Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

curium (chemistry)

see 孟州市[Meng4 zhou1 Shi4]

to roast

tack; thumbtack; push pin

stethoscope

see 沙河口區|沙河口区[Sha1 he2 kou3 Qu1]

to make a detour; to take the long route

16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退，敵駐我擾，敵疲我打，敵退我追|敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追[di2 jin4 wo3 tui4 , di2 zhu4 wo3 rao3 , di2 pi2 wo3 da3 , di2 tui4 wo3 zhui1] when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue

dripping wet

compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues; mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical

eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱[zhou4] into a frown); outer tip of an eyebrow

trade protectionism

old variant of 烽[feng1]

brass instruments

underripe; half-cooked; (fig.) not mastered (of a technique); clumsy

lightning arrester

lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities

to combine together for self-improvement; joint movement for self-strengthening

China Disabled Persons' Federation

to cut up; to break up

neat and tidy

steamed dumpling

a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata)

to wear (one's shoes) like babouche slippers; (onom.) shuffling sound