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Words 58601–58700
58601投桃报李tóutáobàolǐ
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor; to exchange gifts; Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
58602拌面bànmiàn
noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc
58603拔丝básī
wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
58604挑高tiāogāo
(architecture) high-ceilinged; to raise (a ceiling) to a height of; ceiling height
58605捷安特Jié'āntè
Giant Manufacturing, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer
58606扫雷艇sǎoléitǐng
minesweeper
58607排洪páihóng
to drain flood-water
58608采制cǎizhì
to gather and process (herbs etc); (of a reporter) to gather material and put together (a recorded news item)
58609描金miáojīn
to outline in gold
58610摔打shuāida
to knock; to grasp sth in the hand and beat it; to toughen oneself up
58611摩加迪休Mójiādíxiū
Mogadishu, capital of Somalia (Tw)
58612撒克逊人Sākèxùnrén
Saxon (people)
58613撒泼sāpō
to make an unreasonable scene
58614攘rǎng
(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. ráng
58615效尤xiàoyóu
to follow a bad example
58616文蛤wéngé
clam; bivalve mollusk, many spp.
58617斑岩bānyán
porphyry (geology)
58618新密市XīnmìShì
Xinmi, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 郑州市 (ZhèngzhōuShì), Henan
58619昌吉回族自治州ChāngjíHuízúZìzhìzhōu
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区 (XīnjiāngWéiwú'ěrZìzhìqū)
58620明渠míngqú
(open, uncovered) water channel; canal
58621春风化雨chūnfēnghuàyǔ
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
58622普米族Pǔmǐzú
Pumi ethnic group
58623晶亮jīngliàng
bright; glittering
58624旷达kuàngdá
broad-minded; accepting; philosophical (about things)
58625有利有弊yǒulìyǒubì
to have both advantages and disadvantages
58626有限元yǒuxiànyuán
finite element (method)
58627杜琪峰DùQífēng
Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director
58628枉费wǎngfèi
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain
58630柴米油盐cháimǐyóuyán
(lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
58631根状茎gēnzhuàngjīng
rhizome (biol.); root stock
58632栽倒zāidǎo
to take a fall
58633森海塞尔Sēnhǎisài'ěr
Sennheiser (brand)
58634植皮zhípí
to graft skin; skin grafting
58635业大yèdà
part-time college (abbr. for 业余大学 (yèyúdàxué))
58636横路hénglù
side street; crossroad
58637欧洲核子研究中心ŌuzhōuHézǐYánjiūZhōngxīn
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
58638正切zhèngqiē
(math.) tangent (trigonometric function)
58639正着zhèngzháo
head-on; red-handed
58640正音zhèngyīn
standard pronunciation; to correct sb's pronunciation
58641永福县YǒngfúXiàn
Yongfu, a county in Guilin City 桂林市 (GuìlínShì), Guangxi
58644泰宁县TàiníngXiàn
Taining, a county in Sanming City 三明市 (SānmíngShì), Fujian
58645洛伦茨Luòlúncí
Lorentz (name); Hendrik Lorentz (1853-1928), Dutch physicist, 1902 Nobel laureate
58646流俗liúsú
prevailing customs (often pejorative); vulgar customs
58648海芋hǎiyù
giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos); common calla
58650准保zhǔnbǎo
certainly; for sure
58651溧lì
name of a river
58652溃决kuìjué
(of a dike or dam) to burst
58653潼tóng
high; name of a pass
58654瀍Chán
Chanshui river in Henan
58655灼见zhuójiàn
to see clearly; deep insight; profound view
58656无核化wúhéhuà
to make nuclear-free; to de-nuclearize
58657烦请fánqǐng
(courteous) would you please ...
58658熏染xūnrǎn
to exert a gradual influence; to nurture; a corrupting influence
58659物竞天择wùjìngtiānzé
natural selection
58660玻璃罩bōlizhào
glass cover; bell glass
58661生不逢时shēngbùféngshí
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an unlucky star; ahead of his time
58662毕恭毕敬bìgōngbìjìng
reverent and respectful; extremely deferential
58663略阳县LüèyángXiàn
Lueyang, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市 (HànzhōngShì), Shaanxi
58664病休bìngxiū
to be on sick leave
58665瘴zhàng
(bound form) miasma
58666白头翁báitóuwēng
root of Chinese pulsatilla; Chinese bulbul
58667直来直去zhíláizhíqù
going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
58668相士xiàngshì
fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication
58669相夫教子xiàngfūjiàozǐ
to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom); the traditional roles of a good wife
58670相看xiāngkàn
to look at one another; to take a good look at; to look upon
58671省却shěngquè
to save; to get rid of (so saving space)
58672眼屎yǎnshǐ
sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
58673眼点yǎndiǎn
eyespot (in lower creatures)
58674石棉县ShímiánXiàn
Shimian, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市 (Yǎ'ānShì), Sichuan
58675硅质guīzhì
siliceous; containing silica
58676硬骨鱼Yìnggǔyú
bony fishes; Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)
58677磕磕绊绊kēkebànbàn
bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person)
58678祛痰qūtán
to dispel phlegm (TCM)
58679祭灶jìzào
to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
58680祸及huòjí
to bring disaster upon
58681秦安县Qín'ānXiàn
Qin'an, a county in Tianshui City 天水市 (TiānshuǐShì), Gansu
58682窈yǎo
(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳 (yǎo))
58683管窥guǎnkuī
to look at sth through a bamboo tube; to have a restricted view
58684精日jīngrì
(Internet slang) (often derog.) "spiritually Japanese"; having a strong ideological or cultural affinity with Japan (cf. 精神日本人 (jīngshénRìběnrén))
58685终身大事zhōngshēndàshì
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
58686罪该万死zuìgāiwànsǐ
(idiom) deserving the severest punishment; death is too good for sb
58687习语xíyǔ
common saying; idiom
58688翼龙Yìlóng
Dodge Nitro (abbr. for 道奇翼龙)
58689耐看nàikàn
able to withstand careful appreciation; well worth a second look
58691肉糜ròumí
minced meat
58692背锅bēiguō
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑锅 (bēihēiguō)) to carry the can; to be a scapegoat
58693腱jiàn
tendon; sinew
58694脚底板jiǎodǐbǎn
(coll.) sole of the foot
58695膜翅目móchìmù
Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
58696胶结jiāojié
to glue; to cement; a bond
58697自食恶果zìshí'èguǒ
lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom); fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions; to stew in one's own juice
58698兴利除弊xīnglìchúbì
to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
58699兴冲冲xìngchōngchōng
full of joy and expectations; animatedly
58700舞剑wǔjiàn
to perform a sword-dance