| 開 | [ kaī ] to open, to start, to turn on, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), to operate (a vehicle), carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format |
| 開三次方 | [ kaī sān cì fāng ] cube root, to extract a cube root |
| 開交 | [ kaī ] (used with negative) to conclude, (impossible) to end, (can't) finish |
| 開仗 | [ kaī zhàng ] to start a war, to open hostilities |
| 開伙 | [ kaī huǒ ] to start providing food, to open today's service in a canteen |
| 開伯爾 | [ kaī bó ěr ] Khyber province of Pakistan, Northwest Frontier province |
| 開伯爾山口 | [ kaī bó ěr shān koǔ ] Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan) |
| 開例 | [ kaī lì ] to create a precedent |
| 開倒車 | [ kaī daò chē ] to drive in reverse, fig. to take a backward step, retrogressive, trying to turn the clock back |
| 開價 | [ kaī jià ] to quote a price, seller's first offer |
| 開元 | [ kaī yuán ] Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity |
| 開先 | [ kaī xiān ] at first |
| 開光 | [ kaī guāng ] eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism), to consecrate, to bless, transparent, translucent, haircut, shaving the head or face (humorous), a method of decoration, first light (astronomy) |
| 開具 | [ kaī jù ] to draw up (a document) |
| 開凍 | [ kaī dòng ] to thaw, to melt |
| 開刀 | [ kaī daō ] (of a surgeon) to perform an operation, (of a patient) to have an operation, to decapitate, to behead, to single out as a point of attack |
| 開刃 | [ kaī rèn ] to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc |
| 開列 | [ kaī liè ] to make (a list), to list |
| 開初 | [ kaī chū ] at the outset, at first, early |
| 開創 | [ kaī chuàng ] to initiate, to start, to found |
| 開創性 | [ kaī chuàng xìng ] innovative |
| 開動 | [ kaī dòng ] to start, to set in motion, to move, to march, to dig in (eating), to tuck in (eating) |
| 開化 | [ kaī huà ] to become civilized, to be open-minded, (of ice) to thaw |
| 開化縣 | [ kaī huà xiàn ] Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 開區間 | [ kaī qū jiān ] open interval (in calculus) |
| 開印 | [ kaī yìn ] to start a print run |
| 開卷 | [ kaī juàn ] to open a book, open-book (exam) |
| 開卷有益 | [ kaī juàn yoǔ yì ] lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education |
| 開原 | [ kaī yuán ] Kaiyuan county level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[Tie3 ling3], Liaoning |
| 開原市 | [ kaī yuán shì ] Kaiyuan county level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[Tie3 ling3], Liaoning |
| 開原縣 | [ kaī yuán xiàn ] Kaiyuan county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[Tie3 ling3], Liaoning |
| 開口 | [ kaī koǔ ] to open one's mouth, to start to talk |
| 開口子 | [ kaī koǔ zi ] a dike breaks, fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds), to open the floodgates |
| 開口成髒 | [ kaī koǔ chéng zāng ] (Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chu1 kou3 cheng2 zhang1]) |
| 開司米 | [ kaī sī mǐ ] cashmere (loanword) |
| 開吃 | [ kaī chī ] to start eating |
| 開合 | [ kaī hé ] to open and close |
| 開味 | [ kaī weì ] whet the appetite |
| 開啟 | [ kaī qǐ ] to open, to start, (computing) to enable |
| 開單 | [ kaī dān ] to bill, to open a tab |
| 開國 | [ kaī guó ] to found a state, to open a closed country |
| 開國元勛 | [ kaī guó yuán xūn ] variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty), founding father, fig. also used of company, school etc |
| 開國元勳 | [ kaī guó yuán xūn ] founding figure (of a country or dynasty), founding father, fig. also used of company or school etc |
| 開國功臣 | [ kaī guó gōng chén ] outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state) |
| 開地 | [ kaī dì ] to clear land (for cultivation), to open up land |
| 開城 | [ kaī chéng ] Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies |
| 開城市 | [ kaī chéng shì ] Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies |
| 開埠 | [ kaī bù ] to open up a port for trade, to open treaty ports |
| 開堂 | [ kaī táng ] to open a law court, to set up a mourning hall |
| 開場 | [ kaī chǎng ] to begin, to open, to start, beginning of an event |
| 開場白 | [ kaī chǎng baí ] prologue of play, opening remarks, preamble (of speeches, articles etc) |
| 開墾 | [ kaī kěn ] to clear a wild area for cultivation, to put under the plow |
| 開士米 | [ kaī shì mǐ ] cashmere (loanword) |
| 開壺 | [ kaī hú ] pot of boiling water |
| 開外 | [ kaī waì ] over and above (some amount), beyond (budget) |
| 開外掛 | [ kaī waì guà ] see 開掛|开挂[kai1 gua4] |
| 開夜車 | [ kaī yè chē ] to burn the midnight oil, to work late into the night |
| 開大油門 | [ kaī dà yoú mén ] to open the throttle, to accelerate, to let her rip |
| 開天窗 | [ kaī tiān chuāng ] to leave a blank to mark censored area |
| 開天避地 | [ kaī tiān bì dì ] to open the sky and divide the earth, ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth |
| 開天闢地 | [ kaī tiān pì dì ] to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth |
