"Lying" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wò shì lying / horizontal
 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
 shì ruò not to fight back / to take it lying down / to show weakness / to show one's softer side
 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down
 luàn diū to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around
 Hè lán Shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
 héng bǐ bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
 fú wò lying down / to lie prostrate / prone
 zhěn jiè to lie in total disorder / lying fallen over one another
 Hè lán Shān mài Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
 bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life
 tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng (Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down / (fig.) to be unfairly targeted
 wén zi guǎn (jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw)
 jīng xué acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
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