"Bits" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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屑 xiè bits / fragments / crumbs / filings / trifling / trivial / to condescend to
碎末 suì mò flecks / particles / bits / fine powder
末屑 mò xiè bits / scraps
渣子 zhā zi dregs / bits / dregs (of society)
花絮 huā xù bits of news / interesting sidelights
零星 líng xīng fragmentary / random / bits and pieces / sporadic
杂物 zá wù junk / items of no value / various bits and bobs
细碎 xì suì fragments / bits and pieces
砸碎 zá suì to pulverize / to smash to bits
凑齐 còu qí to collect all the bits to make a whole
边角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over
位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 / 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
拾零 shí líng to pick up bits / to collect scrap material / tidbits / gleanings (used as gossip)
一鳞半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces
杂凑 zá còu to put together various bits / to knock sth together / hash (computing) / see also 散列[san3 lie4]
零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work
零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work
七七八八 qī qī bā bā almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds
边角科 biān jiǎo kē leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
七零八碎 qī líng bā suì bits and pieces / scattered fragments
唾余 tuò yú crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks
余码 yú mǎ excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
笑点 xiào diǎn funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline
批头 pī tóu screwdriving bits
俩钱 liǎ qián two bits / a small amount of money
一鳞半爪 yī lín bàn zhǎo lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces
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