| 開始 | [ kaī shǐ ] to begin, beginning, to start, initial, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 開始以前 | [ kaī shǐ yǐ qián ] before the beginning (of sth) |
| 開始比賽 | [ kaī shǐ bǐ saì ] to start a match, to kick off |
| 開學 | [ kaī xué ] foundation of a University or College, school opening, the start of a new term |
| 開宗明義 | [ kaī zōng míng yì ] to declare at the outset (idiom) |
| 開封 | [ kaī fēng ] Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan, old name Bianliang 汴梁[Bian4 liang2] |
| 開封地區 | [ kaī fēng dì qū ] Kaifeng prefecture in Henan |
| 開封市 | [ kaī fēng shì ] Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan, old name Bianliang 汴梁[Bian4 liang2] |
| 開封府 | [ kaī fēng fǔ ] Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty |
| 開封縣 | [ kaī fēng xiàn ] Kaifeng county in Kaifeng, Henan |
| 開導 | [ kaī daǒ ] to talk sb round, to straighten sth out, to enlighten |
| 開小差 | [ kaī chaī ] to be absent-minded, to desert, to abscond from the army, absent without leave (AWOL) |
| 開小會 | [ kaī huì ] to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture) |
| 開小灶 | [ kaī zaò ] to give preferential treatment, to give special attention |
| 開局 | [ kaī jú ] opening (chess etc), early stage of game, match, work, activity etc |
| 開屏 | [ kaī píng ] (a peacock) spreads its tail |
| 開展 | [ kaī zhǎn ] to launch, to develop, to unfold, (of an exhibition etc) to open |
| 開山 | [ kaī shān ] to cut into a mountain (to open a mine), to open a monastery |
| 開山刀 | [ kaī shān daō ] machete |
| 開山祖師 | [ kaī shān zǔ shī ] founding master of a monastery, founder, originator |
| 開山鼻祖 | [ kaī shān bí zǔ ] founder |
| 開工 | [ kaī gōng ] to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation), to start a construction job |
| 開市 | [ kaī shì ] (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading, to make the first transaction of the day |
| 開幕 | [ kaī mù ] to open (a conference), to inaugurate |
| 開幕典禮 | [ kaī mù diǎn lǐ ] opening ceremony |
| 開幕式 | [ kaī mù shì ] opening ceremony |
| 開幕詞 | [ kaī mù cí ] opening speech (at a conference) |
| 開平 | [ kaī píng ] Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong, Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei |
| 開平區 | [ kaī píng qū ] Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei |
| 開平市 | [ kaī píng shì ] Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong |
| 開店 | [ kaī diàn ] to open shop |
| 開庭 | [ kaī tíng ] to begin a (judicial) court session |
| 開弓不放箭 | [ kaī gōng bù fàng jiàn ] lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom), fig. to bluff, to be all talk and no action, false bravado |
| 開弓沒有回頭箭 | [ kaī gōng meí yoǔ huí toú jiàn ] lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom), fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back, to have to finish what one started, to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks |
| 開弔 | [ kaī ] to hold memorial service, to hold a funeral |
| 開張 | [ kaī zhāng ] to open a business, first transaction of a business day |
| 開往 | [ kaī wǎng ] (of a bus, train etc) to leave for, heading for |
| 開後門 | [ kaī hoù mén ] to open the back door, fig. under the counter, to do a secret or dishonest deal, to let sth in by the back door |
| 開徵 | [ kaī zhēng ] to start collecting taxes |
| 開心 | [ kaī xīn ] to feel happy, to rejoice, to have a great time, to make fun of sb |
| 開心果 | [ kaī xīn guǒ ] pistachio nuts, fig. amusing person |
| 開心顏 | [ kaī xīn yán ] to rejoice, smiling |
| 開快車 | [ kaī chē ] an express train sets off, fig. to work in haste, to rush |
| 開恩 | [ kaī ēn ] to give a favor (used of Christian God) |
| 開悟 | [ kaī wù ] to become enlightened (Buddhism) |
| 開懷 | [ kaī ] to one's heart's content, without restraint |
| 開戒 | [ kaī jiè ] to end abstinence, to resume (drinking) after a break, to break (a taboo) |
| 開戰 | [ kaī zhàn ] to start a war, to make war, to battle against |
| 開戲 | [ kaī xì ] to start an opera |
| 開戶 | [ kaī hù ] to open an account (bank etc) |
| 開房 | [ kaī fáng ] see 開房間|开房间[kai1 fang2 jian1] |
| 開房間 | [ kaī fáng jiān ] to take a hotel room, to rent a room, (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex |
| 開打 | [ kaī dǎ ] (of a sports competition or match) to commence, (of a war or battle) to break out, to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera), to brawl, to come to blows |
| 開拍 | [ kaī paī ] to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc), to start the bidding (auction), to start a trading session (stock market) |
| 開拓 | [ kaī tuò ] to break new ground (for agriculture), to open up (a new seam), to develop (border regions), fig. to open up (new horizons) |
| 開拓性 | [ kaī tuò xìng ] pioneering, groundbreaking |
| 開拓者 | [ kaī tuò zhě ] pioneer |
| 開拔 | [ kaī bá ] to set out (of troops), departure, start date (of military expedition) |
| 開挖 | [ kaī wā ] to dig out, to excavate, to scoop out |
