"Those" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 nà that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
 nà xiē those
 bǐ that / those / (one) another
 suǒ shǔ one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
 dāng nián in those days / then / in those years / during that time
 nà shí then / at that time / in those days
 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
 shòu hài zhě casualty / victim / those injured and wounded
 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after
 zì jǐ rén those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us
 shàng bian the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb
 dāng quán zhě ruler / those in power / the authorities
 Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
 lián zuò to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)
 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
 yuè guāng zú lit. moonlight group / fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)
 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing
 tóng lè huì social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc)
 chéng qián bì hòu lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
 dǎng tóng fá yì to be narrowly partisan / to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views
 páng guān zhě qīng an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
 rén rén yì shì those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision
 dé dào duō zhù a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom) / those upholding justice will find help all around
 fú wēi jì kùn to help those in distress (idiom)
 jì kùn fú wēi to help those in distress (idiom)
 lán cuī yù zhé premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
 zhū chú yì jǐ to wipe out dissenters / to exterminate those who disagree
 yíng lái sòng wǎng lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom) / busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
访 shòu fǎng zhě participant in a survey / an interviewee / those questioned
 yuán bì arms like those of an ape &mdash / muscular, or long and dexterous
 jí hūn zú (coll.) those who are in a rush to get married
穿 guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
 yǒu guān rén shì persons involved / those connected with (sth)
 zhuó small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam
 chū xí biǎo jué bǐ lì proportion of those present and voting
 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín poor people (idiom) / those who live from hand to mouth
 qù Tái to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
 qù Tái rén yuán those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
 tiān dù yīng cái heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom) / the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young
 fú wēi to help those in distress
 shuǐ xiān variant of 水仙, narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
 Qīng liú clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
 dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
 jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi those who handle cinnabar are stained red / those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
  Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
  Principles to prevent terrorists, or those that harbour them, from gaining access to weapons or materials of mass destruction / Kananaskis Principles
  Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in the Arab States
  Implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
  Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
  Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and Oceania
 běn shěng rén people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
 yào bǔ bù rú shí bǔ the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
 chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
 hài rén zhī xīn bù kě yǒu , fáng rén zhī xīn bù kě wú refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
 zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]
 Zhào jiā rén (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC)
 yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)
 dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
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