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Trad. 飛符
- talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers (also called 符籙|符箓[fu2 lu4])
- to invoke the magical power of such a talisman
- a tiger tally 虎符[hu3 fu2] sent with great urgency
Trad. 越飛
- Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China
Trad. 飛賊
- cat burglar
- burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls
- intruding enemy airman
- air marauder
Trad. 霞飛
- Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
Trad. 飛越
- to fly across
- to fly over
- to fly past
- (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
Trad. 紛飛
- to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc)
- to flutter about
Trad. 飛鴿
- Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)
Trad. 起飛
- (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
- (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
Trad. 張飛
- Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
Trad. 騰飛
- lit. to fly upwards swiftly
- fig. rapid advance
- rapidly developing (situation)
Trad. 單飛
- to fly solo
- (fig.) (of a band member) to go solo; (of an employee) to leave and start up one's own company
Trad. 雙飛
- flying in pairs
- close union as husband and wife
- round-trip flight
- (slang) threesome
Trad. 飛升
- to fly upwards
- (fig.) to rise; to increase
- (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
Trad. 飛地
- enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another)
Trad. 飛撾
- ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
Trad. 飛散
- (of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate
- (of birds) to fly away in all directions
Trad. 飛檢
- unannounced inspection (abbr. for 飛行檢查|飞行检查[fei1 xing2 jian3 cha2])
Trad. 飛虎隊
- Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two
- Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
Trad. 飛蚊症
- eye floaters (moving spots in the eye's vitreous humor)
Trad. 飛行器
- flying craft (airplane, drone, missile, balloon, spacecraft, satellite etc)
Trad. 飛魚族
- "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study
Trad. 放飛機
- (coll.) to stand sb up
- to fail to honor an agreement
Trad. 外飛地
- enclave (foreign land inside us)
- (Tw) exclave (our land outside us)
Trad. 內飛地
- exclave (our land inside them)
- (Tw) enclave (foreign land embedded in us)
Trad. 飛將軍
- nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广[Li3 Guang3]
Trad. 龍飛鳳舞
- flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom)
Trad. 勞燕分飛
- the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
- (usually of a couple) to part from each other
Trad. 飛蛾投火
- lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction
Trad. 俠盜飛車
- Grand Theft Auto (video game series)
Trad. 飛蛾撲火
- the moth flies into the flame
- fatal attraction
Trad. 神采飛揚
- in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
Trad. 高飛遠走
- to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place
Trad. 飛行模式
- airplane mode (on an electronic device)
Trad. 飛行檢查
- unannounced inspection
- (sports) out-of-season drug testing
- abbr. to 飛檢|飞检[fei1 jian3]
Trad. 插翅難飛
- lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
Trad. 飛針走線
- flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
Trad. 雙宿雙飛
- lit. to rest and fly together (idiom)
- fig. to live in each other's pockets
- to be inseparable
Trad. 飛鳥時代
- Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD)
Trad. 飛鴻踏雪
- see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3]
Trad. 飛鴻雪爪
- see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3]
Trad. 飛鷹走馬
- to ride out hawking (idiom); to hunt
Trad. 展翅高飛
- to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
- to develop one's abilities freely
Trad. 飛黃騰達
- lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom)
- fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
Trad. 起飛彈射
- takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
Trad. 魂飛魄散
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom)
- fig. to be frightened stiff
- spooked out of one's mind
- terror-stricken
Trad. 比翼雙飛
- lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
- fig. two hearts beating as one
- name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
Trad. 比翼齊飛
- to fly wing to wing (idiom)
- two hearts beating as one
- (of a couple) inseparable
Trad. 眉飛色舞
- smiles of exultation
- radiant with delight
Trad. 雞飛狗跳
- lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom)
- fig. in chaos
- in disarray
Trad. 雞飛蛋打
- the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
- a dead loss (idiom)
Trad. 戰火紛飛
- fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
Trad. 陝飛集團
- Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (state-owned enterprise)
Trad. 口沫橫飛
- (idiom) to speak vehemently; to express oneself with great passion
Trad. 遠走高飛
- to go far
- to escape to faraway places
Trad. 灰飛煙滅
- lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
- fig. to be annihilated
- to vanish in a puff of smoke
Trad. 不翼而飛
- to disappear without trace
- to vanish all of a sudden
- to spread fast
- to spread like wildfire
Trad. 目視飛行
- (aviation) visual flight; VFR flight
Trad. 太空飛船
- Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
Trad. 協和飛機
- Concorde, supersonic passenger airliner
Trad. 南飛過冬
- (of birds) to migrate south for the winter
Trad. 飛來橫禍
- sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
Trad. 飛來飛去
- to fly about
- to fly hither and thither
- to flit
- to swarm
- to spiral
Trad. 低空飛過
- to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
Trad. 笨鳥先飛
- lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
Trad. 中國商飛
- COMAC, Chinese aeronautics company (abbr. for 中國商用飛機|中国商用飞机[Zhong1 guo2 Shang1 yong4 Fei1 ji1])
Trad. 飛揚跋扈
- bossy and domineering
- throwing one's weight about
Trad. 飛檐走壁
- to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)
Trad. 飛沫傳染
- droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
Trad. 血肉橫飛
- (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage
Trad. 齊柏林飛艇
- Zeppelin dirigible airship
Trad. 無人飛行器
- drone
- unmanned aerial vehicle
Trad. 飛行記錄儀
- flight recorder
- black box
Trad. 飛行記錄器
- flight recorder
- black box
Trad. 張飛打岳飛
- lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
- fig. an impossible combination
- an impossible turn of events (idiom)
Trad. 飛出個未來
- Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-)
Trad. 不明飛行物
- unidentified flying object (UFO)