Chinese Character Dictionary

列宁格勒

Liè níng gé lè

Leningrad, name of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡 1923-1991

列岛

liè dăo

archipelago

列席

liè xí

to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate

列强

liè qiáng

the Great Powers (history)

列支敦士登

Liè zhī dūn shì dēng

Liechtenstein

列支敦斯登

Liè zhī dūn sī dēng

Liechtenstein (Tw)

列明

liè míng

to list

列星

liè xīng

star alignment (in astrology)

列氏温标

liè shì wēn biāo

Réaumur temperature scale

列治文

Liè zhì wén

Richmond (place name or surname)

列为

liè wéi

to be classified as

列王纪上

Liè wáng jì shàng

First book of Kings

列王纪下

Liè wáng jì xià

Second book of Kings

列王记上

Liè wáng jì shàng

First book of Kings

列王记下

Liè wáng jì xià

Second book of Kings

列缺

liè quē

lightning (archaic word)

列缺霹雳

liè quē pī lì

thunder and lightning

列举

liè jŭ

a list

列表

liè biăo

list

列车

liè chē

(railway) train

列车员

liè chē yuán

train attendant

列车长

liè chē zhăng

conductor

列队

liè duì

in formation (military)

刜

fú

to chop

初

chū

at first

初一

chū yī

first day of lunar month

初三

chū sān

third year in junior middle school

初中

chū zhōng

junior high school

初中生

chū zhōng shēng

junior high student

初二

chū èr

second year in junior middle school

初伏

chū fú

middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year

初估

chū gū

to make a preliminary estimate

初来乍到

chū lái zhà dào

to be a newcomer

初冬

chū dōng

early winter

初出茅庐

chū chū máo lú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)

初刻拍案惊奇

Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Líng Méng chū]

初创

chū chuàng

startup (company, phase etc)

初创公司

chū chuàng gōng sī

new company

初升

chū shēng

rising (sun, moon etc)

初夏

chū xià

early summer

初始

chū shĭ

initial

初始化

chū shĭ huà

(computing) to initialize

初学者

chū xué zhĕ

beginning student

初审

chū shĕn

preliminary trial

初小

chū xiăo

elementary school

初年

chū nián

early years

初恋

chū liàn

first love

初恋感觉

chū liàn găn jué

feelings of first love

初更

chū gēng

first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

初期

chū qī

initial stage

初次

chū cì

first

初步

chū bù

initial

初步设想

chū bù shè xiăng

tentative idea

初潮

chū cháo

menarche

初犯

chū fàn

first offender

初生

chū shēng

newborn

初生之犊不怕虎

chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hŭ

see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hŭ]

初生之犊不畏虎

chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hŭ

lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)

初秋

chū qiū

early autumn

初稿

chū găo

first draft (of writing)