"Fancy" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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想要 xiǎng yào to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
看中 kàn zhòng to have a preference for / to fancy / to choose after consideration / to settle on
花俏 huā qiào fancy / gaudy
花巧 huā qiǎo fancy
看得中 kàn de zhòng to take a liking for / to fancy
看上 kàn shàng to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for
中意 zhòng yì to take one's fancy / to be to one's liking
胡思乱想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
脚踏实地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character
花招 huā zhāo trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish
堆砌 duī qì lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric
遐思 xiá sī to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts
亏得 kuī de fortunately / luckily / (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
花拳绣腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery
亏 kuī deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...
嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy
投其所好 tóu qí suǒ hào to adapt to sb's taste / to fit sb's fancy
逍遥自得 xiāo yáo zì dé doing as one pleases (idiom) / foot-loose and fancy free
丰俭由人 fēng jiǎn yóu rén fancy or simple according to sb's budget (idiom)
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