"Where" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 hé chù whence / where
 shén me dì fang somewhere / someplace / where
 yān where / how
 hé why / how / when / what / where
 hé suǒ where / what place
 suǒ zài place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from
 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is
 nǎ r where? / wherever / anywhere
 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
 huì chǎng meeting place / place where people gather / CL:個|个[ge4]
 biǎo tài to declare one's position / to say where one stands
 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further)
 Zhū gě Liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 / during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind
 hé zài where? / what place?
 hé fāng where?
 dān tián pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
 kàn rè nao to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
 píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction
 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
 lǐng kǒu collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet
 yuán chù original spot / previous place / where it was before
退 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
 shuǐ dào qú chéng lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
 Shào nián Gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter
 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 / are allowed an annual meeting
 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
 qīn fù to travel to (a place where duty calls)
 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final)
 Bái Qiú ēn Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
 kǎo qū the exam area / the district where an exam takes place
 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.
 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
 zuò xiǎng qí chéng to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
 yī rán rú gù back to where we were (idiom) / absolutely no improvement / Things haven't changed at all.
 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 nào dòng fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 / by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom) / fig. where there's a will, there's a way
 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
 shàn shǐ shàn 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.
 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake)
 dé qì "to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted
 fú dài fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
 bù píng zé míng where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice
 xī (literary) what? / where? / why?
 yuán therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money
 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng a really determined person will find a solution (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way
 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle
 yǒu tóu yǒu wěi 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.
 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
 ān tǔ zhòng qiān to hate to leave a place where one has lived long / to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it
 qiè zhòng shí bìng to hit the target where it hurts (idiom) / fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
 qiè zhòng yào hài to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off
 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom) / ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
 dé ráo rén chù qiě ráo rén where it is possible to let people off, one should spare them (idiom) / anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible
 yǒu zhì jìng chéng persevere and you will succeed (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way
 shuǐ luò guī cáo spilt water returns to the trough (idiom) / fig. people remember where they belong
 bó xiè sāng tián lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian) / time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
 hǔ jù lóng pán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom) / fig. forbidding terrain
 hǔ jù lóng pán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom) / fig. forbidding terrain
 Shǔ quǎn fèi rì lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom) / fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
 dù zhòng mù zhé Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
 yī yú hú dǐ where will it stop?
 lái lù bù míng unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background
 Lóng mén Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong / mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
 huí tóu lù the road back to where one came from
 yī zhì zì (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2], 遙|遥[yao2] and 謠|谣[yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
 cóng a place where small streams flow into a large one
 Nán ní wān Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
 bù jīng yī fān fēng shuāng kǔ , nán dé là méi tǔ qīng xiāng Without once passing through the winter's cold and wind, where would the sweet spring fragrance come from?
 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4])
 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4])
 rèn suǒ one's office / place where one holds a post
 cùn kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 cóng hé whence? / where from?
 chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
 shuàn guō zi hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
 cāi méi drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
 liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
 yàn xí ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches
 dì yī xiàng xiàn first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
 jīng yán place where the emperor listened to lectures (traditional)
 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 mài mén inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt
 zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céng strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
 biān dù where? (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那裡|那里[na3 li3]
怀 yǐn liú huái yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
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