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Change log entry 8499
Processed by: chad (2009-02-28 05:09:34 UTC)
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- 一回生,二回熟 一回生,二回熟 [yi1 hui2 sheng1 , er4 hui2 shu2] /lit. at first raw, later ripe (成语 saw); unfamiliar at first but you get used to it/strangers at first meeting, but soon friends/awkward at first but becoming skilful later/an acquired taste/
+ 一回生,二回熟 一回生,二回熟 [yi1 hui2 sheng1 , er4 hui2 shu2] /lit. at first raw, later ripe (成语 saw); unfamiliar at first but you get used to it/strangers at first meeting, but soon friends/awkward at first but becoming skillful later/an acquired taste/
 
- 中亞草原 中亚草原 [Zhong1 Ya4 cao3 yuan2] /Central asian grasslands/
+ 中亞草原 中亚草原 [Zhong1 Ya4 cao3 yuan2] /Central Asian grasslands/
 
- 主持人 主持人 [zhu3 chi2 ren2] /tv or radio presenter/host/anchor/
+ 主持人 主持人 [zhu3 chi2 ren2] /TV or radio presenter/host/anchor/
 
- 乾瘦 干瘦 [gan1 shou4] /wizened/skinny and shrivelled/
+ 乾瘦 干瘦 [gan1 shou4] /wizened/skinny and shriveled/
 
- 乾癟 干瘪 [gan1 bie3] /dried out/wizened/shrivelled/
+ 乾癟 干瘪 [gan1 bie3] /dried out/wizened/shriveled/
 
- 亂蓬蓬 乱蓬蓬 [luan4 peng2 peng2] /dishevelled/tangled/
+ 亂蓬蓬 乱蓬蓬 [luan4 peng2 peng2] /disheveled/tangled/
 
- 髺 髺 [gua4] /dishevelled hair, as in mourning/
+ 髺 髺 [gua4] /disheveled hair, as in mourning/
 
- 五鬼鬧判 五鬼闹判 [wu3 gui3 nao4 pan4] /Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgement (title of folk opera, 成语 saw); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells/
+ 五鬼鬧判 五鬼闹判 [wu3 gui3 nao4 pan4] /Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, 成语 saw); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells/
 
- 定案 定案 [ding4 an4] /to reach a verdict/to conclude a judgement/
+ 定案 定案 [ding4 an4] /to reach a verdict/to conclude a judgment/
 
- 看錯 看错 [kan4 cuo4] /a mistake/an oversight/an error of judgement/
+ 看錯 看错 [kan4 cuo4] /a mistake/an oversight/an error of judgment/
 
- 聽斷 听断 [ting1 duan4] /to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgement in a law court)/to hear and decide/
+ 聽斷 听断 [ting1 duan4] /to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)/to hear and decide/
 
- 蓋棺定論 盖棺定论 [gai4 guan1 ding4 lun4] /definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (成语 saw); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death./don't pass judgement until you've seen the end/
+ 蓋棺定論 盖棺定论 [gai4 guan1 ding4 lun4] /definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (成语 saw); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death./don't pass judgment until you've seen the end/
 
- 蓋棺論定 盖棺论定 [gai4 guan1 lun4 ding4] /definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (成语 saw); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death./don't pass judgement until you've seen the end/
+ 蓋棺論定 盖棺论定 [gai4 guan1 lun4 ding4] /definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (成语 saw); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death./don't pass judgment until you've seen the end/
 
- 誤判 误判 [wu4 pan4] /to misjudge/error of judgement/incorrect ruling/miscarriage of justice/
+ 誤判 误判 [wu4 pan4] /to misjudge/error of judgment/incorrect ruling/miscarriage of justice/
 
- 誤看 误看 [wu4 kan4] /a mistake/an oversight/an error of judgement/
+ 誤看 误看 [wu4 kan4] /a mistake/an oversight/an error of judgment/
 
- 遵從 遵从 [zun1 cong2] /to comply with/to follow (directives)/to defer (to the judgement of superiors)/
+ 遵從 遵从 [zun1 cong2] /to comply with/to follow (directives)/to defer (to the judgment of superiors)/
 
- 仙山瓊閣 仙山琼阁 [xian1 shan1 qiong2 ge2] /jewelled palace in the fairy mountain/
+ 仙山瓊閣 仙山琼阁 [xian1 shan1 qiong2 ge2] /jeweled palace in the fairy mountain/
 
- 瓊漿玉液 琼浆玉液 [qiong2 jiang1 yu4 ye4] /bejewelled nectar (成语 saw); ambrosia of the immortals/superb liquor/top quality wine/
+ 瓊漿玉液 琼浆玉液 [qiong2 jiang1 yu4 ye4] /bejeweled nectar (成语 saw); ambrosia of the immortals/superb liquor/top quality wine/
 
