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[窮則思變] qióngzésībiàn when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)

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        qióng, [窮], poor/destitute/to use up/to exhaust/thoroughly/extremely/(coll.) persistently an...
        qióngrén, [窮人], poor people/the poor
        pínqióng, [貧窮], poor/impoverished
        wúqióng, [無窮], endless/boundless/inexhaustible
        qióngkùn, [窮困], destitute/wretched poverty
        qióngguāngdàn, [窮光蛋], poor wretch/pauper/destitute man/poverty-stricken peasant/penniless good-for-not...
        
        qióngkǔ, [窮苦], impoverished/destitute
        wúqióngwújìn, [無窮無盡], endless/boundless/infinite
        
        
        
        Qiánlǘjìqióng, [黔驢技窮], to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
        qióngjìn, [窮盡], to use up/to exhaust/to probe to the bottom/limit/end
        céngchūbùqióng, [層出不窮], more and more emerge/innumerable succession/breeding like flies (idiom)
        
        
        
        qióngxiāngpìrǎng, [窮鄉僻壤], a remote and desolate place
        shānqióngshuǐjìn, [山窮水盡], mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line/nowhere to go
        qílèwúqióng, [其樂無窮], boundless joy
        huíwèiwúqióng, [回味無窮], leaving a rich aftertaste/(fig.) memorable/lingering in memory
        yīqióngèrbái, [一窮二白], impoverished/backward both economically and culturally
        qióngzhuī, [窮追], to pursue relentlessly
        qióngguó, [窮國], poor country
        kūqióng, [哭窮], to bewail one's poverty/to complain about being hard up/to pretend to be poor
        
        hòuhuànwúqióng, [後患無窮], it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
        wúqióngxiǎo, [無窮小], infinitesimal (in calculus)/infinitely small
        qióngshānèshuǐ, [窮山惡水], lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)/fig. inhospitable natural environment
        

        fǒuzé, [否則], if not/otherwise/else/or else
        zé, [則], (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but/then/standard/...
        guīzé, [規則], rule/regulation/rules and regulations
        yuánzé, [原則], principle/doctrine/CL:個|个[gè]
        fǎzé, [法則], law/rule/code
        zhǔnzé, [準則], norm/standard/criterion
        shǒuzé, [守則], rules/regulations
        bùguīzé, [不規則], irregular
        yǐshēnzuòzé, [以身作則], to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
        shízé, [實則], actually/in fact
        xìzé, [細則], detailed rules and regulations/bylaws
        
        yīzé, [一則], on the one hand
        fùzé, [附則], supplementary provision/bylaw/additional article (law)
        
        yùsùzébùdá, [欲速則不達], lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more has...
        yuánzéxìng, [原則性], principled
        ránzé, [然則], that being the case/then/in that case
        
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        tōngzé, [通則], general rule/general principle
        
        

        yìsi, idea/opinion/meaning/wish/desire/interest/fun/token of appreciation, affection e...
        bùhǎoyìsi, to feel embarrassed/to find it embarrassing/to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
        yǒuyìsi, interesting/meaningful/enjoyable/fun
        bùkěsīyì, [不可思議], inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable/unfathomable
        sīkǎo, to reflect on/to ponder over
        sīxiǎng, thought/thinking/idea/ideology/CL:個|个[gè]
        sī, to think/to consider
        sīwéi, [思維], (line of) thought/thinking
        xīnsi, mind/thoughts/inclination/mood
        méiyìsi, [沒意思], boring/of no interest
        sīniàn, to think of/to long for/to miss
        sīlù, train of thought/thinking/reason/reasoning
        Mǎkèsī, [馬克思], Marx (name)
        gòusī, [構思], to design/to plot/to plan out/to compose/to draw a mental sketch/conception/plan...
        sīxù, [思緒], train of thought/emotional state/mood/feeling
        xiǎoyìsi, small token/mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
        shēnsīshúlǜ, [深思熟慮], mature reflection/after careful deliberations
        chénsī, to contemplate/to ponder/contemplation/meditation
        
        
        sīsuǒ, to think deeply/to ponder
        hǎoyìsi, to have the nerve/what a cheek!/to feel no shame/to overcome the shame/(is it) p...
        fǎnsī, to think back over sth/to review/to revisit/to rethink/reflection/reassessment
        
        fěiyísuǒsī, unimaginable/outrageous/freakish
        xúnsī, [尋思], to consider/to ponder
        
        sānsīérhòuxíng, [三思而後行], think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
        shēnsī, to ponder/to consider
        
        wénsī, the train of thought in writing
        sīxiǎngjiā, thinker
        
        sīliang, to reckon/to consider/to turn over in one's mind
        Xīsīluō, [希思羅], Heathrow (a London airport)
        xiāngsī, to yearn/to pine
        yīménxīnsi, [一門心思], to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
        zhāosīmùxiǎng, to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
        sīxiāng, [思鄉], to be homesick
        
