Talking Chinese <-> English Dictionary with stroke order image/animation and sample sentences

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	两	兩	liǎng	liang3	two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
2	两者	兩者	liǎng zhě	liang3 zhe3	both sides
3	两国	兩國	liǎng guó	liang3 guo2	both countries; two countries
4	两侧	兩側	liǎng cè	liang3 ce4	two sides; both sides
5	两端	兩端	liǎng duān	liang3 duan1	both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
6	两手	兩手	liǎng shǒu	liang3 shou3	double tactics; twin strategies
7	两边	兩邊	liǎng bian	liang3 bian5	either side; both sides
8	两岸	兩岸	liǎng àn	liang3 an4	bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
9	两旁	兩旁	liǎng páng	liang3 pang2	both sides; either side
10	两极	兩極	liǎng jí	liang3 ji2	the two poles; the north and south poles; both ends of sth; electric or magnetic poles
11	两千	兩千	liǎng qiān	liang3 qian1	two thousand
12	两面	兩面	liǎng miàn	liang3 mian4	both sides
13	两头	兩頭	liǎng tóu	liang3 tou2	both ends; both parties to a deal
14	两口子	兩口子	liǎng kǒu zi	liang3 kou3 zi5	husband and wife
15	两性	兩性	liǎng xìng	liang3 xing4	male and female; both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc); (chemistry) amphoteric
16	两样	兩樣	liǎng yàng	liang3 yang4	two kinds; difference
17	两下	兩下	liǎng xià	liang3 xia4	twice; for a little while
18	半斤八两	半斤八兩	bàn jīn bā liǎng	ban4 jin1 ba1 liang3	not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
19	财丁两旺	財丁兩旺	cái dīng liǎng wàng	cai2 ding1 liang3 wang4	prosperous both in family and purse (idiom)
20	参两院	參兩院	cān liǎng yuàn	can1 liang3 yuan4	both houses of US Congress
21	称斤掂两	稱斤掂兩	chēng jīn diān liǎng	cheng1 jin1 dian1 liang3	small-minded (idiom)
22	吃透两头	吃透兩頭	chī tòu liǎng tóu	chi1 tou4 liang3 tou2	to have a thorough grasp for both high-level directives and low-level application (idiom)
23	此地无银三百两	此地無銀三百兩	cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng	ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3	lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
24	短斤少两	短斤少兩	duǎn jīn shǎo liǎng	duan3 jin1 shao3 liang3	to short-measure and short-weight
25	分斤掰两	分斤掰兩	fēn jīn bāi liǎng	fen1 jin1 bai1 liang3	to pinch pennies; to niggle (idiom)
26	分星掰两	分星掰兩	fēn xīng bāi liǎng	fen1 xing1 bai1 liang3	punctilious; clear and detailed
27	公两	公兩	gōng liǎng	gong1 liang3	hectogram
28	购销两旺	購銷兩旺	gòu xiāo liǎng wàng	gou4 xiao1 liang3 wang4	brisk buying and selling (idiom)
29	国共两党	國共兩黨	guó gòng liǎng dǎng	Guo2 Gong4 liang3 dang3	Guomindang 国民党
30	海峡两岸关系协会	海峽兩岸關係協會	hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì	Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4	PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
31	汉贼不两立	漢賊不兩立	hàn zéi bù liǎng lì	Han4 zei2 bu4 liang3 li4	lit. Shu Han 蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom); fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky; (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
32	后两者	後兩者	hòu liǎng zhě	hou4 liang3 zhe3	the latter two
33	货款两清	貨款兩清	huò kuǎn liǎng qīng	huo4 kuan3 liang3 qing1	collected and delivered (idiom)
