成 串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 嘟 噜 dū lu bunch / cluster / classifier for bunched objects / to hang down in a bunch / to droop 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across 綑 kǔn variant of 捆|捆[kun3] / a bunch / to tie together / bundle 庸 人 自 扰 yōng rén zì rǎo lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) / fig. to get upset over nothing / to make problems for oneself 废 话 连 篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense / verbose and rambling 燕 雀 乌 鹊 yàn què wū què lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie / fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry / a bunch of nobodies 一 派 胡 言 yī pài hú yán a bunch of nonsense 鲜 花 插 在 牛 粪 上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)