Results for “着”

everywhere

to get dressed

to be fooled / to be taken in (by a ruse)

relevant / to the point / has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative)

erhua variant of 著邊|着边[zháo biān]

Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)

landing site

landing site

One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss

see 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚，摸不着头脑[zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo]

no need / need not

to leave no trace / seamlessly / unobtrusively

nonstop flight

to worry helplessly

You figure it out for yourself. / Do as you please.

in accordance with

backwards / in reverse / upside down

see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ]

(coll.) unrelated / lacking any connection

to brave / to face dangers

lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger

lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences

lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye

see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡|吃着碗里，看着锅里[chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ]

having nothing better to do

(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all

sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)

whispering in sb's ear

(coll.) to blame sb for sth

dedicated / devoted / persistent / to persist in / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment

to be unable to reach

to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)

think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)

unwise move / to make an unwise move

better a bad life than a good death (idiom)

(lit.) in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (saying) / (fig.) to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely

to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete

(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of / using