"Lie" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wèi yú to be located at / to be situated at / to lie
 huǎng yán lie
 shuō huǎng to lie / to tell an untruth
 guǐ huà lie / false words / nonsense / CL:篇[pian1]
 huǎng huà lie
 jiǎ huà a lie / untrue statement / misstatement
 huǎng bào to lie
 wò to lie / to crouch
 huǎng lies / to lie
 zhōu (literary) to curse / to deceive / to lie
 tuō kōng to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow
 zài yú to be in / to lie in / to consist in / to depend on / to rest with
 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting)
 biān zhī to weave / to knit / to plait / to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
 chén shuì to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant / to lie undiscovered
 xián zhì to leave sth unused / to lie idle
 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush
 piāo bó (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence
 tǎng xià to lie down
 jiè yú between / intermediate / to lie between
 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
 yǎng wò to lie supine
 kōng zhì to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
 wò chuáng to lie in bed / bedridden / bed
 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low
 fú dì to lie prostrate
 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die
穿 chāi chuān to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc)
 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble
 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
 fǔ wò to lie prone
 cè wò to lie on one's side
 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground
 jiè hū to lie between
 kuī sì to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low
 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead
 héng tǎng to lie flat
 Liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
 bì fēng tou to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
 fǔ fú to lie prostrate
 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
 lún xiū to take holidays in rotation / to stagger employees' days off / (agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation
 wò guǐ to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
 chě huǎng to tell a lie
 quán fú to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up
 cè huǎng yí lie detector / polygraph
 dǎo to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to overthrow / to fail / to go bankrupt / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
 jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor
 shuì to sleep / to lie down
 gé to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of
 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
 tǎng to recline / to lie down
 wāi askew / at a crooked angle / devious / noxious / (coll.) to lie on one's side
 qǐn to lie down
 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
 jū macaque / to spy / to lie in ambush
 yǎn to lie supine / to stop / to fall down
 pú crawl / lie prostrate
 zhōu to deceive / to lie
 shān tuí mù huài lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place / exhausted and in disarray
 jī fēi chéng shì a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom) / a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
 cáng qì dài shí to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom) / to lie low and await the opportune moment
 shí tú wò jí to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom) / to share the hard life of the common people
 hé yī ér wò to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
 mán tiān dà huǎng enormous lie / whopper
 dǎ mái fu to lie in wait / to ambush / to conceal sth
 cè tǎng to lie down (on one's side)
 tǐng shī (lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse / (coll.) to sleep
 wò biān to lie on one's side
 yǎng wū to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)
 yǎng tǎng to lie on one's back
 fú wéi to lie prostrate / to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
 fú wò lying down / to lie prostrate / prone
 jiāng wò to lie rigid and motionless
 shàn yì de huǎng yán white lie
 yè xíng zhòu fú to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
 píng fú to pacify / to calm / calm / quiet / to lie on one's belly
 xián ér gǔ zhī lit. to tune one's zither then play it / fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions / to make one's bed then lie on it
 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice
 liǎn jì to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view)
 Lǐ dài shù Lie algebra (math.)
 Lǐ qún Lie group (math.)
 zhěn jiè to lie in total disorder / lying fallen over one another
 héng chén to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse
 zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom) / fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
 zhuó chuáng to lie down on a bed / (physiology) implantation (attachment of a blastocyst to the lining of the uterus) / (of an oyster larva) to attach to a substrate / (fig.) to take root / to become established
 quán wò to curl up / to lie curled up
 pā fú to crouch / to lie prone
 bì bì fēng tóu to lie low until the fuss dies down
 dǐng fēng tíng zhǐ to lie to (facing the wind)
 fēng yǔ yù lái lit. storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead (idiom)
 cè huǎng jī lie detector
 xiū gēng to leave farmland to lie fallow
 zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà to lie through one's teeth (idiom) / to talk drivel
 cè huǎng qì lie detector / polygraph
 zé yǒu yōu guī responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
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