- 伊瑪目 伊玛目 [Yi1 ma3 mu4] /Imam, religious leader in Shia islam/
+ 伊瑪目 伊玛目 [Yi1 ma3 mu4] /Imam, religious leader in Shia Islam/
 
- 伽羅瓦 伽罗瓦 [Jia1 luo2 wa4] /Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duellist/
+ 伽羅瓦 伽罗瓦 [Jia1 luo2 wa4] /Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist/
 
- 伽羅華 伽罗华 [Jia1 luo2 hua4] /Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duellist/also written 伽羅瓦|伽罗瓦/
+ 伽羅華 伽罗华 [Jia1 luo2 hua4] /Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist/also written 伽羅瓦|伽罗瓦/
 
- 住持 住持 [zhu4 chi2] /to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist/abbott/head monk/
+ 住持 住持 [zhu4 chi2] /to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist/abbot/head monk/
 
- 大修道院長 大修道院长 [da4 xiu1 dao4 yuan4 zhang3] /abbott/
+ 大修道院長 大修道院长 [da4 xiu1 dao4 yuan4 zhang3] /abbot/
 
- 做絕 做绝 [zuo4 jue2] /to go to extremes/to leave no room for manoeuvre/
+ 做絕 做绝 [zuo4 jue2] /to go to extremes/to leave no room for maneuver/
 
- 傑伊漢港 杰伊汉港 [Jie2 yi1 han4 gang3] /Ceyhan (Turkish mediterranean port)/
+ 傑伊漢港 杰伊汉港 [Jie2 yi1 han4 gang3] /Ceyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port)/
 
- 傣 傣 [Dai3] /Dai or Thai group of south China and southeast asia/
+ 傣 傣 [Dai3] /Dai or Thai group of south China and southeast Asia/
 
- 大月支 大月支 [da4 yue4 zhi1] /Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central asia)/
+ 大月支 大月支 [da4 yue4 zhi1] /Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)/
 
- 大月氏 大月氏 [da4 yue4 zhi1] /Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central asia)/
+ 大月氏 大月氏 [da4 yue4 zhi1] /Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)/
 
- 月支 月支 [yue4 zhi1] /Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central asia)/
+ 月支 月支 [yue4 zhi1] /Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)/
 
- 胡樂 胡乐 [hu2 yue4] /Hu music/central asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)/
+ 胡樂 胡乐 [hu2 yue4] /Hu music/central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)/
 
- 費爾干納 费尔干纳 [Fei4 er3 gan4 na4] /the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekhistan, central asia)/
+ 費爾干納 费尔干纳 [Fei4 er3 gan4 na4] /the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)/
 
- 費爾干納槃地 费尔干纳槃地 [Fei4 er3 gan4 na4 pan2 di4] /the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekhistan, central asia)/
+ 費爾干納槃地 费尔干纳槃地 [Fei4 er3 gan4 na4 pan2 di4] /the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)/
 
- 金毛狗 金毛狗 [jin1 mao2 gou3] /golden retriever (dog breed)/Cibotium barometz, asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds, used in traditional Chinese medicine/
+ 金毛狗 金毛狗 [jin1 mao2 gou3] /golden retriever (dog breed)/Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds, used in traditional Chinese medicine/
 
- 催情 催情 [cui1 qing2] /to promote oestrus/to bring an animal to heat by artificial means/
+ 催情 催情 [cui1 qing2] /to promote estrus/to bring an animal to heat by artificial means/
 
- 僧帽猴 僧帽猴 [seng1 mao4 hou2] /capucin monkey/genus Cebidae/
+ 僧帽猴 僧帽猴 [seng1 mao4 hou2] /capuchin monkey/genus Cebidae/
 
- 兵馬未動,糧草先行 兵马未动,粮草先行 [bing1 ma3 wei4 dong4 , liang2 cao3 xian1 xing2] /before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (成语 saw); logistics comes before military maneuvres/an army marches on its stomach/
+ 兵馬未動,糧草先行 兵马未动,粮草先行 [bing1 ma3 wei4 dong4 , liang2 cao3 xian1 xing2] /before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (成语 saw); logistics comes before military maneuvers/an army marches on its stomach/
 
- 冷冷 冷冷 [leng3 leng3] /coldy/
+ 冷冷 冷冷 [leng3 leng3] /coldly/
 
- 分星掰兩 分星掰两 [fen1 xing1 bai1 liang3] /punctillious/clear and detailed/
+ 分星掰兩 分星掰两 [fen1 xing1 bai1 liang3] /punctilious/clear and detailed/
 
- 剝削階級 剥削阶级 [bo1 xue1 jie1 ji2] /exploiting class (in marxist theory)/
+ 剝削階級 剥削阶级 [bo1 xue1 jie1 ji2] /exploiting class (in Marxist theory)/
 
