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 | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
1 | 萧 | 蕭 | xiāo | Xiao1 | miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort; surname Xiao | ||
2 | 萧条 | 蕭條 | xiāo tiáo | xiao1 tiao2 | bleak; desolate; (economic) depression or slump | ||
3 | 百业萧条 | 百業蕭條 | bǎi yè xiāo tiáo | bai3 ye4 xiao1 tiao2 | All business is in a slump. (idiom) | ||
4 | 成也萧何,败也萧何 | 成也蕭何,敗也蕭何 | chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé | cheng2 ye3 Xiao1 He2 , bai4 ye3 Xiao1 He2 | lit. 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 | dà xiāo tiáo | da4 xiao1 tiao2 | the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) | ||
6 | 经济萧条 | 經濟蕭條 | jīng jì xiāo tiáo | jing1 ji4 xiao1 tiao2 | economic depression | ||
7 | 满目萧然 | 滿目蕭然 | mǎn mù xiāo rán | man3 mu4 xiao1 ran2 | Desolation spreads as far as the eye can reach. (idiom) | ||
8 | 排萧 | 排蕭 | pái xiāo | pai2 xiao1 | panpipe | ||
9 | 四壁萧然 | 四壁蕭然 | sì bì xiāo rán | si4 bi4 xiao1 ran2 | four bare walls | ||
10 | 四壁萧条 | 四壁蕭條 | sì bì xiāo tiáo | si4 bi4 xiao1 tiao2 | as poor as a church mouse (idiom) | ||
11 | 西风萧瑟 | 西風蕭瑟 | xī fēng xiāo sè | xi1 feng1 xiao1 se4 | the moaning of the west wind (idiom) | ||
12 | 萧邦 | 蕭邦 | xiāo bāng | Xiao1 bang1 | (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer | ||
13 | 萧伯纳 | 蕭伯納 | xiāo bó nà | Xiao1 bo2 na4 | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer | ||
14 | 萧规曹随 | 蕭規曹隨 | xiāo guī cáo suí | Xiao1 gui1 Cao2 sui2 | lit. Xiao's 萧何 (idiom); fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor; to follow precedent | ||
15 | 萧何 | 蕭何 | xiāo hé | Xiao1 He2 | Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦 | ||
16 | 萧红 | 蕭紅 | xiāo hóng | Xiao1 Hong2 | Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang | ||
17 | 萧梁 | 蕭梁 | xiāo liáng | Xiao1 Liang2 | Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) | ||
18 | 萧乾 | 蕭乾 | xiāo qián | Xiao1 Qian2 | Xiao 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 qiáng | xiao1 qiang2 | (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture | ||
20 | 萧墙祸起 | 蕭牆禍起 | xiāo qiáng huò qǐ | xiao1 qiang2 huo4 qi3 | Trouble breaks out at home. (idiom) | ||
21 | 萧然 | 蕭然 | xiāo rán | xiao1 ran2 | desolate; empty | ||
22 | 萧然物外 | 蕭然物外 | xiāo rán wù wài | xiao1 ran2 wu4 wai4 | untrammeled by worldly affairs (idiom) | ||
23 | 萧洒 | 蕭灑 | xiāo sǎ | xiao1 sa3 | variant of 潇洒 | ||
24 | 萧瑟 | 蕭瑟 | xiāo sè | xiao1 se4 | to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly | ||
25 | 萧山 | 蕭山 | xiāo shān | Xiao1 shan1 | Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 , Zhejiang | ||
26 | 萧山区 | 蕭山區 | xiāo shān qū | Xiao1 shan1 qu1 | Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 , Zhejiang | ||
27 | 萧索 | 蕭索 | xiāo suǒ | xiao1 suo3 | bleak; desolate; melancholy | ||
28 | 萧万长 | 蕭萬長 | xiāo wàn cháng | Xiao1 Wan4 chang2 | Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012 | ||
29 | 萧县 | 蕭縣 | xiāo xiàn | Xiao1 xian4 | Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州 , Anhui | ||
30 | 萧一山 | 蕭一山 | xiāo yī shān | Xiao1 Yi1 shan1 | Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty | ||
31 | 萧子显 | 蕭子顯 | xiāo zǐ xiǎn | Xiao1 Zi3 xian3 | Xiao 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 qǐ xiāo qiáng | xin4 qi3 xiao1 qiang2 | There is internal strife. (idiom) |
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