"Shadow" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 跟踪 | gēn zōng | to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking |   |
| 影子 | yǐng zi | shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 阴影 | yīn yǐng | (lit. and fig.) shadow | |
| 黑影 | hēi yǐng | shadow / darkness / twilight | |
| 阴暗 | yīn àn | dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) | |
| 暗影 | àn yǐng | shadow / umbra | |
| 影儿 | yǐng r | shadow | |
| 盯梢 | dīng shāo | to follow sb / to tail / to shadow | |
| 影 |  yǐng | picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace | |
| 跟屁虫 | gēn pì chóng | lit. bum beetle / sb who tags along / shadow / sycophant | |
| 钉梢 | dīng shāo | to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢[ding1 shao1] | |
| 光影 | guāng yǐng | light and shadow / sunlight and shade | |
| 眼影 | yǎn yǐng | eye shadow (cosmetics) | |
| 如影随形 | rú yǐng suí xíng | as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / closely associated with each other / to follow relentlessly | |
| 立竿见影 | lì gān jiàn yǐng | lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / fig. instant effect / quick results | |
| 皮影戏 | pí yǐng xì | shadow play | |
| 形影相吊 | xíng yǐng xiāng diào | with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely | |
| 手影 | shǒu yǐng | hand shadow drama | |
| 影子内阁 | yǐng zi nèi gé | shadow cabinet | |
| 来去无踪 | lái qù wú zōng | come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace | |
| 孤身只影 | gū shēn zhī yǐng | lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom) | |
| 形影相随 | xíng yǐng xiāng suí | lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / fig. inseparable | |
| 顾影自怜 | gù yǐng zì lián | lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected | |
| 来无影，去无踪 | lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng | lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace | |
| 全影 | quán yǐng | total shadow / umbra | |
| 暗星云 | àn xīng yún | dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind) / absorption nebula | |
| 立杆见影 | lì gān jiàn yǐng | lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / to expect instant results | |
| 不成样子 | bù chéng yàng zi | shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow | |
| 影子报告 | shadow report / alternative report | | |
| 非正式报告 | shadow report / alternative report | | |
| 地下经济 | shadow economy / non-observed economy | | |
| 效率价格 | efficiency price / shadow price | | |
| 影子价格 | efficiency price / shadow price | | |
| 寸阴 | cùn yīn | a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch) | |