- 合作化 合作化 [he2 zuo4 hua4] /collectivization (in marxist theory)/
+ 合作化 合作化 [he2 zuo4 hua4] /collectivization (in Marxist theory)/
 
- 普羅大眾 普罗大眾 [pu3 luo2 da4 zhong4] /proletariat/abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses/also written 無產階級|无产阶级[wu2 chan3 jie1 ji2] in PRC marxist theory/
+ 普羅大眾 普罗大眾 [pu3 luo2 da4 zhong4] /proletariat/abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses/also written 無產階級|无产阶级[wu2 chan3 jie1 ji2] in PRC Marxist theory/
 
- 李大釗 李大钊 [Li3 Da4 zhao1] /LiDazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese marxist and founding member of the communist party/
+ 李大釗 李大钊 [Li3 Da4 zhao1] /Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party/
 
- 流氓無產者 流氓无产者 [liu2 mang2 wu2 chan3 zhe3] /lumpenproletariat (in marxist theory)/
+ 流氓無產者 流氓无产者 [liu2 mang2 wu2 chan3 zhe3] /lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)/
 
- 農村合作化 农村合作化 [nong2 cun1 he2 zuo4 hua4] /collectivization of agriculture (in marxist theory)/
+ 農村合作化 农村合作化 [nong2 cun1 he2 zuo4 hua4] /collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory)/
 
- 農業合作化 农业合作化 [nong2 ye4 he2 zuo4 hua4] /collectivization of agriculture (in marxist theory)/
+ 農業合作化 农业合作化 [nong2 ye4 he2 zuo4 hua4] /collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory)/
 
- 農民階級 农民阶级 [nong2 min2 jie1 ji2] /peasant class (esp. in marxist theory)/peasantry/
+ 農民階級 农民阶级 [nong2 min2 jie1 ji2] /peasant class (esp. in Marxist theory)/peasantry/
 
- 副業 副业 [fu4 ye4] /sideline/partime business/hobby/
+ 副業 副业 [fu4 ye4] /sideline/part time business/hobby/
 
- 勤工儉學 勤工俭学 [qin2 gong1 jian3 xue2] /work partime while studying/
+ 勤工儉學 勤工俭学 [qin2 gong1 jian3 xue2] /work part time while studying/
 
- 加派 加派 [jia1 pai4] /to reinforce/to despach troops/
+ 加派 加派 [jia1 pai4] /to reinforce/to dispatch troops/
 
- 動情激素 动情激素 [dong4 qing2 ji1 su4] /estrogen (oestrogen)/
+ 動情激素 动情激素 [dong4 qing2 ji1 su4] /estrogen (estrogen)/
 
- 勤勤 勤勤 [qin2 qin2] /attentative/solicitous/earnest/sincere/
+ 勤勤 勤勤 [qin2 qin2] /attentive/solicitous/earnest/sincere/
 
- 同儕諮商 同侪谘商 [tong2 chai2 zi1 shang1] /peer counselling/
+ 同儕諮商 同侪谘商 [tong2 chai2 zi1 shang1] /peer counseling/
 
- 咖啡店 咖啡店 [ka1 fei1 dian4] /café/coffeeshop/
+ 咖啡店 咖啡店 [ka1 fei1 dian4] /café/coffee shop/
 
- 咖啡館 咖啡馆 [ka1 fei1 guan3] /café/coffeeshop/
+ 咖啡館 咖啡馆 [ka1 fei1 guan3] /café/coffee shop/
 
- 咖啡館兒 咖啡馆儿 [ka1 fei1 guan3 r5] /café/coffeeshop/
+ 咖啡館兒 咖啡馆儿 [ka1 fei1 guan3 r5] /café/coffee shop/
 
- 星巴克 星巴克 [xing1 ba1 ke4] /Starbucks, US coffeeshop chain/
+ 星巴克 星巴克 [xing1 ba1 ke4] /Starbucks, US coffee shop chain/
 
- 善人 善人 [shan4 ren2] /philanthropist/charitable person/welldoer/
+ 善人 善人 [shan4 ren2] /philanthropist/charitable person/well-doer/
 
- 喇嘛教 喇嘛教 [La3 ma5 jiao4] /Lamaism/Tibetan buddhism/
+ 喇嘛教 喇嘛教 [La3 ma5 jiao4] /Lamaism/Tibetan Buddhism/
 
- 脈輪學說 脉轮学说 [mai4 lun2 xue2 shuo1] /theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan buddhism/
+ 脈輪學說 脉轮学说 [mai4 lun2 xue2 shuo1] /theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan Buddhism/
 
