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[東施效顰] DōngShīxiàopín lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself

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西         dōngxī/dōngxi, [東西], east and west, thing/stuff/person/CL:個|个[gè],件[jiàn]
        Dōng/dōng, [東], surname Dong, east/host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)/landlord
        Dōngjīng, [東京], Tokyo, capital of Japan/Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial peri...
        Āndōngní, [安東尼], Anthony (name)
        dōngbù, [東部], the east/eastern part
        fángdōng, [房東], landlord
        Dōngfāng/dōngfāng, [東方], the East/the Orient/two-character surname Dongfang, east
        Zhōngdōng, [中東], Middle East
        
        gǔdōng, [股東], shareholder/stockholder
        Dōngběi/dōngběi, [東北], Northeast China/Manchuria, northeast
        dōngbian, [東邊], east/east side/eastern part/to the east of
        
        DōngŌu, [東歐], Eastern Europe
        dōngmiàn, [東面], east side (of sth)
        dōngdōng, [東東], (coll.) thing/item/stuff
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        dōngnán, [東南], southeast
        
        dōngshānzàiqǐ, [東山再起], lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig...
        
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西         huàidōngxi, [壞東西], bastard/scoundrel/rogue
        Yuǎndōng, [遠東], Far East (loanword)
        Dōngnányà, [東南亞], Southeast Asia
        
        dōngnánbù, [東南部], southeast part
西         lǎodōngxi, [老東西], (derog.) old fool/old bastard
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        dōngcè, [東側], east side/east face
        
        
        Guāndōng, [關東], Northeast China/Manchuria/lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shān hǎi guān]/Kantō...
广         Guǎngdōng, [廣東], Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yuè], capital Guan...
        Dōngyà, [東亞], East Asia
        dōngjiā, [東家], master (i.e. employer)/landlord/boss
        
        MáoZédōng, [毛澤東], Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
        DōngDé, [東德], East Germany (1945-1990)/German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国[Dé yì zhì ...
        
        yǐdōng, [以東], to the east of (suffix)
        fùzhūdōngliú, [付諸東流], wasted effort
        DōngHǎi, [東海], East China Sea/East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
        dōngjīng, [東經], longitude east
西         dōngbēnxīpǎo, [東奔西跑], to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily/to bustle about
        
        
西         dōngzhāngxīwàng, [東張西望], to look in all directions (idiom)/to glance around
        ShèngĀndōngníào, [聖安東尼奧], San Antonio, Texas
        
        
西         gèbèndōngxī, [各奔東西], to go separate ways (idiom)/to part ways with sb/Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
        Dāndōng, [丹東], Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
        DōngjīngWān, [東京灣], Tokyo Bay/former name of 北部灣|北部湾[Běi bù Wān], Gulf of Tonkin
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        Jīndōng, [金東], Jindong district of Jinhua city 金華市|金华市[Jīn huá shì], Zhejiang
        
        fùzhīdōngliú, [付之東流], to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
        
        Dōngfēi, [東非], East Africa
        
西         dōngdǎoxīwāi, [東倒西歪], to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)/to sway/(of buildings etc) to lean ...
        
        
        Dōngyáng, [東陽], Dongyang county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jīn huá], Zhejiang
        Dōnghàn, [東漢], Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
        
        dōngchuāngshìfā, [東窗事發], (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)/to come to light
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Shāndōng, [山東], Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[J...
西         dōngxīfāng, [東西方], east and west/east to west
        
        Dōngchéng, [東城], Dongcheng district of central Beijing
        
西         dōngbēnxīzǒu, [東奔西走], to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily/to bustle about/to hopsco...
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        Dōngchéngqū, [東城區], Dongcheng district of central Beijing
        xiàngdōng, [向東], eastwards
        zuòdōng, [做東], to act as host
        Dōnghé, [東河], Donghe or Tungho township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Ta...
        
        Dōngzhèngjiào, [東正教], Eastern Orthodox Church
        
        
        
        
        
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        Dōnghú, [東湖], Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
        
        
        DōngtiáoYīngjī, [東條英機], Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
西         dōngxīnánběi, [東西南北], east west south north
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Dōngzhī, [東芝], Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
        Dōngyíng, [東營], Dongying prefecture-level city in Shandong
        Jiāngdōng, [江東], Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Níng bō shì], Zhejiang
        
        
        Dōngpíng, [東平], Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安[Tài ān], Shandong
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        Dōngxīng, [東興], Dongxing district of Neijiang city 內江市|内江市[Nèi jiāng shì], Sichuan/Dongxing coun...
        Jiāngdōngqū, [江東區], Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Níng bō shì], Zhejiang
        
        
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        DōngfāngHángkōng, [東方航空], China Eastern Airlines
        
        Dàdōng, [大東], Dadong district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
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        JìnDōng, [近東], Near East
        
        
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        zuòdōng, [作東], to host (a dinner)/to treat/to pick up the check
        
        Dōngyáng, [東洋], Japan (old)/East Asian countries
        Dōngmíng, [東明], Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[Hé zé], Shandong
        
        
        Dōngyíng, [東瀛], East China Sea/Japan
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        Dōngbǎo, [東寶], Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[Jīng mén shì], Hubei
        Dōngān, [東安], Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yǒng zhōu], Hunan/Dong'an district of Mudanjiang ci...
        Dōngshān, [東山], Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhāng zhōu], Fujian/Tungshan township in Tainan ...
        
        dōngdàozhǔ, [東道主], host/official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
        
        
        
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        fúrúDōngHǎi, [福如東海], may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
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        Pǔlǔdōng, [普魯東], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), French socialist philosopher
        
        
        
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        èrfángdōng, [二房東], sublandlord/tenant who sublets
        
        
        Dōnghéqū, [東河區], Donghe district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Dōngdìwèn, [東帝汶], East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)
        
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        Pǔdōng, [浦東], Pudong, subprovincial district of Shanghai
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        Chéngdōngqū, [城東區], east city district/Chengdong district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市[Xī níng shì], Qingh...
        
