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 tā he or him / (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / other / another
 bié to leave / to depart / to separate / to distinguish / to classify / other / another / don't ...! / to pin / to stick (sth) in / (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
 lìng yī another / the other
 tā rén another / sb else / other people
 fēn fēn one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / diverse / in profusion / numerous and confused / pell-mell
 bǐ cǐ each other / one another
 xiān hòu early or late / priority / in succession / one after another
 lìng yī fāng miàn on the other hand / another aspect
 yī yī one by one / one after another
 chóng chóng layer upon layer / one after another
 lìng yī zhǒng another kind
 zhuǎn fā to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
 zhuǎn huì to transfer to another club (professional sports)
 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
 chéng tào forming a complete set / complementing one another
 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
 xiāng zhù to help one another / to come to sb's help
 róng qià harmonious / friendly relations / on good terms with one another
 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)
 nuó yòng to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate
 lián jī online / network / to connect online / to connect an electronic device to another device
 qiē cuō to compare notes / to learn from one another / to swap pointers
 Zhōu yì another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
 bié yàng different kind of / another sort of / special / unusual
 gāo cháo dié qǐ each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another
 guàn shū to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place
 chū wài to go out / to leave for another place
 zhú gè one by one / one after another
 xiāng wàng to look at one another / to face each other
 xiāng jiàn to alternate / to follow one another
 zhuàng chē to crash (into another car) / (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash / (of subject matter) to be the same
退 tuì huàn huò to return a product for another item
 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic
 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office
 lún fān in turn / one after another
 jiē èr lián sān one after another (idiom) / in quick succession
 zhuǎn zhàn to fight in one place after another
 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom) / to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent
 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) / outdoing one another
 fǎn guān by contrast / but as for this... / viewed from another angle / subjectively / introspection
 zhuǎn xué to change schools / to transfer to another college
 xiāng xiàng facing one another / face-to-face
西 Xī zǐ another name for Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1]
 xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng to complement one another (idiom)
 sī shǒu to stay together / to rely on one another
 lí sàn (of family members) separated from one another / scattered about / dispersed / (math.) discrete
 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
 xiāng dé yì zhāng to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
 mài mìng to throw one's life in for / to haplessly give one's life for / to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group / to pour in one's utmost effort / to shed one's last ounce of strength for
 xiāng xiàng to resemble one another / to be alike / similar
 tā guó another country
 xiāng shēng to engender one another
 Sū Dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 / (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
 xiāng zhēng to vie against one another / to fight each other / mutual aggression
 xiāng tóu agreeing with one another / congenial
 chóng xīn shěn shì a re-examination / to have another look at sth
 zhuǎn sòng to pass (sth) on (to sb else) / to transfer sb (to another hospital etc)
 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection
 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post
 xiāng chí locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
 zì xiāng cán shā to massacre one another (idiom) / internecine strife
 hún rán yī tǐ to blend into one another / to blend together well
 zài jiàn to reconstruct / to build another
 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle
 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love
 bìng jià qí qū to run neck and neck / to keep pace with / to keep abreast of / on a par with one another
 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
 zhuǎn yòng to adapt for use for another purpose
 zhāi pái to delist (a traded security) / (sports) to accept a transfer-listed player from another club
 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
 Shí tou Jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
 yì jiào tú member of another religion / heathen / pagan / heretic / apostate
 gǎi rì another day / some other day
 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
 xiāng kàn to look at one another / to take a good look at / to look upon
 gān dǎn xiāng zhào to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom) / to show total devotion
 bié chēng another name / alternative name
 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
 zì xiāng mutual / each other / one another / self-
 liǎng mǎ shì two quite different things / another kettle of fish
 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
 Tài Huà Mt Tai 泰山 / and Mt Hua 華山|华山 / another name for Mt Hua
 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
 Zhū zi Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
 xiāng each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc) / to submit
 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away
 hùn tóng to mix up / to confuse one thing with another
 fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom) / irrelevant
 Hán Fēi zǐ another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
 zhú cì gradually / one after another / little by little
 fù zhěn another visit to doctor / further diagnosis
 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom) / loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another
 wài xiāng another part of the country / some other place
 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
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