- 脈輪理論 脉轮理论 [mai4 lun2 li3 lun4] /theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan buddhism/
+ 脈輪理論 脉轮理论 [mai4 lun2 li3 lun4] /theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan Buddhism/
 
- 喪權辱國 丧权辱国 [sang4 quan2 ru3 guo2] /to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (成语 saw)/to surrend territory under humiliating terms/
+ 喪權辱國 丧权辱国 [sang4 quan2 ru3 guo2] /to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (成语 saw)/to surrender territory under humiliating terms/
 
- 單子葉 单子叶 [dan1 zi3 ye4] /monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lillies)/
+ 單子葉 单子叶 [dan1 zi3 ye4] /monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)/
 
- 嗣國 嗣国 [si4 guo2] /to acceed to a throne/
+ 嗣國 嗣国 [si4 guo2] /to accede to a throne/
 
- 囂張氣燄 嚣张气焰 [xiao1 zhang1 qi4 yan4] /overwheening attitude/threatening manner/
+ 囂張氣燄 嚣张气焰 [xiao1 zhang1 qi4 yan4] /overweening attitude/threatening manner/
 
- 四旬節 四旬节 [si4 xun2 jie2] /First sunday of Lent/
+ 四旬節 四旬节 [si4 xun2 jie2] /First Sunday of Lent/
 
- 盛裝 盛装 [sheng4 zhuang1] /splendid clothes/rich attire/one's sunday best/
+ 盛裝 盛装 [sheng4 zhuang1] /splendid clothes/rich attire/one's Sunday best/
 
- 嬌貴 娇贵 [jiao1 gui4] /pampered/fragile/finnicky/
+ 嬌貴 娇贵 [jiao1 gui4] /pampered/fragile/finicky/
 
- 寄存处 寄存处 [ji4 cun2 chu3] /a warehouse/a temporary store/a left-luggage office/a cloack-room/
+ 寄存处 寄存处 [ji4 cun2 chu3] /a warehouse/a temporary store/a left-luggage office/a cloak-room/
 
- 寄發 寄发 [ji4 fa1] /to despatch/to send out (mail)/
+ 寄發 寄发 [ji4 fa1] /to dispatch/to send out (mail)/
 
- 派遺 派遗 [pai4 yi2] /to send (sb) on a mission/to despatch/
+ 派遺 派遗 [pai4 yi2] /to send (sb) on a mission/to dispatch/
 
- 密令 密令 [mi4 ling4] /secred order/
+ 密令 密令 [mi4 ling4] /secret instruction/secret order/
 
- 解讀 解读 [jie3 du2] /to decypher/to decode/
+ 解讀 解读 [jie3 du2] /to decipher/to decode/
 
- 釋文 释文 [shi4 wen2] /interpreting words/to explain the meaning of words in classic texts/to decypher an old script/
+ 釋文 释文 [shi4 wen2] /interpreting words/to explain the meaning of words in classic texts/to decipher an old script/
 
- 釋讀 释读 [shi4 du2] /to read and interpret ancient texts/to decypher/
+ 釋讀 释读 [shi4 du2] /to read and interpret ancient texts/to decipher/
 
- 密特朗 密特朗 [mi4 te4 lang3] /mitterrand/
+ 密特朗 密特朗 [Mi4 te4 lang3] /Mitterrand/
 
- 富麗堂皇 富丽堂皇 [fu4 li4 tang2 huang2] /sumptuous mansions (成语 saw); splending and majestic/
+ 富麗堂皇 富丽堂皇 [fu4 li4 tang2 huang2] /sumptuous mansions (成语 saw); splendorous and majestic/
 
- 封齋 封斋 [feng1 zhai1] /fast (in several religions)/Ramadan, the muslim month of fasting/
+ 封齋 封斋 [feng1 zhai1] /fast (in several religions)/Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting/
 
- 朝覲 朝觐 [chao2 jin3] /to give audience (of emperor)/retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign/Hajj (muslim's duty of pilgrimage to Mecca)/
+ 朝覲 朝觐 [chao2 jin3] /to give audience (of emperor)/retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign/Hajj (Muslim's duty of pilgrimage to Mecca)/
 
- 對焦 对焦 [dui4 jiao1] /to focus (a camera)/focussing/
+ 對焦 对焦 [dui4 jiao1] /to focus (a camera)/focusing/
 
- 帘幕 帘幕 [lian2 mu4] /hanging screen/curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisment)/
+ 帘幕 帘幕 [lian2 mu4] /hanging screen/curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)/
 
- 應徵 应征 [ying4 zheng1] /to apply (for a job)/to reply to a job advertisment/
+ 應徵 应征 [ying4 zheng1] /to apply (for a job)/to reply to a job advertisement/
 