        
        Fànsīzhé, Versace (fashion designer)
        Chéngjísīhán, Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Mǎkèsīzhǔyì, [馬克思主義], Marxism
        
        
        
        
        
        
        bùjiǎsīsuǒ, to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly/to fire from the...
        āisī, grief-stricken thoughts/mourning
        dānxiāngsī, [單相思], one-sided lovesickness/unrequited longing
        xiāngsībìng, lovesickness
        
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        zhuīsī, memorial/recollection (of the deceased)
        
        sīcháo, tide of thought/way of thinking characteristic of a historical period/Zeitgeist
        Sīkē, Cisco Systems Company
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        bǎisībùdéqíjiě, see 百思不解[bǎi sī bù jiě]
        wākōngxīnsi, to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer/to rack one's br...
        
        
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        sīmù, to cherish the memory of sb/to think of with respect
        
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        sīqiánxiǎnghòu, [思前想後], to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and fut...
        
        
        
        ruòyǒusuǒsī, looking pensive/thoughtfully
        
        jiànyìsīqiān, [見異思遷], to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty/never...
        
        
        sīcǔn, to ponder/to reckon/to turn sth over in one's mind
        gùmíngsīyì, [顧名思義], as the name implies
        lèbùsīShǔ, [樂不思蜀], indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
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·         Kǎěr·Mǎkèsī, [卡爾·馬克思], Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and foun...
        
        kǔsī, to think hard/bitter thoughts/to pour out one's sufferings
        
        cáisī, imaginative power/creativeness
        
        
        kǔsīmíngxiǎng, to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard/to rack one's brains
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        xiásī, to fancy from afar/reverie/wild and fanciful thoughts
        
        
        
        
        sīlǜ, [思慮], to think sth through/to consider carefully
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yǐnshuǐsīyuán, [飲水思源], lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings ...
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        yìkǔsītián, [憶苦思甜], to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
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        tòngdìngsītòng, to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom)/to ponder about a painful exp...
        
        
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        fārénshēnsī, [發人深思], (idiom) thought-provoking/to give one food for thought
        
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        Xímèngsī, [席夢思], spring mattress (loanword from "Simmons" bedding company name)
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        Sīlèbīng, [思樂冰], Slurpee (drink)
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        sīliàn, [思戀], to miss/to long for
        
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        sīqīn, [思親], to remember one's parents/to feel homesick for one's relatives
        
        
        
        
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        qiǎosī, innovative thinking/ingenuity
        
        
        bìménsīguò, [閉門思過], shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
        
        
        
        jūānsīwēi, to think of danger in times of safety/to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
        
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        biàn, [變], to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion
        gǎibiàn, [改變], to change/to alter/to transform
        biànchéng, [變成], to change into/to turn into/to become
        biàntài, [變態], to metamorphose (biology)/abnormal/perverted/hentai/(slang) pervert
        biànhuà, [變化], change/variation/to change/to vary/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhuǎnbiàn, [轉變], to change/to transform/shift/transformation/CL:個|个[gè]
        biànxíng, [變形], deformation/to become deformed/to change shape/to morph
        biànyì, [變異], variation
        biànxìng, [變性], to denature/denaturation/to have a sex change/transsexual
        biànzhǒng, [變種], mutation/variety/variant
        pànbiàn, [叛變], to defect/to betray/to mutiny
        biàndòng, [變動], to change/to fluctuate/change/fluctuation
        biànwéi, [變為], to change into
        biànhuàn, [變換], to transform/to convert/to vary/to alternate/a transformation
        yǎnbiàn, [演變], to develop/to evolve/development/evolution
        zhèngbiàn, [政變], coup d'état
        biàngé, [變革], to transform/to change
        tūbiàn, [突變], sudden change/mutation
        biànzhì, [變質], to degenerate/to deteriorate/(of food) to go bad/to go off/(geology) metamorphis...
        biànliàng, [變量], variable (math.)
        biàngēng, [變更], to change/to alter/to modify
        yīchéngbùbiàn, [一成不變], nothing much changes (idiom); always the same/stuck in a rut
        biànshù, [變數], variable (math.)
        duōbiàn, [多變], fickle/multi-variate (math.)
        biànyàng, [變樣], to change (appearance)/to change shape
        bìngbiàn, [病變], pathological changes/lesion/diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
        biànsè, [變色], to change color/to discolor/to change countenance/to become angry
        suíjīyìngbiàn, [隨機應變], to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
        biàntōng, [變通], pragmatic/flexible/to act differently in different situations/to accommodate to ...
        biànyāqì, [變壓器], transformer
        tuìbiàn, [蛻變], to transform/to morph/to degenerate/metamorphosis/transmutation/transformation/d...
        biànxìfǎ, [變戲法], to perform conjuring tricks/to conjure/to juggle
        biànguà, [變卦], to change one's mind/to go back on one's word
        jùbiàn, [聚變], fusion (physics)
        biàngù, [變故], an unforeseen event/accident/misfortune
        jùbiàn, [巨變], great changes
        biànmài, [變賣], to sell off (one's property)
        biànqiān, [變遷], changes/vicissitudes
        
