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迎面 yíng miàn directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind)
一头 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
径直 jìng zhí directly
迎头 yíng tóu to meet head-on / face-to-face / directly
照直 zhào zhí directly / straight / straight ahead / straightforward
径 jìng footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly
迎面而来 yíng miàn ér lái directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind)
一径 yī jìng directly / straightaway / straight
径迹 jìng jì track / trajectory / path / way / means / diameter / directly
面议 miàn yì to bargain face-to-face / to negotiate directly
对面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
直销 zhí xiāo to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing
直辖市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 / and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
直观 zhí guān direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual
直属 zhí shǔ directly subordinate
传给 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
正对 zhèng duì directly facing
扑面 pū miàn lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
直通 zhí tōng to lead directly to
正眼 zhèng yǎn facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
神农架 Shén nóng jià Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
直系 zhí xì directly related
直隶 Zhí lì Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
直捣 zhí dǎo to storm / to attack directly
直辖 zhí xiá to govern directly
顶头 dǐng tóu to come directly towards one / top / immediate (superior)
正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio / directly proportional
直来直去 zhí lái zhí qù going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
直捣黄龙 zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
扑面而来 pū miàn ér lái lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
沿儿 yán r edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿)
自治市 zì zhì shì municipality / autonomous city / also called directly administered city 直轄市|直辖市
中央直辖市 zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 / and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
济源 Jì yuán Jiyuan directly administered city in Henan
济源市 Jì yuán shì Jiyuan directly administered city in Henan
神农架地区 Shén nóng jià dì qū Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
神农架林区 Shén nóng jià lín qū Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
短期直接观察治疗  Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse
直热甑炉焚化  directly heated retort incineration
破题 pò tí writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题[mao4 ti2]
直呼其名 zhí hū qí míng to address sb directly by name (idiom) / to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating either familiarity or overfamiliarity)
口播 kǒu bō (broadcasting) to speak to the audience / to advertise a product by speaking directly to the audience / endorsement (by a celebrity for a product, delivered orally)
有一说一 yǒu yī shuō yī to speak plainly / to speak one’s mind / to say directly
踹共 chuài gòng (Tw) (neologism c. 2010) to speak one's mind directly (face to face with the person with whom one has an issue) (from Taiwanese 出來講, Tai-lo pr. [tshut-lâi kóng], with "tshut-lâi" pronounced in contracted form as "tshòai")
面称 miàn chēng term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称[bei4 cheng1]) / to praise sb in their presence
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