事 体 shì tǐ things / affairs / decorum 方 便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself 轻 松 qīng sōng light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously 怎 么 样 zěn me yàng how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? 眼 光 yǎn guāng gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things 协 商 xié shāng to consult with / to talk things over / agreement 势 头 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things 为 难 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) 万 物 wàn wù all things / all that exists 众 生 zhòng shēng all living things 摸 索 mō suo to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly 坏 事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things 时 事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going 兼 顾 jiān gù to attend simultaneously to two or more things / to balance (career and family, family and education etc) 万 事 wàn shì all things 世 事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world 如 实 rú shí as things really are / realistic 效 果 图 xiào guǒ tú rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out) 惯 性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 风 头 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight 无 为 wú wéi the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire 风 尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things 留 守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things 达 人 dá rén expert / person who takes things philosophically 疏 通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) 相 提 并 论 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) 有 方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method 打 点 dǎ dian to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in) 眉 目 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things 底 细 dǐ xì inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up 风 向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 作 怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) 相 加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 天 理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law / the natural order of things 失 事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 活 儿 huó r work / (lots of) things to do 实 干 shí gàn to work industriously / to get things done 物 欲 wù yù material desire / craving for material things 刁 难 diāo nàn to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult 物 色 wù sè to look for / to seek / to choose / color of object / color of fleece (of domestic animal) / to see / to notice / all kinds of things / odds and ends 普 照 pǔ zhào (of the sunlight) to bathe all things / to shine gloriously 诸 如 此 类 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc 助 兴 zhù xìng to add to the fun / to liven things up 千 言 万 语 qiān yán wàn yǔ thousands of words (idiom) / having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop 扫 兴 sǎo xìng to spoil things / to dampen spirits / to feel deflated / to be dispirited 老 样 子 lǎo yàng zi old situation / things as they were 事 与 愿 违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) 想 不 开 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles 倒 转 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head 翻 动 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage 举 一 反 三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) 雨 后 春 笋 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession 咕 咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down 搅 和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) 两 回 事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters 开 窍 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns 执 迷 不 悟 zhí mí bú wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) 执 迷 不 悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) 值 守 zhí shǒu (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch 道 road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) 不 可 同 日 而 语 bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable 胡 来 hú lái to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble 挖 坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 钱 物 qián wù money and things of value 方 square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter 今 非 昔 比 jīn fēi xī bǐ things are very different now (idiom) / times have changed 搅 局 jiǎo jú to upset the apple cart / to disrupt things 打 圆 场 dǎ yuán chǎng to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over 举 凡 jǔ fán such things as ... / examples including ... (etc) / without exception / every / any 煞 有 介 事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously 各 自 为 政 gè zì wéi zhèng to do things each in one's own way 善 罢 甘 休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down 阳 光 普 照 yáng guāng pǔ zhào (idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight 倾 盆 大 雨 qīng pén dà yǔ a downpour / rain bucketing down / fig. to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study) 托 儿 tuō r shill / tout / phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers 误 事 wù shì to hold things up / to make a botch of things 崇 洋 chóng yáng to idolize foreign things 糅 合 róu hé mix together / put together (usu. things that do not blend well together) 可 遇 不 可 求 kě yù bù kě qiú can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously 简 言 之 jiǎn yán zhī in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly 参 悟 cān wù to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment 敷 衍 了 事 fū yǎn liǎo shì to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions 安 于 现 状 ān yú xiàn zhuàng to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo 顾 此 失 彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other 两 码 事 liǎng mǎ shì two quite different things / another kettle of fish 时 过 境 迁 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) 乱 丢 luàn diū to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around 上 善 若 水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) 引 以 为 戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly 评 理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out 千 头 万 绪 qiān tóu wàn xù plethora of things to tackle / multitude of loose ends / very complicated / chaotic 洪 水 猛 兽 hóng shuǐ měng shòu lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things 对 号 duì hào tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up 拿 人 ná rén making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract 有 始 有 终 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. 劝 架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel / to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down 论 理 lùn lǐ normally / as things should be / by rights / to reason things out / logic 拨 乱 反 正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder 依 然 如 故 yī rán rú gù back to where we were (idiom) / absolutely no improvement / Things haven't changed at all. 化 整 为 零 huà zhěng wéi líng to break up the whole into pieces (idiom) / dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
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