"Toward" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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朝向 cháo xiàng toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam)
于 yú (of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
大人 dà ren adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors
流向 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
迈向 mài xiàng to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward
怜惜 lián xī to take pity on / to feel tenderness toward
来 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
靠岸 kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall
直捣 zhí dǎo to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc) / (fig.) to directly target (the main objective)
向 xiàng variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
业障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money
归向 guī xiàng to turn toward
挹 yì (literary) to scoop up / to ladle out / (literary) to draw toward oneself
曏 xiàng variant of 向, direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly / to side with / to be partial to / all along (previously)
嚮 xiàng to tend toward / to guide / variant of 向
戳力 chuō lì to work toward / to endeavor / an attempt
蹦跶 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life)
仇外 chóu wài to feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders / xenophobia
走板 zǒu bǎn to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach
抓住全球机遇联盟体 zhuā zhù quán qiú jī yù lián méng tǐ Alliance Toward Harnessing Global Opportunities Corporation / ATHGO International
援助实效问题高级别论坛  High-Level Forum on Joint Progress toward Enhanced Aid Effectiveness (Harmonization, Alignment, and Results) / High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
腐国 Fǔ guó UK (slang term reflecting a perception of UK as decadent for its attitudes toward homosexuality)
敌忾 dí kài hatred felt toward one's enemies
路冲 lù chōng (feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-intersection), regarded as unfavorable for the occupants of the house
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