| 開掘 | [ kaī jué ] to excavate, to dig out, fig. to investigate (in an archive) |
| 開掛 | [ kaī guà ] to cheat in an online game (abbr. for 開外掛|开外挂[kai1 wai4 gua4]), (coll.) unbelievably good |
| 開採 | [ kaī caǐ ] to extract (ore or other resource from a mine), to exploit, to mine |
| 開支 | [ kaī zhī ] expenditures, expenses, CL:筆|笔[bi3], 項|项[xiang4], to spend money, (coll.) to pay wages |
| 開放 | [ kaī fàng ] to bloom, to open, to be open (to the public), to open up (to the outside), to be open-minded, unrestrained by convention, unconstrained in one's sexuality |
| 開放式系統 | [ kaī fàng shì xì tǒng ] open system(s) |
| 開放式網絡 | [ kaī fàng shì wǎng luò ] open network |
| 開放性 | [ kaī fàng xìng ] openness |
| 開放源代碼 | [ kaī fàng yuán daì mǎ ] see 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1 fang4 yuan2 ma3] |
| 開放源碼 | [ kaī fàng yuán mǎ ] open source (computing) |
| 開放源碼軟件 | [ kaī fàng yuán mǎ ruǎn jiàn ] open source software (OSS) |
| 開放系統 | [ kaī fàng xì tǒng ] open system |
| 開放系統互連 | [ kaī fàng xì tǒng hù lián ] open systems interconnection, OSI |
| 開敗 | [ kaī baì ] to wither and fall |
| 開敞 | [ kaī chǎng ] wide open |
| 開方 | [ kaī fāng ] to extract a square root |
| 開明 | [ kaī míng ] enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment |
| 開明君主 | [ kaī míng jūn zhǔ ] enlightened sovereign |
| 開映 | [ kaī yìng ] to start showing a movie |
| 開春 | [ kaī chūn ] beginning of spring, the lunar New Year |
| 開普勒 | [ kaī pǔ lè ] Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion |
| 開普敦 | [ kaī pǔ dūn ] Cape Town (city in South Africa) |
| 開晴 | [ kaī qíng ] to brighten up |
| 開暢 | [ kaī chàng ] happy and carefree |
| 開曠 | [ kaī kuàng ] open and vast |
| 開曼群島 | [ kaī màn qún daǒ ] Cayman Islands |
| 開會 | [ kaī huì ] to hold a meeting, to attend a meeting |
| 開服 | [ kaī fú ] to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc) |
| 開朗 | [ kaī lǎng ] spacious and well-lit, open and clear, (of character) optimistic, cheerful, carefree |
| 開本 | [ kaī běn ] book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2 liu4 kai1] is roughly A4), abbr. to 開|开[kai1] |
| 開架 | [ kaī jià ] open shelves (in self-service store or user access library) |
| 開桿 | [ kaī gǎn ] to tee off (golf), to break (snooker) |
| 開業 | [ kaī yè ] to open a business, to open a practice, open (for business) |
| 開業大吉 | [ kaī yè dà jí ] celebration on opening a business |
| 開槍 | [ kaī qiāng ] to open fire, to shoot a gun |
| 開機 | [ kaī jī ] to start an engine, to boot up (a computer), to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete, to begin shooting a film or TV show |
| 開步 | [ kaī bù ] to step forward, to walk |
| 開水 | [ kaī shuǐ ] boiled water, boiling water |
| 開水壺 | [ kaī shuǐ hú ] kettle |
| 開江 | [ kaī jiāng ] Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan |
| 開江縣 | [ kaī jiāng xiàn ] Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan |
| 開河 | [ kaī hé ] to open a river, to dig a canal, to thaw (of river) |
| 開河期 | [ kaī hé qī ] thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring |
| 開消 | [ kaī ] variant of 開銷|开销[kai1 xiao1] |
| 開涮 | [ kaī shuàn ] (coll.) to make fun of (sb), to play tricks on |
| 開源 | [ kaī yuán ] to expand one's financial resources, abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1 fang4 yuan2 ma3] |
| 開源節流 | [ kaī yuán jié liú ] lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending, to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure |
| 開溜 | [ kaī liū ] to leave in stealth, to slip away |
| 開滿 | [ kaī mǎn ] to bloom abundantly |
| 開演 | [ kaī yǎn ] (of a play, movie etc) to begin |
| 開漳聖王 | [ kaī zhāng shèng wáng ] Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1] |
| 開火 | [ kaī huǒ ] to open fire |
| 開燈 | [ kaī dēng ] to turn on the light |
| 開爐 | [ kaī lú ] to open a furnace, to start up a furnace |
| 開爾文 | [ kaī ěr wén ] Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson), Kelvin (temperature scale) |
| 開犁 | [ kaī lí ] to start plowing, to plow the first furrow |
| 開獎 | [ kaī jiǎng ] to announce the winners in a lottery |
| 開玩笑 | [ kaī wán ] to play a joke, to make fun of, to joke |
| 開球 | [ kaī qiú ] open ball (math.), to start a ball game, to kick off (soccer), to tee off (golf) |
| 開瓶器 | [ kaī píng qì ] bottle opener |
| 開瓶費 | [ kaī píng feì ] corkage fee |
| 開疆 | [ kaī jiāng ] to pioneer a frontier area, to open up new territory |
| 開發 | [ kaī fā ] to exploit (a resource), to open up (for development), to develop |
| 開發人員 | [ kaī fā rén yuán ] developer |
| 開發區 | [ kaī fā qū ] development zone |
| 開發周期 | [ kaī fā zhoū qī ] development cycle, development period, also written 開發週期|开发周期 |
| 開發商 | [ kaī fā shāng ] developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc) |
| 開發環境 | [ kaī fā huán jìng ] development environment (computer) |
| 開發週期 | [ kaī fā zhoū qī ] development cycle, development period |
