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allow meaning in Chinese

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allow [allowed, allowing, allows] (to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈlaʊ]
[US: ə.ˈlaʊ]

允許 允许 /yǔnxǔ/verb

讓 让 /ràng/verb

allowance [allowances] (the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈlaʊəns]
[US: ə.ˈlaʊəns]

允许noun

barn swallow [barn swallows] (species of swallow)
noun
[UK: bɑːn ˈswɒ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈbɑːrn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

家燕 /jiāyàn/noun

fallow (ground left unseeded for a year)
noun
[UK: ˈfæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈfæˌlo.ʊ]

休耕地 /xiūgēngdì/noun

fallow (uncultivated land)
noun
[UK: ˈfæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈfæˌlo.ʊ]

Mandarin: 荒地 /huāngdì/noun

fallow deer [fallow deer] (Dama dama, a ruminant mammal)
noun
[UK: ˈfæ.ləʊ dɪə(r)]
[US: ˈfæˌlo.ʊ ˈdɪr]

黇鹿 /tiānlù/noun

gallows [gallows] (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
noun
[UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz]
[US: ˈɡæloʊz]

絞刑架noun

絞架noun

絞臺noun

绞刑架 /jiǎoxíngjià/noun

绞台 /jiǎotái/noun

绞架 /jiǎojià/noun

gallows humor (comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of a perfectly hopeless situation)
noun
[UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz ˈhjuː.mə(r)]
[US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈhjuː.mər]

絞架幽默noun

绞架幽默 /jiǎojià yōumò/noun

hallow (holy person)
noun
[UK: ˈhæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈhælo.ʊ]

圣人noun

Halloween (October 31st)
proper noun
[UK: ˌhæ.lə.ˈwiːn]
[US: ˌhæ.lə.ˈwiːn]

Wànshèngjié qiánxí/proper noun

万圣夜 /Wànshèngyè/proper noun

万圣节 /Wànshèngjié/proper noun

万圣节前夕 /Wànshèngjié qiánxīproper noun

萬聖夜proper noun

萬聖節proper noun

萬聖節前夕proper noun

happy Halloween (holiday greeting)
phrase

万圣节快乐phrase

萬聖節快樂phrase

mallow [mallows] (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae)
noun
[UK: ˈmæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈmælo.ʊ]

錦葵noun

锦葵 /jǐnkuí/noun

marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
noun
[UK: ˈmɑːʃ.ˈmæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈmɑːʃ.ˈmæ.ləʊ]

药用蜀葵 /yàoyòng shǔkuí/noun

藥用蜀葵noun

marshmallow [marshmallows] (confectionery)
noun
[UK: mɑːʃ.ˈmæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈmɑːrʃ.ˌmelo.ʊ]

果酱软糖 /guǒjiàng ruǎntáng/noun

果醬軟糖noun

棉花糖 /miánhuā táng/noun

軟糖noun

软糖 /ruǎntáng/noun

one swallow does not a summer make (one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend)
phrase
[UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk]
[US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk]

一燕不成夏 /yīyànbùchéngxià/phrase

孤燕不成夏 /gūyànbùchéngxià/phrase

獨燕不成夏 /dúyānbùchéngxià/phrase

pill to swallow (something to accept)
noun

苦果 /kǔguǒ/noun

shallow [shallower, shallowest] (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
adjective
[UK: ˈʃæ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈʃælo.ʊ]

浅薄 /qiǎnbó/adjective

淺薄adjective

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