"袖" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin xiù
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 xiù sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve
Results beginning with 袖
 xiù zi sleeve
 xiù zhēn pocket-sized / pocket (book etc)
 xiù kǒu cuff
 xiù biāo armband / sleeve badge
 xiù kòu cuff link
 xiù guǎn sleeve
 xiù tào sleeve cover / outer sleeve
 xiù zhāng armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)
 xiù gū armband
 xiù jiàn spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
 xiù tǒng sleeve
 xiù tǒng r erhua variant of 袖筒[xiu4 tong3]
 xiù zhēn běn pocket book / paperback
 xiù zhēn rén little person / midget / dwarf
 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom) / to look on without lifting a finger
 xiù zhēn cí diǎn pocket dictionary
 xiù zhēn yīn xiǎng pocket stereo / walkman
  pocket voice recorder
 xiù zhēn bó wù guǎn Miniatures
  radiation control pager
Approximate Results for 袖
 lǐng xiù leader / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
 yī xiù the sleeve of a garment
 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt
 duǎn xiù short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt
 shuǐ xiù flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
 duàn xiù homosexual / see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3]
 rǎng xiù to roll up the sleeves
 tào xiù sleeve cover
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 luō xiù zi to push up one's sleeves
绿 lu:4 xiù zi Greensleeves
 shuǎi xiù zi to swing one's sleeve (in anger)
 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader
 fú xiù ér qù to storm off in a huff (idiom)
 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom) / having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices
 cháng xiù shàn wǔ long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom) / money and power will help you in any occupation
 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
 qīng fēng liǎng xiù honest and upright (idiom)
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  youth leader
  Supreme Leader
 shè qū lǐng xiù community leader
  leaderless resistance
  Institute for New Leaders
  Women Leaders' Network
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Council of Business Leaders / UNHCR Council of Business Leaders
  Dominican Leadership Conference
  Parliamentarians and Religious Leaders Unit
  World Youth Leaders Conference
  Global Youth Leadership Summit
  Global Compact Leaders Summit
 guó jì shāng yè lǐng xiù lùn tán International Business Leaders Forum
  UNICEF Statistical Pocketbook
 xiàng fù rǔ lǐng xiù bān jiǎng yí shì Award Ceremony for women leaders
  Council of Elders and Religious Leaders
 shì jiè lǐng xiù rén kǒu wěn dìng diǎn lǐ Ceremony of World Leaders in Population Stabilisation
  Conference of the Religious Leaders of Former Yugoslavia
  Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
  Global Forum of Parlamentarians and Religious Leaders
 lián hé guó qì hòu biàn huà lǐng xiù lùn tán United Nations Leadership Forum on Climate Change
  National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
  Regional Seminar for Leaders of Youth Science Activities
  World Congress of Engineering Educators and Industrial Leaders
  International Forum of African Women Leaders on Population and Development
  Trust Fund for World Mass Media Leaders' Roundtables
  Committee of e-Leaders of Tomorrow for ICT and Youth / UN Committee of e-Leaders for ICT and Youth;
  World Leaders' Conference on Social Impacts of Tourism
 nán měi zhōu ān dì sī qū yù tǔ zhù lǐng xiù néng lì jiàn shè Capacity Building for Indigenous Leaders in the Andean region of South America
  Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival
  Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders
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