"Very" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fēi cháng very / very much / unusual / extraordinary
 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
 de hěn (after an adjective) very
 dà wéi very / greatly
 bù shèng cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely
 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc
 zhì jí very / extremely
 hǎo shēng (dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly
 hěn hǎo kàn very
 shèn wéi very / extremely
 bā bā (suffix) very / extremely
 shà shì extremely / very
 kě can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
 liǎo bu de terrific / terrible / (after 得[de5]) very
 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity)
 chōng mǎn full of / brimming with / very full / permeated
 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous
 dàng nián that very same year
 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
 bù dà not very / not too / not often
 nà me duō so much / so very much
 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
 dàng rì that very day / the same day
 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours
 qǐ mǎ at the minimum / at the very least
 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult
 hěn xiǎng to miss sb / to very much want to
 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part
 shēn yè very late at night
 jiǔ jiǔ for a very long time
 màn cháng very long / endless
 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp
 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold
 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important
 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality
 bù zěn me not very / not particularly
 xiǎo xīn yì yì cautious and solemn (idiom) / very carefully / prudent / gently and cautiously
 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely
 yì yú very likely / prone to
 tǐng hǎo very good
 tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
 gāo rén very able person
 zuì xiān (the) very first
 yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes / very soon
 hǎo bù not at all ... / how very ...
 qián liè the very front
 jí shǎo very little / very few
 hěn bù very un-....
 yī xī vaguely / dimly / probably / very likely
 fàng shēng very loudly / at the top of one's voice
 è hěn hěn very fierce
 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row
 jiān jù arduous / terrible (task) / very difficult / formidable
 fēi fēi very fragrant / luxurious / beautiful
 yī shùn one instant / very short time / the twinkle of an eye
饿 è sǐ to starve to death / to be very hungry
 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment
 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
 zhōng ài to treasure / to be very fond of
 wú jǐ very little / hardly any
 lǎo yuǎn very far away
 yī qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom)
 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand
 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
 dà kuǎn very wealthy person
 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge
 liáo liáo very few
 bù hěn not very
 Fēng shén Bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed
 dà jí very auspicious / extremely lucky
 dà big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother
 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well
 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient
 dāng r the very moment / just then / during (that brief interval)
 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
 lu:è lu:è slightly / roughly / briefly / very generally
 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents
 màn tūn tūn very slow / exasperatingly slow
 shǔ yī shǔ èr reckoned to be first or second best (idiom) / one of the very best / to list one by one
 guò yì bù qù to feel very apologetic
 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom)
 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers.
 qū zhǐ kě shǔ can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / very few
 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced
 shēn zhòng very serious / grave / profound
 zhǐ chǐ very close / very near
 jí rì this or that very day / in the next few days
 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal
 jīng tiāo xì xuǎn to select very carefully
 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
 dàng yè that very night / the same night
 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim
 wàn xìng very lucky indeed
 sù sù very slight sound / rustling (onom.) / to stream down (of tears) / luxuriant growth (of vegetation)
 yì rú fǎn zhǎng easy as a hand's turn (idiom) / very easy / no effort at all
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