"Foul" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fàn guī to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
 wū zhuó dirty / muddy / foul (sewer)
 bēi wū despicable and filthy / foul
 wū dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
 wū variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
 è zhuó filthy / foul
 chòu wèi bad smell / foul odor
 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously
 sì yì (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place / (of grease etc) dripping everywhere / flowing all over the place
 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language
线 biān xiàn sideline / foul line
 xīng fēng xuè yǔ lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom) / fig. reign of terror / carnage
 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil
 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
 è jí unpleasant ailment / foul disease
 méng nàn to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger
 sāo trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect)
 xūn yóu bù tóng qì lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom) / bad people and good people do not mix
 cā bàng qiú foul tip
 è kǒu bad language / foul mouth
 wū variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
 sāo qì foul smell / stench / smell of urine
 zuān móu to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up / to foul up / to spoil
 sāo wèi foul smell
 kāi kǒu chéng zāng (Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chu1 kou3 cheng2 zhang1])
 dǔ làn (Tw) (slang) to be ticked off by (sb or sth) / to be pissed at (sb or sth) / to be in a foul mood / down in the dumps / (from Taiwanese 揬𡳞, Tai-lo pr. [tu̍h-lān])
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