quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip")
乐道
lè dào
to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions
顺藤摸瓜
shùn téng mō guā
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
摩肩接踵
mó jiān jiē zhǒng
lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps / a thronging crowd
从善如流
cóng shàn rú liú
readily following good advice (idiom) / willing to accept other people's views
particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element
开斋
kāi zhāi
to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast
(bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is 住[zhu4] or 起[qi3] or 出[chu1] etc)
铩羽而归
shā yǔ ér guī
(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
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
行不从径
xíng bù cóng jìng
lit. not following the straight path (idiom) / fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom) / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
lit. a following echo / fig. to continue (a tradition)
师古
shī gǔ
following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style
后车之鉴
hòu chē zhī jiàn
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom) / don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
次生灾害
cì shēng zāi hài
secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
yǐ hòu