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[苦海無邊,回頭是岸] kǔhǎiwúbiān,huítóushìàn The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
Repent and ye shall be saved!

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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
        

        Hǎi/hǎi, surname Hai, ocean/sea/CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn]/great number of people or things/(dial...
        hǎitān, [海灘], beach/CL:片[piàn]
        hǎijūn, [海軍], navy
        hǎidào, [海盜], pirate
        hǎiàn, coastal/seacoast
        dàhǎi, sea/ocean
        hǎiyáng, ocean/CL:個|个[gè]
        hǎibiān, [海邊], coast/seaside/seashore/beach
        nǎohǎi, [腦海], the mind/the brain
        Hǎilún, [海倫], Hailun county level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang/Helen or Hélène (name)
        hǎiluòyīn, heroin (loanword)
        hǎishàng, maritime
        hǎixuǎn, [海選], direct, winner-takes-all system of election in use for village committees/presel...
        hǎibào, [海報], poster/playbill/notice
        hǎidǐ, seabed/seafloor/bottom of the ocean
        Hǎiwān/hǎiwān, [海灣], (Persian) Gulf, bay/gulf
        hǎilǐ, nautical mile
        hǎitún, dolphin
        hǎiwài, overseas/abroad
        hǎiguān, [海關], customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)/CL:個|个[gè]
        hǎilí, beaver
        hǎilàng, sea wave
        Shànghǎi, Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
        hǎiguī, [海龜], turtle/Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hǎi guī]
        chūhǎi, to go out to sea/(neologism) to expand into overseas markets
        hǎibào, seal (zoology)
        
        hǎishuǐ, seawater
        hǎixiān, [海鮮], seafood
        hǎimián, [海綿], sponge (zoology)/sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made fro...
        
        hánghǎi, sailing/navigation/voyage by sea
        
        hǎibīn, [海濱], shore/seaside
        hǎiōu, [海鷗], (bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus)
        Hǎiwángxīng, Neptune (planet)
        Hǎidì, Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
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        hǎizǎo, seaweed/marine alga/kelp
        DìzhōngHǎi, Mediterranean Sea
        hǎimiàn, sea level/sea surface
        hǎigǎng, seaport/harbor
        
        Hǎizhū, Haizhu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
        Hǎiěr, [海爾], Haier (PRC household appliance brand)/Hale (name)
        
        Hǎidé, Hyde (surname)
        hǎixiá, [海峽], channel/strait
        
        
        TiānyáHǎijiǎo/tiānyáhǎijiǎo, Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚[Sān yà], Hainan, the ends of the earth/separated wor...
        hǎiyù, sea area/territorial waters/maritime space
        dàhǎilāozhēn, [大海撈針], lit. to fish a needle from the sea/to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
        hǎixīng, starfish/sea star
        hǎixiào, [海嘯], tsunami
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        hǎixiàng, walrus
        hǎibá, height above sea level/elevation
        
        hǎishī, [海獅], sea lion
        liúhǎi, [劉海], bangs/fringe (hair)
        Hǎimíngwēi, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
        hǎijǐng, seascape/sea view
        hǎishén, Emperor of the Sea/Neptune
        
        hǎiyuán, [海員], sailor/mariner
        shēnhǎi, deep sea
        
        
        xiàhǎi, to go out to sea/to enter the sea (to swim etc)/(fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. ...
        hǎisī, Hayes (Microcomputer)
        
        hǎizhé, Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish
        
        
        hǎidǎn, [海膽], sea urchin
        hǎimǎ, [海馬], sea horse/hippocampus
        kǔhǎi, lit. sea of bitterness/abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term)/depths of mise...
        hǎiniú, manatee
        Hǎiyá, The Hague (city in the Netherlands)/Den Haag
        hǎifēng, [海風], sea breeze/sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
        hǎidǎo, [海島], island
        gōnghǎi, high sea/international waters
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        Běihǎidào, Hokkaidō, Japan
        
        rénhǎi, a multitude/a sea of people
        Āěrcíhǎimò, [阿爾茨海默], Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
        hǎizhàn, [海戰], naval battle
        
        hǎiluòyīng, heroin (narcotic) (loanword)
        hǎipíngmiàn, sea level
        hǎishì, maritime affairs/accident at sea
        wàihǎi, offshore/open sea
        DōngHǎi, [東海], East China Sea/East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
        
        jìnhǎi, coastal waters/offshore
        
        
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        Běihǎi, Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City/the North Sea (Eu...
        hǎinàn, [海難], perils of the sea
        
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        HēiHǎi, Black Sea
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        hǎigōu, [海溝], marine trench
        hǎitǎ, [海獺], sea otter
        NánHǎi, South China Sea
        
        LǐHǎi, [裡海], Caspian Sea
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        Hǎishēnwǎi, [海參崴], Vladivostok/Ming and Qing name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克 and the province around i...
        rénshānrénhǎi, multitude/vast crowd
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        BōluódìHǎi, [波羅的海], Baltic Sea
        hǎidài, [海帶], kelp
        
        hǎiyùn, [海運], shipping by sea
        hǎiniǎo, [海鳥], seabird
        hǎijūnlán, [海軍藍], navy blue
        hǎiwèi, seafood
        YīngjílìHǎixiá, [英吉利海峽], English Channel
        mántiānguòhǎi, [瞞天過海], to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)/to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
        hǎishìshènlóu, [海市蜃樓], mirage (lit. or fig.)
        fānjiāngdǎohǎi, lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)/fig. overwhelming/earth-shattering/in a...
        Bīnhǎi/bīnhǎi, [濱海], Binhai (place name)/Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin/Binha...
        HóngHǎi, [紅海], Red Sea
        hǎiluó, sea snail/whelk/conch
        
        HǎixiáQúndǎo, [海峽群島], Channel Islands
        
        lǐnghǎi, [領海], territorial waters
        
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        Hǎiwáng, Poseidon, Greek god of the sea/Neptune, Roman god of the sea/Aquaman, DC comic b...
        hǎishēn, [海參], sea cucumber
        
        
        
        
        
        
        hǎilùkòng, [海陸空], sea land air (transport, or military operations)
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        Hǎifǎ, Haifa (city in Israel)
        HǎiRuì/Hǎiruì, Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity, Hairui t...
        hǎikuí, sea anemone
        Hǎidùn, [海頓], Haydn (name)/Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
        hǎiliàng, huge volume
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        hǎichǎn, [海產], marine/produced in sea
        
        
        
        hǎifáng, coastal defense
        hǎikūshílàn, [海枯石爛], lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)/fig. forever/until the...
        BáilìngHǎixiá, [白令海峽], the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
        qiǎnhǎi, [淺海], shallow sea/sea less than 200 meters deep
        
        HǎidéGōngyuán, [海德公園], Hyde Park
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        Hǎikǒu/hǎikǒu, Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[Hǎi nán Shěng], ...
        
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        mǎhǎimáo, [馬海毛], mohair (loanword)
        
        
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        SǐHǎi, the Dead Sea
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Hǎidí, Heidi
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        XiàngyáHǎiàn, Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)
        
        Chánghǎi, [長海], Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Dà lián], Liaoning
        
        
        
        Hǎidēng, Hayden or Haydn (name)
        
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        hǎichuáng, seabed/seafloor/bottom of the ocean
        hǎinèi, [海內], the whole world/throughout the land/everything under the sun
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        RìběnHǎi, Sea of Japan
        hǎichuán, seagoing ship
        shānzhēnhǎiwèi, exotic delicacies/luxury foodstuff from distant locations
        
        
        cānghǎisāngtián, [滄海桑田], lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)/fig. the transformations o...
        hǎijǐng, coast guard
        
        YàdélǐyàHǎi, [亞得里亞海], Adriatic Sea
        
        
        
        Gǔgēnhǎimǔ, Guggenheim (name)
        
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        céngjīngcānghǎi, [曾經滄海], lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)/fig. widely experienced in the viciss...
        
        
        
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        hǎicháo, tide
        
        hǎimǐ, dried shrimps
        hǎigǒu, fur seal
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        hánghǎijiā, mariner/seafarer
        Hǎiníng, [海寧], Haining county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jiā xīng], Zhejiang
        
        
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        hǎiyángxué, [海洋學], oceanography
        
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        ÀiqínHǎi, [愛琴海], Aegean Sea
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        hǎishí, [海蝕], coastal erosion/marine abrasion
        
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        hǎiqiào, Ascidiacea/sea squirt
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        HuángHǎi, [黃海], Yellow Sea
        
        
        
        páishāndǎohǎi, lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering/fig...
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        Mànhǎimǔ, Mannheim, German city at the confluence of Rhine and Neckar
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        Hǎidébǎo, Heidelberg
        
        
        rùhǎikǒu, estuary
        
        
        wǔhúsìhǎi, all parts of the country
        Hǎidéěrbǎo, [海德爾堡], Heidelberg/also written 海德堡
        fúrúDōngHǎi, [福如東海], may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
        ĀlābóHǎi, Arabian Sea
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        HuángjīnHǎiàn, [黃金海岸], name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (forme...
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        fàngzhīsìhǎiérjiēzhǔn, [放之四海而皆準], appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable/a panacea,...
        
