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Words 53301–53400
53301削xuē
to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. xuè
53302三家村Sānjiācūn
(lit.) village of three households; the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 邓拓 (DèngTuò), Wu Han 吴晗 (WúHán) and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙 (LiàoMòshā), criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution
53303三角恋sānjiǎoliàn
love triangle
53304不修边幅bùxiūbiānfú
not care about one's appearance (idiom); slovenly in dress and manner
53305不安分bù'ānfen
restless; unsettled
53306丢开diūkāi
to cast or put aside; to forget for a while
53307中毒者zhòngdúzhě
poisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure); (coll.) addict; junkie; enthusiast (video games, shopping etc)
53308久经考验jiǔjīngkǎoyàn
well tested over a long period of time (idiom); seasoned
53309二元论èryuánlùn
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
53310交变jiāobiàn
half-period of a wave motion; alternation
53311今译jīnyì
modern language version; modern translation; contemporary translation
53312佼jiǎo
handsome
53313供血gōngxuè
to donate blood
53314信义区XìnyìQū
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 台北市 (TáiběiShì), Taiwan; Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市 (Jīlóngshì), Taiwan
53315信丰县XìnfēngXiàn
Xinfeng, a county in Ganzhou City 赣州市 (GànzhōuShì), Jiangxi
53316修饰语xiūshìyǔ
(grammar) modifier; qualifier; adjunct
53317假动作jiǎdòngzuò
fake move or pass (sports); feint
53318偏锋piānfēng
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正锋 (zhèngfēng) and 侧锋 (cèfēng)); (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
53319充军chōngjūn
to banish (to an army post, as a punishment)
53320内贸nèimào
domestic trade
53321公平合理gōngpínghélǐ
fair; equitable
53322冒火màohuǒ
to get angry; to burn with rage
53323冰帽bīngmào
icecap
53324出水口chūshuǐkǒu
water outlet; drainage outlet
53325分租fēnzū
(of a landlord) to rent out one or more parts of a property; (of a tenant) to sublet one or more parts of a property; (agriculture) sharecropping
53326刨冰bàobīng
shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage
53327利伯维尔Lìbówéi'ěr
Libreville, capital of Gabon
53328刚正gāngzhèng
honest; upright
53329剪贴板jiǎntiēbǎn
(computing) clipboard
53330创业精神chuàngyèjīngshén
enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
53331剽悍piāohàn
swift and fierce
53332勒克斯lèkèsī
lux (unit of illuminance) (loanword)
53333包租bāozū
to rent; to charter; to rent land or a house for subletting; fixed rent for farmland
53334北辰区Běichénqū
Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市 (Tiānjīnshì)
53335十字花科shízìhuākē
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
53337卵磷脂luǎnlínzhī
lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
53338厔zhì
river bent
53339原生动物yuánshēngdòngwù
protozoan (bacteria)
53340反射弧fǎnshèhú
reflex arc
53341反证法fǎnzhèngfǎ
reductio ad absurdum
53343口不择言kǒubùzéyán
to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly
53344可持续kěchíxù
sustainable
53345吃不了兜着走chībuliǎodōuzhezǒu
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom); fig. you'll have to take the consequences
53346同病相怜tóngbìngxiānglián
fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
53347咯血kǎxiě
to cough up blood; to have hemoptysis
53348唐河县TánghéXiàn
Tanghe, a county in Nanyang City 南阳市 (NányángShì), Henan
53349啄食zhuóshí
(of a bird) to peck at food
53350喜力Xǐlì
Heineken (Dutch brewing company)
53351噙qín
to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
53352喷火器pēnhuǒqì
flamethrower
53353国民待遇guómíndàiyù
(law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and companies are accorded the same treatment as nationals or domestic goods, services and companies within the host country
53354国色天香guósètiānxiāng
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
53355国办Guóbàn
General Office of the State Council (abbr. for 国务院办公厅 (GuówùyuànBàngōngtīng))
53356围篱wéilí
fence; paling
53357土鳖tǔbiē
ground beetle; (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海归 (hǎiguī), has never studied overseas; (dialect) country bumpkin
53358坠亡zhuìwáng
to fall to one's death
53359外骨骼wàigǔgé
(zoology) exoskeleton
53360多言duōyán
wordy; talkative
53361大冢Dàzhǒng
Ōtsuka (Japanese surname)
53362太爷tàiyé
(respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate
53363失语症shīyǔzhèng
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
53364奉祀fèngsì
to worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc); (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
53365女犯nǚfàn
female offender in imperial China (old)
53366好气hǎoqì
(coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative); angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑 (hǎoxiào))
53367如来佛Rúláifó
Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
53368娘娘腔niángniangqiāng
sissy; effeminate
53369字根zìgēn
component of a Chinese character; (linguistics) word root; etymon
53370孤本gūběn
the only extant copy of a book
53371客店kèdiàn
small hotel; inn
53372家数jiāshù
the distinctive style and techniques handed down from master to apprentice within a particular school
53373寒毛hánmáo
fine hair on the human body
53375封开县FēngkāiXiàn
Fengkai, a county in Zhaoqing City 肇庆市 (ZhàoqìngShì), Guangdong
53376对撞duìzhuàng
to collide head-on
53377对门duìmén
the building or room opposite
53378导尿管dǎoniàoguǎn
urinary catheter
53379导播dǎobō
to direct a television or radio broadcast; director (TV, radio)
53380小叔xiǎoshū
husband's younger brother; brother-in-law
53381小睡xiǎoshuì
to nap; to doze
53382就职演说jiùzhíyǎnshuō
inaugural speech
53383层次分明céngcìfēnmíng
layered; structured; made up of distinct parts
53384岩屑yánxiè
(rock) debris; scree
53385崇山峻岭chóngshānjùnlǐng
towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
53386差速器chāsùqì
differential (gear)
53387平视píngshì
to look squarely at; to look straight ahead; (instrumentation) heads-up (display)
53388年轻力壮niánqīnglìzhuàng
young and vigorous (idiom)
53389干群gànqún
cadres and masses; party officials and ordinary people
53390底定dǐdìng
(literary) to quell an insurgency; (Tw) to settle (a matter)
53391废钢fèigāng
scrap metal; steel scrap
53392广谱guǎngpǔ
broad spectrum
53393广饶县GuǎngráoXiàn
Guangrao, a county in Dongying City 东营市 (DōngyíngShì), Shandong
53394建昌县JiànchāngXiàn
Jianchang, a county in Huludao City 葫芦岛市 (HúlúdǎoShì), Liaoning
53395引狼入室yǐnlángrùshì
(lit.) to show the wolf into the house (idiom); (fig.) to introduce a potential source of trouble
53396弹词táncí
ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
53397律政司Lǜzhèngsī
Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
53398徽县HuīXiàn
Hui County or Huixian, a county in Longnan City 陇南市 (LǒngnánShì), Gansu
53399心领神会xīnlǐngshénhuì
to understand tacitly (idiom); to know intuitively; to understand thoroughly
53400志留纪Zhìliújì
Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)