"Fly" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 háng xíng to sail / to fly / to navigate
 piāo yáng to wave / to flutter / to fly
 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation
 fēi to fly
 háng boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly
 yíng fly / musca / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 yáng to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter / to spread
 huī pheasant / golden pheasant / variegated / to fly
 xuè (archaic) to enter / to fly
 jià chéng to drive (a car) / to fly (an aircraft) / to pilot (a boat)
 fēi yáng to rise / to fly upward
 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the day before / the sky above / to fly to the sky / to take off and fly into space / to die / to pass away
 fēi chū to fly out
 fēi guò to fly over / to fly past
 fàng fēi to allow to fly
 téng fēi lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation)
 fēi dāo a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool)
 fēi yuè to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation / to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
 fēi shēng to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise / to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven / to achieve immortality
 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...)
 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
 bó rán dà nù to fly into a rage / to see red
 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly
 sì jiàn (of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions / to splatter everywhere
 bào nù to fly into a rage / to rage violently
 zhí háng to fly or sail direct (to ...)
 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment
 bào tiào rú léi stamp with fury / fly into a rage
 piāo wǔ to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
 dà fā léi tíng to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage
 tuō qiào to molt / to exuviate / fig. to fly off like an exuviate cicada
 bèn yuè to fly to the moon
 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
 xīn chí shén wǎng one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
 guǒ yíng fruit fly
 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape
 bǐ yì qí fēi to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable
 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / (fig.) to fly into a rage
 piān to fly fast
 xié (of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
 yì assist / ready to fly / respect
 máo Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
 háng fly down
 yù (of a bird) to fly swiftly / to swoop
 bié shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
 bié shù yī qí lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
 jià hè chéng xiān to fly on a crane and become immortal
 gāo fēi yuǎn zǒu to fly high and run far (idiom) / to leave in a hurry for a distance place
宿 shuāng sù shuāng fēi lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable
 jiā yíng house fly
 chéng hè to fly on a crane / to die
 fèn fēi to spread wings and fly
 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
 dú yíng sǎn fly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
 zuǎn bù kě néng de shì pigs might fly (idiom)
 qún fēi to fly as a flock or swarm
 kuà hè to die / to fly on a crane
 fēi lái fēi qù to fly about / to fly hither and thither / to flit / to swarm / to spiral
 fēi zhuàn to spin rapidly / to whirl around / (of time) to fly by
 yù qì to fly magically through the air
西 jià hè xī qù lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom)
 bái líng sand fly
  uncontrolled tipping / fly tipping
  uncontrolled tipping / fly tipping
  Mediterranean fruit fly / Medfly
  screwworm fly
  Project to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly from the Nile valley
  Real Time Kinematic - On the Fly
  tsetse fly
 kūn péng zhǎn chì lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly / displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset / to have the world at one's feet
 xùn (archaic) to fly rapidly
 Tiān ān mén kāi le pants fly is down / the barn door is open
 hēi fēi to fly illegally (of planes, drones etc)
 nù qì gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
 wú tóu cāng ying headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
西 tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
 fēi téng to fly swiftly upward / to soar
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