Chinese Character Dictionary

杜瓦利埃

Dù wă lì āi

Duvalier (name)

杜甫

Dù Fŭ

Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet

杜甫草堂

Dù fŭ căo táng

Du Fu's thatched cottage in Chengdu

杜秋娘歌

Dù Qiū niáng gē

song of lady Du Qiu, poem by Du Mu 杜牧

杜笃玛

Dù dŭ mă

Dodoma, capital of Tanzania (Tw)

杜绝

dù jué

to put an end to

杜荀鹤

Dù Xún hè

Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet

杜莎夫人

Dù suō Fū ren

Madame Tussauds (waxworks)

杜蕾斯

Dù lĕi sī

Durex, a condom brand name

杜蘅

dù héng

Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)

杜衡

dù héng

Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)

杜邦

Dù bāng

DuPont

杜门

dù mén

to close the door (also fig.)

杜门不出

dù mén bù chū

to shut the door and remain inside

杜集

Dù jí

Duji district of Huaibei city 淮北市[Huái bĕi shì], Anhui

杜集区

Dù jí qū

Duji district of Huaibei city 淮北市[Huái bĕi shì], Anhui

杜马

Dù mă

Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament

杜鹃

dù juān

cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)

杜鹃啼血

dù juān tí xuè

the cuckoo cries blood

杜鹃座

dù juān zuò

Tucana (constellation)

杜鹃科

dù juān kē

Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟

杜鹃花

dù juān huā

Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)

杜鹃花科

dù juān huā kē

Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea

杜鹃鸟

dù juān niăo

cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)

杝

yí

(tree)

杞

Qĭ

surname Qi

杞人之忧

Qĭ rén zhī yōu

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞人忧天

Qĭ rén yōu tiān

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞国

Qĭ guó

the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 100-44 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence

杞国之忧

Qĭ guó zhī yōu

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞国忧天

Qĭ guó yōu tiān

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞天之虑

Qĭ tiān zhī lu:4

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞梓之林

Qĭ zĭ zhī lín

forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent

杞县

Qĭ xiàn

Qi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kāi fēng], Henan

束

Shù

surname Shu

束之高阁

shù zhī gāo gé

tied up in a bundle on a high shelf

束修

shù xiū

see 束脩[shù xiū]

束带

shù dài

band

束手

shù shŏu

to have one's hands tied

束手就擒

shù shŏu jiù qín

hands tied and waiting to be captured

束手就毙

shù shŏu jiù bì

hands tied and expecting the worst

束手待毙

shù shŏu dài bì

hands tied and waiting for death (idiom)

束手待死

shù shŏu dài sĭ

hands tied and expecting the worst

束手无策

shù shŏu wú cè

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

束狭

shù xiá

narrow (of waterway)

束紧

shù jĭn

gird

束缚

shù fù

to bind

束脩

shù xiū

payment for private tutor

束腰

shù yāo

girdle

束衣

shù yī

corset (clothing)

束装

shù zhuāng

to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)

束身

shù shēn

to bind oneself

束发

shù fà

to bind one's hair

杠

gāng

flagpole

杠杆收购

gàng găn shōu gòu

leveraged buyout (LBO)

杪

miăo

the limit

杭

Háng

surname Hang

杭丁顿舞蹈症

Háng dīng dùn wŭ dăo zhèng

Huntington's disease

杭州

Háng zhōu

Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China

杭州市

Háng zhōu shì

Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China