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Trad. 著
- a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
- trick; tactic
- (dialect) okay; all right
- (dialect) to put in; to add
Trad. 著
- to touch
- to come in contact with
- to feel
- to be affected by
- to catch fire
- to burn
- (coll.) to fall asleep
- (after a verb) hitting the mark
- succeeding in
Trad. 著落
- whereabouts
- place to settle
- reliable source (of funds etc)
- (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb
- settlement
- solution
Trad. 著邊
- relevant
- to the point
- has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative)
Trad. 吸著
- sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
Trad. 接著
- to catch and hold on
- to continue
- to go on to do sth
- to follow
- to carry on
- then
- after that
- subsequently
- to proceed
- to ensue
- in turn
- in one's turn
Trad. 執著
- to be strongly attached to
- to be dedicated
- to cling to
- (Buddhism) attachment
Trad. 著呢
- comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree
- quite
- rather
Trad. 著床
- to lie down on a bed
- (physiology) implantation (attachment of a blastocyst to the lining of the uterus)
- (of an oyster larva) to attach to a substrate
- (fig.) to take root
- to become established
Trad. 著急
- to worry; to feel anxious
- to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
- Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]
Trad. 本著
- based on...
- in conformance with..
- taking as one's main principle
Trad. 著想
- to give thought (to others)
- to consider (other people's needs)
- also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
Trad. 著數
- move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
- gambit
- trick
- scheme
- movement
- same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4]
Trad. 背著
- turning one's back to (sth or sb)
- keeping sth secret from (sb)
- keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
Trad. 著眼
- to have one's eyes on (a goal)
- having sth in mind
- to concentrate
Trad. 繃著臉
- to have a taut face
- to pull a long face
- to look displeased
Trad. 著重號
- Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)
Trad. 怎麼著
- what?
- how?
- how about?
- whatever
- also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
Trad. 黏著語
- agglutinative language (e.g. Turkish and Japanese)
Trad. 軟著陸
- (aviation) soft landing
- (economics) soft landing
Trad. 數得著
- to be considered outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable
Trad. 管不著
- to have no right or ability to interfere in sth
- it's none of your business!
Trad. 硬著陸
- (aviation) hard landing
- (economics) hard landing
Trad. 管得著
- to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business
Trad. 對著幹
- to adopt confrontational posture
- to meet head-on
- to compete
Trad. 覷著眼
- to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
Trad. 摸不著
- can't touch; can't reach
- (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
Trad. 看著辦
- to do as one sees fit
- to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
Trad. 夠得著
- to reach (with one's hand etc)
- (fig.) to attain (an objective)
Trad. 用得著
- to be able to use; useable; to have a use for
- (in a question) to be necessary to
Trad. 瞧著辦
- to do as one sees fit
- It's up to you.
- Let's wait and see and then decide what to do.
Trad. 犯得著
- worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
- also written 犯得上[fan4 de5 shang4]
Trad. 著著失敗
- (idiom) to fail at every step of the way
- Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
Trad. 穿著講究
- smart clothes
- particular about one's dress
Trad. 識微知著
- see 見微知著|见微知著[jian4 wei1 zhi1 zhu4]
Trad. 粘皮著骨
- see 粘皮帶骨|粘皮带骨[nian2 pi2 dai4 gu3]
Trad. 視微知著
- see 見微知著|见微知著[jian4 wei1 zhi1 zhu4]
Trad. 說著玩兒
- erhua variant of 說著玩|说着玩[shuo1 zhe5 wan2]
Trad. 沉著應戰
- to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
Trad. 仰屋著書
- lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
Trad. 硬著頭皮
- to brace oneself to do sth
- to put a bold face on it
- to summon up courage
- to force oneself to
Trad. 哭喪著臉
- to pull a long face
- to wear a mournful expression
Trad. 見微知著
- (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
Trad. 看著不管
- to stand by and pay no heed
- to ignore
Trad. 不著痕跡
- to leave no trace
- seamlessly
- unobtrusively
Trad. 不著邊際
- not to the point
- wide of the mark
- neither here nor there
- irrelevant
Trad. 鬧著玩兒
- to play games
- to joke around
- to play a joke on sb
- the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
Trad. 著手成春
- lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation)
- to bring back the dead
- once it starts, everything goes well
Trad. 著書立說
- to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
Trad. 棋高一著
- to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
- to outsmart one's opponent