Chinese Character Dictionary

两相情愿

liăng xiāng qíng yuàn

both sides are willing

两码事

liăng mă shì

two quite different things

两端

liăng duān

both ends (of a stick etc)

两节棍

liăng jié gùn

nunchaku

两者

liăng zhĕ

both sides

两耳不闻窗外事

liăng ĕr bù wén chuāng wài shì

to pay no attention to outside matters

两肋插刀

liăng lèi chā dāo

lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)

两着儿

liăng zhāo r

the same old trick

两虎相争

liăng hŭ xiāng zhēng

two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched protagonists

两虎相争，必有一伤

liăng hŭ xiāng zhēng , bì yŏu yī shāng

if two tigers fight, one must get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt

两虎相斗

liăng hŭ xiāng dòu

two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two major contestants

两虎相斗，必有一伤

liăng hŭ xiāng dòu , bì yŏu yī shāng

When two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom). If it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.

两袖清风

liăng xiù qīng fēng

lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands

两亲

liăng qīn

see 雙親|双亲[shuāng qīn]

两讫

liăng qì

received and paid for (business term)

两造

liăng zào

both parties (to a lawsuit)

两边

liăng bian

either side

两院

liăng yuàn

two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate

两院制

liăng yuàn zhì

bicameral legislative assembly

两难

liăng nán

dilemma

两面

liăng miàn

both sides

两面三刀

liăng miàn sān dāo

two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross

两头

liăng tóu

both ends

两头儿

liăng tóu r

erhua variant of 兩頭|两头[liăng tóu]

两颊生津

liăng jiá shēng jīn

mouth-watering

两点水

liăng diăn shuĭ

name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

两党制

liăng dăng zhì

two-party system

兪

yú

variant of 俞

八

bā

eight

八一五

bā yī wŭ

1th August

八九不离十

bā jiŭ bù lí shí

pretty close

八二三炮战

bā èr sān pào zhàn

bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 198, also called second Taiwan strait crisis

八二丹

bā èr dān

eight-to-two powder (TCM)

八仙

Bā Xiān

the Eight Immortals

八仙桌

bā xiān zhuō

old fashioned square table to seat eight people

八仙湖

Bā xiān Hú

see 草海[Căo hăi]

八位元

bā wèi yuán

8-bit (computing)

八佰伴

Bā băi bàn

Yaohan retail group

八倍体

bā bèi tĭ

octoploid

八八六

bā bā liù

Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)

八公山

Bā gōng shān

Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái nán shì], Anhui

八公山区

Bā gōng shān qū

Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái nán shì], Anhui

八分之一

bā fēn zhī yī

one eighth

八分音符

bā fēn yīn fú

quaver

八十

bā shí

eighty

八十天环游地球

Bā shí tiān huán yóu dì qiú

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒・凡爾納|儒勒・凡尔纳[Rú lè · Fán ĕr nà]

八卦

bā guà

the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]

八卦山

Bā guà Shān

Bagua Mountain, Taiwan

八卦拳

bā guà quán

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八卦掌

bā guà zhăng

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八卦阵

bā guà zhèn

lit. battle plan based on the eight trigrams (in legend); fig. a clever plan

八哥

bā gē

crested mynah bird (Acridotheres cristatellus)

八哥儿

bā gē r

erhua variant of 八哥[bā gē]

八哥狗

bā gē gŏu

pug (breed of dog)

八国联军

Bā guó Lián jūn

Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900

八国集团

Bā guó Jí tuán

G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

八块腹肌

bā kuài fù jī

six pack (abdominal muscles)

八大工业国组织

bā dà gōng yè guó zŭ zhī

G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

八婆

bā pó

meddling woman

八字

bā zì

the character 8 or 八