| 開發過程 | [ kaī fā guò chéng ] development process |
| 開發銀行 | [ kaī fā yín háng ] development bank |
| 開皌 | [ kaī mò ] to receive condolences |
| 開盤 | [ kaī pán ] to commence trading (stock market) |
| 開盤匯率 | [ kaī pán huì lǜ ] opening exchange rate |
| 開眼 | [ kaī yǎn ] to open one's eyes, to widen one's horizons |
| 開眼界 | [ kaī yǎn jiè ] broaden, expand one's horizons |
| 開砲 | [ kaī paò ] to open fire |
| 開礦 | [ kaī kuàng ] to mine, to open a seam |
| 開示 | [ kaī shì ] to instruct (novices), to preach, to teach, to reveal |
| 開票 | [ kaī ] to open ballot boxes, to count votes, to make out a voucher or invoice etc, to write out a receipt |
| 開禁 | [ kaī jìn ] to lift a ban, to lift a curfew |
| 開福 | [ kaī fú ] Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan |
| 開福區 | [ kaī fú qū ] Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan |
| 開竅 | [ kaī ] to get it straight, to start to understand things properly, enlightenment dawns |
| 開立 | [ kaī lì ] to found, to establish, to set up, to open (an account, a branch store etc), to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc) |
| 開站 | [ kaī zhàn ] to put a new bus or railway station into operation |
| 開端 | [ kaī duān ] start, beginning |
| 開筆 | [ kaī bǐ ] to start learning as a poet, to write one's first (poem, essay etc) |
| 開筵 | [ kaī yán ] to host a banquet |
| 開箱 | [ kaī xiāng ] unboxing, to unbox |
| 開篇 | [ kaī piān ] start of literary work, opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] |
| 開紅盤 | [ kaī hóng pán ] (of a store) to open for business for the first time in the New Year, (of a business) to be profitable, (of a stock market) to rise, (sport) to win one's first match of a competition |
| 開綠燈 | [ kaī lǜ dēng ] to give the green light, to give the go-ahead |
| 開綻 | [ kaī zhàn ] to come unsewn |
| 開線 | [ kaī xiàn ] to come unsewn, to split at the seam |
| 開縣 | [ kaī xiàn ] Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 開罪 | [ kaī zuì ] to offend sb, to give offense, to displease |
| 開罰單 | [ kaī fá dān ] to issue an infringement notice |
| 開羅 | [ kaī luó ] Cairo, capital of Egypt |
| 開羅大學 | [ kaī luó dà xué ] Cairo University |
| 開胃 | [ kaī weì ] to whet the appetite, appetizing, to amuse oneself at sb's expense, to tease |
| 開胃菜 | [ kaī weì caì ] starter, appetizer |
| 開胃酒 | [ kaī weì jiǔ ] aperitif wine |
| 開脫 | [ kaī tuō ] to exculpate, to absolve, to exonerate |
| 開脫罪責 | [ kaī tuō zuì zé ] to absolve sb from guilt, to exonerate, to exculpate |
| 開腔 | [ kaī qiāng ] to speak out, to start speaking |
| 開腦洞 | [ kaī naǒ dòng ] to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas |
| 開膛手傑克 | [ kaī táng shoǔ jié kè ] Jack the Ripper |
| 開膠 | [ kaī ] to come unglued, to come apart |
| 開臉 | [ kaī liǎn ] (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old), to carve a face |
| 開臺 | [ kaī taí ] start of play, opening of theatrical performance |
| 開臺鑼鼓 | [ kaī taí luó gǔ ] opening gong, gong strokes announcing start of opera performance |
| 開船 | [ kaī chuán ] to set sail |
| 開花 | [ kaī huā ] to bloom, to blossom, to flower, fig. to burst open, to feel happy or elated, new development grows out |
| 開花兒 | [ kaī huā ] erhua variant of 開花|开花[kai1 hua1] |
| 開花衣 | [ kaī huā yī ] to open a bale of cotton |
| 開苞 | [ kaī baō ] to deflower |
| 開荒 | [ kaī huāng ] to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 開葷 | [ kaī hūn ] to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet, (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience |
| 開蒙 | [ kaī méng ] (old) (of a child) to begin schooling |
| 開藥 | [ kaī yaò ] to prescribe medicine |
| 開行 | [ kaī xíng ] (of a bus, a train, a boat) to start off |
| 開衩 | [ kaī chà ] slit (in clothing) |
| 開裂 | [ kaī liè ] to split open, to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) |
| 開襟 | [ kaī jīn ] buttoned Chinese tunic, unbuttoned (to cool down) |
| 開襟衫 | [ kaī jīn shān ] cardigan |
| 開襠褲 | [ kaī dāng kù ] open-crotch pants (for toddlers) |
| 開解 | [ kaī jiě ] to straighten out, to explain, to ease sb's anxiety |
| 開言 | [ kaī yán ] to start to speak |
| 開設 | [ kaī shè ] to offer (goods or services), to open (for business etc) |
| 開許 | [ kaī xǔ ] (literary) to allow, to permit |
| 開誠 | [ kaī chéng ] to be honest, to show sincerity |
| 開誠佈公 | [ kaī chéng bù gōng ] variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1] |
| 開誠布公 | [ kaī 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 |
| 開誠相見 | [ kaī chéng xiāng jiàn ] candid and open (idiom) |
| 開課 | [ kaī kè ] school begins, give a course, teach a subject |
| 開講 | [ kaī jiǎng ] to begin a lecture, to start on a story |
| 開議 | [ kaī yì ] to hold a (business) meeting, to start negotiations |
| 開賬 | [ kaī zhàng ] to make out a bill |
| 開賽 | [ kaī saì ] to start a match, the kick-off |
| 開走 | [ kaī zoǔ ] to go (of car, train etc), to drive off |
| 開赴 | [ kaī fù ] (of troops) to depart for, to head for |
