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nature [natures] (essential characteristics) noun [UK: ˈneɪ.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈneɪ.tʃər] | 性質noun 性质 /xìngzhì/noun |
nature [natures] (the natural world and its order) noun [UK: ˈneɪ.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈneɪ.tʃər] | 自然 /zìrán/noun 造化noun |
nature calls (the speaker feels a need to urinate or defecate) phrase | 內急phrase 内急 /nèijí/phrase 要上厕所 /yào shàng cèsuǒ/phrase 要上廁所phrase |
nature reserve (area managed to conserve natural features) noun [UK: ˈneɪ.tʃə(r) rɪ.ˈzɜːv] [US: ˈneɪ.tʃər rə.ˈzɝːv] | 自然保護區noun |
Buddha-nature (the potential of achieving the nature of the Buddha through study and religious practice) noun | 佛性 /fóxìng/noun |
good-natured (of or pertaining to an amicable, kindly disposition) adjective [UK: ɡʊd ˈneɪ.tʃərd] [US: ˈɡʊd ˈneɪ.tʃərd] | 善良 /shànliáng/adjective |
human nature (set of qualities shared by all humans) noun [UK: ˈhjuː.mən ˈneɪ.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈhjuː.mən ˈneɪ.tʃər] | 人性 /rénxìng/noun |
let nature take its course (permit events to proceed without intervention) verb [UK: let ˈneɪ.tʃə(r) teɪk ɪts kɔːs] [US: ˈlet ˈneɪ.tʃər ˈteɪk ˈɪts ˈkɔːrs] | 順其自然verb |
signature [signatures] (person’s autograph name) noun [UK: ˈsɪɡ.nə.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈsɪɡ.nə.tʃər] | 签名 /qiānmíng/noun 签字 /qiānzì/noun 簽名noun 簽字noun 署名 /shǔmíng/noun 花押字 /huāyāzì/noun |
specimen signature (sample signature kept by an organization to verify other signatures) noun | 簽字樣本noun |
time signature (numerical sign) noun | 拍號 /pāihào/noun |