"Attraction" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yǐn lì gravitation (force) / attraction
 xī lì attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics) / attractive force
 gǎn zhào lì appeal / attraction / charisma
 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
 lu:3 yóu jǐng diǎn tourist attraction / travel sight
 gǔ lóu a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
 Zhōu zhuāng Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
 fēi é pū huǒ the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction
 Bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
 wǔ hóu cí memorial hall to Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 / (many of them in different town) / refers to tourist attraction in Chengdu 成都
 Zhōu zhuāng Zhèn Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
 Qū Yuán Jì niàn guǎn Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
 lu:3 yóu rè diǎn a hot tourist attraction / a tourist trap
 xiāng xī mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic) / to attract one another
 cí xī (of a magnet) to attract metallic objects / (fig.) to exert a magnetic attraction (for investment, tourists etc)
 cí xī xiào yìng "magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals / in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
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