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[苦中作樂] kǔzhōngzuòlè to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering

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        tòngkǔ, pain/suffering/painful/CL:個|个[gè]
        xīnkǔ, exhausting/hard/tough/arduous/to work hard/to go to a lot of trouble/hardship(s)
        kǔ, bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to/painstakingly
        jiānkǔ, [艱苦], difficult/hard/arduous
        shòukǔ, to suffer hardship
        kǔnàn, [苦難], suffering
        kǔnǎo, [苦惱], vexed/distressed
        kǔkǔ, strenuously/persistently/hard/painful
        wākǔ, to speak sarcastically/to make cutting remarks
        kǔtou, [苦頭], sufferings
        kèkǔ, hardworking/assiduous
        kǔzhōng, secret trouble/sorrow/difficulties
        kǔlì, bitter work/hard toil/(loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial t...
        xīnxīnkǔkǔ, painstakingly/with great trouble
        kǔtòng, pain/suffering
        kǔsè, [苦澀], bitter and astringent/pained/agonized
        kùnkǔ, deprivation/distressed/miserable
        kǔguǒ, lit. bitter fruit/fig. painful consequence
        zìtǎokǔchī, [自討苦吃], to ask for trouble (idiom)/to make a rod for one's own back
        qióngkǔ, [窮苦], impoverished/destitute
        kǔmèn, [苦悶], depressed/dejected/feeling low
        kǔgōng, hard labor (in penal code)/coolie
        kǔhǎi, lit. sea of bitterness/abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term)/depths of mise...
        sùkǔ, [訴苦], to grumble/to complain/grievance
        kǔchāi, hard task/difficult mission/arduous and unrewarding undertaking/drudgery/grind/c...
        qiānxīnwànkǔ, [千辛萬苦], to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations/with difficulty/afte...
        kǔliàn, [苦練], to train hard/to practice diligently/hard work/blood, sweat, and tears
        kǔchǔ, suffering/misery/pain (esp. psychological)
        hékǔ, why bother?/is it worth the trouble?
        kǔguā, bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cuc...
        máitóukǔgàn, [埋頭苦幹], to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work/to make an all-out effo...
        tónggāngòngkǔ, shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows/f...
        kǔzhàn, [苦戰], bitter struggle/hard battle/arduous effort
        chīkǔ, to bear hardships
        chīkǔtou, [吃苦頭], to suffer/to suffer for one's actions/to pay dearly/to burn one's fingers
        pínkǔ, [貧苦], poverty-stricken/poor
        hánxīnrúkǔ, to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship/to bear one's cross
        kǔshuǐ, bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)/suffering/digestive fluids...
        kǔxīnjīngyíng, [苦心經營], to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
        kǔxīn, painstaking effort/to take a lot of trouble/laborious at pains
        shàfèikǔxīn, [煞費苦心], to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking/at the cost of a lot of effort
        
        kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate
        jíkǔ, pain and difficulties/suffering (of the people)
        gūkǔlíngdīng, solitary and impoverished (idiom)
        láokǔ, [勞苦], to toil/hard work
        mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star
        kǔbùkānyán, to suffer unspeakable misery/indescribably painful/hellish
        kǔgàn, [苦幹], to work hard
        kǔròujì, [苦肉計], the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        suāntiánkǔlà, sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot/fig. the joys and sorrows of life
        bùcíláokǔ, [不辭勞苦], to spare no effort
        
        kǔxiào, to force a smile/a bitter laugh
        
        bùcíxīnkǔ, [不辭辛苦], to make nothing of hardships
        kǔjìngānlái, [苦盡甘來], bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good...
        
        kǔyì, forced labor/corvée/penal servitude
        jiānkǔfèndòu, [艱苦奮鬥], to struggle arduously
        kǔgōng, hard work/laborious effort/painstaking work
        kǔhuó, bitter work/sweated labor
        kǔxíng, ascetic practice
        chīkǔnàiláo, [吃苦耐勞], hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
        kǔkǒupóxīn, earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
        gānkǔ, good times and hardships/joys and tribulations/for better or for worse
        jiàokǔ, to whine about hardships/to complain of one's bitter lot/to complain/to grumble
        kǔsī, to think hard/bitter thoughts/to pour out one's sufferings
        
        kǔsīmíngxiǎng, to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard/to rack one's brains
        
        
        kǔdàchóushēn, great bitterness, deep hatred (idiom); deeply ingrained long-standing resentment
        liángkǔyòngxīn, to ponder earnestly/to give a lot of thought to sth
        
