"Rough" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dà gài roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea
 cū cāo crude / gruff / rough / coarse
 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
 kǎn kě bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life) / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
 cū bào rough / cruel
 shā yǎ hoarse / rough
 cū guǎng rough / rude / boorish / straightforward / uninhibited
 cū lu:è rough (not precise or accurate) / cursory
 cū yě insolent / boorish / rough (in actions)
 yuē lu:è approximate / rough
 cū shū coarse / rough / careless
 cū shuài rough / coarse / crude / without due care / ill-considered
 mán barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless
 cāo rough / coarse (in texture)
 guǎng rough / uncouth / boorish
 cāng low fellow / rustic / rude / rough
 cháng cǎo qū the rough (golf)
 kǎn kě variant of 坎坷[kan3 ke3] / bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life)
 cū mǎng brusque / rough / boorish / crude
 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students
 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things
 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo)
 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
 cǎo tú a sketch / rough drawing
 chòu dòu fu stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
 cū zhì làn zào to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom) / rough and slipshod work
 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth
 máo biān raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc) / rough edge
 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper
 lóng dǎn rough gentian / Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra)
 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy
稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
 cū sì liào silage / rough fodder
 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
 yuē jì approximate estimate / a rough count
 má generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
 pō to splash / to spill / rough and coarse / brutish
 dá rough bamboo mat
 pǔ thick rough serge from Tibet
 lǔ thick rough serge from Tibet
 shī rough, indelicate silk
 lu:è zhī yī èr to know just a little / to have a rough idea
 bǒ dàng to be tossed around (like a boat on a rough sea)
 chù rough and rugged
 cū coarse, rough, rude
 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream a rough mountain path
 dà fán cū zhī a rough acquaintance with sth
 dà chún xiǎo cī great despite minor blemishes / a rough diamond
 jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
 cū gū rough estimate
 cāo miàn nèi zhì wǎng rough endoplasmic reticulum
 sū gé lán mù yáng quǎn Scotch collie / rough collie
  rough controls
西  roughhead grenadier / rough rattail
  system for international rough diamond export and import controls
  Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds / Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
 jīn bó lì jìn chéng zhèng shū zhì duó Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds / Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
  rough diamond
 cuò rough tree bark
 kè nán to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful / (of circumstances) difficult / challenging / (of a budget) tight / (of a man-made thing) makeshift / rough and ready
 bào lì fēn jiǎn rough handling of parcels during mail sorting
宿 fēng cān lù sù lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
 cǎo tái bān zi small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
 cū jiǎn (cinema) rough cut
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