34	脚踩两只船	腳踩兩隻船	jiǎo cǎi liǎng zhī chuán	jiao3 cai3 liang3 zhi1 chuan2	see 脚踏两只船
35	脚踏两条船	腳踏兩條船	jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán	jiao3 ta4 liang3 tiao2 chuan2	lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom); fig. to have it both ways; to run after two hares; (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
36	脚踏两只船	腳踏兩隻船	jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán	jiao3 ta4 liang3 zhi1 chuan2	to have a foot in both camps; to have a bet each way; to be having an affair
37	介于两难	介於兩難	jiè yú liǎng nán	jie4 yu2 liang3 nan2	to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
38	斤两	斤兩	jīn liǎng	jin1 liang3	weight; (fig.) importance
39	进退两难	進退兩難	jìn tuì liǎng nán	jin4 tui4 liang3 nan2	no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
40	迥若两人	迥若兩人	jiǒng ruò liǎng rén	jiong3 ruo4 liang3 ren2	to be quite a different person (idiom)
41	蜡烛两头烧	蠟燭兩頭燒	là zhú liǎng tóu shāo	la4 zhu2 liang3 tou2 shao1	to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
42	老两口儿	老兩口兒	lǎo liǎng kǒu r	lao3 liang3 kou3 r5	an old married couple
43	两岸对话	兩岸對話	liǎng àn duì huà	liang3 an4 dui4 hua4	bilateral talks
44	两岸三地	兩岸三地	liǎng àn sān dì	liang3 an4 san1 di4	China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
45	两把刷子	兩把刷子	liǎng bǎ shuā zi	liang3 ba3 shua1 zi5	ability; skill
46	两百万	兩百萬	liǎng bǎi wàn	liang3 bai3 wan4	two million
47	两百亿	兩百億	liǎng bǎi yì	liang3 bai3 yi4	twenty billion
48	两败俱伤	兩敗俱傷	liǎng bài jù shāng	liang3 bai4 ju4 shang1	both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
49	两倍	兩倍	liǎng bèi	liang3 bei4	twice as much; double the amount
50	两鬓苍苍	兩鬢蒼蒼	liǎng bìn cāng cāng	liang3 bin4 cang1 cang1	graying at the temples (idiom)
51	两步路	兩步路	liǎng bù lù	liang3 bu4 lu4	a step away; very close
52	两不误	兩不誤	liǎng bù wù	liang3 bu4 wu4	to neglect neither one
53	两不相欠	兩不相欠	liǎng bù xiāng qiàn	liang3 bu4 xiang1 qian4	to be even; to be quits; to be even-steven
54	两侧对称	兩側對稱	liǎng cè duì chèn	liang3 ce4 dui4 chen4	bilateral symmetry
55	两次	兩次	liǎng cì	liang3 ci4	twice
56	两弹一星	兩彈一星	liǎng dàn yī xīng	liang3 dan4 yi1 xing1	(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
57	两当	兩當	liǎng dāng	Liang3 dang1	Liangdang county in Longnan 陇南 , Gansu
58	两当县	兩當縣	liǎng dāng xiàn	Liang3 dang1 xian4	Liangdang county in Longnan 陇南 , Gansu
59	两党制	兩黨制	liǎng dǎng zhì	liang3 dang3 zhi4	two-party system
60	两德	兩德	liǎng dé	liang3 De2	two Germanies; refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
61	两点十九分	兩點十九分	liǎng diǎn shí jiǔ fēn	liang3 dian3 shi2 jiu3 fen1	2 :1 9 (time of day)
62	两点水	兩點水	liǎng diǎn shuǐ	liang3 dian3 shui3	name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15); see also 冫
63	两耳不闻窗外事	兩耳不聞窗外事	liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì	liang3 er3 bu4 wen2 chuang1 wai4 shi4	to pay no attention to outside matters
64	两耳塞豆	兩耳塞豆	liǎng ěr sāi dòu	liang3 er3 sai1 dou4	to turn a deaf ear (idiom)
65	两方	兩方	liǎng fāng	liang3 fang1	both sides (in contract); the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
66	两分法	兩分法	liǎng fēn fǎ	liang3 fen1 fa3	(Maoism) one divides into two