| 開足馬力 | [ kaī zú mǎ lì ] to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed, fig. to work as hard as possible |
| 開路 | [ kaī lù ] to open up a path, to make one's way through, to construct a road, (electricity) open circuit |
| 開路先鋒 | [ kaī lù xiān fēng ] pioneer, trailbreaker |
| 開車 | [ kaī chē ] to drive a car |
| 開車人 | [ kaī chē rén ] driver, person driving a vehicle |
| 開車族 | [ kaī chē zú ] motorists |
| 開辦 | [ kaī bàn ] to open, to start (a business etc), to set up |
| 開通 | [ kaī tōng ] to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc) |
| 開通 | [ kaī tong ] open-minded |
| 開運竹 | [ kaī yùn zhú ] lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) |
| 開道 | [ kaī daò ] to clear the way |
| 開遠 | [ kaī yuǎn ] Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 開遠市 | [ kaī yuǎn shì ] Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 開都河 | [ kaī dū hé ] Kaidu River, Xinjiang |
| 開酒費 | [ kaī jiǔ feì ] corkage fee |
| 開釋 | [ kaī shì ] to release (a prisoner) |
| 開金 | [ kaī jīn ] carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold) |
| 開銷 | [ kaī ] to pay (expenses), expenses, (old) to dismiss (an employee) |
| 開鍋 | [ kaī guō ] to season a wok, to take the lid off a pot, (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil, (fig.) to become rowdy |
| 開鎖 | [ kaī suǒ ] to unlock |
| 開鐮 | [ kaī lián ] to start the harvest |
| 開鑼 | [ kaī luó ] to beat the gong to open a performance |
| 開鑼喝道 | [ kaī luó hè daò ] to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) |
| 開鑽 | [ kaī zuān ] to start drilling |
| 開鑿 | [ kaī zaó ] to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) |
| 開門 | [ kaī mén ] to open a door (lit. and fig.), to open for business |
| 開門揖盜 | [ kaī mén yī daò ] leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand |
| 開門炮 | [ kaī mén paò ] firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition) |
| 開門紅 | [ kaī mén hóng ] a good beginning |
| 開門見山 | [ kaī mén jiàn shān ] lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom) |
| 開閉幕式 | [ kaī bì mù shì ] opening and closing ceremonies |
| 開間 | [ kaī jiān ] alcove, bay in a room, unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters |
| 開闊 | [ kaī kuò ] wide, open (spaces), to open up |
| 開關 | [ kaī guān ] power switch, gas valve, to open the city (or frontier) gate, to open and close, to switch on and off |
| 開闢 | [ kaī pì ] to open up, to set up, to establish |
| 開闢者 | [ kaī pì zhě ] pioneer, groundbreaker |
| 開除 | [ kaī chú ] to expel (a member of an organization), to fire (an employee) |
| 開除學籍 | [ kaī chú xué jí ] to expel from school |
| 開除黨籍 | [ kaī chú dǎng jí ] to expel from the Party |
| 開陽 | [ kaī yáng ] zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper, Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou |
| 開陽縣 | [ kaī yáng xiàn ] Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou |
| 開集 | [ kaī jí ] open set (math.) |
| 開霽 | [ kaī jì ] to clear up (of weather) |
| 開革 | [ kaī gé ] to fire, to discharge |
| 開頭 | [ kaī toú ] beginning, to start |
| 開顏 | [ kaī yán ] to smile, to beam |
| 開飯 | [ kaī fàn ] to serve a meal |
| 開首 | [ kaī shoǔ ] beginning, start, opening, in the beginning, to start, to open |
| 開高叉 | [ kaī gaō chā ] slit dress |
| 開魯 | [ kaī lǔ ] Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia |
| 開魯縣 | [ kaī lǔ xiàn ] Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia |
| 開麥拉 | [ kaī maì lā ] camera (loanword) |
| 開黑店 | [ kaī heī diàn ] lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction), fig. to carry out a scam, to run a protection racket, daylight robbery |
| 開齋 | [ kaī zhaī ] to stop following a vegetarian diet, to break a fast |
| 開齋節 | [ kaī zhaī jié ] Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan |
| ⇒ 一夫當關，萬夫莫開 | [ yī fū dāng guān wàn fū mò kaī ] one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom) |
| ⇒ 一把鑰匙開一把鎖 | [ yī bǎ yaò shi kaī yī bǎ suǒ ] One key opens one lock., There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 三七開 | [ sān qī kaī ] ratio seventy to thirty, thirty percent failure, seventy percent success |
| ⇒ 三七開定論 | [ sān qī kaī dìng lùn ] thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong |
| ⇒ 不可開交 | [ bù kě kaī ] to be awfully (busy etc) |
| ⇒ 不開竅 | [ bù kaī ] unable to understand, can't get the point |
| ⇒ 丟開 | [ diū kaī ] to cast or put aside, to forget for a while |
| ⇒ 亞洲開發銀行 | [ yà zhoū kaī fā yín háng ] Asian Development Bank |
| ⇒ 伸開 | [ shēn kaī ] to stretch out |
| ⇒ 保險解開系統 | [ baǒ xiǎn jiě kaī xì tǒng ] arming system |
| ⇒ 信口開合 | [ xìn koǔ kaī hé ] variant of 信口開河|信口开河[xin4 kou3 kai1 he2] |
| ⇒ 信口開河 | [ xìn koǔ kaī hé ] to speak without thinking (idiom), to blurt sth out |
| ⇒ 倒開 | [ daò kaī ] to reverse a vehicle, to drive backwards |
| ⇒ 傳開 | [ chuán kaī ] (of news) to spread, to get around |
| ⇒ 免開尊口 | [ miǎn kaī zūn koǔ ] keep your thoughts to yourself |
