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表现 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior
表情 biǎo qíng (facial) expression / to express one's feelings
词语 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
神态 shén tài appearance / manner / bearing / deportment / look / expression / mien
神气 shén qì expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious
神情 shén qíng look / expression
神色 shén sè expression / look
表达式 biǎo dá shì expression (math.)
神采 shén cǎi expression / spirit / vigor
言辞 yán cí words / expression / what one says
神 shén deity / soul / spirit / unusual / mysterious / lively / expressive / expression / look / CL:個|个[ge4] / (slang) awesome / amazing
劲 jìn strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4]
表示式 biǎo shì shì expression (math.)
运算式 yùn suàn shì (math.) expression (arithmetic, Boolean etc)
眉角 méi jiǎo outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
颜色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff
哪里 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
笑容 xiào róng smile / smiling expression / CL:副[fu4]
言论 yán lùn expression of opinion / views / remarks / arguments
激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme
口气 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
情色 qíng sè erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic)
一说 yī shuō an expression of opinion / according to some
笑意 xiào yì smiling expression
成语 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
看在 kàn zài (in the expression 看在…的份上[kan4 zai4 xx5 de5 fen4 shang4]) for the sake of ... / considering ...
在那儿 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
朗诵 lǎng sòng to read aloud with expression / to recite / to declaim
致谢 zhì xiè expression of gratitude / to give thanks / a thank-you note / acknowledgement
口头禅 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase
南无 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit) / Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
喜色 xǐ sè happy expression / cheerful look
百花齐放 bǎi huā qí fàng a hundred flowers bloom (idiom) / let the arts have free expression
败笔 bài bǐ a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
神似 shén sì similar in expression and spirit / to bear a remarkable resemblance to
新词 xīn cí new expression / neologism
哭丧着脸 kū sang zhe liǎn to pull a long face / to wear a mournful expression
炯炯有神 jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén eyes bright and full of expression
察言观色 chá yán guān sè to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
古语 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression
酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression
再拜 zài bài to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
近义词 jìn yì cí synonym / close equivalent expression
式子 shì zi formula / mathematical expression
才 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
口头语 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking
求值 qiú zhí (math.) to evaluate (an expression, function etc) / evaluation
根式 gēn shì surd (math.) / algebraic expression involving a square root or other irrationality
福相 fú xiàng facial expression of good fortune / joyous and contented look
啊 à interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you!
正则表达式 zhèng zé biǎo dá shì regular expression (computing)
谦辞 qiān cí humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
撒 sā to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee
抒 shū to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾[shu1] / to relieve
咦 yí expression of surprise
感同身受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor
声情并茂 shēng qíng bìng mào (of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom)
卑辞厚币 bēi cí hòu bì humble expression for generous donation
卑辞厚礼 bēi cí hòu lǐ humble expression for generous gift
变色易容 biàn sè yì róng to change color and alter one's expression (idiom) / to go white with fear / out of one's wits
丑相 chǒu xiàng ugly expression / unsightly manners
贬词 biǎn cí derogatory term / expression of censure
基因表达 jī yīn biǎo dá gene expression
忧容 yōu róng (literary) worried facial expression
面部表情 miàn bù biǎo qíng facial expression
中缀 zhōng zhuì infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression
公倍式 gōng bèi shì common multiple expression
囨 piān expression of contempt equivalent to 呸[pei1]
婉称 wǎn chēng euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
婉辞 wǎn cí tactful expression / to politely decline
怪样 guài yàng odd expression / funny looks / queer face / to grimace / to give sb funny looks / to pull faces
习惯用语 xí guàn yòng yǔ idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar)
袒免 tǎn miǎn to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow
谦语 qiān yǔ humble expression
鄙亵语 bǐ xiè yǔ vulgar expression / obscene expression
表达自由 biǎo dá zì yóu freedom of expression
阿拉伯保卫言论和新闻出版自由组织  Arab Organization for the Defense of Expression and Press Freedom
地表显示  surface expression
艺术表达自由  freedom of artistic expression
非洲表达自由原则宣言 fēi zhōu biǎo dá zì yóu yuán zé xuān yán Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa
国际言论自由交流网  International Freedom of Expression Exchange
则个 zé gè (old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
苦瓜脸 kǔ guā liǎn sour expression on one's face
哪儿的话 nǎ r de huà (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) / don't mention it
有理式 yǒu lǐ shì rational expression (math.)
脸部表情 liǎn bù biǎo qíng facial expression
形色 xíng sè shape and color / appearance / facial expression
巧言令色 qiǎo yán lìng sè to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
面露 miàn lù to look (tired, pleased etc) / to wear (a smile, a puzzled expression etc)
先走一步 xiān zǒu yī bù to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease / to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
群言堂 qún yán táng letting everyone have their say / taking people's views into account / free expression of different views / (contrasted with 一言堂[yi1 yan2 tang2])
起到 qǐ dào (in an expression of the form 起到…作用[qi3 dao4 xx5 zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect) / to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
你真行 nǐ zhēn xíng you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)
叨扰 tāo rǎo to bother / to trouble / (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you / thank you for your time
呼天抢地 hū tiān qiāng dì (idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)
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