"Shed" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
脱 tuō to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from
洒 sǎ to sprinkle / to spray / to spill / to shed
小屋 xiǎo wū cabin / lodge / cottage / chalet / hut / shed
脱掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off
挥洒 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
褪去 tuì qù to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4]
淌下 tǎng xià to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
棚子 péng zi shack / shed / CL:間|间[jian1]
棚 péng shed / canopy / shack
淌 tǎng to drip / to trickle / to shed (tears)
货棚 huò péng covered stall / shed
流泪 liú lèi to shed tears
流血 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood
落泪 luò lèi to shed tears / to weep
脱胎换骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
卖命 mài mìng to throw one's life in for / to haplessly give one's life for / to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group / to pour in one's utmost effort / to shed one's last ounce of strength for
掉泪 diào lèi to shed tears
潸然泪下 shān rán lèi xià to shed silent tears (idiom)
垂泪 chuí lèi to shed tears
碧血 bì xuè blood shed in a just cause
假惺惺 jiǎ xīng xīng hypocritical / unctuous / insincerely courteous / to shed crocodile tears
脱胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
挥泪 huī lèi to shed tears / to be all in tears
声泪俱下 shēng lèi jù xià to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
撕破脸 sī pò liǎn to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
涕泣 tì qì to weep / to shed tears
涕零 tì líng to shed tears / to weep
褪 tuì to take off (clothes) / to shed feathers / (of color) to fade / to discolor
龆 tiáo shed the milk teeth / young
牿 gù shed or pen for cattle
感激涕零 gǎn jī tì líng to shed tears of gratitude (idiom) / moved to tears
不见棺材不落泪 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
茅棚 máo péng thatched shed
蹲膘 dūn biāo to fatten cattle in a shed / to become fat
汍 wán shed tears
一掬同情之泪 yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
垂泣 chuí qì to shed tears
淌泪 tǎng lèi to shed a tear
淌眼泪 tǎng yǎn lèi to shed tears
脱皮掉肉 tuō pí diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off
脱羽 tuō yǔ to shed feathers / to molt (of birds)
脱离苦海 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight
脱骨成佛 tuō gǔ chéng Fó to shed one's bones and become a Buddha
脱骨换胎 tuō gǔ huàn tāi to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly
苦海无边，回头是岸 kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
遗蜕 yí tuì to shed skin / to leave one's mortal envelope / remains (of a priest)
工寮 gōng liáo (Tw) (on-site) workers' dormitory hut / workers' shed
湘妃竹 xiāng fēi zhú same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death
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