- 條幅廣告 条幅广告 [tiao2 fu2 guang3 gao4] /banner advertisment/
+ 條幅廣告 条幅广告 [tiao2 fu2 guang3 gao4] /banner advertisement/
 
- 簾 帘 [lian2] /hanging screen/curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisment, esp. for tavern)/
+ 簾 帘 [lian2] /hanging screen/curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement, esp. for tavern)/
 
- 徹底 彻底 [che4 di3] /thorough/thoroughing/complete/
+ 徹底 彻底 [che4 di3] /thorough/thoroughly/complete/
 
- 思想庫 思想库 [si1 xiang3 ku4] /thinktank (committee set up to study a problem)/
+ 思想庫 思想库 [si1 xiang3 ku4] /think tank (committee set up to study a problem)/
 
- 智囊機構 智囊机构 [zhi4 nang2 ji1 gou4] /thinktank/brains trust/
+ 智囊機構 智囊机构 [zhi4 nang2 ji1 gou4] /think tank/brain trust/
 
- 怩 怩 [ni2] /shy, timid, bashful/look ashame/
+ 怩 怩 [ni2] /shy, timid, bashful/look ashamed/
 
- 恣欲 恣欲 [zi4 yu4] /to follow lustfull desires/
+ 恣欲 恣欲 [zi4 yu4] /to follow lustful desires/
 
- 恩格斯 恩格斯 [En1 ge2 si1] /Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of marxism/
+ 恩格斯 恩格斯 [En1 ge2 si1] /Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism/
 
- 打長工 打长工 [da3 chang2 gong1] /to work as longterm hired hand/
+ 打長工 打长工 [da3 chang2 gong1] /to work as long-term hired hand/
 
- 深謀遠略 深谋远略 [shen1 mou2 yuan3 lu:e4] /a well-thought out longterm strategy/
+ 深謀遠略 深谋远略 [shen1 mou2 yuan3 lu:e4] /a well-thought out long-term strategy/
 
- 遠略 远略 [yuan3 lu:e4] /longterm strategy/
+ 遠略 远略 [yuan3 lu:e4] /long-term strategy/
 
- 托鉢修會 托钵修会 [tuo1 bo1 xiu1 hui4] /mendicant religious order in catholicism/Franciscan order/
+ 托鉢修會 托钵修会 [tuo1 bo1 xiu1 hui4] /mendicant religious order in Catholicism/Franciscan order/
 
- 耶穌教 耶穌教 [Ye1 su1 jiao4] /Christianity/Jesuit catholicism/
+ 耶穌教 耶穌教 [Ye1 su1 jiao4] /Christianity/Jesuit Catholicism/
 
- 承乏 承乏 [cheng2 fa2] /to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the abscence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)/
+ 承乏 承乏 [cheng2 fa2] /to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)/
 
- 排氣孔 排气孔 [pai2 qi4 kong3] /an airvent/a ventilation shaft/
+ 排氣孔 排气孔 [pai2 qi4 kong3] /an air vent/a ventilation shaft/
 
- 揮發性存儲器 挥发性存储器 [hui1 fa1 xing4 cun2 chu3 qi4] /volative memory/
+ 揮發性存儲器 挥发性存储器 [hui1 fa1 xing4 cun2 chu3 qi4] /volatile memory/
 
- 摇摇擺擺 摇摇摆摆 [yao2 yao2 bai3 bai3] /to toddle (成语 saw); ducklike walk/to hesitate/shilly-shally/
+ 摇摇擺擺 摇摇摆摆 [yao2 yao2 bai3 bai3] /to toddle (成语 saw); duck-like walk/to hesitate/shilly-shally/
 
- 撒尿 撒尿 [sa1 niao4] /to pass water/to piss/to urinate/to weewee/
+ 撒尿 撒尿 [sa1 niao4] /to pass water/to piss/to urinate/to wee wee/
 
- 攤商 摊商 [tan1 shang1] /stall-keeper/street pedlar/
+ 攤商 摊商 [tan1 shang1] /stall-keeper/street peddler/
 
- 救生筏 救生筏 [jiu4 sheng1 fa2] /a liferaft/
+ 救生筏 救生筏 [jiu4 sheng1 fa2] /a life raft/
 
- 末篇 末篇 [mo4 pian1] /final instalment/last phase/end/
+ 末篇 末篇 [mo4 pian1] /final installment/last phase/end/
 
- 本週一 本周一 [ben3 zhou1 yi1] /this monday/
+ 本週一 本周一 [ben3 zhou1 yi1] /this Monday/
 
- 本週三 本周三 [ben3 zhou1 san1] /this wednesday/
+ 本週三 本周三 [ben3 zhou1 san1] /this Wednesday/
 