        kǔxíng, torture/corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
        kǔwèi, bitter taste/bitterness
        chóukǔ, anxiety/distress
        
        qīkǔ, [悽苦], bleak/miserable
        qínxuékǔliàn, [勤學苦練], to study diligently/to train assiduously
        bēikǔ, forlorn/miserable
        kǔjìng, grievance/dire straits
        yìkǔsītián, [憶苦思甜], to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
        
        
        kǔláo, [苦勞], toil/hard work
        
        kǔhán, bitter cold
        kǔshēn, [苦參], liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
        
        kǔzhǔ, victim's family (esp. in murder case)
        kǔxīngūyì, [苦心孤詣], to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble/to work hard at sth
        qīngkǔ, destitute but honest/poor and simple/spartan/austere
        
        jiàokǔbudié, to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly/incessant grievances
        

        Zhōng/zhōng/zhòng, China/Chinese/surname Zhong, within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/dur...
        qízhōng, among/in/included among these
        zhōngxīn, center/heart/core/CL:個|个[gè]
        gāozhōng/gāozhòng, senior high school/abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué], to pass brilliantly (u...
        Zhōngguó, [中國], China
        jízhōng, to concentrate/to centralize/to focus/centralized/concentrated/to put together
        zhōngjiān, [中間], between/intermediate/mid/middle
        zhīzhōng, inside/among/in the midst of (doing sth)/during
        dāngzhōng, [當中], among/in the middle/in the center
        zhōngwèi, lieutenant (navy)/first lieutenant (army)/subaltern
        xīnzhōng, central point/in one's thoughts/in one's heart
        zhōngyāng, central/middle/center/central authorities (of a state)
        
        kōngzhōng, in the sky/in the air
        jīzhòng, [擊中], to hit (a target etc)/to strike
        zhōngwǔ, noon/midday/CL:個|个[gè]
        
        zhōngxué, [中學], middle school/CL:個|个[gè]
        yǎnzhōng, in one's eyes
        shìzhōngxīn, city center/downtown
        zhòngdú, to be poisoned/poisoning
        zhōngxiào, middle ranking officer in Chinese army/lieutenant colonel/commander
        xuǎnzhòng, [選中], to choose/to pick/to settle upon/to decide upon a candidate/to be selected for s...
        mìngzhòng, to hit (a target)
        túzhōng, en route
        zhōngduàn, [中斷], to cut short/to break off/to discontinue/to interrupt
        cóngzhōng, [從中], from within/therefrom
        zhòngdàn, [中彈], hit by a bullet/shot
        
        zhōngtú, midway
        
        zhōngzhǐ, to cease/to suspend/to break off/to stop/to discontinue
        zhòngfēng, [中風], to suffer a paralyzing stroke
        zhōngjiānrén, [中間人], intermediary/mediator
        zhōngbù, middle part/central section
        dǎzhòng, to hit (a target)
        gāozhōngshēng, senior high school student
        zhōngzhuǎnzhàn, [中轉站], hub (network equipment)
        zhōngnián, middle age
        Zhōngdōng, [中東], Middle East
        jízhōngyíng, [集中營], concentration camp
        ànzhōng, in the dark/in secret/on the sly/surreptitiously
        zhèngzhōng, middle/center/right in the middle or center/nub
        Zhōngwén, Chinese language
        
        zhōngshìjì, [中世紀], medieval/Middle Ages
        zhōngchǎng, [中場], middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)/midfield/mid-cou...
        chūzhōng, junior high school/abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
        
        zhòngjiǎng, [中獎], to win a prize/a successful gamble
        zhōnglì, neutral/neutrality
        zhōngděng, medium
        Zhōngcān, Chinese meal/Chinese food/CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn]
        zhōngjiè, to act as intermediary/to link/intermediate/inter-/agency/agent
        zhōngchǎnjiējí, [中產階級], middle class
        kànzhòng, to have a preference for/to fancy/to choose after consideration/to settle on
        
