短 ⇒
短 duǎn, short/brief/to lack/weak point/fault
短暂 duǎnzàn, [短暫], of short duration/brief/momentary
短裤 duǎnkù, [短褲], short pants/shorts
简短 jiǎnduǎn, [簡短], brief (statement, summary etc)/briefly/brevity
长话短说 chánghuàduǎnshuō, [長話短說], to make a long story short (idiom)
短期 duǎnqī, short term/short-term
短片 duǎnpiàn, short film/video clip
短路 duǎnlù, short circuit
短裙 缩短 suōduǎn, [縮短], to curtail/to cut down
短短 短发 短缺 duǎnquē, shortage
短短的 剪短 三长两短 sānchángliǎngduǎn, [三長兩短], unexpected misfortune/unexpected accident/sudden death
短语 duǎnyǔ, [短語], phrase (grammar)
短笛 短命 duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
短篇小说 duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō, [短篇小說], short story
短袖 duǎnxiù, short sleeves/short-sleeved shirt
短途 短波 duǎnbō, shortwave (radio)
短篇 目光短浅 mùguāngduǎnqiǎn, [目光短淺], to be shortsighted
短袜 duǎnwà, [短襪], sock
短程 duǎnchéng, short range
短促 duǎncù, short in time/fleeting/brief/gasping (breath)/curt (tone of voice)
短时 短跑 duǎnpǎo, sprint (race)
短距离 duǎnjùlí, [短距離], short distance/a stone's throw away
短文 短剑 duǎnjiàn, [短劍], dagger
短处 duǎnchù, [短處], shortcoming/defect/fault/one's weak points
短小 长短 chángduǎn, [長短], length/duration/accident/right and wrong/good and bad/long and short
短打 短刀 超短裙 chāoduǎnqún, miniskirt
短讯 duǎnxùn, [短訊], SMS/text message
短视 duǎnshì, [短視], to lack foresight
护短 hùduǎn, [護短], to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is...
短兵相接 duǎnbīngxiāngjiē, lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infa...
超短波 chāoduǎnbō, ultra short wave (radio)/UHF
短小精悍 duǎnxiǎojīnghàn, (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)/(of an article) concise and forceful
短浅 duǎnqiǎn, [短淺], narrow and shallow
寻短见 xúnduǎnjiàn, [尋短見], to commit suicide
取长补短 qǔchángbǔduǎn, [取長補短], lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)...
短式 短工 duǎngōng, temporary job/odd job/seasonal worker
短装 短衣 duǎnyī, short garment/short jacket
短大衣 扬长避短 yángchángbìduǎn, [揚長避短], to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)/to play to one's strengths
自寻短见 短音 短粗 duǎncū, stocky (short and robust)
短枪 短评 家长里短 短句 duǎnjù, clause
长吁短叹 chángxūduǎntàn, [長吁短嘆], long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
问长问短 打短工 说长道短 shuōchángdàoduǎn, [說長道短], lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
短号 短见 duǎnjiàn, [短見], short-sighted/suicide
短统袜 揭短
命 ⇒
生命 shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
命 mìng, life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc
命令 mìnglìng, order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
救命 jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!
命运 mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]
致命 zhìmìng, fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life
性命 xìngmìng, life
使命 shǐmìng, mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling
待命 dàimìng, to be on call/to be on standby
拼命 pīnmìng, to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if on...
遵命 zūnmìng, to follow your orders/to do as you bid
命名 mìngmíng, to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming
革命 gémìng, revolution/revolutionary (politics)/CL:次[cì]
命中 mìngzhòng, to hit (a target)
要命 yàomìng, to cause sb's death/very/extremely/frightening/annoying
丧命 sàngmìng, [喪命], to lose one's life
任命 rènmìng, to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhǐ]
送命 sòngmìng, to lose one's life/to get killed
活命 huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living
人命 rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo]
没命 méimìng, [沒命], to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately
逃命 táomìng, to escape/to flee/to run for one's life
命案 mìngàn, homicide case/murder case
卖命 màimìng, [賣命], to throw one's life in for/to haplessly give one's life for/to sacrifice oneself...
听命 tīngmìng, [聽命], to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs
奉命 fèngmìng, to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders
算命 suànmìng, fortune-telling/to tell fortune
生命体 维他命 wéitāmìng, [維他命], vitamin (loanword)
寿命 shòumìng, [壽命], life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine)
生命力 shēngmìnglì, vitality
受命 shòumìng, ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel
毙命 bìmìng, [斃命], to meet violent death/to get killed
自命不凡 zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant
致命伤 zhìmìngshāng, [致命傷], mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel
听天由命 tīngtiānyóumìng, [聽天由命], to submit to the will of heaven/to resign oneself to fate/to trust to luck
认命 rènmìng, [認命], to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth
玩命 天命 Tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span
亡命 wángmìng, to flee/to go into exile (from prison)
死于非命 sǐyúfēimìng, [死於非命], violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death
相依为命 xiāngyīwéimìng, [相依為命], mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/inter...
出人命 chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death
革命性 gémìngxìng, revolutionary
革命者 命根子 mìnggēnzi, see 命根[mìng gēn]
长命百岁 偿命 chángmìng, [償命], to pay with one's life
死命 sǐmìng, doom/death/desperately
短命 duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
亡命之徒 wángmìngzhītú, runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive
命题 mìngtí, [命題], proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic
效命 人命关天 rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom)
舍命 shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life
自命 zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
饶命 ráomìng, [饒命], to spare sb's life
抗命 kàngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders
亡命徒 命中率 mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate
生命线 shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
命脉 mìngmài, [命脈], lifeline
命根 mìnggēn, lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male ...
