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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 wǎnwan3to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover; variant of ; to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
2挽救 挽救 wǎn jiùwan3 jiu4to save; to remedy; to rescue
3挽回 挽回 wǎn huíwan3 hui2to retrieve; to redeem
4挽救儿童 挽救兒童 wǎn jiù ér tóngwan3 jiu4 er2 tong2to rescue a child; Save the Children, a British charity
5无可挽回 無可挽回 wǎn huíwu2 ke3 wan3 hui2irrevocable; the die is cast
6无法挽救 無法挽救 wǎn jiùwu2 fa3 wan3 jiu4incurable; no way of curing; hopeless
7挽幛 挽幛 wǎn zhàngwan3 zhang4large elegiac scroll
8挽诗 輓詩 wǎn shīwan3 shi1elegy
9挽人作伐 挽人作伐 wǎn rén zuò wan3 ren2 zuo4 fa2to ask someone to act as a go-between (idiom)
10挽人说情 挽人說情 wǎn rén shuō qíngwan3 ren2 shuo1 qing2to ask someone to put in a nice word (idiom)
11挽留 挽留 wǎn liúwan3 liu2to urge to stay; to detain
12挽联 挽聯 wǎn liánwan3 lian2elegiac couplet; elegiac couplet
13挽力 挽力 wǎn wan3 li4pulling power (of draft animals)
14挽具 挽具 wǎn wan3 ju4harness
15不可挽回 不可挽回 wǎn huíbu4 ke3 wan3 hui2irreversible
16挽近 輓近 wǎn jìnwan3 jin4old variant of 晚近
17挽歌 挽歌 wǎn wan3 ge1a dirge; an elegy
18挽额 挽額 wǎn éwan3 e2elegiac tablet
19挽词 挽詞 wǎn wan3 ci2an elegy; elegiac words; an elegy; elegiac words
20颓波莫挽 頹波莫挽 tuí wǎntui2 bo1 mo4 wan3Collapsing billows cannot be drawn back. (idiom)
21推挽 推挽 tuī wǎntui1 wan3to push and pull; to move sth forward by shoving and pulling
22力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 wǎn kuáng lánli4 wan3 kuang2 lan2to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis