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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.

兴旺发达xīng wàng fā dá

prosperous and developing / flourishing

举发jǔ fā

to expose (e.g., wrongdoing) / to accuse (in court) / to impeach / to denounce

旧病复发jiù bìng fù fā

old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem

良心发现liáng xīn fā xiàn

(idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned (usu. resulting in feeling remorse or making amends)

萌发méng fā

to sprout / to shoot / to bud

蒸发热zhēng fā rè

latent heat of evaporation

蒸发空调zhēng fā kōng tiáo

evaporative air conditioner / evaporative cooler

蓄势待发xù shì dài fā

to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc

蓬头散发péng tóu sàn fà

disheveled

虚发xū fā

to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)

补发bǔ fā

to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively

触发引信chù fā yǐn xìn

an impact detonator

触发清单chù fā qīng dān

trigger list

调发diào fā

to requisition / to dispatch

护发乳hù fà rǔ

hair conditioner

护发素hù fà sù

hair conditioner

赌咒发誓dǔ zhòu fā shì

to vow

超常发挥chāo cháng fā huī

to outdo oneself / to perform exceptionally well

软件开发ruǎn jiàn kāi fā

software development

逗人发笑dòu rén fā xiào

to make people laugh

连发lián fā

to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession

迟发性损伤chí fā xìng sǔn shāng

delayed lesion

配发pèi fā

to issue / to distribute / to publish along with

金发碧眼jīn fà bì yǎn

fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance

银发yín fà

silver hair / gray hair

银发族yín fà zú

the elderly

开发人员kāi fā rén yuán

developer

开发区kāi fā qū

development zone

开发周期kāi fā zhōu qī

development cycle / development period / also written 開發週期|开发周期

开发者kāi fā zhě

developer

开发周期kāi fā zhōu qī

development cycle / development period

开发银行kāi fā yín háng

development bank

间不容发jiān bù róng fà

(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jiàn bù róng fǎ]

阐发chǎn fā

to elucidate / to expound / to study and explain

隐忍不发yǐn rěn bù fā

to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions

需要是发明之母xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

灵感触发图líng gǎn chù fā tú

mind map

青发qīng fā

amobarbital (drug) (Tw)

头脑发胀tóu nǎo fā zhàng

swelling of the head (physical condition) / fig. swellheaded / conceited

头脑简单四肢发达tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dá

all brawn no brains

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