"Able" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
 dé lì able / capable / competent / efficient
 yìng hard / stiff / strong / firm / resolutely / doggedly / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial
 yǒu néng lì able
 ái able (in administrating) / to govern forcefully
 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
 néng gòu to be capable of / to be able to / can
 guò lái to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
 bù kě néng impossible / cannot / not able
 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
 jù bèi to possess / to have / equipped with / able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not
 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
 lái de jí there's still time / able to do sth in time
 gāo rén very able person
 lì qì sharp weapon / effective implement / outstandingly able individual
 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly
 gēn bu shàng not able to keep up with
 tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear
 yìng yùn ér shēng to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
 jīng de qǐ to be able to withstand / to be able to endure
 nu:3 qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman
 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well
 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
 kě can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
 nài kàn able to withstand careful appreciation / well worth a second look
 rén jié outstanding talent / wise and able person / illustrious individual
 jí zhōng shēng zhì quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully
 bù kè cannot / to not be able (to) / to be unable to
 gòu gé able to pass muster / qualified / apt / presentable
 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous
 bó xué duō cái erudite and multitalented (idiom) / versatile and able
 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
 biān cháng mò jí lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom) / beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / fig. a staunch character able to withstand tough test
 jí zhì quick witted / able to think fast in an emergency
 chī de xiāo to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
 liáng cái good timber / sound material / fig. able person / sound chap
 nài láo hardy / able to resist hardship
 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
 liǎng lèi chā dāo lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
 jīng míng néng gàn able and efficient
 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
使 rèn xián shǐ néng to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
 dù néng hài xián jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
 duì dá rú liú able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom) / having a ready answer
 càn ruò fán xīng bright as a multitude of stars (idiom) / extremely able talent
 jī bù xiāng néng always at loggerheads (idiom) / never able to agree with sb / unable to get on with sb
 jué shèng qiān lǐ to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it
 bàn láo dòng lì one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
 bì able to support great weight
 lì zú yǐ zuò afford / able to
 xīn yǎn dà magnanimous / considerate / thoughtful / able to think of everything that needs to be thought of
 bù fēn shèng bài to not be able to distinguish who's winning
 qín jiǎn nài láo diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom)
 chī de zhù to be able to bear / to be able to support
 zuǐ wěn able to keep a secret
 rěn de zhù to refrain / to be able to endure it
 zhī fù dé qǐ to be able to pay / affordable
 fàng de xià to be able to accommodate / to have room for / to be able to put (sth) down
 yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo lit. have hands have feet / to be able bodied (idiom) / to have the ability to work
 liáng mù beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
 yè dié somewhat ill, but still able to sit up
 kě bù kě nài to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
 Lù duān Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth
 mù wú quán niú to see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom) / extremely skilled / able to see through the problem at one glance
 néng gòu able to do sth / in a position to do sth / same as 能夠|能够
 rèn bu chū not able to recognize
 rèn rén to recognize people (of babies) / to be able to tell people apart
 shuō de shàng can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention
  Operation Able Sentry
  Convention concerning the Certification of Able Seamen
 dìng néng to be definitely able (to do sth)
 bù wéi jiǔ kùn not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink
 kě kān how can one endure? / to be able to endure
 yǒu wéi yǒu shǒu able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom) / also written 有守有為|有守有为[you3 shou3 you3 wei2]
 yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
 zhī cuò néng gǎi to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
 tán de lái to be able to talk to / to get along with / to be congenial
 huáng dì nu:3 ér bù chóu jià lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom) / fig. highly sought after
 jiàn rén shuō rén huà , jiàn guǐ shuō guǐ huà (fig.) adaptable / able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere / two-faced
 yì yùn (of a woman) fertile / able to get pregnant easily
 mō de zháo to be able to touch / tangible
 kě dú enjoyable to read / worth reading / readable / able to be read / legible / readable
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