        biànsèlóng, [變色龍], (lit. and fig.) chameleon
        biànběnjiālì, [變本加厲], lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)...
        biànjié, [變節], betrayal/defection/turncoat/to change sides politically
        yáoshēnyībiàn, [搖身一變], to change shape in a single shake/fig. to take on a new lease of life
        shànbiàn, [善變], fickle/mercurial/changeable/capricious/to be apt to change
        biànxiàng, [變相], in disguised form/covert
        bīngbiàn, [兵變], mutiny/(Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
        biànsùqì, [變速器], gearbox/speed changer/gear
        lièbiàn, [裂變], fission
        biànhuàn, [變幻], to change irregularly/to fluctuate
        shùnxīwànbiàn, [瞬息萬變], in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
        biànxīn, [變心], to cease to be faithful
        yìngbiàn, [應變], to meet a contingency/to adapt oneself to changes
        biànliǎn, [變臉], to turn hostile suddenly/face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic ch...
        biànhuànmòcè, [變幻莫測], to change unpredictably/unpredictable/erratic/treacherous
        
        qíngbiàn, [情變], loss of love/breakup of a relationship
        biànxíngchóng, [變形蟲], amoeba
        
        biàndiào, [變調], tone sandhi/modified tone/(music) to change key/modulation
        shuāibiàn, [衰變], radioactive decay
        biànsù, [變速], to change speed/to shift gear/variable-speed
        shìbiàn, [事變], incident/unforeseen event/events (in general)
        jùbiàn, [劇變], to change dramatically/radical change
        áibiàn, [癌變], to become cancerous/transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
        xíngbiàn, [形變], deformation/bending
        qiānbiànwànhuà, [千變萬化], countless changes/constant permutation
        qiēbiàn, [切變], shear (physics)
        chǔbiànbùjīng, [處變不驚], to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)
        biànhuàduōduān, [變化多端], changeable/changing/varied/full of changes
        zhìbiàn, [質變], qualitative change/fundamental change
        biànhuàmòcè, [變化莫測], unpredictable/changeable
        zhòubiàn, [驟變], abrupt change/sudden discontinuity
        
        
        
        kěbiàn, [可變], variable
        
        shànbiàn, [嬗變], transmutation
        biàndiànzhàn, [變電站], (transformer) substation
        fēngyúnbiànhuàn, [風雲變幻], changeable situation (idiom)
        
        biànsùxiāng, [變速箱], gearbox/transmission
        huábiàn, [嘩變], mutiny/rebellion
        
        hélièbiàn, [核裂變], atomic fission/nuclear fission/fission
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        yīnbiàn, [音變], phonetic change
        biànzòuqǔ, [變奏曲], variation (music)
        
        jiànbiàn, [漸變], gradual change
        biànsùgǎn, [變速桿], gear lever/stick shift
        jībiàn, [畸變], distortion/aberration
        yǎnbiàn, [衍變], to develop/to evolve
        liàngbiàn, [量變], quantitative change
        biànfǎ, [變法], to change the laws/political reform/unconventional method
        
        
        hūnbiàn, [婚變], marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc)/marriage breakup
        biàntiān, [變天], to undergo change in weather/restoration of reactionary rule or the previous reg...
        
        
        
        cǎnbiàn, [慘變], disastrous turn/tragic event
        
        
        biànliúqì, [變流器], converter
        wànbiànbùlíqízōng, [萬變不離其宗], many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ...
        biànde, [變得], to become
        tánhǔsèbiàn, [談虎色變], to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)/to be scared at the mere mention ...
        
        biànzhìyán, [變質岩], metamorphic rock (geology)

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