- 本週二 本周二 [ben3 zhou1 er4] /this tuesday/
+ 本週二 本周二 [ben3 zhou1 er4] /this Tuesday/
 
- 本週五 本周五 [ben3 zhou1 wu3] /this friday/
+ 本週五 本周五 [ben3 zhou1 wu3] /this Friday/
 
- 本週六 本周六 [ben3 zhou1 liu4] /this saturday/
+ 本週六 本周六 [ben3 zhou1 liu4] /this Saturday/
 
- 本週四 本周四 [ben3 zhou1 si4] /this thursday/
+ 本週四 本周四 [ben3 zhou1 si4] /this Thursday/
 
- 橫神經 横神经 [heng2 shen2 jing1] /transverse commisure/
+ 橫神經 横神经 [heng2 shen2 jing1] /transverse commissure/
 
- 民族社會主義 民族社会主义 [min2 zu2 she4 hui4 zhu3 yi4] /national socialism/nazism/
+ 民族社會主義 民族社会主义 [min2 zu2 she4 hui4 zhu3 yi4] /national socialism/Nazism/
 
- 民窮財盡 民穷财尽 [min2 qiong2 cai2 jin4] /the people are empoverished, their means exhausted (成语 saw); to drive the nation to bankruptcy/
+ 民窮財盡 民穷财尽 [min2 qiong2 cai2 jin4] /the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (成语 saw); to drive the nation to bankruptcy/
 
- 氣化 气化 [qi4 hua4] /to vaporize/evaporation/carburation/qi4 transformation in traditional Chinese medicine (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath)/unvoicing of voiced consonant/
+ 氣化 气化 [qi4 hua4] /to vaporize/evaporation/carburetion/qi4 transformation in traditional Chinese medicine (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath)/unvoicing of voiced consonant/
 
- 泚 泚 [ci3] /clear/bright and brilliant/swea/
+ 泚 泚 [ci3] /clear/bright and brilliant/
 
- 洛林 洛林 [Luo4 lin2] /Lorraine (région)/
+ 洛林 洛林 [Luo4 lin2] /Lorraine (region in France)/
 
- 活動 活动 [huo2 dong4] /to exercise/to move about/to operate/activity/loose/shakey/active/movable/maneuver/to use connections/
+ 活動 活动 [huo2 dong4] /to exercise/to move about/to operate/activity/loose/shaky/active/movable/maneuver/to use connections/
 
- 海倫・凱勒 海伦・凯勒 [Hai3 lun2 · Kai3 le1] /Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deafblind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)/
+ 海倫・凱勒 海伦・凯勒 [Hai3 lun2 · Kai3 le1] /Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)/
 
- 涕泗橫流 涕泗横流 [ti4 si4 heng2 liu2] /tears and mucus flowing profusely/snivelling/in a tragic state/
+ 涕泗橫流 涕泗横流 [ti4 si4 heng2 liu2] /tears and mucus flowing profusely/sniveling/in a tragic state/
 
- 涕泗縱橫 涕泗纵横 [ti4 si4 zong4 heng2] /tears and mucus flowing profusely/snivelling/in a tragic state/
+ 涕泗縱橫 涕泗纵横 [ti4 si4 zong4 heng2] /tears and mucus flowing profusely/sniveling/in a tragic state/
 
- 清潔袋 清洁袋 [qing1 jie2 dai4] /sanitation bag/motion discomfort receptacle/sickbag/
+ 清潔袋 清洁袋 [qing1 jie2 dai4] /sanitation bag/motion discomfort receptacle/sickbag/air sickness bag/
 
- 湯圓 汤圆 [tang1 yuan2] /dumpling in soup/wantan/
+ 湯圓 汤圆 [tang1 yuan2] /dumpling in soup/wonton/
 
- 滴注 滴注 [di1 zhu4] /to drip into/to transfuse/to percolate/to drip feed/fig. to instil/
+ 滴注 滴注 [di1 zhu4] /to drip into/to transfuse/to percolate/to drip feed/fig. to instill/
 
- 灌注 灌注 [guan4 zhu4] /to pour into/perfusion (med.)/to concentrate one's attention on/to teach/to inculcate/to instil/
+ 灌注 灌注 [guan4 zhu4] /to pour into/perfusion (med.)/to concentrate one's attention on/to teach/to inculcate/to instill/
 
- 無理取鬧 无理取闹 [wu2 li3 qu3 nao4] /to make trouble without reason (成语 saw); deliberately awkward/pointless provocation/wilful trouble maker/
+ 無理取鬧 无理取闹 [wu2 li3 qu3 nao4] /to make trouble without reason (成语 saw); deliberately awkward/pointless provocation/willful trouble maker/
 
