表 现 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior 便 宜 pián yi cheap / inexpensive / small advantages / to let sb off lightly 出 发 chū fā to set off / to start (on a journey) 再 说 zài shuō to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides 开 关 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off 响 起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off 摆 脱 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself 摇 滚 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 对 抗 duì kàng to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation 掀 起 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise in height / to begin / upsurge / to set off (a campaign) 关 机 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 下 车 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) 下 班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work 打 断 dǎ duàn to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) 封 闭 fēng bì to seal / to close / to confine / to seal off / to close down / sealed / confined / closed / unreceptive 下 岗 xià gǎng to come off sentry duty / to lay off (a worker) / laid-off 放 过 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth 中 断 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt 放 出 fàng chū to let off / to give out 上 天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the day before / the sky above / to fly to the sky / to take off and fly into space / to die / to pass away 假 冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) 起 飞 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft) to take off 滋 润 zī rùn moist / humid / to moisten / to provide moisture / comfortably off 抵 挡 dǐ dǎng to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand 出 行 chū xíng to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) / to set off on a journey (longer trip) 封 锁 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down 冷 却 lěng què to cool off / cooling 脱 下 tuō xià to take off (clothing) 停 顿 tíng dùn to halt / to break off / pause (in speech) 延 迟 yán chí to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag 推 迟 tuī chí to postpone / to put off / to defer 减 弱 jiǎn ruò to weaken / to fall off 关 上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) 刹 车 shā chē to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake 炫 耀 xuàn yào dazzling / to show off / to flaunt 绝 缘 jué yuán to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate 注 销 zhù xiāo to cancel / to write off 关 掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off 出 走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away 台 下 tái xià off the stage / in the audience 不 问 bù wèn to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off 切 断 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever 初 来 乍 到 chū lái zhà dào to be a newcomer / just off the boat 枪 手 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own 挣 脱 zhèng tuō to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1] 出 局 chū jú to send off (player for a foul) / to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament) / to eliminate / to call out / to kill off / to pull out of (a competition) / to retire (a runner in baseball) / out (i.e. man out in baseball) 脱 落 tuō luò to drop off / to come off / to lose (hair etc) / to omit (a character when writing) 卖 掉 mài diào to sell off / to get rid of in a sale 拖 延 tuō yán to delay / to put off / to procrastinate 得 手 dé shǒu to go smoothly / to come off / to succeed 冒 充 mào chōng to feign / to pretend to be / to pass oneself off as 裁 员 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees 摘 下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 中 止 zhōng zhǐ to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue 衬 托 chèn tuō to set off 狂 笑 kuáng xiào to howl with laughter / to laugh one's head off 报 销 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out 燃 起 rán qǐ to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution) 脱 掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 接 送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth 校 外 xiào wài off campus 造 假 zào jiǎ to counterfeit / to pass off a fake as genuine 报 废 bào fèi to scrap / to be written off 成 全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off 变 质 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism 吹 牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) 宣 泄 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret 盖 章 gài zhāng to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth 平 整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) 偷 懒 tōu lǎn to goof off / to be lazy 送 走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 折 断 zhé duàn to snap sth off / to break 延 缓 yán huǎn to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down 断 断 续 续 duàn duàn xù xù intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate 甩 开 shuǎi kāi to shake off / to get rid of 淡 季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 剥 离 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) 断 线 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 升 空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff 断 绝 duàn jué to sever / to break off 敲 诈 qiāo zhà to rip off / to extort (money) / extortion / blackmail 松 懈 sōng xiè to relax / to relax efforts / to slack off / to take it easy / complacent / undisciplined 下 台 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook 甩 掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump 断 开 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) 始 发 shǐ fā (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating 截 取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 走 火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire 目 不 转 睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng unable to take one's eyes off (idiom) / to gaze steadily / to stare 送 人 sòng rén to give away / to accompany / to see sb off 阻 隔 zǔ gé to separate / to cut off 封 顶 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 招 架 zhāo jià to resist / to ward off / to hold one's own / to receive guests 卖 弄 mài nong to show off / to make a display of 脱 去 tuō qù to throw off 付 清 fù qīng to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off 送 行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party 发 球 fā qiú to serve the ball / to tee off 辍 学 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 截 断 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate