刨
to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract
匏
bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
抛
to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
泡
puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces
泡
bubble; foam; blister (i.e. skin bubble); to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to shilly-shally; to hang about; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions
炮
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
炮
cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker
狍
Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
疱
pimple; acne; blister; boil; ulcer
礮
ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones; variant of 炮[pao4], cannon
跑
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
跑
to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
鞄
to work hides; leather bag
麃
(archaic) a type of deer
刨根
lit. to dig up the root; to get to the heart of (the matter)
刨根儿
erhua variant of 刨根[pao2 gen1]
刨根问底
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
咆哮
to roar; to thunder; to snarl; to bluster (of wind, waves etc); crashing waves (onom.); to rage (of a person)
咆哮如雷
to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
庖牺氏
another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1]
抛下
to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down
抛售
to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
抛媚眼
to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
抛散
to scatter; to disperse
抛弃
to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
抛洒
to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle
抛生耦
to entice an inexperienced man
抛砖引玉
lit. to throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)
抛空
to short-sell (finance)
抛绣球
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures; to court
抛脸
to lose face; humiliation
抛荒
to lie idle (of arable land); fig. rusty because of lack of practice
抛补
cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
抛锚
to drop anchor; to break down (of a car etc)
抛开
to throw out; to get rid of
抛离
to desert; to leave; to forsake
抛头露面
to show your face in public (derog.)
泡制
to brew; to infuse; to pickle
泡吧
to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc); to go clubbing
泡妞
to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls
泡影
lit. froth and shadows; fig. illusion; mirage
泡水
to infuse; to soak in water
泡沫
foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble
泡泡纱
seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)
泡汤
to dawdle; to go slow deliberately; to fizzle out; to have all one's hopes dashed
泡温泉
to soak in a spa or hot spring
泡澡
to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
泡病号
to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill; to malinger
泡罩塔
distillation tower; bubble tower; plate column
泡芙
cream puff (loanword); profiterole
泡蘑菇
to procrastinate; to shilly-shally and waste time
泡饭
to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water
泡馍
meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
泡腾
to bubble; to fizz; to effervesce
炮儿局
police station (Beijing slang)
炮兵
artillery soldier; gunner
炮友
fuck buddy; friend with benefits
炮弹
artillery shell; CL:枚[mei2]
炮击
to shell; to bombard; bombardment
炮火
artillery barrage; gunfire
炮烙
the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
炮炼
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
炮耳
trunnion; protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
炮制
to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
炮轰
to bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize; to roast
炮钎
a drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock; same as 釺子|钎子
狍子
Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
疱疹
blister; bleb (watery blister); herpes (medicine)
炮击
to shell; to bombard; bombardment
炮火连天
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
炮轰
to bombard; to bomb; trad. also written 炮轟
炮响
sound of gunfire; fig. news of momentous events
跑了和尚,跑不了寺
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, but you'll have to come back; I'll get you sooner or later
跑了和尚,跑不了庙
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, but you'll have to come back; I'll get you sooner or later
跑垒
running between bases (in baseball)
跑得了和尚,跑不了庙
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, but you'll have to come back; I'll get you sooner or later
跑掉
to run away; to take to one's heels
跑步
to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
跑江湖
to make a living as a traveling performer etc
跑法
running style; racing technique
跑神儿
absent-minded; one's mind is wandering
跑票
to vote against the party line; to vote contrary to one's promise
跑肚
(coll.) to have diarrhea
跑腿子
(dialect) to live as a bachelor; bachelor
跑调
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
跑走
to escape; to flee; to run away
跑跑颠颠
to work hectically; to be on the go; to run around attending to various tasks
跑车
racing bicycle; sporting bicycle; sports car; logging truck; on the job (of a train conductor)
跑遍
to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town)
跑道
athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip)
跑酷
parkour, French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with the aim of efficiently traversing obstacles in the environment
跑题
to digress; to stray from the topic
跑马
horse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; wet dream
跑马圈地
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets
跑马地
Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)
跑马山
Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Sichuan
跑马厅
horse racing track; racetrack