| ⇒ 八開 | [ bā kaī ] octavo |
| ⇒ 公共開支 | [ gōng gòng kaī zhī ] public expenditure |
| ⇒ 公開 | [ gōng kaī ] public, to publish, to make public |
| ⇒ 公開信 | [ gōng kaī xìn ] open letter |
| ⇒ 公開化 | [ gōng kaī huà ] to publicize, openness (of government, PRC equivalent of "glasnost") |
| ⇒ 公開指責 | [ gōng kaī zhǐ zé ] to denounce |
| ⇒ 公開討論會 | [ gōng kaī taǒ lùn huì ] open forum |
| ⇒ 公開賽 | [ gōng kaī saì ] (sports) open championship, open (as in "the US Open") |
| ⇒ 公開鑰匙 | [ gōng kaī yaò shi ] public key (in encryption) |
| ⇒ 再開 | [ zaì kaī ] to reopen, to start again |
| ⇒ 分開 | [ fēn kaī ] to separate, to part |
| ⇒ 別開生面 | [ bié kaī shēng miàn ] to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path, to break fresh ground |
| ⇒ 劈開 | [ pī kaī ] to cleave, to split open, to spread open (fingers, legs) |
| ⇒ 化開 | [ huà kaī ] to spread out after being diluted or melted, to dissolve into a liquid |
| ⇒ 半公開 | [ bàn gōng kaī ] semiovert, more or less open |
| ⇒ 半開化 | [ bàn kaī huà ] semicivilized |
| ⇒ 半開半關 | [ bàn kaī bàn guān ] half-open, half closed |
| ⇒ 半開門 | [ bàn kaī mén ] half-open door, fig. prostitute |
| ⇒ 半開門兒 | [ bàn kaī mén ] erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2] |
| ⇒ 南開 | [ nán kaī ] Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| ⇒ 南開區 | [ nán kaī qū ] Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| ⇒ 南開大學 | [ nán kaī dà xué ] Nankai University (Tianjin) |
| ⇒ 另開 | [ lìng kaī ] to break up, to divide property and live apart, to start on a new (path) |
| ⇒ 召開 | [ zhaò kaī ] to convene (a conference or meeting), to convoke, to call together |
| ⇒ 召開會議 | [ zhaò kaī huì yì ] to call a conference, to convene a meeting |
| ⇒ 吃不開 | [ chī bu kaī ] be unpopular, won't work |
| ⇒ 吃得開 | [ chī de kaī ] to be popular, to be getting on well, much in demand |
| ⇒ 吾爾開希 | [ wú ěr kaī xī ] Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
| ⇒ 周轉不開 | [ zhoū zhuǎn bù kaī ] to have financial difficulties, unable to make ends meet |
| ⇒ 咧開嘴笑 | [ liě kaī zuǐ ] to laugh |
| ⇒ 哪壺不開提哪壺 | [ nǎ hú bù kaī tí nǎ hú ] lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot, to talk about sb's weak point |
| ⇒ 喜笑顏開 | [ xǐ yán kaī ] grinning from ear to ear (idiom), beaming with happiness |
| ⇒ 國家開發銀行 | [ guó jiā kaī fā yín háng ] China Development Bank |
| ⇒ 夜開花 | [ yè kaī huā ] bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1]) |
| ⇒ 大開 | [ dà kaī ] to open wide |
| ⇒ 大開齋 | [ dà kaī zhaī ] see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2] |
| ⇒ 天安門開了 | [ tiān ān mén kaī le ] pants fly is down, the barn door is open |
| ⇒ 封閉性開局 | [ fēng bì xìng kaī jú ] Closed Game, Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess), same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局 |
| ⇒ 封開 | [ fēng kaī ] Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 封開縣 | [ fēng kaī xiàn ] Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 尋開心 | [ xún kaī xīn ] to make fun of, to seek diversion |
| ⇒ 對開 | [ duì kaī ] running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) |
| ⇒ 小開 | [ kaī ] (dialect) boss's son, rich man's son, young master |
| ⇒ 展開 | [ zhǎn kaī ] to unfold, to carry out, to be in full swing, to launch |
| ⇒ 展開圖 | [ zhǎn kaī tú ] expansion plan, development graph |
| ⇒ 岔開 | [ chà kaī ] to diverge, to branch off the road, to change (the subject) |
| ⇒ 左右開弓 | [ zuǒ yoù kaī gōng ] lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom), fig. to display ambidexterity, to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession, to use both feet equally (football) |
| ⇒ 帝王切開 | [ dì wáng qiē kaī ] Cesarean section |
| ⇒ 廣開言路 | [ guǎng kaī yán lù ] to encourage the free airing of views (idiom) |
| ⇒ 引開 | [ yǐn kaī ] to lure away, to divert |
| ⇒ 張開 | [ zhāng kaī ] to open up, to spread, to extend |
| ⇒ 從零開始 | [ cóng líng kaī shǐ ] to start from scratch |
| ⇒ 微擾展開 | [ weī raǒ zhǎn kaī ] perturbative expansion (physics) |
| ⇒ 心胸開闊 | [ xīn xiōng kaī kuò ] broad-minded, open-minded |
| ⇒ 情竇初開 | [ qíng doù chū kaī ] first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom) |
| ⇒ 想不開 | [ xiǎng bu kaī ] cannot figure out, to be unable to take a lighter view, to take things too hard, to be depressed, to fret over trifles |
| ⇒ 想得開 | [ xiǎng de kaī ] to not take to heart, to be free of worried thoughts, to adopt a lighthearted perspective, lighthearted |
| ⇒ 想開 | [ xiǎng kaī ] to get over (a shock, bereavement etc), to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things, to accept the situation and move on |
| ⇒ 扒開 | [ bā kaī ] to pry open or apart, to spread (sth) open with both hands |
| ⇒ 打開 | [ dǎ kaī ] to open, to show (a ticket), to turn on, to switch on |
| ⇒ 打開天窗說亮話 | [ dǎ kaī tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà ] not to mince words, not to beat about the bush |
| ⇒ 打開話匣子 | [ dǎ kaī huà xiá zi ] to start talking |