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        Hǎiyán/hǎiyán, [海鹽], Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jiā xīng], Zhejiang, sea salt
        
        ShānhǎiJīng, [山海經], Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide r...
        
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        Hǎiniè, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        hǎinèiwài, [海內外], domestic and international/at home and abroad
        
        
        
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        míngyángsìhǎi, [名揚四海], to become known far and wide (idiom)/famous
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        hǎicǎo, seagrass
        
        
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        wúfǎ, [無法], unable/incapable
        wú, [無], not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/-less
        wúlùn, [無論], no matter what or how/regardless of whether...
        háowú, [毫無], not in the least/to completely lack
        wúliáo, [無聊], bored/boring/senseless
        wúguān, [無關], unrelated/having nothing to do (with sth else)
        wúgū, [無辜], innocent/innocence/not guilty (law)
        wúsuǒwèi, [無所謂], to be indifferent/not to matter/cannot be said to be
        wúlùnrúhé, [無論如何], whatever the case/in any event/no matter what/by all possible means
        háowúyíwèn, [毫無疑問], certainty/without a doubt
        biéwúxuǎnzé, [別無選擇], to have no other choice
        wúshù, [無數], countless/numberless/innumerable
        wúzuì, [無罪], innocent/guileless/not guilty (of crime)
        yīwúsuǒzhī, [一無所知], not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant/without an inkling
        wúyì, [無意], inadvertent/accidental/to have no intention of (doing sth)
        wúnéngwéilì, [無能為力], impotent (idiom)/powerless/helpless
线         wúxiàndiàn, [無線電], wireless
        wúbǐ, [無比], incomparable/matchless
        wúguānjǐnyào, [無關緊要], indifferent/insignificant
        wúxiào, [無效], not valid/ineffective/in vain
        yīwúsuǒyǒu, [一無所有], not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking/without two sticks to rub to...
        wúshì, [無視], to ignore/to disregard
        
        wújiākěguī, [無家可歸], homeless
        dúyīwúèr, [獨一無二], unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled/nothing compares with it
        wúzhī, [無知], ignorant/ignorance
        wúyí, [無疑], no doubt/undoubtedly
        wúqíng, [無情], pitiless/ruthless/merciless/heartless
        wúchǐ, [無恥], without any sense of shame/unembarrassed/shameless
        wúxiàn, [無限], unlimited/unbounded
        wúnéng, [無能], incompetence/inability/incapable/powerless
        wúlǐ, [無禮], rude/rudely
        wúdí, [無敵], unequalled/without rival/a paragon
        yīwúsuǒhuò, [一無所獲], to gain nothing/to end up empty-handed
        wúquán, [無權], to have no right/to have no authority
        wúlì, [無力], powerless/lacking strength
        wúzhù, [無助], helpless/helplessness/feeling useless/no help
线         wúxiàn, [無線], wireless
        wúlài, [無賴], hoodlum/rascal/rogue/rascally/scoundrelly
        yīwúshìchù, [一無是處], not one good point/everything about it is wrong
        wúchùbùzài, [無處不在], to be everywhere
        wúchù, [無處], nowhere
        wúyuánwúgù, [無緣無故], no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
        wúsuǒshìshì, [無所事事], to have nothing to do/to idle one's time away (idiom)
        wúkěfènggào, [無可奉告], (idiom) "no comment"
        wújìn, [無盡], endless/inexhaustible
        wúhài, [無害], harmless
        wúyǔlúnbǐ, [無與倫比], incomparable
        wúsī, [無私], selfless/unselfish/disinterested/altruistic
        píngānwúshì, [平安無事], safe and sound (idiom)
        wúhuàkěshuō, [無話可說], to have nothing to say (idiom)
        
        wúsuǒbùnéng, [無所不能], omnipotent
        wúqióng, [無窮], endless/boundless/inexhaustible
        shēnwúfēnwén, [身無分文], penniless (idiom)
        wúshēng, [無聲], noiseless/noiselessly/silent
        wúshíwúkè, [無時無刻], all the time/incessantly
        wúmíng, [無名], nameless/obscure
        wánměiwúquē, [完美無缺], perfect and without blemish/flawless/to leave nothing to be desired
        ānránwúyàng, [安然無恙], safe and sound (idiom)/to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)
        wúdòngyúzhōng, [無動於衷], aloof/indifferent/unconcerned
        wúlǐ, [無理], irrational/unreasonable
        wúkě, [無可], can't
        zǒutóuwúlù, [走投無路], to be at an impasse (idiom)/in a tight spot/at the end of one's rope/desperate
        wúyòng, [無用], useless/worthless
        wúmíngshì, [無名氏], anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc)
        wúcóng, [無從], not to have access/beyond one's authority or capability/sth one has no way of do...
        wúxū, [無需], needless
        
        yīshìwúchéng, [一事無成], to have achieved nothing/to be a total failure/to get nowhere
        wútiáojiàn, [無條件], unconditional
        xūwú, [虛無], nothingness
        
        wànwúyīshī, [萬無一失], surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
        wújìyúshì, [無濟於事], to no avail/of no use
        shùshǒuwúcè, [束手無策], lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fi...
        wújīzhītán, [無稽之談], complete nonsense (idiom)
        wánhǎowúsǔn, [完好無損], in good condition/undamaged/intact
        wúmíngxiǎozú, [無名小卒], insignificant soldier (idiom)/a nobody/nonentity
        wúxiá, [無瑕], faultless/perfect
        tiānyīwúfèng, [天衣無縫], lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)/fig. flawless
        wúxièkějī, [無懈可擊], invulnerable
        wúgù, [無故], without cause or reason
        wúxiá, [無暇], too busy/to have no time for/fully occupied
        wúzúqīngzhòng, [無足輕重], insignificant
        wúxīn, [無心], unintentionally/not in the mood to
        wúcháng, [無常], variable/changeable/fickle/impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya)/ghost taking away the...
        wúyǐngwúzōng, [無影無蹤], to disappear without trace (idiom)
        wúfáng, [無妨], no harm (in doing it)/One might as well./It won't hurt./no matter/it's no bother
        shǐwúqiánlì, [史無前例], unprecedented in history
        wúxíng, [無形], incorporeal/virtual/formless/invisible (assets)/intangible
        wúlǐqǔnào, [無理取鬧], to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
        shǒuwúcùntiě, [手無寸鐵], lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
        ruòwúqíshì, [若無其事], as if nothing had happened (idiom); calmly/nonchalantly
        yúshìwúbǔ, [於事無補], unhelpful/useless
        wúxū, [無須], need not/not obliged to/not necessarily
        wúwèi, [無謂], pointless/meaningless/unnecessarily
        rěnwúkěrěn, [忍無可忍], more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience/the last straw
        wújià, [無價], invaluable/priceless
        wúyōuwúlǜ, [無憂無慮], carefree and without worries (idiom)
        wúnài, [無奈], helpless/without choice/for lack of better option/grudgingly/willy-nilly/nolens ...
        wúwèi, [無味], tasteless/odorless
        wúshénlùn, [無神論], atheism
        wúfēi, [無非], only/nothing else
        wúduān, [無端], for no reason at all
        
        dāngzhīwúkuì, [當之無愧], fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, ...
        zhànwúbùshèng, [戰無不勝], to triumph in every battle (idiom); invincible/to succeed in every undertaking
        wúhuāguǒ, [無花果], fig (Ficus carica)
        zhìgāowúshàng, [至高無上], supreme/paramount/unsurpassed
        qiántúwúliàng, [前途無量], to have boundless prospects
        shǒuzúwúcuò, [手足無措], at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
        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...
        kōngwúyīrén, [空無一人], not a soul in sight (idiom)
        qīnmìwújiān, [親密無間], close relation, no gap (idiom); intimate and nothing can come between
        wújiàzhībǎo, [無價之寶], priceless treasure
        wúyàng, [無恙], in good health
        wúyuán, [無緣], to have no opportunity/no way (of doing sth)/no chance/no connection/not placed ...
        wújīngdǎcǎi, [無精打采], dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless/in low spirits/washed out
        wúfǎwútiān, [無法無天], regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom); maverick/undisciplined an...
        wúwù, [無誤], verified/unmistaken
        wúbiān, [無邊], without boundary/not bordered
线         wúxiàndiànhuà, [無線電話], radio telephony/wireless telephone
        mòmòwúwén, [默默無聞], obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation/a nobody/an unkn...
        
