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perfect (fitting its definition precisely) adjective [UK: pə.ˈfekt] [US: pər.ˈfekt] | 完善 /wánshàn/adjective 完美 /wánměi/adjective |
perfect (grammar: of a tense or verb form: representing a completed action) adjective [UK: pə.ˈfekt] [US: pər.ˈfekt] | 完成式 /wánchéngshì/adjective |
perfect (music: interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.) adjective [UK: pə.ˈfekt] [US: pər.ˈfekt] | 完全 /wánquán/adjective 純adjective 纯 /chún/adjective |
perfect number (a number that is the sum of all of its divisors except itself) noun | 完全数 /wánquánshù/noun 完全數noun |
perfect tense (verb form indicating that an action has been completed) noun | 完成時態noun |
perfection (being perfect) noun [UK: pə.ˈfek.ʃn̩] [US: pər.ˈfek.ʃn̩] | 完善 /wánshàn/noun 完成 /wánchéng/noun 完美 /wánměi/noun |
perfectionism (an aversion for anything less than perfection) noun [UK: pə.ˈfek.ʃə.nɪst] [US: pər.ˈfek.ʃə.ˌnɪ.zəm] | 完美主義noun |
perfectionist [perfectionists] (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) noun [UK: pə.ˈfek.ʃə.nɪst] [US: pər.ˈfek.ʃə.ˌnɪst] | 完美主義者noun |
perfective [perfectives] (perfective verb form) noun [UK: pəfˈektɪv] [US: pɚfˈektɪv] | |
perfective (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect) adjective [UK: pəfˈektɪv] [US: pɚfˈektɪv] | 完整 /wánzhěng/adjective |
perfective aspect (grammatical term) noun | 完成体 /wánchéngtǐ/noun 完成體noun |
imperfective (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect, see also: imperfective aspect) noun [UK: ɪmpəfˈektɪv] [US: ɪmpɚfˈektɪv] | |
imperfective (related to the imperfective aspect) adjective [UK: ɪmpəfˈektɪv] [US: ɪmpɚfˈektɪv] | 非完整 /fēiwánzhěng/adjective |
imperfective aspect (feature of a verb) noun | 未完成體noun 非完成體noun |
nobody's perfect (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) phrase | shú néng wú guò/phrase 人无完人 /rén wú wánrén/phrase 人無完人phrase 人非圣贤,孰能无过 /rén fēi shèngxiánphrase 人非聖賢,孰能無過phrase |
osteogenesis imperfecta (disease characterized by bones that easily fracture) noun | |
pluperfect tense (tense) noun [UK: ˌpluː.ˈpɜː.fɪkt tens] [US: ˌpluː.ˈpɝː.fɪkt ˈtens] | 過去完成時noun |
practice makes perfect (if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) phrase [UK: ˈpræk.tɪs ˈmeɪks pə.ˈfekt] [US: ˈpræk.ˌtɪs ˈmeɪks pər.ˈfekt] | 熟能生巧 /shúnéngshēngqiǎo/phrase |
present perfect (tense that expresses action in the past with consequences in the present time) noun [UK: prɪ.ˈzent pə.ˈfekt] [US: ˈpre.zənt pər.ˈfekt] | 現在完成noun |
six perfections (six virtues in Mahayana Buddhism) noun |