        
西         zhōngxībù, midwest
        shíwùzhòngdú, food poisoning
        ZhōngYì/zhòngyì, Sino-Italian, to take one's fancy/to be to one's liking
        DìzhōngHǎi, Mediterranean Sea
        zhōngqī, middle (of a period of time)/medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
        zhōngfàn, [中飯], lunch
        Zhōngcūn, Nakamura (Japanese surname)
        
        cāizhòng, to guess correctly/to figure out the right answer
        zhòngshāng, [中傷], to slander/to smear
        zhōngshū, [中樞], center/backbone/hub (e.g. of transport network)/the central administration
        qīzhōng, interim/midterm
        zhōngxuéshēng, [中學生], middle-school student/high school student
        zhōngzhǐ, middle finger
        
        cìzhòng, to hit with a piercing blow
        yìliàozhīzhōng, to come as no surprise/as expected
        
        zhōngjìzhàn, [中繼站], relay station
        piànzhōng, in the movie
        wúzhōngshēngyǒu, [無中生有], to create something from nothing (idiom)
        yǎnzhōngdīng, [眼中釘], a thorn in one's side
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        Zhōngcānguǎn, [中餐館], Chinese restaurant
        zhōngtíqín, viola
        gèzhōng, [個中], therein/in this
        Tiánzhōng, Tienchung town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan/Tanaka (Japane...
        
        
        zhézhōng, to compromise/to take the middle road/a trade-off/eclectic
        zhōngcéng, [中層], middle-ranking
        yìzhōngrén, sweetheart/one's true love/the person of one's thoughts
        zhōngfēng, [中鋒], midfielder/center (basketball)/center forward (hockey, football)
        
        
        zhòngshǔ, sunstroke/heatstroke
        zhòngjì, [中計], to fall into a trap/taken in by a stratagem/cheated/ripped off
        zhòngxié, to be possessed/to be bewitched
        ZhōngMěizhōu, Central America
        Zhōngshì/zhòngshì, Chinese style, to pass an exam (or the imperial exam)/to qualify
        ZhōngYà, [中亞], Central Asia
        xiōngzhōng, one's mind
        mùzhōngwúrén, [目中無人], to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matt...
        
        zhōngxìng, neutral
        zhōngzhuǎn, [中轉], to change (train or plane)/transfer/correspondence
        Zhōngchuān, Nakagawa (Japanese surname and place name)
        zhōngxún, middle third of a month
        
        zhōngjiān, [中堅], core/nucleus/backbone
        zhōngzǐ, neutron
        zhōngxíng, medium sized
        Zhōnghé/zhōnghé, Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan, to neutrali...
        chūzhōngshēng, junior high student
        
        bǎifābǎizhòng, [百發百中], lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits/to carry out a task with great precisio...
        fāzhǎnzhōngguójiā, [發展中國家], developing country
        zhòngcǎi, to win a lottery
        zhōngliúdǐzhù, mainstay/cornerstone/tower of strength
        kōngzhōngxiǎojiě, stewardess/air hostess
        Zhōngwèi, [中衛], Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia
        ròuzhōngcì, a thorn in one's flesh
        
        
        
        zhòngbiāo, [中標], to win a tender/successful bidder
        zhōngjí, [中級], middle level (in a hierarchy)
        mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate
        zhòngzhōngzhīzhòng, of the utmost importance/of highest priority
        xiāngzhòng, to find to one's taste/to pick (after looking at)/Taiwan pr. [xiàng zhòng]
        
        zhōngrén, go-between/mediator/intermediary
        Zhōngyōng/zhōngyōng, the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū], golden mean (Conf...
        
        Zhōngdǎo, [中島], Nakajima or Nakashima (Japanese surname and place name)
        zhōngwài, Sino-foreign/Chinese-foreign/home and abroad
        Zhōngyī, [中醫], traditional Chinese medical science/a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
        zhōngyóu, the middle stretches of a river/middle level/middle echelon/midstream
        zhōngkōng, hollow/empty interior
        zhōngzǐxīng, neutron star
        měizhōngbùzú, everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
        zhōngbǎosīnáng, [中飽私囊], to stuff one's pockets/to take bribes
线         zhōngxiàn, [中線], half-way line/median line
        zhòngkěn, pertinent/apropos
        shìzhōng, [適中], moderate/reasonable/conveniently situated
        
        lángzhōng, doctor (Chinese medicine)/ancient official title/companions (respectful)
        rúrìzhōngtiān, lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)/fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career ...
        xīnzhōngyǒushù, [心中有數], to know what's going on
        qièzhòng, to hit the target (esp. in argument)/to strike home
        zhōngnánbù, south central region
        
        zhōngjiàng, [中將], lieutenant general/vice admiral/air marshal
        ZhōngFēi, China-Africa (relations)/Central Africa/Central African Republic
        
        xuězhōngsòngtàn, lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)/fig. to provide help in sb's hour...
        wèngzhōngzhībiē, [甕中之鱉], lit. like a turtle in a jar/to be trapped (idiom)
        zhōnghào, [中號], medium-sized
        zhòngxuǎn, [中選], to win an election/to get a position by passing the imperial exam
        
        zhōngjiānshāng, [中間商], middleman/broker
        
        
        Zhōnghuá, [中華], China (alternate formal name)
        ZhōngGǔ/zhōnggǔ, Sino-Cuban/China-Cuba, medieval/Middle Ages/Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th...
        zhōngjì, [中繼], to relay/to repeat
        
