Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 还 | 還 | hái | hai2 | still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else | ||
| 2 | 还有 | 還有 | hái yǒu | hai2 you3 | furthermore; in addition; still; also | ||
| 3 | 还是 | 還是 | hái shi | hai2 shi5 | or; still; nevertheless; had better | ||
| 4 | 打狗还得看主人 | 打狗還得看主人 | dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén | da3 gou3 hai2 dei3 kan4 zhu3 ren2 | lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom); fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him | ||
| 5 | 那还用说 | 那還用説 | nà hái yòng shuō | na4 hai2 yong4 shuo1 | that goes without saying | ||
| 6 | 还说 | 還說 | hái shuō | hai2 shuo1 | to add (in speaking); to also say | ||
| 7 | 这还了得 | 這還了得 | zhè hái liǎo dé | zhe4 hai2 liao3 de2 | How dare you!; This is an outrage!; Absolutely disgraceful! | ||
| 8 | 欲语还休 | 欲語還休 | yù yǔ hái xiū | yu4 yu3 hai2 xiu1 | to decide not to speak what one was about to say (idiom) | ||
| 9 | 目前还不清楚 | 目前還不清楚 | mù qián hái bù qīng chǔ | mu4 qian2 hai2 bu4 qing1 chu3 | at present it is still unclear .... | ||
| 10 | 解铃还须系铃人 | 解鈴還須繫鈴人 | jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén | jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2 | variant of 解铃还须系铃人 ; lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started the trouble should end it | ||
| 11 | 姜还是老的辣 | 薑還是老的辣 | jiāng hái shì lǎo de là | jiang1 hai2 shi4 lao3 de5 la4 | ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom); the older, the wiser | ||
| 12 | 好戏还在后头 | 好戲還在後頭 | hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou | hao3 xi4 hai2 zai4 hou4 tou5 | the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come; you ain't seen nothin' yet | ||
| 13 | 八字还没一撇 | 八字還沒一撇 | bā zì hái méi yī piě | ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3 | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet | ||
| 14 | 还好 | 還好 | hái hǎo | hai2 hao3 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | ||
| 15 | 还不如 | 還不如 | hái bù rú | hai2 bu4 ru2 | to be better off ...; might as well ... | ||
| 16 | 比登天还难 | 比登天還難 | bǐ dēng tiān hái nán | bi3 deng1 tian1 hai2 nan2 | lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom); fig. extremely difficult; far from an easy task | ||
| 17 | 八字还没一撇儿 | 八字還沒一撇兒 | bā zì hái méi yī piě r | ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3 r5 | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet |
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