67	两个或更多	兩個或更多	liǎng gè huò gèng duō	liang3 ge4 huo4 geng4 duo1	two or more
68	两个或两个以上	兩個或兩個以上	liǎng gè huò liǎng gè yǐ shàng	liang3 ge4 huo4 liang3 ge4 yi3 shang4	two or more
69	两个中国	兩個中國	liǎng gè zhōng guó	liang3 ge4 zhong1 guo2	two-China (policy)
70	两广	兩廣	liǎng guǎng	Liang3 Guang3	the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
71	两广总督	兩廣總督	liǎng guǎng zǒng dū	liang3 guang3 zong3 du1	Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
72	两国关系	兩國關係	liǎng guó guān xì	liang3 guo2 guan1 xi4	bilateral relations
73	两国相争，不斩来使	兩國相爭，不斬來使	liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ	liang3 guo2 xiang1 zheng1 , bu4 zhan3 lai2 shi3	when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
74	两国之间	兩國之間	liǎng guó zhī jiān	liang3 guo2 zhi1 jian1	bilateral; between two countries
75	两汉	兩漢	liǎng hàn	liang3 Han4	Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
76	两河	兩河	liǎng hé	liang3 he2	two rivers; Mesopotamia
77	两河流域	兩河流域	liǎng hé liú yù	liang3 he2 liu2 yu4	Mesopotamia
78	两河文明	兩河文明	liǎng hé wén míng	liang3 he2 wen2 ming2	Mesopotamian civilization
79	两湖	兩湖	liǎng hú	Liang3 Hu2	Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
80	两虎相斗	兩虎相鬥	liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu	liang3 hu3 xiang1 dou4	two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries; a battle of the giants
81	两虎相斗，必有一伤	兩虎相鬥，必有一傷	liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng	liang3 hu3 xiang1 dou4 , bi4 you3 yi1 shang1	when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom); if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
82	两虎相争	兩虎相爭	liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng	liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1	two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
83	两虎相争，必有一伤	兩虎相爭，必有一傷	liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng	liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1 , bi4 you3 yi1 shang1	if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
84	两回事	兩回事	liǎng huí shì	liang3 hui2 shi4	two quite different things; two unrelated matters
85	两会	兩會	liǎng huì	Liang3 hui4	National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
86	两极分化	兩極分化	liǎng jí fēn huà	liang3 ji2 fen1 hua4	polarization
87	两颊生津	兩頰生津	liǎng jiá shēng jīn	liang3 jia2 sheng1 jin1	mouth-watering; to whet one's appetite
88	两江道	兩江道	liǎng jiāng dào	Liang3 jiang1 dao4	Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
89	两脚架	兩腳架	liǎng jiǎo jià	liang3 jiao3 jia4	bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)
90	两节棍	兩節棍	liǎng jié gùn	liang3 jie2 gun4	nunchaku
91	两句	兩句	liǎng jù	liang3 ju4	(say) a few words
92	两可之间	兩可之間	liǎng kě zhī jiān	liang3 ke3 zhi1 jian1	to be torn two ways; Both are possible.; maybe, maybe not (idiom)
93	两肋插刀	兩肋插刀	liǎng lèi chā dāo	liang3 lei4 cha1 dao1	lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom); fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
94	两泪交流	兩淚交流	liǎng lèi jiāo liú	liang3 lei4 jiao1 liu2	with two streams of tears running down one's face (idiom)