疲于奔命 píyúbēnmìng, [疲於奔命], (idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work
苦命 kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate
革命军 拚命 pànmìng, see 拼命[pīn mìng]
大革命 命苦 mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star
救命之恩 狠命 hěnmìng, exerting all one's strength
殒命 yǔnmìng, [殞命], to die/to perish
草菅人命 cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
使命感 催命 cuīmìng, to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually
授命 shòumìng, to give orders
革命家 gémìngjiā, a revolutionary
请命 闹革命 革命党 命相 mìngxiàng, horoscope
谋财害命 móucáihàimìng, [謀財害命], to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
玩儿命 wánrmìng, [玩兒命], to gamble with life/to take reckless risks
安身立命 ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit
奔命 bēnmìng, to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run
文化大革命 WénhuàDàgémìng, Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
绝命书 juémìngshū, [絕命書], suicide note
宿命论 sùmìnglùn, [宿命論], fatalism/fatalistic
不辱使命 同呼吸共命运 抵命 同命相连 收回成命 复命 fùmìng, [復命], to report on completion of a mission/debriefing
命令状 反革命 fǎngémìng, counterrevolutionary
命官 耳提面命 ěrtímiànmìng, to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly
薄命 bómìng, to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky
革命派 特命 民主革命 mínzhǔgémìng, democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude t...
鬼 ⇒
鬼 guǐ, ghost/demon/terrible/damnable/clever/sly/crafty/(suffix for sb with a certain vi...
见鬼 jiànguǐ, [見鬼], curse it!/to hell with it!
吸血鬼 xīxuèguǐ, leech/bloodsucking vermin/vampire (translated European notion)/fig. cruel exploi...
魔鬼 móguǐ, devil
鬼魂 guǐhún, ghost
胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ, [膽小鬼], coward
小鬼 xiǎoguǐ, little demon (term of endearment for a child)/mischievous child/imp
酒鬼 jiǔguǐ, drunkard
鬼混 guǐhùn, to hang around/to fool around/to live aimlessly
鬼话 guǐhuà, [鬼話], lie/false words/nonsense/CL:篇[piān]
鬼鬼祟祟 guǐguǐsuìsuì, sneaky/secretive/furtive
闹鬼 nàoguǐ, [鬧鬼], haunted
醉鬼 zuìguǐ, drunkard
有鬼 色鬼 sèguǐ, lecher/pervert
搞鬼 gǎoguǐ, to make mischief/to play tricks
鬼子 guǐzi, devils/refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
鬼脸 guǐliǎn, [鬼臉], wry face/to grimace/to pull a face/comic face/face mask/devil mask
懒鬼 lǎnguǐ, [懶鬼], lazybones/idle bum
恶鬼 èguǐ, [惡鬼], evil spirit/devil
机灵鬼 jīlíngguǐ, [機靈鬼], (jocularly) clever and quick-witted person
鬼怪 guǐguài, hobgoblin/bogey/phantom
死鬼 sǐguǐ, devil/You devil! (as joke or insult)/the departed
淘气鬼 小气鬼 xiǎoqìguǐ, [小氣鬼], miser/penny-pincher
鬼火 guǐhuǒ, will-o'-the-wisp/jack-o'-lantern
鬼门关 guǐménguān, [鬼門關], the gates of hell
替死鬼 tìsǐguǐ, scapegoat/fall guy
烟鬼 yānguǐ, [煙鬼], heavy smoker/chain smoker
吝啬鬼 lìnsèguǐ, [吝嗇鬼], miser/penny-pincher
捣鬼 dǎoguǐ, [搗鬼], to play tricks/to cause mischief
神出鬼没 shénchūguǐmò, [神出鬼沒], lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)/fig....
小鬼头 穷鬼 鬼主意 鬼影 鬼魅 guǐmèi, demon/monster
鬼把戏 guǐbǎxì, [鬼把戲], sinister plot/dirty trick/cheap trick
鬼祟 鬼迷心窍 guǐmíxīnqiào, [鬼迷心竅], to be obsessed/to be possessed
做鬼 zuòguǐ, to play tricks/to cheat/to get up to mischief/to become a ghost/to give up the g...
赌鬼 dǔguǐ, [賭鬼], gambling addict
冒失鬼 màoshiguǐ, reckless person/hothead
洋鬼子 yángguǐzi, foreign devil/term of abuse for Westerners
妖魔鬼怪 yāomóguǐguài, demons and ghosts/ghouls and bogies
鬼神 guǐshén, supernatural beings
鬼胎 guǐtāi, sinister design/ulterior motive
鬼点子 调皮鬼 装神弄鬼 zhuāngshénnòngguǐ, [裝神弄鬼], lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify/to deceive people/...
鬼才信 guǐcáixìn, who would believe it!/what rubbish!
鬼节 鬼斧神工 guǐfǔshéngōng, supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods/uncanny workmanship/supe...
扮鬼脸 惊天地泣鬼神 厉鬼 lìguǐ, [厲鬼], malicious spirit/devil
老鬼 鬼灵 鬼魔 guǐmó, Devil (in Jewish and Christian mythology)
鬼画符 guǐhuàfú, [鬼畫符], undecipherable handwriting/scribblings/(fig.) hypocritical talk
鬼御 鬼童 鬼镇 鬼使神差 guǐshǐshénchāi, demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural...
鬼才会 孤鬼 牛鬼蛇神 niúguǐshéshén, evil monsters/(fig.) bad characters/(political) bad elements
鬼崇崇 鬼忠 鬼城 鬼才 鬼真 鬼蜮 guǐyù, treacherous person/evil spirit
鬼灵精 鬼灵兵 黑鬼之友 鬼语器 鬼东西 鬼鬼崇崇 鬼笑 鬼灵军 鬼伏身 作鬼