"Plain" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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平原 píng yuán field / plain / CL:個|个[ge4]
朴实 pǔ shí plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest
白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
明了 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain
原野 yuán yě plain / open country
质朴 zhì pǔ simple / plain / unadorned / unaffected / unsophisticated / rustic / earthy
平实 píng shí simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even
简朴 jiǎn pǔ simple and unadorned / plain
浅显 qiǎn xiǎn plain / clear / obvious
便 biàn plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
质 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
野 yě field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral
川 chuān (bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country
陋 lòu low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar
坪 píng a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
赤裸裸 chì luǒ luǒ bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned
纯素 chún sù plain / ordinary / vegetarian
朴实无华 pǔ shí wú huá (idiom) simple / plain / unadorned
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
朴素 pǔ sù plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people
原味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
坦诚 tǎn chéng candid / frank / plain dealing
台面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
白水 bái shuǐ plain water
河畔 hé pàn riverside / river plain
关中 Guān zhōng Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!
白开水 bái kāi shuǐ plain boiled water
白布 bái bù plain white cloth / calico
秦岭 Qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
平易近人 píng yì jìn rén amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
便衣 biàn yī civilian clothes / plain clothes / plainclothesman
平顺 píng shùn smooth / smooth-going / plain sailing
白饭 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it
微服 wēi fú (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
光面 guāng miàn plain noodles in broth
开诚布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
渭河 Wèi Hé Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
可掬 kě jū conspicuous / plain to see
白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc)
白醋 bái cù white vinegar / plain vinegar
平易 píng yì amiable (manner) / unassuming / written in plain language / easy to take in
俭朴 jiǎn pǔ plain and unadorned / thrifty and simple
渭水 wèi shuǐ Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
平纹 píng wén plain weave
粗茶淡饭 cū chá dàn fàn plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water
干饭 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
朴 pǔ plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2]
渭 Wèi the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
缦 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
缟 gǎo plain white silk
岙 ào plain in the middle of the mountains / used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4]
土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body
逐鹿中原 zhú lù zhōng yuán lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne
艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
阳春面 yáng chūn miàn plain noodles in broth
正体 zhèng tǐ standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
华北平原 huá běi píng yuán North China Plain
樸实 pǔ shí (adj) simple / unadorned / (adj) honest / plain speaking
樸素 pǔ sù (adj) plain and simple / unadorned / (adj) simple living / not frivolous
质樸 zhì pǔ simple and unadorned / downright / unpretentious / plain / unaffected
冲积平原 chōng jī píng yuán alluvial plain
东欧平原 Dōng Oū Píng yuán East European Plain
三江平原 Sān jiāng píng yuán Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[Song1 hua1 jiang1], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[Wu1 su1 li3 jiang1]
俭素 jiǎn sù thrifty and plain
勤俭朴实 qín jiǎn pǔ shí hardworking, thrifty, plain, and honest (idiom)
勤俭朴素 qín jiǎn pǔ sù hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
建三江 Jiàn sān jiāng Jiansanjiang, large-scale agricultural development in Sanjiang river plain in Heilongjiang
松辽平原 Sōng liáo píng yuán Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 / through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原[Dong1 bei3 Ping2 yuan2]
正蓝旗 Zhèng lán qí Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia / also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
正兰旗 Zhèng lán qí Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
正镶白旗 Zhèng xiāng bái qí Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
乌拉特 Wū lā tè Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia / also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners
乌拉特草原 Wū lā tè cǎo yuán Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
秦岭山脉 Qín lǐng shān mài Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi, forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
索尔兹伯里平原 Suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ píng yuán Salisbury plain
关中地区 Guān zhōng dì qū Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
关中平原 Guān zhōng píng yuán Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
深海平原 shēn hǎi píng yuán abyssal plain
东北平原 dōng běi píng yuán Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
普通老式电话业务 pǔ tòng lǎo shì diàn huà yè wù plain old telephone service
阿尔戈深海平原  Argo abyssal plain / Argo plain
普通纸传真机  plain fax
日出而作，日入而息 rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb) / fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life
白粥 bái zhōu plain rice congee
山噪鹛 shān zào méi (bird species of China) plain laughingthrush (Garrulax davidi)
林岭雀 lín lǐng què (bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
纯色啄花鸟 chún sè zhuó huā niǎo (bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
褐头鹪莺 hè tóu jiāo yīng (bird species of China) plain prinia (Prinia inornata)
老三色 lǎo sān sè the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
吃白饭 chī bái fàn to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
纯文本 chún wén běn plain text (computing)
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