        
        
        rénzhōng, philtrum/infranasal depression/the "human center" acupuncture point
        
        
        nánzhōngyīn, baritone
        zhōnglù, midway/mediocre (quality)/midfield (soccer)
        jūzhōng, positioned between (two parties)/to mediate between
        huàzhōngyǒuhuà, [話中有話], overtones in conversation/things indirectly implied from what is said
        
        
        zhōngtǔ, Sino-Turkish
        
        zhōngyè, [中葉], mid- (e.g. mid-century)/middle period
        Zhōngyuán, Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan...
        
        shìzhōngqū, [市中區], central city district
        
        Zhōngguóshì, [中國式], Chinese style/à la chinoise
        Táizhōng, [臺中], Taizhong or Taichung city and county in central Taiwan, Taizhong or Taichung cit...
        tóuzhòng, to hit the target with one's throw/(basketball) to score
        Zhōngyào, [中藥], (traditional) Chinese medicine/CL:服[fù],種|种[zhǒng]
        
        zhōngtīng, [中聽], pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)/to one's liking/music to one's ears/Taiwa...
        
        
        
        
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        ZhōnghuáRénmínGònghéguó, [中華人民共和國], People's Republic of China
        zhènzhōng, earthquake epicenter
        
        Zhōngshān, refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen/Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to...
        
        nángzhōngxiūsè, [囊中羞澀], to be embarrassingly short of money
        
        zhōngtiān, culmination (astronomy)
        zhōngduàn, middle section/middle period/middle area/mid-
        
        
        zhōngkàn, pleasant to the eye/Taiwan pr. [zhòng kàn]
        
        
        kōngzhōnglóugé, [空中樓閣], pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction/castles in Spain/i...
        Zhōngguóhuà, [中國話], (spoken) Chinese language
        
        wàiqiángzhōnggān, [外強中乾], strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
        jízhōngshēngzhì, quick witted in an emergency/able to react resourcefully
        zhōngcǎoyào, [中草藥], Chinese herbal medicine
        zhōngxiǎoxué, [中小學], middle and elementary school
        
        ZhōngGòng, abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
        zhōngliú, midstream
        
        
        zhōngěr, middle ear
        
        
        
        zhōngjiānpài, [中間派], moderate faction/party of compromise/middle ground
        
        
        
        
        
        zhōnglìguó, [中立國], neutral country
        zhōngjìqì, [中繼器], repeater
        JīnDàzhōng, Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel pea...
        
        
        zhōngzǐdàn, [中子彈], neutron bomb
        
        
        
        
        Zhōngfāng, the Chinese side (in an international venture)
        
        zhōngyāngjíquán, [中央集權], centralized state power
        Zhōngqiū, the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of th...
        
        
        
        gāojízhōngxué, [高級中學], senior high school/abbr. to 高中[gāo zhōng]
        zhōnglǎonián, middle and old age
        zhōnglǎoniánrén, middle-aged and elderly people
        yuèzhōng, middle of month
        
        zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō, [中篇小說], novella
        Zhōngguórén, [中國人], Chinese person
        
        
        
        zhōngchángpǎo, [中長跑], middle distance race
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wúxíngzhōng, [無形中], imperceptibly/virtually
        
        
        mèngzhōng, [夢中], in a dream
        zhōngdiǎn, [中點], midpoint/half-way point
        rèzhōng, [熱中], variant of 熱衷|热衷[rè zhōng]
        
        zhōngěryán, inflammation of middle ear/otitis media
        zhèngdāngzhōng, [正當中], right in the midpoint/a bull's eye/to hit the nail on the head
        fēngzhōngzhīzhú, [風中之燭], lit. candle in the wind (idiom)/fig. (of sb's life) feeble/hanging on a thread
        
        
        zhōngzhuān, [中專], vocational secondary school/technical secondary school/trade school/abbr. for 中等...
        zhōngtíng, courtyard
        Qióngzhōng, [瓊中], Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
        
        
        
        ZhōnghuáMínguó, [中華民國], Republic of China
        
        
        zhōngfèng, [中縫], vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages/vertical line on the ba...
        zhōngchéng, medium-range
        zhōngpán, [中盤], middle game (in go or chess)/(share trading) mid-session/(abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhōn...
        
        
        zhōngzhuāng, [中裝], Chinese dress
        
        
        ZhōngguóRénmínJiěfàngjūn, [中國人民解放軍], Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Zhōngháng, abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhōng guó Yín háng]
        
        
        
        
        TiánzhōngJiǎoróng, [田中角榮], Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
        
        
        Chéngzhōngqū, [城中區], city central district/Chengzhong district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[Liǔ zhōu shì], Gua...
        