| ⇒ 投開票所 | [ toú kaī suǒ ] polling station, CL:處|处[chu4] |
| ⇒ 拆開 | [ chaī kaī ] to dismantle, to disassemble, to open up (sth sealed), to unpick |
| ⇒ 拉開 | [ lā kaī ] to pull open, to pull apart, to space out, to increase |
| ⇒ 拉開序幕 | [ lā kaī xù mù ] (fig.) to raise the curtain, to lift the curtain, to be a curtain raiser for |
| ⇒ 拉開架勢 | [ lā kaī jià shi ] to assume a fighting stance, (fig.) to take the offensive |
| ⇒ 拋開 | [ paō kaī ] to throw out, to get rid of |
| ⇒ 挖開 | [ wā kaī ] to dig into, to cut a mine into |
| ⇒ 挪開 | [ nuó kaī ] to move (sth) aside, to step aside, to move over (when sitting on a bench), to shift (one's gaze) |
| ⇒ 掀開 | [ xiān kaī ] to lift open, to tear open |
| ⇒ 推開 | [ tuī kaī ] to push open (a gate etc), to push away, to reject, to decline |
| ⇒ 掰開 | [ baī kaī ] to pull apart, to pry open with the hands |
| ⇒ 掰開揉碎 | [ baī kaī roú suì ] lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp, fig. to analyze minutely from every angle, to chew sth over |
| ⇒ 揭開 | [ jiē kaī ] to uncover, to open |
| ⇒ 撇開 | [ piē kaī ] to disregard, to leave aside |
| ⇒ 撇開不談 | [ piē kaī bù tán ] to ignore an issue (idiom) |
| ⇒ 撐開 | [ chēng kaī ] to stretch taut, to open (an umbrella), to hold (a bag etc) open, to prop open |
| ⇒ 撥開 | [ bō kaī ] to push aside, to part, to brush away |
| ⇒ 撩開 | [ kai ] to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something, to toss aside |
| ⇒ 撬開 | [ kaī ] to pry open, to lever open |
| ⇒ 擇不開 | [ zhaí bu kaī ] impossible to separate, impossible to disentangle, cannot take time out |
| ⇒ 擘開 | [ bò kaī ] to break open |
| ⇒ 擰開 | [ nǐng kaī ] to unscrew, to twist off (a lid), to turn on (a faucet), to switch on (by turning a knob), to turn (a door handle), to wrench apart |
| ⇒ 攤開 | [ tān kaī ] to spread out, to unfold |
| ⇒ 支開 | [ zhī kaī ] to send (sb) away, to change the subject, to open (an umbrella etc) |
| ⇒ 改革開放 | [ gaǐ gé kaī fàng ] to reform and open to the outside world, refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 |
| ⇒ 放開 | [ fàng kaī ] to let go, to release |
| ⇒ 放開手腳 | [ fàng kaī shoǔ ] to have free rein (idiom) |
| ⇒ 敞開 | [ chǎng kaī ] to open wide, unrestrictedly |
| ⇒ 敞開兒 | [ chǎng kaī ] unrestrictedly |
| ⇒ 散開 | [ sàn kaī ] to separate, to disperse |
| ⇒ 敲開 | [ kaī ] to get sth open by tapping or striking it, (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~, to gain access to ~ |
| ⇒ 斷開 | [ duàn kaī ] to break, to sever, to turn off (electric switch) |
| ⇒ 旗開得勝 | [ qí kaī dé shèng ] lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success, success in a single move |
| ⇒ 易開罐 | [ yì kaī guàn ] (Tw) pull-top can, easy-open can (with ring-pull) |
| ⇒ 李開復 | [ lǐ kaī fù ] Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009 |
| ⇒ 楊開慧 | [ yáng kaī huì ] Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife |
| ⇒ 樂開花 | [ lè kaī huā ] to burst with joy |
| ⇒ 樹上開花 | [ shù shàng kaī huā ] to deck the tree with false blossoms, to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom) |
| ⇒ 死豬不怕開水燙 | [ sǐ zhū bù pà kaī shuǐ tàng ] lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom), fig. to be unaffected (by sth), undaunted |
| ⇒ 比斯開灣 | [ bǐ sī kaī wān ] Bay of Biscay |
| ⇒ 氣動開關 | [ qì dòng kaī guān ] pneumatic switch |
| ⇒ 氣管切開術 | [ qì guǎn qiē kaī shù ] tracheotomy (medicine) |
| ⇒ 洋浦經濟開發區 | [ yáng pǔ jīng jì kaī fā qū ] Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan |
| ⇒ 洞開 | [ dòng kaī ] to be wide open |
| ⇒ 溫布爾登網球公開賽 | [ wēn bù ěr dēng wǎng qiú gōng kaī saì ] Wimbledon Championships (tennis) |
| ⇒ 滾開 | [ gǔn kaī ] to boil (of liquid), boiling hot, Get out!, Go away!, fuck off (rude) |
| ⇒ 濺開 | [ jiàn kaī ] splash |
| ⇒ 煮開 | [ zhǔ kaī ] to boil (food) |
| ⇒ 燒開 | [ shaō kaī ] to boil |
| ⇒ 狗竇大開 | [ goǔ doù dà kaī ] dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly) |
| ⇒ 甩開 | [ kaī ] to shake off, to get rid of |
| ⇒ 甩開膀子 | [ kaī bǎng zi ] to throw off inhibitions, to go all out |
| ⇒ 異想天開 | [ yì xiǎng tiān kaī ] to imagine the wildest thing, to indulge in fantasy |
| ⇒ 疏開 | [ shū kaī ] to disperse |
| ⇒ 白開水 | [ baí kaī shuǐ ] plain boiled water |
| ⇒ 皮開肉綻 | [ pí kaī roù zhàn ] flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) |
| ⇒ 盛開 | [ shèng kaī ] blooming, in full flower |
| ⇒ 眉開眼笑 | [ meí kaī yǎn ] brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy, all smiles |
| ⇒ 看開 | [ kàn kaī ] to come to accept an unpleasant fact, to get over sth, to cheer up |
| ⇒ 睜開 | [ zhēng kaī ] to open (one's eyes) |
| ⇒ 破開 | [ pò kaī ] to split, to cut open |
| ⇒ 磨不開 | [ mò bù kaī ] to feel embarrassed |
| ⇒ 磨得開 | [ mó de kaī ] unembarrassed, without fear of impairing personal relation |
| ⇒ 移開 | [ yí kaī ] to move away |
| ⇒ 笑逐顏開 | [ zhú yán kaī ] smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure, all smiles, joy written across one's face |
