"Else" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qí tā other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
 fǒu zé if not / otherwise / else / or else
 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
 qí tā other / the others / else / other than it / in addition to the thing mentioned above
 bié de else / other
 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
 tā rén another / sb else / other people
 bù rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
 yào bù otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive
 yào bù rán otherwise / or else / or
 zhì shàng supreme / paramount / above all else
 dài bàn to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé / d'affaires
 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
 shǒu yìng to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
 wú fēi only / nothing else
 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else
 ēn rén a benefactor / a person who has significantly helped sb else
 zhuǎn jiāo to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction
 bù wài hū nothing else but
 jiǎ bàn to impersonate / to act the part of sb / to disguise oneself as sb else
 páng ruò wú rén to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others
 shùn lù by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently
 dài láo to do sth in place of sb else
 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
 shuō qíng to intercede / to plead for sb else
 zhǔ tuō to entrust a task to sb else
 jià huò to impute / to shift the blame onto someone else
 yì bù yì qū to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing
 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
 dài cháng (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of someone else
 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate
 dài shū to write for sb else / a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients
 zhuàng shān to wear the same outfit as sb else (in public)
 wú hé nothing else / soon / before long
 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
 bāo dǎ tiān xià to run everything (idiom) / to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in
 chuàn wèi to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor
 jià huò yú rén to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom) / to blame others / to pass the buck
 bié wú tā wù nothing else
 fǎn qiú zhū jǐ to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
 cóng jǐng jiù rén to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom) / fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
 qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves / fig. a slight change will affect everything else / the butterfly effect
 dài rén shòu guò to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
 shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
 dǐng míng mào xìng to pretend to be sb else
 xiān qì ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
 dài tián to fill in a form for sb else
 jiè zhù lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
 jiè zī yì zhù to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible
 yǎn chà to mistake for sth else
 yí qíng bié liàn change of affection, shift of love (idiom) / to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else
 yī qiè xiàng qián kàn to put money above everything else
 pīn fáng to rent a place with sb else to share the costs
 dì èr ge rén the second person / (fig.) someone else / third party
诿 wěi guò to put the blame on sb else
 chī fàn huáng dì dà eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
 lìng móu gāo jiù to get a better job somewhere else (idiom) / to seek alternative employment
 bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom) / fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
西 dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
 bié ren qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué zi lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
 chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
 wéi shàng to be valued above all else
 jiāo yóu to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
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