"Either" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 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
 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)
 hǎi mián sponge (zoology) / sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc) / foam rubber
 tā he or him / (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / other / another
 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 (i.e. either of the halves of a bean seed that can be split apart after removing the seed coat) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4 ban4 jiang4])
 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
 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
 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)
 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
 hé le noodles either made of buckwheat or sorghum
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 ...
 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)
 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]
 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])
 qū chē to go by car (as either driver or passenger)
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