English | Chinese |
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give someone five (to slap someone's hand) verb | 击掌 /jīzhǎng/verb 擊掌verb |
give someone the cold shoulder (snub) verb | 不理不睬 /bùlǐbùcǎi/verb 冷淡 /lěngdàn/verb 冷落 /lěngluò/verb |
give someone the creeps (give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright) verb | 讓……毛骨悚然verb |
give someone the eye (show flirtatious signs) verb | |
give someone the shits (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) verb | 气死 /qìsǐ/verb 氣死verb |
give someone the shits (vulgar: to frighten someone) verb | 吓死 /xiàsǐ/verb 嚇死verb 讓……毛骨悚然verb |
give the finger (make an obscene gesture) verb | 撟中哥verb 豎中指verb |
give them an inch and they'll take a mile (a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties) phrase | 得寸進尺 /décùn jìnchǐ/phrase |
give up (admit defeat) verb [UK: ɡɪv ʌp] [US: ˈɡɪv ʌp] | 認輸投降verb |
give up (lose hope) verb [UK: ɡɪv ʌp] [US: ˈɡɪv ʌp] | 放弃 /fàngqì/verb 放棄verb |
give up (relinquish) verb [UK: ɡɪv ʌp] [US: ˈɡɪv ʌp] | 交出 /jiāochū/verb 讓渡verb 让渡 /ràngdù/verb |
give up (stop, quit, desist) verb [UK: ɡɪv ʌp] [US: ˈɡɪv ʌp] | 停止 /tíngzhǐ/verb |
give up (surrender) verb [UK: ɡɪv ʌp] [US: ˈɡɪv ʌp] | 投案 /tóu'àn/verb 投降 /tóuxiáng/verb 自首 /zìshǒu/verb |
give up the ghost (to die) verb [UK: ɡɪv ʌp ðə ɡəʊst] [US: ˈɡɪv ʌp ðə ɡoʊst] | 断气 /duànqì/verb 斷氣verb 見閻王verb |
give way (to give precedence to other road users) verb [UK: ɡɪv ˈweɪ] [US: ˈɡɪv ˈweɪ] | 讓路 /rànglù/verb |
given name (name chosen for a child by its parents) noun [UK: ɡɪv.n̩ ˈneɪm] [US: ˈɡɪv.n̩ ˈneɪm] | 名字 /míngzi/noun |
given that (in consideration of the fact that) conjunction | 考慮到conjunction 考虑到 /kǎolǜ dào/conjunction |
giver [givers] (one who gives) noun [UK: ˈɡɪ.və(r)] [US: ˈɡɪ.vər] | 捐贈者noun 捐赠者noun |