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Trad. 齊書
- History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls
- usually 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] to distinguish from Northern Qi
Trad. 齊眉
- mutual respect in marriage
- abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉[ju3 an4 qi2 mei2]
Trad. 齊肩
- level with one's shoulders
- (of two people) both the same height
Trad. 齊膝
- level with one's knees
- knee-length (skirt etc)
- knee-deep (mud etc)
Trad. 齊頭
- at the same time
- simultaneously
- (when stating a quantity that is a round number) exactly
Trad. 亞齊
- Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra
- Aceh sultanate 16th-19th century
Trad. 看齊
- to follow sb's example
- to emulate
- (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
Trad. 齊國
- Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
Trad. 齊柏林
- Zeppelin (name)
- Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), inventor of the Zeppelin dirigible airship
Trad. 齊桓公
- Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Trad. 齊武成
- Emperor Wucheng of Qi, personal name 高湛[Gao1 Dan1] (537-568), reigned 561-565
Trad. 齊頭式
- treating everyone the same, regardless of individual differences
- one-size-fits-all approach
- (typesetting) block paragraphs (no indenting, and blank space between each paragraph)
Trad. 北齊書
- History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药[Li3 Bai3 yao4] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
Trad. 亞齊省
- Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra
Trad. 薩科齊
- Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
Trad. 南齊書
- History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls
Trad. 齊民要術
- Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2]
Trad. 百花齊放
- a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
Trad. 齊頭並進
- to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks
- going hand in hand
Trad. 齊齊哈爾
- see 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4]
Trad. 萬馬齊喑
- thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out
- an atmosphere of political oppression
Trad. 良莠不齊
- good and bad people intermingled
Trad. 烏魯木齊
- see 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4]
- see 烏魯木齊縣|乌鲁木齐县[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Xian4]
Trad. 錯落不齊
- disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly
Trad. 舉案齊眉
- lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
Trad. 白首齊眉
- (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
Trad. 比翼齊飛
- to fly wing to wing (idiom)
- two hearts beating as one
- (of a couple) inseparable
Trad. 洪福齊天
- flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
Trad. 並駕齊驅
- (idiom) to run neck and neck; to keep pace with; to keep abreast of; on par with one another
Trad. 雙管齊下
- lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time
- to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
Trad. 薩爾科齊
- Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
- also written 薩科齊|萨科齐[Sa4 ke1 qi2]
Trad. 岡仁波齊
- Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet
- also called Mount Kailash
Trad. 崗仁波齊
- Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet
- also written 岡仁波齊|冈仁波齐
Trad. 班達亞齊
- Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra
Trad. 整齊劃一
- to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
Trad. 達嚕噶齊
- Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
Trad. 見賢思齊
- see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous
- Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
Trad. 齊人之福
- lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)
- fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners
- the life of a pasha
Trad. 齊大非偶
- too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)
Trad. 齊大非耦
- variant of 齊大非偶|齐大非偶[qi2 da4 fei1 ou3]
Trad. 齊天大聖
- Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
Trad. 齊家文化
- Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[He2 xi1 Zou3 lang2] c. 2000 BC
Trad. 齊家治國
- to regulate the family and rule the state (idiom)
Trad. 齊心協力
- to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts
- to pull together
- to work as one
Trad. 齊心合力
- to work as one (idiom); united in a concerted effort
- working hard together
Trad. 齊打夯兒地
- in unison and with one voice (dialect)
Trad. 齊柏林飛艇
- Zeppelin dirigible airship
Trad. 齊格菲防線
- Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII
Trad. 額爾齊斯河
- Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
Trad. 齊齊哈爾市
- Qiqihar, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]
Trad. 烏魯木齊市
- Ürümqi, prefecture-level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
Trad. 烏魯木齊縣
- Urumqi county (Uighur: Ürümchi Nahiyisi) in Urumqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2], Xinjiang
Trad. 萊齊耶三世
- Letsie III of Lesotho
Trad. 岡仁波齊峰
- Mount Gang Rinpoche or Mount Kailash (6,638 m) in Tibet
Trad. 鑼齊鼓不齊
- (idiom) not well coordinated
Trad. 貝娜齊爾·布托
- Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988–90 and 1993–96
Trad. 齊內丁·齊達內
- Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player
Trad. 百花齊放，百家爭鳴
- a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956