- 縱意 纵意 [zong4 yi4] /wilfully/wantonly/
+ 縱意 纵意 [zong4 yi4] /willfully/wantonly/
 
- 肆意 肆意 [si4 yi4] /wantonly/recklessly/wilfully/
+ 肆意 肆意 [si4 yi4] /wantonly/recklessly/willfully/
 
- 理直氣壯 理直气壮 [li3 zhi2 qi4 zhuang4] /in the right and selfconfident (成语 saw); bold and confident with justice on one's side/to have the courage of one's convictions/just and forceful/
+ 理直氣壯 理直气壮 [li3 zhi2 qi4 zhuang4] /in the right and self-confident (成语 saw); bold and confident with justice on one's side/to have the courage of one's convictions/just and forceful/
 
- 琴劍飄零 琴剑飘零 [qin2 jian4 piao1 ling2] /floating between zyther and sword (成语 saw); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position/
+ 琴劍飄零 琴剑飘零 [qin2 jian4 piao1 ling2] /floating between zither and sword (成语 saw); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position/
 
- 疏理 疏理 [shu1 li3] /to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative)/to marshall an argument/
+ 疏理 疏理 [shu1 li3] /to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative)/to marshal an argument/
 
- 真彩色 真彩色 [zhen1 cai3 se4] /truecolor/
+ 真彩色 真彩色 [zhen1 cai3 se4] /true color/
 
- 真菌綱 真菌纲 [zhen1 jun1 gang1] /Eumycetes (taxonomic class of funghi)/
+ 真菌綱 真菌纲 [zhen1 jun1 gang1] /Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)/
 
- 裂殖菌 裂殖菌 [lie4 zhi2 jun1] /Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of funghi)/
+ 裂殖菌 裂殖菌 [lie4 zhi2 jun1] /Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)/
 
- 裂殖菌綱 裂殖菌纲 [lie4 zhi2 jun1 gang1] /Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of funghi)/
+ 裂殖菌綱 裂殖菌纲 [lie4 zhi2 jun1 gang1] /Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)/
 
- 碼子 码子 [ma3 zi5] /number (e.g. page or house number)/numeral (e.g. arabic or Chinese numeral)/code sign/plus or minus sound/counter/chip (e.g. in gambling games)/price tag/ready cash at one's disposal/
+ 碼子 码子 [ma3 zi5] /number (e.g. page or house number)/numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral)/code sign/plus or minus sound/counter/chip (e.g. in gambling games)/price tag/ready cash at one's disposal/
 
- 積厚流廣 积厚流广 [ji1 hou4 liu2 guang3] /deeprooted and influential/
+ 積厚流廣 积厚流广 [ji1 hou4 liu2 guang3] /deep rooted and influential/
 
- 維多利亞州 维多利亚州 [Wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 zhou1] /Victoria, southearn Australian state/
+ 維多利亞州 维多利亚州 [Wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 zhou1] /Victoria, southeastern Australian state/
 
- 網友 网友 [wang3 you3] /a webuser/the audience of a website/
+ 網友 网友 [wang3 you3] /a web user/the audience of a website/
 
- 罪性 罪性 [zui4 xing4] /sinfull nature/
+ 罪性 罪性 [zui4 xing4] /sinful nature/
 
- 攤販 摊贩 [tan1 fan4] /stall-keeper/pedlar/
+ 攤販 摊贩 [tan1 fan4] /stall-keeper/peddler/
 
- 老客 老客 [lao3 ke4] /pedlar/traveling salesman/
+ 老客 老客 [lao3 ke4] /peddler/traveling salesman/
 
- 老客兒 老客儿 [lao3 ke4 r5] /erhua variant of 老客, pedlar/traveling salesman/
+ 老客兒 老客儿 [lao3 ke4 r5] /erhua variant of 老客, peddler/traveling salesman/
 
- 聖灰節 圣灰节 [sheng4 hui1 jie2] /ash wednesday (first day of lent)/
+ 聖灰節 圣灰节 [sheng4 hui1 jie2] /ash Wednesday (first day of lent)/
 
- 聖誕頌 圣诞颂 [sheng4 dan4 song4] /christmas song/a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens/
+ 聖誕頌 圣诞颂 [sheng4 dan4 song4] /Christmas song/a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens/
 
- 聲調輪廓 声调轮廓 [sheng1 diao4 lun2 kuo4] /tone contor/
+ 聲調輪廓 声调轮廓 [sheng1 diao4 lun2 kuo4] /tone contour/
 
- 自動步道 自动步道 [zi4 dong4 bu4 dao4] /automatic walkway/travolator/
+ 自動步道 自动步道 [zi4 dong4 bu4 dao4] /moving walkway/travelator/
 
- 萊姆病 莱姆病 [lai2 mu3 bing4] /lyme disease/
+ 萊姆病 莱姆病 [lai2 mu3 bing4] /Lyme disease/
 
