middle of the night / the dead of night
Headword or pronunciation人定
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middle of the night / the dead of night
Headword or pronunciation人定
man can conquer nature (idiom) / human wisdom can prevail over nature
Headword or pronunciation人定胜天
world / earthly world
Headword or pronunciation人寰
outstanding individual / person of great ability
Headword or pronunciation人尖儿
human habitat
Headword or pronunciation人居
artificial insemination
Headword or pronunciation人工受孕
to inflate using one's breath / (in CPR) to give a rescue breath
Headword or pronunciation人工吹气
artificial island
Headword or pronunciation人工岛
(Tw) artificial intelligence
Headword or pronunciation人工智慧
planted forest
Headword or pronunciation人工林
artificial concept
Headword or pronunciation人工概念
canal / man-made waterway
Headword or pronunciation人工河
abortion
Headword or pronunciation人工流产
artificial lake
Headword or pronunciation人工湖
cochlear implant
Headword or pronunciation人工耳蜗
labor cost
Headword or pronunciation人工费
mentor / role model
Headword or pronunciation人师
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
Headword or pronunciation人往高处走,水往低处流
retinue / hangers-on
Headword or pronunciation人从
(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
Headword or pronunciation人微言轻
(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times
Headword or pronunciation人心不古
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation人心不足蛇吞象
that which is yearned for by the public
Headword or pronunciation人心所向
sapodilla, a tropical fruit bearing tree
Headword or pronunciation人心果
(of a nation, government etc) demoralized / disunited
Headword or pronunciation人心涣散
there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation人心隔肚皮
hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation人心难测
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
Headword or pronunciation人怕出名猪怕壮
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
Headword or pronunciation人情世故
debt of gratitude
Headword or pronunciation人情债
detestable (wordplay based on 神憎鬼厭|神憎鬼厌[])
Headword or pronunciation人憎狗厌
something that everybody knows
Headword or pronunciation人所共知
brain drain
Headword or pronunciation人才外流
brain drain / outflow of talent
Headword or pronunciation人才流失
a galaxy of talent (idiom) / a great number of competent people
Headword or pronunciation人才济济
humanism
Headword or pronunciation人文主义
human geography
Headword or pronunciation人文地理学
humanities
Headword or pronunciation人文学
place of cultural interest
Headword or pronunciation人文景观
humanities and social sciences
Headword or pronunciation人文社会学科