"Loose" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 huó dòng to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
 kuān wide / broad / loose / relaxed / lenient
 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose
 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded
 sōng san to relax / loose / not consolidated / not rigorous
 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil)
 xī sōng poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous
 sǎn scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
 sū sōng loose (soil, or limbs of a relaxed person etc) / flaky (pastry etc)
 sōng kuǎ undisciplined / loose / slack
 sōng tuō loose / flaking
 péng sǎn loose / ruffled / disheveled
 sōng kāi to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
 yín dàng loose in morals / lascivious / licentious / lewd
 sǎn zhuāng loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
 féi dà loose fitting clothes / fat / stout / swelling (of internal organ) / hypertrophy
 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc / purse / pocket (in clothing)
 yín fù loose woman / prostitute / Jezebel
 làng nu:3 loose woman
 cháng shé loquacious / to have a loose tongue
 qiān tóu wàn xù plethora of things to tackle / multitude of loose ends / very complicated / chaotic
 sāo huò loose woman / slut
 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup)
 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
 yín jiàn morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean / wanton
 sǎn bīng loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner
 huò cóng kǒu chū Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
 zuǐ kuài to have loose lips
 sā to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee
 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose
 suì fine and loose cloth / tassel
 yù qín gù zòng In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
 bìng cóng kǒu rù Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
 shū ér bù lòu loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
 yú loose garment
 Qī shí qī Guó Jí tuán Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
 qián tú miǎo máng not knowing what to do next / at a loose end
 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
 jiē chù bù liáng loose or defective contact (elec.)
 xiè xiè loose bowels / diarrhea / to have the runs
 làn wū huò loose woman / slut
 liú wěi ba to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved
 bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
  loose propellant
 zuǐ chǎng to have a loose tongue / talkative
 tùn tào r (coll.) to break loose / to shake off responsibility
 sǎn qián small sum of money / loose change / Cantonese equivalent of 零錢|零钱[ling2 qian2]
 pào pao wà loose socks / baggy socks
 wán fǎ to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
 zuǐ bù yán to have a loose tongue
 dùn zi stone roller used to compact loose soil after sowing seeds
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