"Flying" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation
 xí xí (of the wind) blowing gently / abundant / flying
 wú shǔ yà kē flying
 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
 fēi shēn to move quickly / to vault / flying tackle
 Fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero"
 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome
 fēi dié flying saucer / frisbee
 fēi yú flying fish
广 Lǐ Guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 / and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO)
 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker
 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces
 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
 fēi huáng flying locusts
 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect
 Chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
 huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
 wú flying squirrel
 téng flying dragon
 lěi flying squirrel
 jiàn bù rú fēi running as fast as flying
 hàn rán bù gù outrageous and unconventional (idiom) / flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)
 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
 wú shǔ flying squirrel
 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship
 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust
 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
 hú fú flying fox / fruit bat (Pteroptidae)
 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction
 fēi shēn fān téng flying somersault
线 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom) / skillful needlework
 Fēi Gē Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)
  flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate
  flying plate lens
  Operation Flying Carpet
鱿 qī xīng yóu yú sevenstar flying squid
鱿 chì yóu neon flying squid
  tanker aircraft / flying tanker
  International Year of Unidentified Flying Objects
  East African Flying School
  blind flying
  nap-of-the-earth flying
  nap-of-the-earth flying
 fēi shǔ flying squirrel / (dialect) bat
 jī fēi gǒu tiào lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray
 fēi yě shì de lit. as if flying / very fast
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