        wújūwúshù, [無拘無束], free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered/unbuttoned/without care or worries
        gūlìwúyuán, [孤立無援], isolated and without help
        wúcháng, [無償], free/no charge/at no cost
        wúxiànqī, [無限期], unlimited (time) duration
        wúqītúxíng, [無期徒刑], life imprisonment
        wúwàng, [無望], without hope/hopeless/without prospects
        
        wúzhōngshēngyǒu, [無中生有], to create something from nothing (idiom)
        wúrén, [無人], unmanned/uninhabited
        wúdìzìróng, [無地自容], ashamed and unable to show one's face
        fǎnfùwúcháng, [反覆無常], unstable/erratic/changeable/fickle
        xiāngānwúshì, [相安無事], to live together in harmony
        wúyì, [無益], no good/not good for/not beneficial
        suǒshèngwújǐ, [所剩無幾], there is not much left
        wúyìshí, [無意識], unconscious/involuntary
        sìwújìdàn, [肆無忌憚], absolutely unrestrained/unbridled/without the slightest scruple
        
        juéwújǐnyǒu, [絕無僅有], one and only (idiom); rarely seen/unique of its kind
        wúxìng, [無性], sexless/asexual (reproduction)
        
        Jùwúbà/jùwúbà, [巨無霸], Big Mac (McDonald's hamburger), giant/leviathan
        wúsuǒbùzài, [無所不在], omnipresent
        
        tāndéwúyàn, [貪得無厭], avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
        wúsuǒshìcóng, [無所適從], not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
        wúyì, [無異], nothing other than/to differ in no way from/the same as/to amount to
        wúyìjiān, [無意間], inadvertently/unintentionally
        píngdànwúqí, [平淡無奇], ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
        wúzhèngfǔzhǔyì, [無政府主義], anarchism
        wúyán, [無言], to remain silent/to have nothing to say
        gāozhěnwúyōu, [高枕無憂], to sleep peacefully (idiom)/(fig.) to rest easy/to be free of worries
        
        wúqióngwújìn, [無窮無盡], endless/boundless/infinite
        wúyīwúkào, [無依無靠], no one to rely on (idiom); on one's own/orphaned/left to one's own devices
        wúshēngwúxī, [無聲無息], wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking/taciturn/not providing an...
        wènxīnwúkuì, [問心無愧], lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
        suǒxiàngwúdí, [所向無敵], to be invincible/unrivalled
        yǒngwúzhǐjìng, [永無止境], without end/never-ending
        qiǎowúshēngxī, [悄無聲息], quietly/noiselessly
        
        yìwúfǎngù, [義無反顧], honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back/no ...
        wúdú, [無毒], harmless/innocuous/lit. not poisonous
        wúqī, [無期], unspecified period/in the indefinite future/no fixed time/indefinite sentence (i...
        dàwúwèi, [大無畏], utterly fearless
        wúshàng, [無上], supreme
        yǒubèiwúhuàn, [有備無患], Preparedness averts peril./to be prepared, just in case (idiom)
        wúsè, [無色], colorless
        wúguāntòngyǎng, [無關痛癢], not to affect sb/irrelevant/of no importance/insignificant
        mùzhōngwúrén, [目中無人], to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matt...
        wúkěhòufēi, [無可厚非], see 未可厚非[wèi kě hòu fēi]
        wúyè, [無業], unemployed/jobless/out of work
        wúyuànwúhuǐ, [無怨無悔], no complaints/to have no regrets
        
        kěyǒukěwú, [可有可無], not essential/dispensable
        huāngwúrényān, [荒無人煙], desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
        shúshìwúdǔ, [熟視無睹], to pay no attention to a familiar sight/to ignore
        tǐwúwánfū, [體無完膚], lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted
        wúkěnàihé, [無可奈何], have no way out/have no alternative/abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wú nài]
        cǎnwúréndào, [慘無人道], inhuman (idiom)/brutal and unfeeling
        dàngránwúcún, [蕩然無存], to obliterate completely/to vanish from the face of the earth
        
        wúmíngzhǐ, [無名指], ring finger
        wúsuǒzuòwéi, [無所作為], attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or ...
        wúkěwǎnhuí, [無可挽回], irrevocable/the die is cast
        wúèbùzuò, [無惡不作], not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
线         wúxiàndiànbō, [無線電波], radio waves/wireless electric wave
        yīwàngwújì, [一望無際], as far as the eye can see (idiom)
        záluànwúzhāng, [雜亂無章], disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
        wúrénwènjīn, [無人問津], to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
        wúqíbùyǒu, [無奇不有], nothing is too bizarre/full of extraordinary things
        shìwújùxì, [事無巨細], lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)/fig. to deal with ...
        wúwēibùzhì, [無微不至], in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
        túláowúgōng, [徒勞無功], to work to no avail (idiom)
        yǒngwúníngrì, [永無寧日], (in such circumstances) there will be no peace/one can never breathe easy
        
        shìruòwúdǔ, [視若無睹], to turn a blind eye to
        yīwǎngwúqián, [一往無前], to advance courageously (idiom)/to press forward
        
        wúrénqū, [無人區], uninhabited region
        
        yīlǎnwúyú, [一覽無餘], to cover all at one glance (idiom)/a panoramic view
        
        
        wúyōng, [無庸], variant of 毋庸[wú yōng]
        wúxù, [無序], disorderly/irregular/lack of order
        wúdǐdòng, [無底洞], bottomless pit
        bàolùwúyí, [暴露無遺], to lay bare/to come to light
        
        wúbiānwújì, [無邊無際], boundless/limitless
        wúkuì, [無愧], to have a clear conscience/to feel no qualms
        yǒuqùwúhuí, [有去無回], gone forever (idiom)
        yǒuguòzhīérwúbùjí, [有過之而無不及], not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom)/to surpass/to outdo/(derog.) to be eve...
        
        wúdù, [無度], immoderate/excessive/not knowing one's limits
        wúài, [無礙], without inconvenience/unimpeded/unhindered/unobstructed/unfettered/unhampered
        jǔshìwúshuāng, [舉世無雙], unrivaled (idiom); world number one/unique/unequaled
        
        
        bùwú, [不無], not without
        wúcóngxiàshǒu, [無從下手], not know where to start
        fēngyǔwúzǔ, [風雨無阻], regardless of weather conditions/rain, hail or shine
        yúmèiwúzhī, [愚昧無知], stupid and ignorant (idiom)
        wújiānbùcuī, [無堅不摧], no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle/nothing one...
        
        wúyín, [無垠], boundless/vast
        cánkùwúqíng, [殘酷無情], cruel and unfeeling (idiom)
        
        liǎowúshēngqù, [了無生趣], to lose all interest in life (idiom)
        yīlǎnwúyí, [一覽無遺], be plainly visible
        zuòwúxūxí, [座無虛席], lit. a banquet with no empty seats/full house/capacity crowd/standing room only
        bǎiwúliáolài, [百無聊賴], bored to death (idiom)/bored stiff/overcome with boredom
        
        liáoliáowújǐ, [寥寥無幾], just a very few (idiom); tiny number/not many at all/You count them on your fing...
        
        
        xūwúzhǔyì, [虛無主義], nihilism
        yǎowúyīnxìn, [杳無音信], to have no news whatever
        
        wújìmíng, [無記名], (of a document) not bearing a name/unregistered (financial securities etc)/beare...
        
        qílèwúqióng, [其樂無窮], boundless joy
        wúshìshēngfēi, [無事生非], to make trouble out of nothing
        wúrénjī, [無人機], drone/unmanned aerial vehicle
        wúyǐfùjiā, [無以復加], in the extreme (idiom)/incapable of further increase
        wúqíngwúyì, [無情無義], completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
        
        wúfèng, [無縫], seamless
        
        wúsuǒbùwéi, [無所不為], not stopping at anything/all manner of evil
        wúyányǐduì, [無言以對], to be left speechless/unable to respond
        pángruòwúrén, [旁若無人], to act as though there were nobody else present/unselfconscious/fig. without reg...
        
