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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.

Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

再发zài fā

to reissue / (of a disease) to recur / (of a patient) to suffer a relapse

刊发kān fā

(of a newspaper or magazine) to publish (an article, story, report etc) / to carry

剃发令tì fà lìng

the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

剃发留辫tì fà liú biàn

to shave the head but keep the queue

削发xuē fà

to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure

剪头发jiǎn tóu fa

(to get a) haircut

升官发财shēng guān fā cái

to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)

印发yìn fā

to publish / to print and distribute

即兴发挥jí xìng fā huī

improvisation

厚积薄发hòu jī bó fā

lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared

原子能发电站yuán zǐ néng fā diàn zhàn

atomic power station

原发性进行性失语yuán fā xìng jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ

primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)

可持续发展kě chí xù fā zhǎn

sustainable development

哈里发hā lǐ fā

(loanword) caliph / also written 哈利發|哈利发[hā lì fā]

哈里发国hā lǐ fā guó

caliphate

商业发票shāng yè fā piào

commercial invoice

启发式qǐ fā shì

heuristic

启发法qǐ fā fǎ

heuristic method / heuristics

单人沙发dān rén shā fā

(upholstered) armchair

喷气发动机pēn qì fā dòng jī

jet engine

吓得发抖xià dé fā dǒu

to tremble with fear

四大发明sì dà fā míng

the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China)

在千钧一发之际zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì

at the critical moment / in the nick of time

地热发电厂dì rè fā diàn chǎng

geothermal electric power station

夕发朝至xī fā zhāo zhì

to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning / overnight (train)

多发性硬化症duō fā xìng yìng huà zhèng

multiple sclerosis

多发性骨髓瘤duō fā xìng gǔ suǐ liú

(medicine) multiple myeloma

多发病duō fā bìng

frequently reoccurring disease

大发慈悲dà fā cí bēi

(idiom) to show mercy

奋发fèn fā

to rouse to vigorous action / energetic mood

奋发图强fèn fā tú qiáng

to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)

始发shǐ fā

(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating

宣发xuān fā

to promote / to publicize / to market

寄发jì fā

to dispatch / to send out (mail)

寒武爆发hán wǔ bào fā

the Cambrian explosion

小发财xiǎo fā cái

(coll.) (Tw) mini truck / Kei truck

延发yán fā

(military) delayed action (explosion etc occurring after a predetermined delay)

引而不发yǐn ér bù fā

to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius) / ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run

形式发票xíng shì fā piào

pro forma invoice

形态发生素xíng tài fā shēng sù

morphogen

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