- 蓋革計數器 盖革计数器 [ge3 ge2 ji4 shu4 qi4] /geiger counter/
+ 蓋革計數器 盖革计数器 [ge3 ge2 ji4 shu4 qi4] /Geiger counter/
 
- 薩馬蘭奇 萨马兰奇 [Sa4 ma3 lan2 qi2] /Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-), Spanish olympic official, President of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001/
+ 薩馬蘭奇 萨马兰奇 [Sa4 ma3 lan2 qi2] /Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-), Spanish Olympic official, President of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001/
 
- 藍膚木 蓝肤木 [lan2 fu1 mu4] /sumac (Rhus coriaria), east mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice/also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree/
+ 藍膚木 蓝肤木 [lan2 fu1 mu4] /sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice/also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree/
 
- 諾矩羅 诺矩罗 [Nuo4 ju3 luo2] /Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally imigrant, lived in Qingshen county 青神[Qing1 shen2], Sichuan/
+ 諾矩羅 诺矩罗 [Nuo4 ju3 luo2] /Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally immigrant, lived in Qingshen county 青神[Qing1 shen2], Sichuan/
 
- 識多才廣 识多才广 [shi2 duo1 cai2 guang3] /knowledgeable and versality/
+ 識多才廣 识多才广 [shi2 duo1 cai2 guang3] /knowledgeable and versatile/
 
- 軟骨魚 软骨鱼 [ruan3 gu3 yu2] /cartilagenous fish (such as sharks)/
+ 軟骨魚 软骨鱼 [ruan3 gu3 yu2] /cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)/
 
- 逆喻 逆喻 [ni4 yu4] /oxymoron (paradoxical or selfcontradictory expression, such as English "deafening silence")/
+ 逆喻 逆喻 [ni4 yu4] /oxymoron (paradoxical or self-contradictory expression, such as English "deafening silence")/
 
- 遊戲機 游戏机 [you2 xi4 ji1] /gameboy/game machine/
+ 遊戲機 游戏机 [you2 xi4 ji1] /video game/game machine/
 
- 過犯 过犯 [guo4 fan4] /previous sens/
+ 過犯 过犯 [guo4 fan4] /previous sins/
 
- 遠視 远视 [yuan3 shi4] /farsighted/hyperopia or hypermetropia (longsightedness)/
+ 遠視 远视 [yuan3 shi4] /farsighted/hyperopia or hypermetropia (farsightedness)/
 
- 郵政編碼 邮政编码 [you2 zheng4 bian1 ma3] /postal code/zipcode/
+ 郵政編碼 邮政编码 [you2 zheng4 bian1 ma3] /postal code/zip code/
 
- 陳腐 陈腐 [chen2 fu3] /trite/cliche'ed/empty and trite/banality/platitude/
+ 陳腐 陈腐 [chen2 fu3] /trite/clichéd/empty and trite/banality/platitude/
 
- 陷阱 陷阱 [xian4 jing3] /lit. a pit for trapping animals/a trap/a snare/a boobytrap/
+ 陷阱 陷阱 [xian4 jing3] /lit. a pit for trapping animals/a trap/a snare/a booby-trap/
 
- 隱蔽強迫下載 隐蔽强迫下载 [yin3 bi4 qiang3 po4 xia4 zai4] /drive-by download (a form of malware boobytrap)/silent drive-by download/
+ 隱蔽強迫下載 隐蔽强迫下载 [yin3 bi4 qiang3 po4 xia4 zai4] /drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap)/silent drive-by download/
 
- 餌雷 饵雷 [er3 lei2] /a baited trap/a boobytrap/
+ 餌雷 饵雷 [er3 lei2] /a baited trap/a booby-trap/
 
- 風向標 风向标 [feng1 xiang4 biao1] /vane/propellor blade/weather vane/windcock/
+ 風向標 风向标 [feng1 xiang4 biao1] /vane/propellor blade/weather vane/windsock/
 
- 餲 餲 [he2] /spoiled/sour/mouldly/
+ 餲 餲 [he2] /spoiled/sour/moldy/
 
- 香包 香包 [xiang1 bao1] /a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragonboat Festival/
+ 香包 香包 [xiang1 bao1] /a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival/
 
- 黃皮 黄皮 [huang2 pi2] /wampee/
+ 黃皮 黄皮 [huang2 pi2] /wampee (Clausena lansium)/
 
- 齾 齾 [ya4] /dented/chipped/gap-toothed/teethless/
+ 齾 齾 [ya4] /dented/chipped/gap-toothed/toothless/
 
- 蘭 蘭 [lan2] /unicode compatibility variant for 蘭/orchid/
+ 蘭 蘭 [lan2] /Unicode compatibility variant for 蘭/orchid/
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