95	两泪汪汪	兩淚汪汪	liǎng lèi wāng wāng	liang3 lei4 wang1 wang1	brimming with tears (idiom)
96	两立	兩立	liǎng lì	liang3 li4	to coexist; coexistence
97	两脸紫胀	兩臉紫脹	liǎng liǎn zǐ zhàng	liang3 lian3 zi3 zhang4	Both cheeks turned purple in anger. (idiom)
98	两码事	兩碼事	liǎng mǎ shì	liang3 ma3 shi4	two quite different things; another kettle of fish
99	两蒙其利	兩蒙其利	liǎng méng qí lì	liang3 meng2 qi2 li4	both benefit from it (idiom)
100	两面派	兩面派	liǎng miàn pài	liang3 mian4 pai4	two-faced person; double-dealing
101	两面三刀	兩面三刀	liǎng miàn sān dāo	liang3 mian4 san1 dao1	two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing
102	两面手法	兩面手法	liǎng miàn shǒu fǎ	liang3 mian4 shou3 fa3	double-dealing (idiom)
103	两难	兩難	liǎng nán	liang3 nan2	dilemma; quandary; to face a difficult choice
104	两栖	兩棲	liǎng qī	liang3 qi1	amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
105	两栖动物	兩棲動物	liǎng qī dòng wù	liang3 qi1 dong4 wu4	amphibian; amphibious animals
106	两栖类	兩棲類	liǎng qī lèi	liang3 qi1 lei4	class Amphibia; amphibians
107	两讫	兩訖	liǎng qì	liang3 qi4	received and paid for (business term); the goods delivered and the bill settled
108	两千六百一十六	兩千六百一十六	liǎng qiān liù bǎi yī shí liù	liang3 qian1 liu4 bai3 yi1 shi2 liu4	2616
109	两千年	兩千年	liǎng qiān nián	liang3 qian1 nian2	the year 2000; 2000 years
110	两亲	兩親	liǎng qīn	liang3 qin1	see 双亲
111	两清	兩清	liǎng qīng	liang3 qing1	loan settled (business term); business complete to the satisfaction of both parties
112	两情两愿	兩情兩願	liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn	liang3 qing2 liang3 yuan4	by mutual consent (north China dialect)
113	两情相悦	兩情相悅	liǎng qíng xiāng yuè	liang3 qing2 xiang1 yue4	(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
114	两全	兩全	liǎng quán	liang3 quan2	to satisfy both sides; to accommodate both (demands)
115	两权分立	兩權分立	liǎng quán fēn lì	liang3 quan2 fen1 li4	system of independent legislative and executive branches (idiom)
116	两全其美	兩全其美	liǎng quán qí měi	liang3 quan2 qi2 mei3	to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
117	两三日内	兩三日內	liǎng sān rì nèi	liang3 san1 ri4 nei4	within two or three days (idiom)
118	两生类	兩生類	liǎng shēng lèi	liang3 sheng1 lei4	class Amphibia; also written 两栖类
119	两世为人	兩世為人	liǎng shì wéi rén	liang3 shi4 wei2 ren2	to be lucky to have escaped death (idiom)
120	两手冰凉	兩手冰涼	liǎng shǒu bīng liáng	liang3 shou3 bing1 liang2	one's hands turned icy cold (idiom)
121	两手不沾阳春水	兩手不沾陽春水	liǎng shǒu bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ	liang3 shou3 bu4 zhan1 yang2 chun1 shui3	see 十指不沾阳春水
122	两手叉背	兩手叉背	liǎng shǒu chā bèi	liang3 shou3 cha1 bei4	with one's hands behind one's back (idiom)
123	两手交臂	兩手交臂	liǎng shǒu jiāo bì	liang3 shou3 jiao1 bi4	to fold one's arms (idiom)
124	两手空空	兩手空空	liǎng shǒu kōng kōng	liang3 shou3 kong1 kong1	empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
125	两手准备	兩手準備	liǎng shǒu zhǔn bèi	liang3 shou3 zhun3 bei4	to have two strings to one's bow; to prepare oneself for many eventualities (idiom)
126	两宋	兩宋	liǎng sòng	Liang3 Song4	the Song dynasty (960-1279); refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279)
127	两天	兩天	liǎng tiān	liang3 tian1	two days
