"Either" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yě also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
 èr zhě zhī yī either
 rèn yī any / either
 yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
 huò shì or / either one or the other
 yào bù otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
 yào me or / either one or the other
 liǎng bian either side / both sides
 bù fēn not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
 nǎi shì equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
 liǎng páng both sides / either side
 Yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
 qiáo tóu either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
 quē yī bù kě not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either
 Dòu bàn cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4ban4jiang4])
 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)
 máo dòu immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
 duān diǎn end point (may refer to either end of sth with a start and an end) / (math.) endpoint
 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
 jiā to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
 chà slit on either side of robe
 fēi cǐ jí bǐ either this or that / one or the other
 dí wǒ máo dùn contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
 yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
 zài sài to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)
 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot / also written 炮耳
 néng ruò néng qiáng to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
 rèn jiǎo (of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot &ndash / either the left or the right
 huō kǒng an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore)
 kǔ yì huò fēi kǔ yì tú xíng imprisonment of either description
 lǐ wài lǐ all in all / either way
AB制 A B zhì to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
 yào ma either ... / or ...
 qián fāng gāo néng (slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant "Danger! High energy up ahead!" &mdash / a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action)
 chéng què watchtower on either side of a city gate / (literary) city / imperial palace
 bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
 yóu (bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[you2 yu4] or 冘疑[you2 yi2]
 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum &ndash / a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
 shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王[da4 wang2] or 大王[dai4 wang5])
 liǎng biān either side / both sides
 zhèng jiǎo xié shoe that can be worn on either foot
 zhí jiǎo xié shoe that can be worn on either foot
 rèn jiǎo xié a left-and-right pair of shoes (distinguished from 直腳鞋|直脚鞋[zhi2jiao3xie2], shoes that can be worn on either foot)
线 mǎ jiǎ xiàn (neologism c. 2013) (coll.) vertical groove visible on either side of the belly in a person with well-toned abs
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