"Shadow" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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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]
人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
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 lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other / inseparable / to follow relentlessly
立竿见影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
皮影戏 pí yǐng xì shadow play
投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
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
立杆见影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / to expect instant results
龛影 kān yǐng (radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
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)
身正不怕影子斜 shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (idiom) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think / a clean hand wants no washing
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