        
        
        guǎnzhōngkuībào, [管中窺豹], lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big pictur...
        
        
        
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        ZhōngyāngWěiyuánhuì, [中央委員會], Central Committee
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        ZhōngyuánQū, [中原區], Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zhèng zhōu Shì], Henan
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        dǎngzhōngyāng, [黨中央], party central committee
        
        Zhōnghuán, [中環], Central, Hong Kong Island
        
        
        Zhōngshānshì, Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng] ...
西         ZhōngXī, China and the West/Chinese-Western
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Zhōngqiūjié, [中秋節], the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
        
        
        
        
        chūjízhōngxué, [初級中學], junior high school/junior middle school
        ZhōngtúDǎo, [中途島], Midway Islands
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

        gōngzuò, to work/(of a machine) to operate/job/work/task/CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
        zuòwéi, [作為], one's conduct/deed/activity/accomplishment/achievement/to act as/as (in the capa...
        zuō/zuò, worker/workshop/(slang) troublesome/high-maintenance (person), to do/to grow/to ...
        hézuò, to cooperate/to collaborate/to work together/cooperation/CL:個|个[gè]
        dòngzuò, [動作], movement/motion/action/CL:個|个[gè]
        zuòyòng, to act on/to affect/action/function/activity/impact/result/effect/purpose/intent...
        zuòpǐn, work (of art)/opus/CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
        zhìzuò, [製作], to make/to manufacture
        dàngzuò, [當作], to treat as/to regard as
        zuòzhèng, [作證], to bear witness/to testify
        zuòjiā, author/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
        zuòyè, [作業], school assignment/homework/work/task/operation/CL:個|个[gè]/to operate
        zuòchū, to put out/to come up with/to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comm...
        suǒzuòsuǒwéi, [所作所為], one's conduct and deeds
        fāzuò, [發作], to flare up/to break out
        zhènzuò, to bestir oneself/to pull oneself together/to cheer up/to uplift/to stimulate
        zuòàn, to commit a crime
        cāozuò, to work/to operate/to manipulate
        yùnzuò, [運作], to operate/operations/workings/activities (usu. of an organization)/thread (comp...
        zuòzhàn, [作戰], combat/to fight
        zuòzhě, author/writer/CL:個|个[gè]
        gōngzuòshì, studio/workshop
        zuòbì, to practice fraud/to cheat/to engage in corrupt practices
        èzuòjù, [惡作劇], practical joke/prank/to play a practical joke
        chuàngzuò, [創作], to create/to produce/to write/creative work/creation/CL:個|个[gè]
        xiězuò, [寫作], to write/to compose/writing/written works
        zhuāngzuò, [裝作], to pretend/to feign/to act a part
        chēngzuò, [稱作], to be called/to be known as
        jiézuò, [傑作], masterpiece
        fùzuòyòng, side effect
        zuòfēng, [作風], style/style of work/way
        kànzuò, to look upon as/to regard as
        zuòǒu, [作嘔], to feel sick/to feel nauseous/to feel disgusted
        zuòduì, [作對], to set oneself against/to oppose/to make a pair
        
        zuòqǔjiā, composer/songwriter
        yòngzuò, to use for the purpose of/to serve as
        zhùzuò, to write/literary work/book/article/writings/CL:部[bù]
        
        
        gōngzuòzhě, worker
        zuòqǔ, to compose (music)
        xiézuò, [協作], cooperation/coordination
        zuòsuì, haunted/to haunt/to cause mischief
        xiǎodòngzuò, [小動作], bad habit (e.g. nose-picking)/petty maneuver/dirty trick/gamesmanship
        gōngzuòfú, work clothes
        zìzuòcōngmíng, [自作聰明], to think oneself clever (idiom)
        zuòzuo, affected/artificial
        zìzuòzhǔzhāng, [自作主張], to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative
        zuòzhǔ, to decide/to make decisions/to take responsibility (for deciding)/to be in charg...
        gōngzuòkuáng, workaholic
        jùzuòjiā, [劇作家], playwright
        jiàozuò, to call/to be called
        zhuāngmózuòyàng, [裝模作樣], to put on an act (idiom); to show affectation/to indulge in histrionics
        dàzuò, your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific)/to erupt/to begin abruptly
        zhuāngqiāngzuòshì, [裝腔作勢], posturing/pretentious/affected
        zuòwén, to write an essay/composition (student essay)/CL:篇[piān]
        bǐzuò, to liken to/to compare to
        huàzuò, [畫作], painting/picture
        
