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灾变说
zāi biàn shuō
Pinyin
Definition
灾变说
-
zāi biàn shuō
catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
Character Decomposition
灾
宀
火
变
亠
丨
亅
八
又
说
讠
丷
口
儿
Related Words
(20)
传说
chuán shuō
1
legend
2
folklore
3
to repeat from mouth to mouth
4
they say that...
改变
gǎi biàn
1
to change
2
to alter
3
to transform
说
shuì
1
to persuade
变
biàn
1
to change
2
to become different
3
to transform
4
to vary
5
rebellion
变成
biàn chéng
1
to change into
2
to turn into
3
to become
事变
shì biàn
1
incident
2
unforeseen event
3
events (in general)
再说
zài shuō
1
to say again
2
to put off a discussion until later
3
moreover
4
what's more
5
besides
善变
shàn biàn
1
fickle
2
mercurial
3
changeable
4
capricious
5
to be apt to change
多变
duō biàn
1
fickle
2
multi-variate (math.)
小说
xiǎo shuō
1
novel
2
fiction
3
CL:本[běn],部[bù]
据说
jù shuō
1
it is said that
2
reportedly
演变
yǎn biàn
1
to develop
2
to evolve
3
development
4
evolution
火灾
huǒ zāi
1
fire (that burns buildings etc)
灾
zāi
1
disaster
2
calamity
灾难
zāi nàn
1
disaster
2
catastrophe
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
1
to have nothing to say (idiom)
听说
tīng shuō
1
to hear (sth said)
2
one hears (that)
3
hearsay
4
listening and speaking
胡说
hú shuō
1
to talk nonsense
2
drivel
蜕变
tuì biàn
1
to transform
2
to morph
3
to degenerate
4
metamorphosis
5
transmutation
6
transformation
7
decay
8
degeneration
解说
jiě shuō
1
to explain
2
to comment
Idioms
(20)
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
1
nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
2
stuck in a rut
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
1
self-explanatory
2
self-evident (idiom)
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
1
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
2
not amenable to reason
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
1
not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
2
without demur
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
1
unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
2
unalterable
3
unvarying
4
monotonous
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
1
there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
1
customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
2
O Tempora, O Mores!
光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò
1
all talk and no action (idiom)
2
to preach what one does not practice
光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn
1
all talk and no action (idiom)
2
to preach what one does not practice
3
same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
1
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
千变万轸
qiān biàn wàn zhěn
1
constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
1
(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
2
just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
1
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
2
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
3
sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
天灾人祸
tiān zāi rén huò
1
natural calamities and man-made disasters (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
好说歹说
hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
1
to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
2
to reason with sb in every way possible
幸灾乐祸
xìng zāi lè huò
1
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
2
Schadenfreude
抢险救灾
qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
1
to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
是啥说啥
shì shá shuō shá
1
call a spade a spade (idiom)
民变峰起
mín biàn fēng qǐ
1
seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances
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