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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.

征发zhēng fā

a punitive expedition / a requisition

心细如发xīn xì rú fà

(idiom) meticulous / very careful or attentive

心脏病发作xīn zàng bìng fā zuò

heart attack / to have a heart attack

怒发冲冠nù fà chōng guān

lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles

恐慌发作kǒng huāng fā zuò

panic attack

恭喜发财gōng xǐ fā cái

May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)

闷声发大财mēn shēng fā dà cái

to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)

感发gǎn fā

to move and inspire

懒人沙发lǎn rén shā fā

beanbag

打发时间dǎ fā shí jiān

to pass the time

扣发kòu fā

to deprive / to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)

批发价pī fā jià

wholesale price

批发业pī fā yè

wholesale business / bulk trade

披头散发pī tóu sàn fà

with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down

拍发pāi fā

to send / to cable (a telegram)

振聋发聩zhèn lóng fā kuì

lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) / rousing even the apathetic

卷发器juǎn fà qì

hair curler

卷发棒juǎn fà bàng

curling iron

卷发筒juǎn fà tǒng

hair roller

探幽发微tàn yōu fā wēi

to probe deeply and uncover minute details

接发jiē fà

hair extensions

推车发动tuī chē fā dòng

to push-start (a car)

挥发性存储器huī fā xìng cún chǔ qì

volatile memory

挥发油huī fā yóu

volatile oil (in general) / gasoline

播发bō fā

to broadcast

擢发难数zhuó fà nán shǔ

lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom) / fig. innumerable (crimes)

新闻发布会xīn wén fā bù huì

press conference / news conference

新闻发言人xīn wén fā yán rén

spokesman

易挥发yì huī fā

volatile

暴发bào fā

to break out (of disease etc) / to suddenly get rich (or prominent)

有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn

lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

有感而发yǒu gǎn ér fā

(idiom) to express thoughts or feelings prompted by one's experience or observations

束发shù fà

to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)

东窗事发dōng chuāng shì fā

(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light

染发剂rǎn fà jì

hair dye / rinse / tint

柴油发动机chái yóu fā dòng jī

diesel engine

核发电hé fā diàn

nuclear power generation

核发电厂hé fā diàn chǎng

nuclear power plant

案发现场àn fā xiàn chǎng

crime scene

植发zhí fà

to get a hair transplant

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