128	两头落空	兩頭落空	liǎng tóu luò kōng	liang3 tou2 luo4 kong1	to fall between two stools; to pursue two and catch neither (idiom)
129	两头儿	兩頭兒	liǎng tóu r	liang3 tou2 r5	erhua variant of 两头
130	两头为难	兩頭為難	liǎng tóu wéi nán	liang3 tou2 wei2 nan2	to be in a dilemma (idiom)
131	两头在外	兩頭在外	liǎng tóu zài wài	liang3 tou2 zai4 wai4	the policy of importing raw and semi-finished materials from abroad (idiom)
132	两下子	兩下子	liǎng xià zi	liang3 xia4 zi5	a couple of times; to repeat the same; the same old trick; tricks of the trade
133	两相	兩相	liǎng xiāng	liang3 xiang1	both sides
134	两相抵消	兩相抵消	liǎng xiāng dǐ xiāo	liang3 xiang1 di3 xiao1	to mutually call it quits (idiom)
135	两厢情愿	兩廂情願	liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn	liang3 xiang1 qing2 yuan4	both sides are willing; by mutual consent; both sides are willing; by mutual consent
136	两相	兩相	liǎng xiàng	liang3 xiang4	two-phase (physics)
137	两小无猜	兩小無猜	liǎng xiǎo wú cāi	liang3 xiao3 wu2 cai1	innocent playmates
138	两星期	兩星期	liǎng xīng qī	liang3 xing1 qi1	fortnight
139	两性差距	兩性差距	liǎng xìng chā jù	liang3 xing4 cha1 ju4	disparity between the sexes
140	两性动物	兩性動物	liǎng xìng dòng wù	liang3 xing4 dong4 wu4	hermaphrodite creature
141	两性花	兩性花	liǎng xìng huā	liang3 xing4 hua1	hermaphrodite flower
142	两性离子	兩性離子	liǎng xìng lí zǐ	liang3 xing4 li2 zi3	(chemistry) zwitterion
143	两性平等	兩性平等	liǎng xìng píng děng	liang3 xing4 ping2 deng3	equality between the sexes
144	两性异形	兩性異形	liǎng xìng yì xíng	liang3 xing4 yi4 xing2	sexual dimorphism
145	两袖清风	兩袖清風	liǎng xiù qīng fēng	liang3 xiu4 qing1 feng1	lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted; unsoiled by corrupt practices
146	两眼望穿	兩眼望穿	liǎng yǎn wàng chuān	liang3 yan3 wang4 chuan1	to wear out one's eyes watching for sb. (idiom)
147	两眼直盯	兩眼直盯	liǎng yǎn zhí dīng	liang3 yan3 zhi2 ding1	to fix one's eyes on (idiom)
148	两样东西	兩樣東西	liǎng yàng dōng xi	liang3 yang4 dong1 xi5	two distinct things
149	两伊战争	兩伊戰爭	liǎng yī zhàn zhēng	Liang3 Yi1 Zhan4 zheng1	Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
150	两仪	兩儀	liǎng yí	liang3 yi2	heaven and earth; yin and yang
151	两用	兩用	liǎng yòng	liang3 yong4	dual-use
152	两院	兩院	liǎng yuàn	liang3 yuan4	two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
153	两院制	兩院制	liǎng yuàn zhì	liang3 yuan4 zhi4	bicameralism; bicameral legislative system
154	两造	兩造	liǎng zào	liang3 zao4	both parties (to a lawsuit); plaintiff and defendant
155	两着儿	兩著兒	liǎng zhāo r	liang3 zhao1 r5	the same old trick; illegal device
156	论斤掰两	論斤掰兩	lùn jīn bāi liǎng	lun4 jin1 bai1 liang3	to argue about little details (idiom)
157	模棱两可	模稜兩可	mó léng liǎng kě	mo2 leng2 liang3 ke3	equivocal; ambiguous
158	判若两人	判若兩人	pàn ruò liǎng rén	pan4 ruo4 liang3 ren2	to be a different person; not to be one's usual self
159	清风两袖	清風兩袖	qīng fēng liǎng xiù	qing1 feng1 liang3 xiu4	honest and upright (idiom)
160	情义两全	情義兩全	qíng yì liǎng quán	qing2 yi4 liang3 quan2	Love and duty both received their proper meed. (idiom)
161	缺斤少两	缺斤少兩	quē jīn shǎo liǎng	que1 jin1 shao3 liang3	to give short measure; to cheat customers by giving them a smaller quantity of sth. (idiom)
