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处女作
chǔ nu:3 zuò
Pinyin
Definition
处女作
-
chǔ nu:3 zuò
first publication
maiden work
Character Decomposition
处
夂
卜
女
女
作
亻
丿
一
丨
二
Related Words
(20)
女
nu:3
1
female
2
woman
3
daughter
女人
nu:3 rén
1
woman
女孩
nu:3 hái
1
girl
2
lass
女生
nu:3 shēng
1
schoolgirl
2
female student
3
girl
工作
gōng zuò
1
to work
2
(of a machine) to operate
3
job
4
work
5
task
6
CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
美女
měi nu:3
1
beautiful woman
仙女
xiān nu:3
1
fairy
作
zuō
1
worker
2
workshop
3
(slang) troublesome
4
high-maintenance (person)
作出
zuò chū
1
to put out
2
to come up with
3
to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
4
to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
5
to draw (conclusion)
6
to deliver (speech, judgment)
7
to devise (explanation)
8
to extract
作品
zuò pǐn
1
work (of art)
2
opus
3
CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作孽
zuò niè
1
to sin
作家
zuò jiā
1
author
2
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
1
to practice fraud
2
to cheat
3
to engage in corrupt practices
作息
zuò xī
1
to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
1
combat
2
to fight
作文
zuò wén
1
to write an essay
2
composition (student essay)
3
CL:篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
1
school assignment
2
homework
3
work
4
task
5
operation
6
CL:個|个[gè]
7
to operate
作为
zuò wéi
1
one's conduct
2
deed
3
activity
4
accomplishment
5
achievement
6
to act as
7
as (in the capacity of)
8
qua
9
to view as
10
to look upon (sth as)
11
to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
1
to act on
2
to affect
3
action
4
function
5
activity
6
impact
7
result
8
effect
9
purpose
10
intent
11
to play a role
12
corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
13
CL:個|个[gè]
作痛
zuò tòng
1
to ache
Idioms
(20)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
1
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
1
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
1
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2
hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
1
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2
fig. to head off in various directions
3
to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
1
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2
work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
1
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
1
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2
Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
1
to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
1
a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
1
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
2
the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
1
Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
2
the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
1
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
1
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
2
fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
1
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
1
(of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
1
a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
2
a woman's heart is with her husband
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
1
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
1
lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2
fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
1
pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
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