        
        zuòfèi, [作廢], to become invalid/to cancel/to delete/to nullify
        zuòhuà, [作畫], to paint
        xúnhuānzuòlè, [尋歡作樂], pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
        zuòguài, (of a ghost) to make strange things happen/to act up/to act behind the scenes/to...
        gōngzuòliàng, workload/volume of work
        zuònòng, to tease/to play tricks on
        láozuò, [勞作], work/manual labor
        zuòbàn, to accompany/to keep sb company
        gōngzuòzhàn, (computer) workstation
        gōngzuòrì, workday/working day/weekday
        zuòè, [作惡], to do evil
        nóngzuòwù, [農作物], (farm) crops
        zuōfang, workshop (of artisan)
        dàibiǎozuò, representative work (of an author or artist)
        shìzuò, [視作], to regard as/to treat as
        shǐzuòyǒngzhě, lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)/fig. the originator of an e...
        màndòngzuò, [慢動作], slow motion
        cāozuòyuán, [操作員], operator
        chǎozuò, to hype/to promote (in the media)
        zuòlè, [作樂], to make merry
        
        gōngzuòtái, [工作檯], workbench/work station
        zuòjiǎ, to counterfeit/to falsify/to cheat/to defraud/fraudulent/to behave affectedly
        húzuòfēiwéi, [胡作非為], to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
        huàzuò, to change into/to turn into/to become
        cāozuòxìtǒng, [操作系統], operating system
        tōnglìhézuò, to join forces/to give full cooperation
        zuòwù, crop
        
        zuòdá, to answer/to respond
        zuòfǎ, course of action/method of doing sth/practice/modus operandi
        gōngzuòzǔ, [工作組], work team/working group/task force
        hézuòzhě, co-worker/collaborator/also collaborator with the enemy
        wúsuǒzuòwéi, [無所作為], attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or ...
        
        wúèbùzuò, [無惡不作], not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
        jiāzuò, masterpiece/fine piece of writing
        zuòjiǎnzìfù, [作繭自縛], to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisin...
        zuòxīshíjiān, [作息時間], daily schedule/daily routine
        
        yǐshēnzuòzé, [以身作則], to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
        
        
        zuòkè, to live somewhere as a visitor/to stay with sb as a guest/to sojourn
        fǎnzuòyòng, opposite reaction
        xīngfēngzuòlàng, [興風作浪], to incite trouble/to stir up havoc
        chuàngzuòzhě, [創作者], originator/creator/author (of some project)/inventor
        zuòxī, to work and rest
        zuòwēizuòfú, tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
        gēngzuò, farming
        
        
        wéifēizuòdǎi, [為非作歹], to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor/evildoer/to perpetrate ou...
        xiānghùzuòyòng, to interact/interaction/interplay
        
        
        
        zhuānglóngzuòyǎ, [裝聾作啞], to play deaf-mute
        chǔnǚzuò, [處女作], first publication/maiden work
        yuánzuò, original works/original text/original author
        zhìzuòzhě, [製作者], producer/maker/creator
        míngzuò, masterpiece/famous work
        
        
        zuòxiù, to show off (loanword, from English "show")/to grandstand/to perform in a stage ...
        yīgǔzuòqì, [一鼓作氣], in a spurt of energy
        zuòjiàn, [作踐], to ill-use/to humiliate/to degrade/to ruin/also pr. [zuó jiàn]
        dàyǒuzuòwéi, [大有作為], to accomplish much/to have good prospects/to have a promising future
        
        zuòbà, [作罷], to drop (subject etc)
        
        jiǎoróuzàozuò, [矯揉造作], pretension/affectation/putting on artificial airs
        
        zuògǔ, to die/to pass away
        zuòyònglì, effort/active force/applied force
        xiàzuo, contemptible/disgusting
        
        nòngxūzuòjiǎ, [弄虛作假], to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
        guānghézuòyòng, photosynthesis
        
        
        mòbùzuòshēng, [默不作聲], to keep silent
        lìzuò, to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc)/a masterpiece
        
        gōngzuòduì, [工作隊], a working group/a task force
        zuòluàn, [作亂], to start a rebellion/to rise in revolt
        zuóliao, condiments/seasoning
        
        hézuòshè, cooperative/workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
        dāngjiāzuòzhǔ, [當家作主], to be in charge in one's own house (idiom)/to be the master of one's own affairs
        zuòniǎoshòusàn, [作鳥獸散], lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)/fig. to head off in various direction...
        
