"Tense" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jǐn zhāng nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
 jǐn bēng to stretch taut / (of muscles etc) taut / strained / tense
 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
 shí tài (verb) tense
 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
 shí shì fashionable style / (linguistics) tense
 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
 guò qù shí past tense (grammar)
 guò qu shì past tense
 céng once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
 huǎn slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate
 liǎn hóng jīn bào red and tense with anger (idiom)
 liǎn hóng jīn zhǎng red and tense with anger (idiom)
 tóu le piào past tense of to vote
 rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom) / to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis
 wán chéng shí perfect tense (grammar)
 wèi lái shì future tense
 huǒ yào wèi shèn nóng strong smell of gunpowder / fig. tense situation / standoff
 xiàn zài shì present tense
 wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom) / to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis
 jǐn zhāng zhuàng tài tense situation / standoff
 fēng shēng jǐn (fig.) the situation is tense
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