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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 xiāoXiao1miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort; surname Xiao
2萧条 蕭條 xiāo tiáoxiao1 tiao2bleak; desolate; (economic) depression or slump
3百业萧条 百業蕭條 bǎi xiāo tiáobai3 ye4 xiao1 tiao2All business is in a slump. (idiom)
4成也萧何,败也萧何 成也蕭何,敗也蕭何 chéng xiāo , bài xiāo cheng2 ye3 Xiao1 He2 , bai4 ye3 Xiao1 He2lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信 ; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
5大萧条 大蕭條 xiāo tiáoda4 xiao1 tiao2the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
6经济萧条 經濟蕭條 jīng xiāo tiáojing1 ji4 xiao1 tiao2economic depression
7满目萧然 滿目蕭然 mǎn xiāo ránman3 mu4 xiao1 ran2Desolation spreads as far as the eye can reach. (idiom)
8排萧 排蕭 pái xiāopai2 xiao1panpipe
9四壁萧然 四壁蕭然 xiāo ránsi4 bi4 xiao1 ran2four bare walls
10四壁萧条 四壁蕭條 xiāo tiáosi4 bi4 xiao1 tiao2as poor as a church mouse (idiom)
11西风萧瑟 西風蕭瑟 fēng xiāo xi1 feng1 xiao1 se4the moaning of the west wind (idiom)
12萧邦 蕭邦 xiāo bāngXiao1 bang1(Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
13萧伯纳 蕭伯納 xiāo Xiao1 bo2 na4George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
14萧规曹随 蕭規曹隨 xiāo guī cáo suíXiao1 gui1 Cao2 sui2lit. Xiao's 萧何 (idiom); fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor; to follow precedent
15萧何 蕭何 xiāo Xiao1 He2Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦
16萧红 蕭紅 xiāo hóngXiao1 Hong2Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
17萧梁 蕭梁 xiāo liángXiao1 Liang2Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
18萧乾 蕭乾 xiāo qiánXiao1 Qian2Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
19萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiángxiao1 qiang2(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
20萧墙祸起 蕭牆禍起 xiāo qiáng huò xiao1 qiang2 huo4 qi3Trouble breaks out at home. (idiom)
21萧然 蕭然 xiāo ránxiao1 ran2desolate; empty
22萧然物外 蕭然物外 xiāo rán wàixiao1 ran2 wu4 wai4untrammeled by worldly affairs (idiom)
23萧洒 蕭灑 xiāo xiao1 sa3variant of 潇洒
24萧瑟 蕭瑟 xiāo xiao1 se4to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly
25萧山 蕭山 xiāo shānXiao1 shan1Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 , Zhejiang
26萧山区 蕭山區 xiāo shān Xiao1 shan1 qu1Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 , Zhejiang
27萧索 蕭索 xiāo suǒxiao1 suo3bleak; desolate; melancholy
28萧万长 蕭萬長 xiāo wàn chángXiao1 Wan4 chang2Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012
29萧县 蕭縣 xiāo xiànXiao1 xian4Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州 , Anhui
30萧一山 蕭一山 xiāo shānXiao1 Yi1 shan1Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
31萧子显 蕭子顯 xiāo xiǎnXiao1 Zi3 xian3Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書 南齐书
32衅起萧墙 釁起蕭牆 xìn xiāo qiángxin4 qi3 xiao1 qiang2There is internal strife. (idiom)

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