to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
出笼
chū lóng
(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
亮相
liàng xiàng
to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
to go on stage / fig. to appear on the scene / used in advertising to mean new product
浮现
fú xiàn
to appear before one's eyes / to come into view / to float into appearance / to come back (of images from the past) / to emerge / it emerges / it occurs (to me that..)
上报
shàng bào
to report to one's superiors / to appear in the news / to reply to a letter
to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground
爱美
ài měi
love of beauty / wishing to appear beautiful / to set store by one's appearance
分身
fēn shēn
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap
lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role
入眼
rù yǎn
to appear before one's eyes / pleasing to the eye / nice to look at
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role
油泡
yóu pào
to sauté / bubbles that appear in the oil when deep-frying
押题
yā tí
(in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam
本尊
běn zūn
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
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