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        Dōngguǎn, [東莞], Dongguan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
        
        
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        Dōngguō, [東郭], two-character surname Dongguo
        
        
        
        Dōngjiāng, [東江], Dongjiang River
        
        
        
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        SūDōngpō, [蘇東坡], Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and c...
        
        
        
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        Dōngguāng, [東光], Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[Cāng zhōu], Hebei
        
        Dōngpō, [東坡], Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市[Méi shān Shì], Sichuan
        
        
        chuándōng, [船東], ship owner
        
        
        
        
        dōngdào, [東道], host
        
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        ShāndōngShěng, [山東省], Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[J...
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        Bādōng, [巴東], Badong county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[Ēn shī Tǔ...
        
        
        
        

        cuòshī, measure/step/CL:個|个[gè]
        Shī/shī, surname Shi, to grant/to give/to bestow/to act/to carry out
        shíshī, [實施], to implement/to carry out
        shèshī, [設施], facilities/installation
        shīshě, [施捨], to give in charity/to give alms (to the poor)
        shīzhǎn, to use fully/to put to use
        shījiā, to exert (effort or pressure)
        fāhàoshīlìng, [發號施令], to boss people around (idiom)
        shīyā, [施壓], to pressure
        shīgōng, construction/to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
        wújìkěshī, [無計可施], no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end/at the end of one's tether/p...
        shīxíng, to put in place/to put into practice/to take effect
        
        Shīwǎxīngé, Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2...
        
        shīfàng, to fire/to discharge/to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
        lèshànhàoshī, [樂善好施], kind and charitable
        Shītèláosī, [施特勞斯], Strauss (name)/Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer/Richard Strauss (18...
        
        
西         Xīshī, Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beautie...
        Shīmìtè, Schmidt or Schmitt (surname)
        shīēn, to confer a favor on sb/to confer a benefit
        Shīlè, [施樂], Xerox
        
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        fùzhūshíshī, [付諸實施], to put into practice/to carry out (idiom)
        
        
        
        shīzhèng, administration
        
        ruǎnyìngjiānshī, [軟硬兼施], use both carrot and stick/use gentle methods and force/an iron hand in a velvet ...
        
        
        
        
        shīféi, to spread manure/to apply fertilizer
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        shīxǐ, baptize
        shīyòng, to implement/to use
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        shīfǎ, to implement the law/to perform sorcery
        bùshī, Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Shīwǎbù, Schwab (name)
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·         Ānuòdé·Shīwǎxīngé, [阿諾德·施瓦辛格], Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2...
        
        
        shīlǐ, [施禮], to salute/to greet
        shīzhǔ, benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson)/donor (semiconductor)
        
        
        
        
        
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        dàoxíngnìshī, to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong/to try to turn back histo...
        
        
        
        
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        xiàoguǒ, result/effect/efficacy/(theater) sound or visual effects
        yǒuxiào, effective/in effect/valid
        xiàoláo, [效勞], to serve (in some capacity)/to work for
        wúxiào, [無效], not valid/ineffective/in vain
        zòuxiào, to show results/effective
        shīxiào, to fail/to lose effectiveness
        xiàolì, effectiveness/positive effect/to serve (in some capacity)
        xiàoyìng, [效應], effect (scientific phenomenon)
        xiàolǜ, efficiency
        shēngxiào, to take effect/to go into effect
        xiàozhōng, to vow loyalty and devotion to
        xiào, [俲]/[傚]/[効], variant of 傚|效[xiào], variant of 效[xiào]/to imitate, variant of 效[xiào], effect/...
        gāoxiào, efficient/highly effective
        chéngxiào, effect/result
        tèxiào, special effect/specially good effect/especially efficacious
        
        
        gōngxiào, efficacy
        yīnxiào, sound effect
        jiànxiào, [見效], to have the desired effect
        liáoxiào, [療效], healing efficacy/healing effect
仿         xiàofǎng, [傚仿], see 仿傚|仿效[fǎng xiào]
        
        yǒuxiàoqī, period of validity/sell-by date
        xíngzhīyǒuxiào, to be effective (idiom)
        xiàoyì, benefit/effectiveness/efficiency
        shíxiào, [時效], effectiveness for a given period of time/prescription (law)/aging (metallurgy)
        jìxiào, [績效], performance/results/achievement
        bàoxiào, [報效], render service to repay kindness
        xiàoyòng, usefulness/effectiveness/(economics) utility
仿         fǎngxiào, [仿傚], to copy/to imitate
        sùxiào, quick results/fast-acting
        xiàonéng, efficacy/effectiveness
        tèxiàoyào, [特效藥], effective medicine for a specific condition/highly effective medicine
        yǒuxiàoxìng, validity
        yīnxiǎngxiàoguǒ, [音響效果], sound effects
        yǐjǐngxiàoyóu, in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)/as a warning to others
        dīxiào, inefficient/ineffective
        
        
        zhuóyǒuchéngxiào, highly effective/fruitful
        shōuxiào, to yield results
        
        
        xiàofǎ, to imitate/to follow the example of
        xiàoyàn, [效驗], (desired) effect/(expected) result/effective
        
        shíxiào, [實效], actual effect/practical result/efficacy
        
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        yīpínyīxiào, [一顰一笑], every frown and every smile
        pín, [顰], to scowl/to knit the brows

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