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4]
piào yǒu r
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
bǎng dìng
binding (loanword)
to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
huó yòng
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly
to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
fù dú
(of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)
ān ē
(literary) to hesitate
indecisive
shàng bǎng
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam)
to make the list
(of a song) to hit the charts
lián duì
wing (of an air force)
sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea)
bù dìng guàn cí
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
lǐng zǒu
to lead (sb, or an animal) away
to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand)
to take away
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