| ⇒ 管住嘴邁開腿 | [ guǎn zhù zuǐ maì kaī tuǐ ] lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight) |
| ⇒ 米開朗基羅 | [ mǐ kaī lǎng jī luó ] Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor |
| ⇒ 米開蘭基羅 | [ mǐ kaī lán jī luó ] Michelangelo (Tw) |
| ⇒ 精簡開支 | [ jīng jiǎn kaī zhī ] to reduce spending, to cut spending |
| ⇒ 精誠所加，金石為開 | [ jīng chéng suǒ jiā jīn shí weì kaī ] see 精誠所至，金石為開|精诚所至，金石为开[jing1 cheng2 suo3 zhi4 , jin1 shi2 wei4 kai1] |
| ⇒ 精誠所至，金石為開 | [ jīng chéng suǒ zhì jīn shí weì kaī ] lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom), fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere |
| ⇒ 經濟協力開發機構 | [ jīng jì xié lì kaī fā jī goù ] Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), also written 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织[Jing1 ji4 He2 zuo4 yu3 Fa1 zhan3 Zu3 zhi1] |
| ⇒ 網開一面 | [ wǎng kaī yī miàn ] open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly, to give one's opponent a way out, lenient treatment |
| ⇒ 網開三面 | [ wǎng kaī sān miàn ] to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly, to give one's opponent a way out, lenient treatment |
| ⇒ 綻開 | [ zhàn kaī ] to burst forth |
| ⇒ 總開關 | [ zǒng kaī guān ] main switch |
| ⇒ 繼往開來 | [ jì wǎng kaī laí ] to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition, forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| ⇒ 羞口難開 | [ xiū koǔ nán kaī ] to be too embarrassed for words (idiom) |
| ⇒ 翻開 | [ fān kaī ] to open up |
| ⇒ 聯合國開發計劃署 | [ lián hé guó kaī fā jì huà shǔ ] United Nations Development Program |
| ⇒ 胸廓切開術 | [ xiōng kuò qiē kaī shù ] thoracotomy (medicine) |
| ⇒ 脫開 | [ tuō kaī ] to withdraw |
| ⇒ 腦洞大開 | [ naǒ dòng dà kaī ] imaginative, to have one's mind buzzing with ideas |
| ⇒ 腦袋開花 | [ naǒ daì kaī huā ] to blow one's brain out |
| ⇒ 花有重開日，人無再少年 | [ huā yoǔ chóng kaī rì rén wú zaì shaò nián ] a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb) |
| ⇒ 若開山脈 | [ ruò kaī shān maì ] Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma) |
| ⇒ 茅塞頓開 | [ maó sè dùn kaī ] murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear |
| ⇒ 萬事開頭難 | [ wàn shì kaī toú nán ] every beginning is difficult (idiom), getting started is always the hardest part |
| ⇒ 蘭開夏郡 | [ lán kaī xià jùn ] Lancashire (English county) |
| ⇒ 蘭開斯特 | [ lán kaī sī tè ] Lancaster |
| ⇒ 裂開 | [ liè kaī ] to split open |
| ⇒ 見錢眼開 | [ jiàn qián yǎn kaī ] to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain, money-grubbing |
| ⇒ 解開 | [ jiě kaī ] to untie, to undo, to solve (a mystery) |
| ⇒ 讓開 | [ ràng kaī ] to get out of the way, to step aside |
| ⇒ 豁然開朗 | [ huò rán kaī lǎng ] suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing, fig. everything becomes clear at once, to achieve speedy enlightenment |
| ⇒ 走開 | [ zoǔ kaī ] to leave, to walk away, to beat it, to move aside |
| ⇒ 起開 | [ qǐ kai ] (dialect) to step aside, Get out of the way! |
| ⇒ 躲開 | [ duǒ kaī ] to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc), to avoid (sb) |
| ⇒ 軍費開支 | [ jūn feì kaī zhī ] military spending |
| ⇒ 軟件開發 | [ ruǎn jiàn kaī fā ] software development |
| ⇒ 軟件開發人員 | [ ruǎn jiàn kaī fā rén yuán ] software developer |
| ⇒ 遍地開花 | [ biàn dì kaī huā ] to blossom everywhere, to spring up all over the place, to flourish on a large scale |
| ⇒ 避開 | [ bì kaī ] to avoid, to evade, to keep away from |
| ⇒ 重新開始 | [ chóng xīn kaī shǐ ] to resume, to restart, to start afresh |
| ⇒ 重新開機 | [ chóng xīn kaī jī ] to restart, to reboot |
| ⇒ 重開 | [ chóng kaī ] to reopen |
| ⇒ 鋸開 | [ jù kaī ] to saw |
| ⇒ 錯開 | [ cuò kaī ] to stagger (times) |
| ⇒ 鐵樹開花 | [ tiě shù kaī huā ] lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom), a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence |
| ⇒ 門戶開放 | [ mén hù kaī fàng ] open door policy, Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel |
| ⇒ 閃開 | [ shǎn kaī ] to get out of the way |
| ⇒ 除開 | [ chú kaī ] besides, except, to get rid of (sb), (math.) to divide |
| ⇒ 隔開 | [ gé kaī ] to separate |
| ⇒ 雙后前兵開局 | [ shuāng hoù qián bīng kaī jú ] Double Queen Pawn Opening, Closed Game (chess), same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局 |
| ⇒ 雙開 | [ shuāng kaī ] to strip sb of their Party membership and government job (開除黨籍，開除公職|开除党籍，开除公职) |
| ⇒ 離不開 | [ lí bu kaī ] inseparable, inevitably linked to |
| ⇒ 離開 | [ lí kaī ] to depart, to leave |
| ⇒ 離開人世 | [ lí kaī rén shì ] to die, to leave this world |
| ⇒ 離開故鄉 | [ lí kaī gù xiāng ] to leave one's homeland |
| ⇒ 非洲開發銀行 | [ feī zhoū kaī fā yín háng ] African Development Bank |
| ⇒ 首次公開招股 | [ shoǔ cì gōng kaī zhaō gǔ ] initial public offering (IPO) |
| ⇒ 馬拉開波 | [ mǎ lā kaī bō ] Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| ⇒ 鬆開 | [ sōng kaī ] to release, to let go, to loosen, to untie, to come loose |
| ⇒ 鳴鑼開道 | [ míng luó kaī daò ] to beat the gong to clear the way, (fig.) to pave the way for sth |
| ⇒ 點火開關 | [ diǎn huǒ kaī guān ] ignition switch |