        
        wúhuǐ, [無悔], to have no regrets
        
        
        
        yǔshìwúzhēng, [與世無爭], to stand aloof from worldly affairs
        huíwèiwúqióng, [回味無窮], leaving a rich aftertaste/(fig.) memorable/lingering in memory
        mànwúbiānjì, [漫無邊際], extremely vast/boundless/limitless/digressing/discursive/going off on tangents/s...
        zéwúpángdài, [責無旁貸], to be duty bound/to be one's unshirkable responsibility
        wúkězhìyí, [無可置疑], cannot be doubted (idiom)
        
        yǒumíngwúshí, [有名無實], lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name/nominal
        
        jǔmùwúqīn, [舉目無親], to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on/without...
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        qúnlóngwúshǒu, [群龍無首], lit. a thunder of dragons without a head/fig. a group lacking a leader
        yǒuqìwúlì, [有氣無力], weakly and without strength (idiom); dispirited
        yǒujīngwúxiǎn, [有驚無險], to be more scared than hurt (idiom)/to get through a daunting experience without...
        yǒuyìwúyì, [有意無意], intentionally or otherwise
        wúchǎnjiējí, [無產階級], proletariat
        
        wúbù, [無不], none lacking/none missing/everything is there/everyone without exception
        wújī, [無機], inorganic (chemistry)
        wúliàng, [無量], measureless/immeasurable
        
        wúkěfēiyì, [無可非議], irreproachable (idiom)/nothing blameworthy about it at all
        
        
        wúmíngyīngxióng, [無名英雄], unnamed hero
        yāquèwúshēng, [鴉雀無聲], lit. crow and peacock make no sound/absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice...
        
        
        yáoyáowúqī, [遙遙無期], far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
        mùwúfǎjì, [目無法紀], with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding ...
        
        shàngwú, [尚無], not yet/not so far
        xuèběnwúguī, [血本無歸], to lose everything one invested (idiom)/to lose one's shirt
        wújīwù, [無機物], inorganic compound
        
        huítiānwúlì, [回天無力], unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)/to fail to save the situation
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yīwàngwúyín, [一望無垠], to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
        wúyānméi, [無煙煤], anthracite
        dàgōngwúsī, [大公無私], selfless/impartial
        
        
        yīngxióngwúyòngwǔzhīdì, [英雄無用武之地], a hero with no chance of using his might/to have no opportunity to display one's...
        kōngdòngwúwù, [空洞無物], empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance/nothing new to show
        
        túláowúyì, [徒勞無益], futile endeavor (idiom)
        
        yǒuzēngwújiǎn, [有增無減], to increase without letup/to get worse and worse (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        tiěmiànwúsī, [鐵面無私], strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
        wúyān, [無煙], nonsmoking (e.g. environment)
        
        wúlǐshù, [無理數], irrational number
        wúyóu, [無由], to be unable (to do sth)/no reason to .../without rhyme or reason
        
        wúchǎnzhě, [無產者], proletariat/non-propertied person
线         
        
        láoérwúgōng, [勞而無功], to work hard while accomplishing little/to toil to no avail
        hùtōngyǒuwú, [互通有無], mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)/to benefit from each other's strengths and...
        yǒushǐwúzhōng, [有始無終], to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through/lack of stickin...
        bǎiwújìnjì, [百無禁忌], all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes/nothing is taboo
        
        
        yǒushìwúkǒng, [有恃無恐], secure in the knowledge that one has backing
        miǎowúrényān, [渺無人煙], remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted/God-forsaken
        
        
        xiōngwúdàzhì, [胸無大志], to have no aspirations (idiom)/unambitious
        gōngdéwúliàng, [功德無量], no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
        xuéwúzhǐjìng, [學無止境], no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study./You live and ...
        
        
        
        yīwúsuǒcháng, [一無所長], not having any special skill/without any qualifications
        wúxíngzhōng, [無形中], imperceptibly/virtually
        
        
        wúsuǒbùbāo, [無所不包], not excluding anything/all-inclusive
        tóngyánwújì, [童言無忌], children's words carry no harm (idiom)
        wúdúyǒuǒu, [無獨有偶], not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence/it's not...
        wútí, [無題], untitled
        
        
        hòuhuànwúqióng, [後患無窮], it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        wúqióngxiǎo, [無窮小], infinitesimal (in calculus)/infinitely small
        
        
        shēnwúchángwù, [身無長物], to possess nothing except bare necessities/to live a poor or frugal life
        
        
西         
        tóngsǒuwúqī, [童叟無欺], cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally...
        
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        qiūháowúfàn, [秋毫無犯], (idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offence a...
        tānlánwúyàn, [貪婪無厭], avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
        
        
        wúhòu, [無後], to lack male offspring
        
        
        xiōngwúchéngfǔ, [胸無城府], open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything/ingenuous
        qiǎoránwúshēng, [悄然無聲], absolutely quiet
        
        
        wújì, [無際], limitless/boundless
        
        
        wànbānwúnài, [萬般無奈], to have no way out/to have no alternative

        nàbian, [那邊], over there/yonder
        zhèbiān, [這邊], this side/here
        shēnbiān, [身邊], at one's side/on hand
        biān/bian, [邊], side/edge/margin/border/boundary/CL:個|个[gè]/simultaneously, suffix of a noun of ...
        yībiān, [一邊], one side/either side/on the one hand/on the other hand/doing while
        pángbiān, [旁邊], lateral/side/to the side/beside
        zuǒbian, [左邊], left/the left side/to the left of
        yòubian, [右邊], right side/right, to the right
        biānyuán, [邊緣], edge/fringe/verge/brink/periphery/marginal/borderline
        
        hǎibiān, [海邊], coast/seaside/seashore/beach
        biānjìng, [邊境], frontier/border
        lùbiān, [路邊], curb/roadside/wayside
        liǎngbian, [兩邊], either side/both sides
        húbiān, [湖邊], lakeside
        kàobiān, [靠邊], to keep to the side/to pull over/move aside!
        biānjiè, [邊界], boundary/border
        hébiān, [河邊], river bank
        
        běibiān, [北邊], north/north side/northern part/to the north of
        nánbian, [南邊], south/south side/southern part/to the south of
        wàibian, [外邊], outside/outer surface/abroad/place other than one's home
西         xībiān, [西邊], west/west side/western part/to the west of
        lǐbian, [裡邊], inside
        zhōubiān, [周邊], periphery/rim/surroundings/all around/perimeter/peripheral (computing)/spin-offs
        
        dōngbian, [東邊], east/east side/eastern part/to the east of
        shàngbian, [上邊], the top/above/overhead/upwards/the top margin/above-mentioned/those higher up
        ànbiān, [岸邊], shore
        
        hòubian, [後邊], back/rear/behind
        shǒubiān, [手邊], on hand/at hand
        xiàbian, [下邊], under/the underside/below
        bànbiān, [半邊], half of sth/one side of sth
        wúbiān, [無邊], without boundary/not bordered
        shuǐbiān, [水邊], edge of the water/waterside/shore (of sea, lake or river)
        huābiān, [花邊], lace/decorative border
        
线         biānxiàn, [邊線], sideline/foul line
        ěrbiānfēng, [耳邊風], lit. wind past your ear/fig. sth you don't pay much attention to/in one ear and ...
        Yánbiān, [延邊], Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in ...
        zhānbiān, [沾邊], to have a connection with/to be close (to reality)/to be relevant/to have one's ...
        qiánbian, [前邊], front/the front side/in front of
        
        bùzhuóbiānjì, [不著邊際], not to the point/wide of the mark/neither here nor there/irrelevant
        biānfáng, [邊防], frontier defense
线         
        xiāngbiān, [鑲邊], edge/border/to edge (with lace, embroidery etc)
        tiānbiān, [天邊], horizon/ends of the earth/remotest places
        
        biānyuǎn, [邊遠], far from the center/remote/outlying
        biānfēng, [邊鋒], wing/wing forward
        wúbiānwújì, [無邊無際], boundless/limitless
        biānmén, [邊門], side door/wicket door
        dānbiān, [單邊], unilateral
        shuāngbiān, [雙邊], bilateral
        huābiānxīnwén, [花邊新聞], media gossip/sensational news
        yībiāndǎo, [一邊倒], to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side/to support unconditionally
        bùxiūbiānfú, [不修邊幅], not care about one's appearance (idiom)/slovenly in dress and manner
        Jīnbiān, [金邊], Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia
        cābiānqiú, [擦邊球], lit. to hit a ball or shuttlecock on the sideline/fig. to skirt the line legally...
沿         biānyán, [邊沿], edge/fringe
        biānchéng, [邊城], border town/remote town
        biānjì, [邊際], limit/bound/boundary/(economics) marginal
线         biānjièxiàn, [邊界線], boundary line/border line
        gǔnbiān, [滾邊], (of a dress etc) border, edging
        bànbiāntiān, [半邊天], half the sky/women of the new society/womenfolk
        biānjiāng, [邊疆], border area/borderland/frontier/frontier region
        Dùbiān, [渡邊], Watanabe (Japanese surname)
        mànwúbiānjì, [漫無邊際], extremely vast/boundless/limitless/digressing/discursive/going off on tangents/s...
        
        xiébiān, [斜邊], sloping side/hypotenuse (of a right-angled triangle)
        
        
        biānchuí, [邊陲], border area/frontier
        
        biānkuàng, [邊框], frame/rim
        
        biānyuánhuà, [邊緣化], to marginalize/marginalization
        
        tiēbiān, [貼邊], welt/facing (of a garment)/to be relevant
        biānguān, [邊關], border station/strategic defensive position on frontier
        dǐbiān, [底邊], base (of a triangle)/base line/hem line (of skirt)
        
        
        sìbiānxíng, [四邊形], quadrilateral
        duōbiān, [多邊], multilateral
        biānsài, [邊塞], frontier fortress
        biānjiǎoliào, [邊角料], scrap/bits and pieces left over
        duōbiānxíng, [多邊形], polygon
        wǔbiānxíng, [五邊形], pentagon
        liùbiānxíng, [六邊形], hexagon
        zhěnbiānfēng, [枕邊風], pillow talk
        
        máobiān, [毛邊], raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc)/rough edge
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qiāobiāngǔ, [敲邊鼓], to back sb up/to support sb in an argument/(lit. to beat nearby drum)
        
        
        biāncháng, [邊長], length (of a side, geom.)
        biānzhài, [邊寨], frontier stockade
        
        biānfángzhàn, [邊防站], border station/frontier post
        
        
        
        jiāngbiān, [江邊], river bank
        
        


        huí, [迴]/[逥], to circle/to go back/to turn around/to answer/to return/to revolve/Hui ethnic gr...
        huílai, [回來], to return/to come back
        huíjiā, to return home
        huíqu, to return/to go back
        huídào, to return to
        huídá, to reply/to answer/the answer/CL:個|个[gè]
        huítóu, [回頭], to turn round/to turn one's head/later/by and by
        huíyì, [回憶], to recall/memories/CL:個|个[gè]
        huíbào, [回報], (in) return/reciprocation/payback/retaliation/to report back/to reciprocate
        zhǎohuí, to retrieve
        shōuhuí, to regain/to retake/to take back/to withdraw/to revoke
        huígù, [回顧], to look back/to review
        fǎnhuí, to return to/to come (or go) back
        huíguī, [回歸], to return to/to retreat/regression (statistics)
        huífù, [回復], to reply/to recover/to return (to a previous condition)/Re: in reply to (email)
        huíyìng, [回應], to respond/response
        huíjiàn, [回見], See you later!
        huíhé, one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same tw...
        huíxiǎng, to recall/to recollect/to think back
        huíbì, [迴避], variant of 迴避|回避[huí bì], to shun/to avoid (sb)/to skirt/to evade (an issue)/to ...
        
        wǎnhuí, to retrieve/to redeem
        láihuí, [來回], to make a round trip/return journey/back and forth/to and fro/repeatedly
        huíshōu, to recycle/to reclaim/to retrieve/to recover/to recall (a defective product)
        xúnhuí, [巡迴], to go around/to roam/to tour
        bóhuí, [駁回], to reject/to turn down/to overrule
        huídiàn, [回電], to reply to a telegram/to wire back
        qǔhuí, to retrieve
        chèhuí, to recall/to revoke/to retract
        huíxìn, to reply/to write back/letter written in reply/CL:封[fēng]
        
        xúnhuíyǎnchū, [巡迴演出], (theater etc) to tour/to be on tour/to give itinerant performances
        huíhuà, [回話], to reply
        qǐsǐhuíshēng, to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
退         tuìhuí, to return (an item)/to send back/to go back
        zhàohuí, to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
        huíchē, [回車], enter (computer key)
        huíguó, [回國], to return to one's home country
        huíyīn, echo/reply/turn (ornament in music)
        shúhuí, [贖回], to redeem
        dàihuí, [帶回], to bring back
        lúnhuí, [輪回]/[輪迴], variant of 輪迴|轮回[lún huí], to reincarnate/reincarnation (Buddhism)/(of the seaso...
        huíshēng, [回聲], echo
        huíshǒu, to turn around/to look back/to recollect
        xiàhuí, next chapter/next time
        huíxuán, [迴旋], to cycle around/cyclotron/slalom, to turn around/maneuvering room/leeway
        huíyìlù, [回憶錄], memoir
        huíjī, [回擊], to fight back/to return fire/to counterattack
        duóhuí, [奪回], to take back (forcibly)/to recapture/to win back
        huíchéng, return trip
        huíjué, [回絕], to rebuff/to refuse/to turn down
        huíjìng, to return a compliment/to give sth in return
        
        
        huíwèi, to reflect on/to ponder over/aftertaste
        huíxiǎng, [回響]/[迴響], variant of 迴響|回响[huí xiǎng], to echo/to reverberate/to respond/echo/response/rea...
        yūhuí, [迂迴], roundabout route/circuitous/tortuous/to outflank/indirect/roundabout
        huísù, to recall/to look back upon
        huítóulù, [回頭路], the road back to where one came from
        chuánhuí, [傳回], to send back
        huílù, to return/circuit (e.g. electric)/loop
        liǎnghuíshì, [兩回事], two quite different things/two unrelated matters
        huíkòu, brokerage/a commission paid to a middleman/euphemism for a bribe/a kickback
        huízhuǎn, [回轉]/[迴轉], to rotate/to turn round/slalom, to revolve/to rotate/rotation
        
        huídàng, [迴盪], to resound/to reverberate/to echo
        huílǐ, [回禮], to return a greeting/to send a gift in return
        shànghuí, last time/the previous time
        zhéhuí, to turn back/to retrace one's steps
        
        
        
        huílǎojiā, to go back to one's roots/to return to one's native place/by ext. to join one's ...
        wúkěwǎnhuí, [無可挽回], irrevocable/the die is cast
        huíxíngzhēn, [回形針], paper clip
        huíshēng, to rise again after a fall/to pick up/rally (stock market etc)
        Huíjiào, Islam
        
        tánhuí, [彈回], to rebound
        bānhuí, to pull back/to regain (one's dignity etc)/to recover from (an adverse situation...
        
        fēnghuílùzhuǎn, [峰回路轉], the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)/(of a mountain road) twist...
        
        
        yǒuqùwúhuí, [有去無回], gone forever (idiom)
        zǒuhuítóulù, [走回頭路], to turn back/to backtrack/(fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
        huínuǎn, (of the weather) to warm up again
        huíchūn, return of spring
        miàoshǒuhuíchūn, magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure/brilliant docto...
        huítóukè, [回頭客], repeat customer
        
        huíliú, to flow back/reflux/circumfluence/refluence/backward flow/returning flow (e.g. o...
        huíwèiwúqióng, [回味無窮], leaving a rich aftertaste/(fig.) memorable/lingering in memory
        huíyóu, variant of 洄游[huí yóu]
        huímóu, to glance back/to look back/retrospective
        huílóng, [回籠], to steam again/to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer/to withdraw currency from circ...
        huígùzhǎn, [回顧展], retrospective (exhibition)
        huíláng, [迴廊], winding corridor/cloister/ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
        
        
        huítiānfáshù, [回天乏術], unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)/to fail to save the situation
        
        huítiáo, [回條], receipt/note acknowledging receipt
        huízhí, [回執], receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)
        huímǎqiāng, [回馬槍], sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
        zhuīhuí, to recover (sth lost or stolen)/to get back
        huíhán, a reply (in writing)
        huíwén, palindrome
        huíhuǒ, to temper (iron)/to flare back/flareback (in a gas burner)/(of an engine) to bac...
        
        
        huítiānwúlì, [回天無力], unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)/to fail to save the situation
        
        huíqǐng, [回請], to return an invitation
        
线         Běihuíguīxiàn, [北回歸線], Tropic of Cancer
        
        huítiě, to reply to an invitation/(Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic
线         Nánhuíguīxiàn, [南回歸線], Tropic of Capricorn
访         huífǎng, [回訪], (pay a) return visit
        dàngqìhuícháng, [蕩氣回腸], heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc)/deeply moving
        
        huídān, [回單], receipt
        
        huícháo, to become moist again/to revive (usually of sth bad)/resurgence
线         huíguīxiàn, [回歸線], tropic/one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer
        huíluò, to fall back/to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
        huífǎn, to return/to go back/to come back
        
        
        huílú, [回爐], to melt down/to remelt (metals)/fig. to acquire new education/to bake again
        
        
        huíchējiàn, [回車鍵], carriage return
        huíchángdàngqì, [回腸盪氣], soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork)/heart-rending/deeply moving
        
        
        huíbō, echo (e.g. radar)/returning wave
        huírào, [回繞], winding
        
        
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        dìhuí, [遞迴], see 遞歸|递归[dì guī]
        
        
        
        
        huílìqiú, jai alai/cesta punta (sports)/ball used in this sport
        Lónghuí, Longhui county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shào yáng], Hunan
        
        
        
