"Set" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 guī dìng provision / to fix / to set / to formulate / to stipulate / to provide / regulation / rule / CL:個|个[ge4]
 xì liè series / set
 chuàng zào to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)
 zǔ hé to assemble / to combine / to compose / combination / association / set / compilation / (math.) combinatorial
 gù dìng to fix / to fasten / to set rigidly in place / fixed / set / regular
 jí hé to gather / to assemble / (math.) set
 xiāng qiàn to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation
 yī tào suit / a set / a collection / of the same kind / the same old stuff / set pattern of behavior
 shè dìng to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences
 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
 chuàng xià to establish / to set (a new record)
 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone)
 jì dìng already fixed / set / established
 jiàn lì to establish / to set up / to found
 shè zhì to set up / to install
 chéng lì to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
 ān pái to arrange / to plan / to set up / arrangements / plans
 qǐ dòng to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)
 shè lì to set up / to establish
 pèi tào to form a complete set / compatible / matching / complementary
 chū fā to set off / to start (on a journey)
 yuán sù element / element of a set / chemical element
 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
 rèn dìng to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
 dòng shǒu to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch
 shì fàng to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
 dìng jià to set a price / to fix a price
 qǐ shēn to get up / to leave / to set forth
 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
 shù lì to set up / to establish
 tào zhuāng outfit or suit (of clothes) / set of coordinated items / kit
 zǔ jiàn to organize / to set up / to establish
 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise in height / to begin / upsurge / to set off (a campaign)
 bǎo guì valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by
 liú gěi to set aside for
 quán tào an entire set / full complement
 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land
 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
 ān xīn at ease / to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth
 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame
 diàn shì jī television set / CL:臺|台[tai2]
 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
 ná xià to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
 tà shàng to set foot on / to step on or into
 qǐ bù to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
 kāi pì to open up / to set up / to establish
 chuàng lì to establish / to set up / to found
 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
 rù shǒu to begin / to set one's hand to
 shè zài located at / set up in a particular location
 dài tóu to take the lead / to be the first / to set an example
 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
 chū xíng to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) / to set off on a journey (longer trip)
 tào cān set meal / product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
 bǎi fàng to set up / to arrange / to lay out
 luò hù to settle / to set up home
 chéng tào forming a complete set / complementing one another
 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline
 dá biāo to reach a set standard
 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house)
 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
 jú xiàn to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries
 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
 chèn tuō to set off
 jiàn gòu to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture
 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit
 xīn biān to compile anew / new (version) / newly set up (part of an organization)
 nuó yòng to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate
 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set
 ài měi love of beauty / wishing to appear beautiful / to set store by one's appearance
 yù liú to set aside / to reserve
 diàn huà jī telephone set
 tà jìn to set foot in / to tread (in or on) / to walk into
 xiàn hài to entrap / to set up / to frame (up) / to make false charges against
 dìng yú set at / scheduled at
 lì xià to set up / to establish
 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire
 zuò duì to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
 qǐ chéng to set out on a journey
 zhěng tào entire set
 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc) / deep set (eyes)
 gāo gāo zài shàng set up on high (idiom) / not in touch with reality / aloof and remote
 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
 shǐ fā (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating
 kāi dòng to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
 jìn fā to set out / to start
 shí pāi candid photograph / genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
 jì tí to set aside / to make provision for (capital requirements)
 xīng bàn to begin / to set in motion
 tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
 Shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
 gē zhì to shelve / to set aside
 xuǎn pài to select / to detail / to set apart / to appoint
 qǐ háng (of a ship) to set sail / (of an aeroplane) to take off / also written 起航[qi3 hang2]
 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace
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