"Else" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qí tā other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
 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 person / 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
 zài bù or else / alternatively
 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
 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
 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 sb else
 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate
 wéi lì shì tú (idiom) to be bent solely on profit / to put profit before everything else
 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
 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
 dài zuì to act as a scapegoat / to take the blame 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)
 dài wéi to do sth on behalf of sb else
 jiǎ shǒu tā rén to get one's own task done by sb else
 jiǎ shǒu yú rén (idiom) to get one's own task done by sb else
 zài bu rán otherwise / alternatively / or else
 yǒu yàng xué yàng to imitate what sb else does / to follow sb's example
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