        

        tóu/tou, [頭], head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspe...
        tóufa, [頭髮], hair (on the head)
        tóur, [頭兒], leader
        huítóu, [回頭], to turn round/to turn one's head/later/by and by
        shítou, [石頭], stone/CL:塊|块[kuài]
        jìngtóu, [鏡頭], camera lens/camera shot (in a movie etc)/scene
        gǔtou, [骨頭], bone/CL:根[gēn],塊|块[kuài]/moral character/bitterness
        tóunǎo, [頭腦], brains/mind/skull/(fig.) gist (of a matter)/leader/boss
        shèxiàngtóu, [攝像頭], webcam/surveillance camera
        mǎtóu, [碼頭], dock/pier/wharf/CL:個|个[gè]
        shétou, [舌頭], tongue/CL:個|个[gè]/enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting informati...
        lǎotóu, [老頭], old fellow/old man/father/husband
        jiētóu, [街頭], street
        kāitóu, [開頭], beginning/to start
        tóubù, [頭部], head
        zhěntou, [枕頭], pillow
        mùtou, [木頭], slow-witted/blockhead/log (of wood, timber etc)/CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]
        jìntóu, [盡頭], end/extremity/limit
        tóuténg, [頭疼], headache
        shǒutóu, [手頭], on hand/at hand/one's financial situation
        tóutòng, [頭痛], to have a headache
        tóuxù, [頭緒], outline/main threads
        niàntou, [念頭], thought/idea/intention
        tóukuī, [頭盔], helmet
        quántou, [拳頭], fist/clenched fist/CL:個|个[gè]/competitive (product)
        tóuhào, [頭號], first rate/top rank/number one
        dàkuàitóu, [大塊頭], heavy man/fat man/lunkhead/lummox/lug
        yātou, [丫頭], girl/servant girl/(used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearmen...
        tóugǔ, [頭骨], skull
        cóngtóu, [從頭], anew/from the start
        tóuxián, [頭銜], title/rank/appellation
        rǔtóu, [乳頭], nipple
        pèngtóu, [碰頭], to meet/to hold a meeting
        diàotóu, [掉頭], to turn one's head/to turn round/to turn about
        zhōngtóu, [鐘頭], hour/CL:個|个[gè]
        lǎotóuzi, [老頭子], (coll.) old man/(said of an aging husband) my old man
        lǐtou, [裡頭], inside/interior
        zhūtóu, [豬頭], pig head/(coll.) fool/jerk
        táitóu, [抬頭], to raise one's head/to gain ground/account name, or space for writing the name o...
        guàntou, [罐頭], tin/can/CL:個|个[gè]
        shàngtóu/shàngtou, [上頭], (of alcohol) to go to one's head/(old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair int...
        niántóu, [年頭], start of the year/whole year/a particular year/period/days/epoch/a year's harves...
        dītóu, [低頭], to bow the head/to yield/to give in
        diàotóu/diàotou, [調頭], variant of 掉頭|掉头[diào tóu], tone (of voice)/tune
        étóu, [額頭], forehead
        duìtóu/duìtou, [對頭], correct/normal/to be on good terms with/on the right track/right, (longstanding)...
        wàitou, [外頭], outside/out
        tóutóu, [頭頭], head/chief
        yuántóu, [源頭], source/fountainhead
        tóuyūn, [頭暈], dizzy
        gètóu/getóu, [個頭], size/height, (coll.) (suffix) my ass!/yeah, right!
        tóuděngcāng, [頭等艙], 1st class cabin
        hángtóu/xíngtou, [行頭], team leader (archaic)/shopkeeper (archaic), a person's clothing/outfit/actor's c...
        chūtóu, [出頭], to get out of a predicament/to stick out/to take the initiative/remaining odd fr...
        diǎntóu, [點頭], to nod
        fēntóu, [分頭], separately/severally/parted hair
        cóngtóudàowěi, [從頭到尾], from start to finish/from head to tail/the whole (thing)
        tóubǎn, [頭版], (newspaper's) front page
        guāngtóu, [光頭], shaven head/bald head/to go bareheaded/hatless
        yáotóu, [搖頭], to shake one's head
        fēngtóu, [風頭], wind direction/the way the wind blows/fig. trend/direction of events/how things ...
        tóumù, [頭目], ringleader/gang leader/chieftain
        chètóuchèwěi, [徹頭徹尾], lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing/through and through/out and out/fr...
        māotóuyīng, [貓頭鷹], owl
        réntóu, [人頭], person/number of people/(per) capita/(a person's) head/(Tw) person whose identit...
        tóudǐng, [頭頂], top of the head
        jiētóu, [接頭], to join/to connect/connection/junction/fitting (plumbing)/connector/terminal (el...
        shǒuzhǐtou, [手指頭], fingertip/finger
        dàotóulái, [到頭來], in the end/finally/as a result
        fǔtóu, [斧頭], ax/hatchet/CL:柄[bǐng]
        tóujīn, [頭巾], cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times/headscarf (typically worn by wo...
        tūtóu, [禿頭], baldness
        
        zuàntóu, [鑽頭], drill bit
        
        guāntóu, [關頭], juncture/moment
        dàntóu, [彈頭], warhead
        tóulú, [頭顱], head/skull
        zhàotou, [兆頭], omen/portent/sign
        zhǐtou, [指頭], finger/toe/CL:個|个[gè]
        xīntóu, [心頭], heart/thoughts/mind
        gǎitóuhuànmiàn, [改頭換面], to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes/Despite super...
        hòutou, [後頭], behind/the back/the rear/later/afterwards/(in) the future
        chātóu, [插頭], plug
        guòtóu, [過頭], to overdo it/to overstep the limit/excessively/above one's head/overhead
        kǔtou, [苦頭], sufferings
        kǒutóu, [口頭], oral/verbal
        hùtóu, [戶頭], bank account/CL:個|个[gè]
        jiǎozhǐtou, [腳趾頭], toe
        kuàitóu, [塊頭], size/body size
        lǐngtóu, [領頭], to take the lead/to be first to start
        huátóu, [滑頭], crafty/slippery/slyboots
        tóuděng, [頭等], first class/prime/main
        tóupí, [頭皮], scalp
        tóuxiàng, [頭像], portrait/bust
        zhuāntou, [磚頭], brick
        
        tiántou, [甜頭], sweet taste (of power, success etc)/benefit
        chūréntóudì, [出人頭地], to stand out among one's peers (idiom)/to excel
        nǎitóu, [奶頭], nipple/teat (on baby's bottle)
        yītóu, [一頭], one head/a head full of sth/one end (of a stick)/one side/headlong/directly/rapi...
        shuǐlóngtóu, [水龍頭], faucet/tap
        
        dàitóu, [帶頭], to take the lead/to be the first/to set an example
        chuángtóuguì, [床頭櫃], bedside cabinet
        qiántou, [前頭], in front/at the head/ahead/above
        láitóu, [來頭], cause/reason/interest/influence
        lóngtóu, [龍頭], faucet/water tap/bicycle handle bar/chief (esp. of gang)/boss/decision maker/(ma...
        tóulǐng, [頭領], head person/leader
        yūntóuzhuànxiàng, [暈頭轉向], confused and disoriented
        gōngtóu, [工頭], foreman
        yāntóu, [煙頭], cigarette butt/fag-end/CL:根[gēn]
        jiàntóu, [箭頭], arrowhead/arrow symbol
        chūfēngtou, [出風頭], to push oneself forward/to seek fame/to be in the limelight/same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chū ...
        
        mótóu, [魔頭], monster/devil
        kǒutóuchán, [口頭禪], Zen saying repeated as cant/(fig.) catchphrase/mantra/favorite expression/stock ...
        chuántóu, [船頭], the bow or prow of a ship
        
        xuétóu, [噱頭], amusing speech or act/jokes/antics/funny/amusing/Taiwan pr. [xuē tóu]
        shétóu, [蛇頭], head of a snake/human smuggler
        tóuzi, [頭子], boss/gang leader
        jùtóu, [巨頭], tycoon/magnate/big player (including company, country, school etc)/big shot
        duàntóutái, [斷頭台], guillotine/scaffold
        jiāotóulàné, [焦頭爛額], lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)/fig. ha...
        shìtóu, [勢頭], power/momentum/tendency/impetus/situation/the look of things
        máotóu, [矛頭], spearhead/barb/an attack or criticism
        lǎotóur, [老頭兒], see 老頭子|老头子[lǎo tóu zi]
        dāngtóu/dàngtou, [當頭], coming right into one's face/imminent/to put first, (coll.) pledge/surety
        bǎtóu, [把頭], labor contractor/gangmaster
        shūtóu, [梳頭], to comb one's hair
        zhuǎntóu/zhuàntóu, [轉頭], to turn one's head/to change direction/U-turn/volte face/to repent, nutation (pl...
        tóushì, [頭飾], head ornament
        tóuhūn, [頭昏], dizzy/giddy/one's head spins
        Tóutiáo/tóutiáo, [頭條], Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条[Jīn rì Tóu...
        jǐnyàoguāntóu, [緊要關頭], urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
        líntóu, [臨頭], to befall/to be imminent
        
        píngtóu, [平頭], flattop/crew cut/common (people)
        huítóulù, [回頭路], the road back to where one came from
        máitóu, [埋頭], to immerse oneself in/engrossed in sth/to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)/co...
        gēntou, [跟頭], tumble/somersault
        tàntóu, [探頭], to extend one's head (out or into)/a probe/detector/search unit
        làngtou, [浪頭], wave
        
        shāntóu, [山頭], mountain top
        píngtóulùnzú, [評頭論足], lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woma...
        
