"Caused" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 suǒ zhì to be caused by
 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qi1 zi5 guan3 de5 yan2] used in comic theater)
 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
 zhèn tòng labor pains / (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change
 Dà yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
 báo zāi disaster caused by hail
 xuè yùn coma caused by loss of blood / fainting at the sight of blood / Taiwan pr. [xie3 yun1]
 mèi disease caused by anxiety
 shǒu zú kǒu bìng hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
 shǔ illness caused by worry
 zòng spasms or convulsions in young children, caused by indigestion
 yuān kǔ to treat (sb) unjustly / anguish caused by an injustice
 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person
 Tài píng Tiān guó zhī Luàn Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), which ultimately failed but caused massive upheaval and weakened the Qing dynasty
 zāi biàn lùn catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood
 gǒu dòu dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
 gǒu dòu dà kāi dog hole wide open (idiom) / fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
 jí shǒu extremely angry / infuriated / enraged / headache caused by anger
 luó hàn bìng snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm
 pán wěi sī chóng zhèng "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
 Jiǎ dì chóng bìng Giardiasis, a form of gastro-enteritis caused by infection of gut by Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite
 cù hǎi shēng bō lit. waves on a sea of vinegar / trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)
 yīn xū huǒ wàng an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
  Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
 sǔn shī dēng jì cè bàn gōng shì Office for the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory / Office of the Register of Damage
 sǔn shī dēng jì cè United Nations Register of Damage caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory / Register of Damage
  convention on civil liability for damage caused by small craft
  Commission to Clarify Past Human Rights Violations and Acts of Violence that have Caused the Guatemalan Population to Suffer / Historical Clarification Commission
 láo shāng disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion
 Běi jīng ké "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems
 yóu zhèng Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
 dì niú fān shēn (Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
 lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings
 quǎn wēn rè canine distemper (mammalian disease caused by Canine morbillivirus)
 guǐ zhē yǎn selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers
 lí luàn social upheaval caused by war or famine etc
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