"Precisely" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people |   |
| 就 |  jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... | |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if | |
| 便是 | biàn shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as | |
| 恰恰 | qià qià | exactly / just / precisely | |
| 正是 | zhèng shì | is precisely | |
| 正如 | zhèng rú | just as / precisely as | |
| 紧跟 | jǐn gēn | to follow precisely / to comply with | |
| 说不准 | shuō bù zhǔn | unable to say / can't say precisely | |
| 如出一辙 | rú chū yī zhé | to be precisely the same / to be no different | |
| 隐讳 | yǐn huì | to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind | |
| 算准 | suàn zhǔn | to calculate precisely / to identify / to discern / to tell | |