        Qiáotóu/qiáotóu, [橋頭], Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gāo xióng xiàn], southw...
        sǐduìtou, [死對頭], arch-enemy/sworn enemy
        méitóu, [眉頭], brows
        tìtóu, [剃頭], to have one's head shaved
        zhòuméitóu, [皺眉頭], to scowl/to knit the brows
        chuángtóu, [床頭], bedhead/bedside/headboard
        tóugàigǔ, [頭蓋骨], skull/cranium
        kàntou, [看頭], qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading)
        hédàntóu, [核彈頭], nuclear reentry vehicle/nuclear warhead
        
        lángtou, [榔頭], hammer/large hammer/sledgehammer
        zhòngtóuxì, [重頭戲], opera (or role) involving much singing and action/(fig.) highlight/main feature/...
        
        mántou, [饅頭], steamed roll/steamed bun/steamed bread/CL:個|个[gè]
        dàotóu, [到頭], to the end (of)/at the end of/in the end/to come to an end
        
        pǐntóulùnzú, [品頭論足], lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woma...
        tóucǎi, [頭彩], first prize in a lottery
        zhǎnlùtóujiǎo, [嶄露頭角], to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
        
        guītóu, [龜頭], head of a turtle/glans penis
        miáotou, [苗頭], first signs/development (of a situation)
        
        jìntóu, [勁頭], enthusiasm/zeal/vigor/strength
        jiāntóu, [尖頭], pointed end/tip/(medicine) oxycephaly
        huǒchētóu, [火車頭], train engine/locomotive
        gǎotou, [搞頭], (coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile/cf. 有搞頭|有搞头[yǒu gǎo tou] and 沒搞頭|没搞头[méi ...
        pīntou, [姘頭], lover/mistress
        pēntóu, [噴頭], nozzle/spray-head
        pàitóu, [派頭], manner/style/panache
        fāngēntou, [翻跟頭], to turn a somersault
        
        xiāntóu, [先頭], in advance/ahead/before/previously
        dìtóu, [地頭], place/locality/edge of a field/lower margin of a page
        jiāntóu, [肩頭], on one's shoulders/(dialect) shoulder
        tóupòxuèliú, [頭破血流], lit. head broken and blood flowing/fig. badly bruised
        pāotóulòumiàn, [拋頭露面], to show your face in public (derog.)
        tóutào, [頭套], actor's headgear/wig/head covering
        tóugōng, [頭功], first class merit
        dǐngtóushàngsi, [頂頭上司], one's immediate superior
        
        
        xìngtou, [興頭], keen interest/concentrated attention
        
        niǔtóu, [扭頭], to turn one's head/to turn around
        
        
        
        jītóu, [機頭], the front (nose) of a plane etc
        
        piàntóu, [片頭], opening titles (of movie)/leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel)
        
        chútou, [鋤頭], hoe/CL:把[bǎ]
        tóujǐng, [頭頸], (dialect) neck
        kōngtóu, [空頭], phony/so-called/armchair (expert)/vain (promise)/(finance) short-seller/bear (ma...
        yuāndàtóu, [冤大頭], spendthrift and foolish/sb with more money than sense
        qítóubìngjìn, [齊頭並進], to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks/going hand in ha...
        lǐngtóuyáng, [領頭羊], bellwether
        
        chōnghūntóunǎo, [沖昏頭腦]/[衝昏頭腦], lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rational...
        liǎngtóu, [兩頭], both ends/both parties to a deal
        bǐtóu, [筆頭], ability to write/writing skill/written/in written form
        qiángtóucǎo, [牆頭草], sb who goes whichever way the wind blows/sb with no mind of one's own/easily swa...
        tóuyūnmùxuàn, [頭暈目眩], to have a dizzy spell/dazzled
        língtóu, [零頭], odd/scrap/remainder
        yìngzhetóupí, [硬著頭皮], to brace oneself to do sth/to put a bold face on it/to summon up courage/to forc...
        huàtóu, [話頭], subject (under discussion)/thread (of an argument)
        máitóukǔgàn, [埋頭苦幹], to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work/to make an all-out effo...
        
        tóupíxiè, [頭皮屑], dandruff
        
        
        
        
        
        chīkǔtou, [吃苦頭], to suffer/to suffer for one's actions/to pay dearly/to burn one's fingers
        yíngtóugǎnshàng, [迎頭趕上], to try hard to catch up
        shǒutóujǐn, [手頭緊], short of money/hard up
        pàntou, [盼頭], hopes/good prospects
        shuǎitóu, [甩頭], to fling back one's head
        yíngtóu, [迎頭], to meet head-on/face-to-face/directly
        
        dàshétou, [大舌頭], (coll.) lisp/one who lisps
        zhǎotou, [找頭], change (from money paid)
        hǔtóushéwěi, [虎頭蛇尾], lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
        zǒuhuítóulù, [走回頭路], to turn back/to backtrack/(fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
        
        
        tóuhūnnǎozhàng, [頭昏腦脹], giddy/one's head spins
        
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        mǎntóudàhàn, [滿頭大汗], brow beaded with sweat/perspiring freely
        shuāigēntou, [摔跟頭], to fall/fig. to suffer a setback
        jiāotóujiēěr, [交頭接耳], to whisper to one another's ear
        lǎngǔtou, [懶骨頭], lazybones/beanbag
        
        tóuyūnyǎnhuā, [頭暈眼花], to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
        náotóu, [撓頭], tricky/problematic/difficult/to scratch one's head (in puzzlement)
        
        tóulǐ, [頭里], in front/in advance of the field
        
        zāigēntou, [栽跟頭], to fall head over heels/(fig.) to come a cropper
        yīniándàotóu, [一年到頭], all year round
        tóutóushìdào, [頭頭是道], clear and logical
        
        yǎngtóu, [仰頭], to raise one's head
        bǔtóu, [捕頭], constable
        bāogōngtóu, [包工頭], chief labor contractor
        tóujiǎo, [頭角], youngster's talent/brilliance of youth
        
        
        
        huítóukè, [回頭客], repeat customer
        
        jiētóuxiàngwěi, [街頭巷尾], top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
        hóutóu, [喉頭], throat/larynx
        
        
        qiǎngjìngtóu, [搶鏡頭], to scoop the best camera shots/to grab the limelight
        shātóu, [殺頭], to behead
        
        yuānjiāduìtóu, [冤家對頭], enemy (idiom); opponent/arch-enemy
        
        
        qiāntóu, [牽頭], to lead (an animal by the head)/to take the lead/to coordinate (a combined opera...
        zìtóu, [字頭], first letter of a word or serial number/first character of a Chinese word/first ...
        péngtóugòumiàn, [蓬頭垢面], messy hair and dirty face/bad appearance
        
        mànjìngtóu, [慢鏡頭], slow motion
        
        huángmáoyātou, [黃毛丫頭], silly little girl
        dìtóushé, [地頭蛇], local bully/tyrant/regional mafia boss
        qiāntóuwànxù, [千頭萬緒], plethora of things to tackle/multitude of loose ends/very complicated/chaotic
        bítou, [鼻頭], (dialect) nose
        
        gǒuxiěpēntóu, [狗血噴頭], torrent of abuse (idiom)
        
        
        tàntóutànnǎo, [探頭探腦], to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
        pītóugàiliǎn, [劈頭蓋臉], lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain e...
        cǎitóu, [彩頭], good omen/good luck (in business etc)/profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
        
        kētóu, [磕頭], to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pres...
        mǎtóu, [馬頭], horse's head/same as 碼頭|码头[mǎ tóu], pier
        rìtóu, [日頭], sun (dialect)/daytime/date
        
        
        jiàngǔtou, [賤骨頭], miserable wretch/contemptible individual
        
        yùtou, [芋頭], taro
        bàotóutòngkū, [抱頭痛哭], to weep disconsolately/to cry on each other's shoulder
        guǎtóu, [寡頭], oligarch
        huātou, [花頭], trick/pattern/novel idea/knack
        gàitóu, [蓋頭], cover/cap/topping/head covering/veil
        
        
        
        
        
        
        kǒutóuyǔ, [口頭語], pet phrase/regularly used expression/manner of speaking
        zhuàntou, [賺頭], profit (colloquial)
        Bāotóu/bāotóu, [包頭], Baotou prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, turban/headband
广         guǎngjiǎojìngtóu, [廣角鏡頭], wide angle camera shot
        yíngtóutòngjī, [迎頭痛擊], to deliver a frontal assault/to meet head-on (idiom)
        diǎntóuhāyāo, [點頭哈腰], to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping/unctuous fawning
        
        
        àntóu, [案頭], on one's desk
        
        
        zéitóuzéinǎo, [賊頭賊腦], lit. to behave like a thief/furtive/underhand
        
        féntóu, [墳頭], burial mound
线         zhēntóuxiànnǎo, [針頭線腦], needle and thread/sewing implements/needlework/(fig.) unimportant thing
竿         bǎichǐgāntóu, [百尺竿頭], to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
        hóngtóuwénjiàn, [紅頭文件], red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing gover...
        
        píngtóupǐnzú, [評頭品足], to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom)
        shīzitóu, [獅子頭], lit. lion's head/pork meatballs
        
        chōutóu, [抽頭], to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling)/tap (in an electromagnetic co...
        
        tóushéng, [頭繩], string to tie hair
        
        
        
        
        dúzhànáotóu, [獨佔鰲頭], to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved ston...
        qǐtóu, [起頭], to start/at first/beginning
        màotóu, [冒頭], to emerge/to crop up/a little more than
        jiàotóu, [教頭], sporting coach/military drill master (in Song times)
        
        
        
        
        lèngtóulèngnǎo, [愣頭愣腦], rash/impetuous/reckless
        pèitóu, [轡頭], bridle
        báitóuwēng, [白頭翁], root of Chinese pulsatilla/Chinese bulbul
        kòutóu, [叩頭], to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pres...
        
        
        
        
        yǒutóuyǒuwěi, [有頭有尾], where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth/t...
        cìrtóu, [刺兒頭], an awkward person/a difficult person to deal with
        
        tóumiànrénwù, [頭面人物], leading figure/bigwig
        
        
        
        tóuhūnnǎozhàng, [頭昏腦漲], variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀[tóu hūn nǎo zhàng]
        cítóu, [磁頭], magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc)
        
        lóngtou, [籠頭], headstall/bridle
        
        cùntóu, [寸頭], (male hair style) crew cut/butch cut
        
        
        
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        lítóu, [犁頭], plowshare/colter/(dialect) plow
        
        
        
        duōtóu, [多頭], many-headed/many-layered (authority)/devolved (as opposed to centralized)/plural...
        
        
        
        lòutóu, [露頭], to show one's head/to give a sign to show one's presence
        
        
        
        
        
        sāntiānliǎngtóu, [三天兩頭], lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day/frequently
        
        tóucùn, [頭寸], money market
        
        
        yáotóubǎiwěi, [搖頭擺尾], to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)/to be well pleased with oneself/to ...
        yǐntóu, [癮頭], craving/addiction
        Réntóumǎ, [人頭馬], Rémy Martin cognac
        
        
        bèntou, [奔頭], sth to strive for/prospect
        
        
        tóumiàn, [頭面], head ornament (in former times)
        páitóubīng, [排頭兵], lit. frontline troops/leader/trailblazer/pacesetter
        tóushī, [頭蝨], head lice
        
        tóuyáng, [頭羊], bellwether
        báitóuyīng, [白頭鷹], bald eagle
        gǎotou, [鎬頭], pickaxe
        
        
        
        quántouchǎnpǐn, [拳頭產品], competitive product/superior goods/with real punch
        
        
        bàotóu, [報頭], masthead (of a newspaper etc)/nameplate
绿         lǜtóuyā, [綠頭鴨], (bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
        èrguōtóu, [二鍋頭], erguotou (sorghum liquor)
        guàyángtóumàigǒuròu, [掛羊頭賣狗肉], lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)/fig. to cheat/dishone...
        
        tóumíng, [頭名], first place/leader (of a race)
        

        shì, [昰], is/are/am/yes/to be, variant of 是[shì]/(used in given names)
        dànshì, but/however
        shìde, yes, that's right/variant of 似的[shì de]
        jiùshì, (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)/precisely/exactly/even/i...
        zhǐshì, merely/simply/only/but
        háishi, [還是], or/still/nevertheless/had better
        kěshì, but/however/(used for emphasis) indeed
        zhēnshi, indeed/truly/(coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc about sth)
        zǒngshì, [總是], always
        shìfǒu, whether (or not)/if/is or isn't
        suànshì, considered to be/at last
        yàoshi, (coll.) if
        zhèngshì, (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)/precisely/exactly/even/i...
        érshì, rather
        yúshì, [於是], thereupon/as a result/consequently/thus/hence
        huòshì, or/either one or the other
        yějiùshìshuō, [也就是說], in other words/that is to say/so/thus
        
        
        shìbùshì, is or isn't/yes or no/whether or not
        lǎoshi, always
        búshi/bùshì, fault/blame, no/is not/not
        
        dàoshi, contrary to what one might expect/actually/contrariwise/why don't you
        shìfēi, right and wrong/quarrel
        zìyǐwéishì, [自以為是], to believe oneself infallible (idiom)/to be opinionated
        yīwúshìchù, [一無是處], not one good point/everything about it is wrong
        
        
        jiùshìshuō, [就是說], in other words/that is
        fánshì, each and every/every/all/any
        
        
        
便         biànshì, (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)/precisely/exactly/even/i...
        nǎishì, equivalent to either 是[shì] or 就是[jiù shì]
        
        yǒudeshì, have plenty of/there's no lack of
        
        yàobushì, if it were not for/but for
        ruòshì, if
        
        rěshìshēngfēi, to stir up trouble
        guāngshì, solely/just
        shìyǐ, therefore/thus/so
        
        wéilìshìtú, [唯利是圖], to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything/self-seeki...
        
        yìngshì, just/simply/stubbornly/really
        shíshìqiúshì, [實事求是], to seek truth from facts (idiom)/to be practical and realistic
        
        wùshìrénfēi, things have remained the same, but people have changed
        sìshìérfēi, apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
        tóutóushìdào, [頭頭是道], clear and logical
        jìshì, is both ...(and...)/since/as/being the case that
        míngbiànshìfēi, to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
        bānnòngshìfēi, to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people/to tell tales/to make...
        péibúshi, [賠不是], to apologize
        bǐbǐjiēshì, can be found everywhere
        wéilìshìtú, [惟利是圖], variant of 唯利是圖|唯利是图[wéi lì shì tú]
        
        zìxíngqíshì, to act as one thinks fit/to have one's own way
        
        diāndǎoshìfēi, [顛倒是非], to invert right and wrong
        yúshìhū, [於是乎], therefore
        
        shìfēiqūzhí, lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits/pro...
        nàshi, (coll.) of course/naturally/indeed
        qiúshì, to seek the truth
        
        
        
        mòzhōngyīshì, unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice/no unanimou...
        gèxíngqíshì, each one does what he thinks is right (idiom)/each goes his own way
        hùnxiáoshìfēi, to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
        
        
        fǔshíjiēshì, lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)/fig. ext...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yǒudàoshì, as they say, .../as the saying goes, ...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        mòbùshì, probably/perhaps/could it be that...?
        
        
        
        

        hǎiàn, coastal/seacoast
        àn, [㟁], variant of 岸[àn], bank/shore/beach/coast/CL:個|个[gè]
        ànbiān, [岸邊], shore
线         hǎiànxiàn, [海岸線], coastline/seaboard/shoreline
        duìàn, [對岸], opposite bank (of a body of water)
        ànshàng, ashore/on the riverbank
西         
        kàoàn, (of a boat) to reach the shore/to pull toward shore/close to shore/landfall
        shàngàn, to go ashore/to climb ashore
        héàn, riverside/river bank
        
        líàn, [離岸], offshore
沿         yánàn, coastal area/littoral or riparian
        
        ànrán, solemn/serious
        
        bǐàn, the other shore/(Buddhism) paramita
        
        
        dīàn, embankment/bank/levee
        Zuǒàn, Left Bank (in Paris)
        liǎngàn, [兩岸], bilateral/both shores/both sides/both coasts/Taiwan and mainland
        
        
        kǒuàn, a port for external trade/a trading or transit post on border between countries
        géànguānhuǒ, [隔岸觀火], to watch the fires burning across the river/to delay entering the fray until all...
        XiàngyáHǎiàn, Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)
        wěiàn, [偉岸], imposing/upright and tall/outstanding/gigantic in stature
        dēngàn, to go ashore/to disembark
线         
        
        
        
        HuángjīnHǎiàn, [黃金海岸], name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (forme...
        
        
        Nánàn, Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

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