162	人财两空	人財兩空	rén cái liǎng kōng	ren2 cai2 liang3 kong1	loss of life and property; to lose the beauty and her possessions
163	人财两旺	人財兩旺	rén cái liǎng wàng	ren2 cai2 liang3 wang4	to prosper both in family and in purse (idiom)
164	三步两步	三步兩步	sān bù liǎng bù	san1 bu4 liang3 bu4	(to walk) in big strides toward sb. or sth. (idiom)
165	三长两短	三長兩短	sān cháng liǎng duǎn	san1 chang2 liang3 duan3	unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death
166	三番两次	三番兩次	sān fān liǎng cì	san1 fan1 liang3 ci4	repeatedly (idiom)
167	三脚两步	三腳兩步	sān jiǎo liǎng bù	san1 jiao3 liang3 bu4	hurriedly; just a few steps away
168	三两	三兩	sān liǎng	san1 liang3	two or three
169	三日两头	三日兩頭	sān rì liǎng tóu	san1 ri4 liang3 tou2	every other day; almost every day (idiom)
170	三三两两	三三兩兩	sān sān liǎng liǎng	san1 san1 liang3 liang3	in twos and threes
171	三天打鱼，两天晒网	三天打魚，兩天曬網	sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng	san1 tian1 da3 yu2 , liang3 tian1 shai4 wang3	lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb); fig. not to persevere in doing sth; to do sth by fits and starts
172	三天两头	三天兩頭	sān tiān liǎng tóu	san1 tian1 liang3 tou2	lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently
173	三瓦两舍	三瓦兩舍	sān wǎ liǎng shè	san1 wa3 liang3 she4	places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
174	三下两下	三下兩下	sān xià liǎng xià	san1 xia4 liang3 xia4	quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
175	三心两意	三心兩意	sān xīn liǎng yì	san1 xin1 liang3 yi4	to be of two minds (idiom)
176	三言两句	三言兩句	sān yán liǎng jù	san1 yan2 liang3 ju4	in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
177	三言两语	三言兩語	sān yán liǎng yǔ	san1 yan2 liang3 yu3	in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
178	势不两立	勢不兩立	shì bù liǎng lì	shi4 bu4 liang3 li4	the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints; the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints
179	侍立两旁	侍立兩旁	shì lì liǎng páng	shi4 li4 liang3 pang2	to stand on either side in attendance (idiom)
180	市两	市兩	shì liǎng	shi4 liang3	Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams
181	水陆两栖	水陸兩棲	shuǐ lù liǎng qī	shui3 lu4 liang3 qi1	amphibious (idiom)
182	水陆两用	水陸兩用	shuǐ lù liǎng yòng	shui3 lu4 liang3 yong4	amphibious (vehicle)
183	物我两忘	物我兩忘	wù wǒ liǎng wàng	wu4 wo3 liang3 wang4	to become unconscious of the boundary between oneself and the external world (idiom)
184	小两口	小兩口	xiǎo liǎng kǒu	xiao3 liang3 kou3	(coll.) young married couple
185	小两口儿	小兩口兒	xiǎo liǎng kǒu r	xiao3 liang3 kou3 r5	erhua variant of 小两口
186	邀斤论两	邀斤論兩	yāo jīn lùn liǎng	yao1 jin1 lun4 liang3	to haggle over every bit (idiom)
187	一步两移	一步兩移	yī bù liǎng yí	yi1 bu4 liang3 yi2	to cover two paces with every stride (idiom)
188	一长两短	一長兩短	yī cháng liǎng duǎn	yi1 chang2 liang3 duan3	unexpected misfortune (idiom)
189	一次生，两次熟	一次生，兩次熟	yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú	yi1 ci4 sheng1 , liang3 ci4 shu2	unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers are first meeting, but soon friends; an acquired taste
