"Distinguished" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhuó yuè outstanding / surpassing / distinguished / splendid
 jié chū outstanding / distinguished / remarkable / prominent / illustrious
 tè special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
 chū tóu niǎo to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name
 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose
 guì bīn honored guest / distinguished guest / VIP
 gé xià your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
 shèng huì pageant / distinguished meeting
 huì cuì collecting together (of distinguished people or exquisite objects) / to gather / to assemble
 míng shì famous scholar / worthy / celebrity, esp. distinguished literary person having no official post
 tài dǒu (abbr. for 泰山北斗[Tai4 Shan1 Bei3 dou3]) distinguished figure / doyen / revered authority
 guì guó your distinguished country
 qún yīng huì distinguished gathering / a meeting of heroes
 xiǎn guì dignitary / distinguished person / royalty / nobleman / big shot
 xiān xián worthy predecessor / distinguished person of the past / former sage
 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
 yǎ jí distinguished assembly (of scholars)
 té special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very
 xiān zhé distinguished precursor / famous thinker of antiquity
 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil
 Féng Yǒu lán Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)
 gāo péng mǎn zuò surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom) / in company
 bīn kè yíng mén guests filled the hall (idiom) / a house full of distinguished visitors
 bīn péng mǎn zuò guests filled all the seats (idiom) / a house full of distinguished visitors
 bì lín (of a distinguished guest) honor my house (firm etc) with your presence
 Shǐ Jǐng qiān Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[Zhui1 xun2 Xian4 dai4 Zhong1 guo2]
 dān zǐ yè monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
 pěng dú to read (honorific: e.g. your distinguished article)
 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)
 Lǐ Shū tóng Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911
 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son
 bīn péng yíng mén guests filled the hall (idiom) / a house full of distinguished visitors
怀 yǎ huái refined feelings / distinguished emotions
 yǎ jiào (hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion).
 Gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
 yīn dú reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 / has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
 Gāo Běn hàn Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
 gāo lín distinguished neighbor (honorific)
 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 / is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 / "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 / has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
 jié chū fù wù jiǎng Distinguished Service Award
  Distinguished Adviser on Human Development
 xì chū míng mén to come from a distinguished family
 gōng yàn banquet hosted by an organization to honor a distinguished figure / to host such a banquet
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