"Blow" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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打击 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
闷雷 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
熔断 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow
刮 guā to blow (of the wind)
飕 sōu to blow (as of wind) / sound of wind / sough
擤 xǐng to blow (one's nose)
龡 chuì to blow (a flute) / archaic version of 吹
爆炸 bào zhà explosion / to explode / to blow up / to detonate
绝招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
爆破 bào pò to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast
绝杀 jué shā to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point
毒手 dú shǒu deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault
不堪一击 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow
穿帮 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
炸毁 zhà huǐ to blow up / to destroy with explosives
吐气 tǔ qì to exhale / to blow off steam / (phonetics) aspirated
吹气 chuī qì to blow air (into)
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
痛击 tòng jī to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow
出尔反尔 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
飞吻 fēi wěn to blow a kiss
吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
吹熄 chuī xī to blow out (a flame)
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
一锤定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away
跌打损伤 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
吭哧 kēng chi to puff and blow / to whimper
吹袭 chuī xí (of wind) to blow fiercely / (of a storm) to strike
吹哨 chuī shào to blow a whistle / to whistle
鼓气 gǔ qì to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
吹冷风 chuī lěng fēng to blow cold / damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
吹号 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument
炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / (fig.) to fly into a rage
吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
吹糠见米 chuī kāng jiàn mǐ instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice
刺中 cì zhòng to hit with a piercing blow
喘吁吁 chuǎn xū xū to puff and blow
呠 pēn to spurt / to blow out / to puff out / to snort
欨 xū (literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy
劲吹 jìng chuī (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust
严厉打击 yán lì dǎ jī to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures
抓狂 zhuā kuáng to blow one's top / to be driven mad / to become frantic
擤鼻涕 xǐng bí tì to blow one's nose
气炸 qì zhà to burst with rage / to blow one's top
吹孔 chuī kǒng (of a musical instrument) blow hole
脑袋开花 nǎo dài kāi huā to blow one's brain out
吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
吹胀 chuī zhàng to blow up / to inflate
炸垮 zhà kuǎ to blow up (demolish with an explosion)
自我吹嘘 zì wǒ chuī xū to blow one's own horn (idiom)
自矜 zì jīn to boast / to blow one's own horn
开脑洞 kāi nǎo dòng to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
一棍子打死 yī gùn zi dǎ sǐ to deal a single fatal blow / (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error
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