190	一搭两用	一搭兩用	yī dā liǎng yòng	yi1 da1 liang3 yong4	to make two uses of one thing; to achieve two goals with one endeavor (idiom)
191	一带两便	一帶兩便	yī dài liǎng biàn	yi1 dai4 liang3 bian4	to do sth. that doesn't require any extra effort (idiom)
192	一刀两断	一刀兩斷	yī dāo liǎng duàn	yi1 dao1 liang3 duan4	lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom); fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
193	一剁两段	一剁兩段	yī duò liǎng duàn	yi1 duo4 liang3 duan4	to cut into two at a stroke (idiom)
194	一分钱两分货	一分錢兩分貨	yī fēn qián liǎng fēn huò	yi1 fen1 qian2 liang3 fen1 huo4	high quality at bargain price
195	一份钱两份货	一份錢兩份貨	yī fèn qián liǎng fèn huò	yi1 fen4 qian2 liang3 fen4 huo4	two for the price of one offer
196	一个头两个大	一個頭兩個大	yī ge tóu liǎng ge dà	yi1 ge5 tou2 liang3 ge5 da4	(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
197	一国两制	一國兩制	yī guó liǎng zhì	yi1 guo2 liang3 zhi4	one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
198	一回生两回熟	一回生兩回熟	yī huí shēng liǎng huí shú	yi1 hui2 sheng1 liang3 hui2 shu2	see 一回生二回熟
199	一举两得	一舉兩得	yī jǔ liǎng dé	yi1 ju3 liang3 de2	one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
200	一拍两散	一拍兩散	yī pāi liǎng sàn	yi1 pai1 liang3 san4	(of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom); to separate
201	一身两役	一身兩役	yī shēn liǎng yì	yi1 shen1 liang3 yi4	one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
202	一体两面	一體兩面	yī tǐ liǎng miàn	yi1 ti3 liang3 mian4	lit. one body two sides (idiom); fig. a situation with two sides to it
203	一折两段	一折兩段	yī zhé liǎng duàn	yi1 zhe2 liang3 duan4	to split sth into two (idiom)
204	银货两清	銀貨兩清	yín huò liǎng qīng	yin2 huo4 liang3 qing1	completion of a business transaction with goods delivered and payment made (idiom)
205	银两	銀兩	yín liǎng	yin2 liang3	silver currency; currency of the Qing dynasty based on the silver tael 两
206	英两	英兩	yīng liǎng	Ying1 liang3	British imperial ounce (old)
207	有两下子	有兩下子	yǒu liǎng xià zi	you3 liang3 xia4 zi5	to have real skill; to know one's stuff
208	增加两倍	增加兩倍	zēng jiā liǎng bèi	zeng1 jia1 liang3 bei4	to double
209	炸两	炸兩	zhá liǎng	zha2 liang3	(Cantonese cuisine) zhaliang, rice noodle rolls 肠粉
210	着三不着两	著三不著兩	zháo sān bù zháo liǎng	zhao2 san1 bu4 zhao2 liang3	scatter-brained; thoughtless
211	正反两面	正反兩面	zhèng fǎn liǎng miàn	zheng4 fan3 liang3 mian4	two-way; reversible; both sides of the coin
212	执两用中	執兩用中	zhí liǎng yòng zhōng	zhi2 liang3 yong4 zhong1	to hold to the middle; to be impartial (idiom)
213	忠孝两全	忠孝兩全	zhōng xiào liǎng quán	zhong1 xiao4 liang3 quan2	both loyal to one's country and filial to one's parents (idiom)
214	铢两悉称	銖兩悉稱	zhū liǎng xī chèn	zhu1 liang3 xi1 chen4	to be equal in weight; to match in every small detail (idiom)
215	左右两难	左右兩難	zuǒ yòu liǎng nán	zuo3 you4 liang3 nan2	dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
216	两口儿	兩口兒	liǎng kǒu r	liang3 kou3 r5	husband and wife; couple
217	首鼠两端	首鼠兩端	shǒu shǔ liǎng duān	shou3 shu3 liang3 duan1	(idiom) to hesitate; to remain undecided
218	四两拨千斤	四兩撥千斤	sì liǎng bō qiān jīn	si4 liang3 bo1 qian1 jin1	lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort

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