        zhùzuòquán, [著作權], copyright
        jiànzuò, [間作], interplanting
        
        
        zhuōzuò, my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.)/my humble writing
        chéngmíngzuò, work that makes one's name
        
        zuòjiānfànkē, [作姦犯科], to flout the law
        
        gǎnzuògǎnwéi, [敢作敢為], to stop at nothing (idiom)/to dare to do anything
        
        
        
        jīngjìzuòwù, [經濟作物], cash crop (economics)
        
        wèihǔzuòchāng, [為虎作倀], to act as accomplice to the tiger/to help a villain do evil (idiom)
        
        
        zuòdōng, [作東], to host (a dinner)/to treat/to pick up the check
        
        jiàoyùgōngzuòzhě, educator
        
        
        
        cāozuòtái, operating desk/control panel/console
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        lúnzuò, [輪作], rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil)
        
        
        
        
        hézuòfāng, (business) partner
        
        
        

        kuàilè, [快樂], happy/merry
        yīnyuè, [音樂], music/CL:張|张[zhāng],曲[qǔ],段[duàn]
        jùlèbù, [俱樂部], club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)/CL:個|个[gè]
        yuèduì, [樂隊], band/pop group/CL:支[zhī]
        Lè/Yuè/lè/yuè, [樂], surname Le, surname Yue, happy/cheerful/to laugh, music
        lèyì, [樂意], to be willing to do sth/to be ready to do sth/to be happy to do sth/content/sati...
        yúlè, [娛樂], to entertain/to amuse/entertainment/recreation/amusement/hobby/fun/joy
        lèqù, [樂趣], delight/pleasure/joy
        huānlè, [歡樂], gaiety/gladness/glee/merriment/pleasure/happy/joyous/gay
        lèguān, [樂觀], optimistic/hopeful
        yīnyuèhuì, [音樂會], concert/CL:場|场[chǎng]
        kělè, [可樂], amusing/entertaining/(loanword) cola
        
        lèyuán, [樂園], paradise
        yáogǔnyuè, [搖滾樂], rock music/rock 'n roll
        yuèqì, [樂器], musical instrument/CL:件[jiàn]
        
        yīnyuèjiā, [音樂家], musician
        yuètuán, [樂團], band/orchestra
        juéshìyuè, [爵士樂], jazz (loanword)
        
        lèyú, [樂於], willing (to do sth)/to take pleasure in
        wánlè, [玩樂], to play around/to disport oneself
        xiǎnglè, [享樂], to enjoy life/pleasures of life
        yóulèyuán, [遊樂園], theme park
        mènmènbùlè, [悶悶不樂], depressed/sulky/moody/unhappy
        ānlèsǐ, [安樂死], euthanasia
        xìngzāilèhuò, [幸災樂禍], lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in...
        yóulèchǎng, [遊樂場], playground
        yuèshǒu, [樂手], instrumental performer
        
        yuèpǔ, [樂譜], a musical score/sheet music
        
        shēngyuè, [聲樂], vocal music
        yīnyuèjié, [音樂節], music festival
        dòulè, [逗樂], to amuse oneself/to clown around/to provoke laughter
        qǔlè, [取樂], to find amusement/to amuse oneself
        Kěkǒukělè, [可口可樂], Coca-Cola
        
        xúnhuānzuòlè, [尋歡作樂], pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
        jiāoxiǎngyuè, [交響樂], symphony
        yuèqǔ, [樂曲], musical composition
        yīnyuètīng, [音樂廳], concert hall/auditorium
        
        
        lètǔ, [樂土], happy place/paradise/haven
        Lèān, [樂安], Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
        yuèzhāng, [樂章], movement (of a symphony)
        guǎnxiányuè, [管弦樂], orchestral music
        yóulè, [遊樂], to amuse oneself/recreation
        
        zìdéqílè, [自得其樂], to find amusement in one's own way/to enjoy oneself quietly
        
        zuòlè, [作樂], to make merry
        xiányuè, [弦樂], string music
        BǎishìKělè, [百事可樂], Pepsi
        guǎnxiányuèduì, [管弦樂隊], orchestra
        
        yuèmí, [樂迷], music fan
        zòuyuè, [奏樂], to perform music/to play a tune
        DàiGāolè, [戴高樂], Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free...
        lèguānzhǔyì, [樂觀主義], optimism
        
        lèyúzhùrén, [樂於助人], willing to help others
        
        yuèshī, [樂師], musician
        lètiānpài, [樂天派], happy-go-lucky people/optimists
        
        jiāoxiǎngyuètuán, [交響樂團], symphony orchestra
        
        zhùrénwéilè, [助人為樂], pleasure from helping others (idiom)
        lèshànhàoshī, [樂善好施], kind and charitable
        lècǐbùpí, [樂此不疲], to enjoy sth and never tire of it (idiom)
        BóLè, [伯樂], Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period)/a good judge of talent...
        
        yuètán, [樂壇], music circles/music world
        
        
        jīnjīnlèdào, [津津樂道], to discuss sth enthusiastically
        lèzi, [樂子], fun/pleasure/laughing matter
        bùyìlèhū, [不亦樂乎], lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)/fig. (jocularly) extremely/awfully
        yúlèjiè, [娛樂界], entertainment world/show business
        tiānlúnzhīlè, [天倫之樂], family love and joy/domestic bliss
        Ānlè/ānlè, [安樂], Anle district of Keelung City 基隆市[Jī lóng shì], Taiwan, peace and happiness
        
        
        jūnyuèduì, [軍樂隊], brass band
        ānjūlèyè, [安居樂業], to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
        xǐnùāilè, [喜怒哀樂], four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huān xǐ], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fèn ...
        Shīlè, [施樂], Xerox
        húyuè, [胡樂], Hu music/central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
        chīhēwánlè, [吃喝玩樂], to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)/to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
        
        
        hélèérbùwéi, [何樂而不為], What can you have against it? (idiom)/We should do this./Go for it!
        qílèwúqióng, [其樂無窮], boundless joy
        
        hélè, [和樂], harmonious and happy
        ānlèwō, [安樂窩], comfortable niche
        qílèróngróng, [其樂融融], (of relations) joyous and harmonious
        
        
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        xiānyuè, [仙樂], heavenly music
        mùguǎnyuèqì, [木管樂器], woodwind instrument
        
        lèbùkězhī, [樂不可支], overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
        qīngyīnyuè, [輕音樂], light music
        
        Lètiān/lètiān, [樂天], Lotte (South Korean conglomerate), carefree/happy-go-lucky/optimistic
        
        Lèpíng, [樂平], Leping county level city in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi
        Lèshì/lèshì, [樂事], Lay's (brand), pleasure
        lèhēhē, [樂呵呵], happily/giddily
        
        
        
        Měilè, [美樂], Merlot (grape type)
        
        
        lèbùsīShǔ, [樂不思蜀], indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
        
        
        
        zhīzúchánglè, [知足常樂], satisfied with what one has (idiom)
        
        guǎnyuèqì, [管樂器], wind instrument/woodwind
        
        xiǎnglèzhǔyì, [享樂主義], hedonism
        
        
        
        Kānglè/kānglè, [康樂], Kangle county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lín xià Huí zú...
        
        lèjíshēngbēi, [樂極生悲], extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could stil...
        
        
        
        
        yuèyīn, [樂音], musical note/tone
        Lèdū, [樂都], Ledu county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
        Mínyuè/mínyuè, [民樂], Minyue county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[Zhāng yè], Gansu, folk music, esp. for traditiona...
        
        
        
        
        
        xǐlè, [喜樂], joy
        
        
        
        Chánglè, [長樂], Changle county level city in Fuzhou 福州[Fú zhōu], Fujian/Princess Changle of West...
        
        
        
        
        
        lètáotáo, [樂陶陶], joyful/cheerful
        bālè, [芭樂], guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
        
        
        xǐwénlèjiàn, [喜聞樂見], to love to hear and see (idiom)/well received/to one's liking
        yuèlǐ, [樂理], music theory
        
        Lègāo, [樂高], Lego (toys)
        Xīnlè, [新樂], Xinle county level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
        
        
        Sīlèbīng, [思樂冰], Slurpee (drink)
        
        
        xiányuèduì, [弦樂隊], string orchestra
        
        Yǒnglè, [永樂], Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhū Dì] (1360-1424), ...
        
        
        Xīngbīnglè, [星冰樂], Frappuccino
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        āiyuè, [哀樂], funeral music/plaint/dirge
        
        
        
        xiányuèqì, [弦樂器], string instrument
        
        
        
        
        
        lǐyuè, [禮樂], (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
        
        Jiālèfú, [家樂福], Carrefour, French supermarket chain
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        lèkāihuā, [樂開花], to burst with joy
        shìnèiyuè, [室內樂], chamber music
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        tánbōyuèqì, [彈撥樂器], plucked string instrument/CL:件[jiàn]
        
        
        
        
        
        

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