"Just" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
 zhèng dāng timely / just (when needed)
 gōng zhèng just / fair / equitable
 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous
 suǒ xìng you might as well (do it) / simply / just
 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique
 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
 jiù at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning
 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
 gāng hǎo just / exactly / to happen to be
 qià qià exactly / just / precisely
 yìng shì just / simply / stubbornly / really
 guāng shì solely / just
 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
 dān dān only / merely / just
 bù piān bù yǐ even-handed / impartial / unbiased / exact / just
 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) / order / (old) rank in the imperial examinations / mansion / (literary) but / just
 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
 jiù shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like
 zhèng zài just at (that time) / right in (that place) / right in the middle of (doing sth)
 bù jǐn not only (this one) / not just (...) but also
 zhèng shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago
 gāng cái just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2])
便 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
 zhǐ bù guò it's just that ...
 zhǐ bu guò only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ...
 gè bié individual / specific / respective / just one or two
 zhèng rú just as / precisely as
 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency
 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people
 kě bu shì that's just the way it is / exactly!
 zhèng yào to be just about to / to be on the point of
 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted)
 fāng cái just now / then
 qià hǎo as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right
 wǎn rú to be just like
 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)
 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit
 yī rú to be just like
 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
 chū lái zhà dào to be a newcomer / just off the boat
 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
 yī rú jì wǎng just as in the past (idiom) / as before / continuing as always
 huā píng flower vase / fig. just a pretty face / CL:對|对[dui4]
 yǎn rán just like / solemn / dignified / neatly laid out
 hǎo bǐ to be just like / can be compared to
 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right
 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by
 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng in the right and self-confident (idiom) / bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful
 zhèng zhèng neat / orderly / just in time
 yǒu dào to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just
 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad
 shì cái just now / a moment ago
 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
 wǎn ruò to be just like
 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
 hé zhǐ far more than / not just
 qià qià xiāng fǎn just the opposite
 qià sì just like / exactly like
 dāng r the very moment / just then / during (that brief interval)
 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers.
 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line
 shì féng to just happen to coincide with
 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice
 bù chì just as / no less than / like (sth momentous) / as good as / tantamount to
 qià rú qí fèn (idiom) appropriate / apt / just right
 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally
 chā qiáng rén yì (idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
 dāng kǒu at that moment / just then
 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
 qià rú just as if
 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
 dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
 bì xuè blood shed in a just cause
 sǐ nàn to die in an accident / to die for a just cause
 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other
 dé guò qiě guò satisfied just to get through (idiom) / to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by
 zhèng xiàng to be just like
 yǒu bèi wú huàn Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom)
 huó Léi Fēng selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]
 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war
 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
 wǎn rán as if / just like
 xià bù wéi lì not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster
 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分[shui3 fen1])
 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom) / to keep one's word
 yì yǒng courageous in fighting for a just cause
 shùn suì everything is going smoothly / just as one wishes
 dà bǔ tiě tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software
 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
 yīn xún to continue the same old routine / to carry on just as before / to procrastinate
 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent
 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom) / fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
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