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- non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
- reckless
- outrageous
- what?
- why?
- to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
Trad. 胡亂
- careless
- reckless
- casually
- absent-mindedly
- at will
- at random
- any old how
- ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times
- foreigner
- barbarian
- Hoover (name)
- Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933)
- sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
Trad. 胡來
- to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules
- to mess with sth
- to make a hash of things
- to cause trouble
- Hook or Hooke (name)
- Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor
Trad. 東胡
- Eastern barbarian
- ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
- Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
- root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
Trad. 胡樂
- Hu music
- central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
- huqin
- family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
- pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
Trad. 鬍子
- beard
- mustache or whiskers
- facial hair
- CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]
- (coll.) bandit
Trad. 胡謅
- to invent crazy nonsense
- to cook up (excuses)
- to talk at random
- wild babble
Trad. 胡適
- Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
- Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
- jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera
- also called 京二胡
- Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2]
Trad. 胡兀鷲
- (bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Trad. 胡叼盤
- derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin 胡錫進|胡锡进[Hu2 Xi1 jin4] for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the "Global Times"
- Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
Trad. 胡志強
- Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
- Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader
- see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4]
- jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera
- also called 京胡
- Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician
Trad. 胡錦濤
- Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
Trad. 胡錫進
- Hu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the "Global Times" 環球時報|环球时报[Huan2 qiu2 Shi2 bao4] 2005-2021
Trad. 隨口胡謅
- to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
Trad. 八字鬍鬚
- mustache shaped like character 八
Trad. 丙子胡亂
- second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
Trad. 花裡胡哨
- gaudy
- flashy (but without substance)
Trad. 信口胡說
- to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
Trad. 胡作非為
- to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
Trad. 胡吹亂捧
- indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
- with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
- reckless
- intemperate
Trad. 胡思亂想
- to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
- to let one's imagination run wild
Trad. 落腮鬍子
- variant of 絡腮鬍子|络腮胡子[luo4 sai1 hu2 zi5]
Trad. 胡溫新政
- Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadership of Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1] and Wen Jiabao 溫家寶|温家宝[Wen1 Jia1 bao3]
Trad. 胡編亂造
- to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
- to make things up
Trad. 胡言亂語
- babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
- double Dutch
Trad. 胡謅亂傍
- to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
Trad. 胡謅亂扯
- to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
Trad. 胡謅亂說
- (idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
Trad. 胡謅亂道
- to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
Trad. 胡謅八扯
- to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
Trad. 讓胡路區
- Ranghulu, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 滿口胡柴
- to spout nonsense
- to bullshit endlessly
Trad. 滿口胡言
- to spout nonsense
- to bullshit endlessly
- (idiom, from Book of Songs) unable to advance or retreat
Trad. 丁卯胡亂
- first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
Trad. 內塔尼亞胡
- Netanyahu (name)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), Israeli Likud politician, prime minister 1996-1999 and from 2009
Trad. 吹鬍子瞪眼
- to get angry; to fume
Trad. 烤胡椒香腸
- roast pepper sausage
- pepperoni
Trad. 五胡十六國
- Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
Trad. 牙買加胡椒
- Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)
Trad. 眉毛鬍子一把抓
- careless
- any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
Trad. 頭髮鬍子一把抓
- lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
- fig. to handle different things by the same method
- one method to solve all problems
- one size fits all