Translations for „yǎn“ in the Chinese » English Dictionary

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演 yǎn

1. 演 → 演变

2. 演:

演 yǎn

act

演 yǎn

perform

演 yǎn

play

演员演得不错。

The actor gave an excellent performance.

偃 yǎn

1. 偃:

偃 yǎn

lie down

偃 yǎn

fall down on one's back

2. 偃:

偃 yǎn

stop

偃武修文

(of a state) stop building up armament and promote culture and education

偃武修文

(of a person) give up military service and devote oneself to learning

奄 yǎn

奄 → 奄忽

掩 (揜) yǎn

1. 掩:

掩 yǎn

cover

掩 yǎn

hide

掩口而笑

laugh in one's sleeves

2. 掩:

掩 yǎn

shut

掩 yǎn

close

掩卷

close a book

眼 yǎn

1. 眼 → 眼睛

亲眼看见

see with one's own eyes

2. 眼:

眼 yǎn

small hole

眼 yǎn

aperture

针眼

eye of a needle

3. 眼:

眼 yǎn

(of Chinese instrumental music) beat

走了眼

off the beat

4. 眼 (used as a measuring unit):

一眼井

one well

俨 (儼) yǎn

俨 → 俨然1

鼹 (鼴) yǎn

鼹 → 鼹鼠

衍 yǎn

1. 衍:

衍 yǎn

develop

衍 yǎn

spread out

衍 yǎn

enfold

衍 yǎn

elaborate

2. 衍:

衍 yǎn

redundant

衍 yǎn

superfluous

衍文

redundancy or tautology due to misprinting or miscopying

堰 yǎn

堰 yǎn

weir

堰 yǎn

dam

奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī

奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī

at one's last gasp

奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī

on the verge of death

白眼 bái­yǎn

白眼 báiyǎn

supercilious look

白眼看人

treat people superciliously

白眼看人

look at people disdainfully

扮演 bàn­yǎn

扮演 bànyǎn

play the part [or role] of

表演 biǎo­yǎn

1. 表演:

表演 biǎoyǎn

perform

表演 biǎoyǎn

act

表演 biǎoyǎn

play

2. 表演:

表演 biǎoyǎn

demonstration

表演 biǎoyǎn

exhibition

表演赛

exhibition match

刺眼 cì­yǎn

1. 刺眼:

刺眼 cìyǎn

dazzling

刺眼 cìyǎn

glaring

2. 刺眼:

刺眼 cìyǎn

offensive to the eye

刺眼 cìyǎn

unpleasantly colourful

刺眼 cìyǎn

loud

导演 dǎo­yǎn

1. 导演:

导演 dǎoyǎn

direct (a film, play, etc.)

2. 导演:

导演 dǎoyǎn

director

瞪眼 dèng­yǎn

1. 瞪眼:

瞪眼 dèngyǎn

stare

瞪眼 dèngyǎn

glare

2. 瞪眼:

瞪眼 dèngyǎn

stare at sb. angrily

敷衍 fū­yǎn

敷衍 fūyǎn

perfunctory

敷衍 fūyǎn

inattentive

敷衍 fūyǎn

indifferent

敷衍塞责

be perfunctory

敷衍塞责

muddle through one's work

红眼 hóng­yǎn

1. 红眼:

红眼 hóngyǎn

see red

红眼 hóngyǎn

become furious

红眼 hóngyǎn

fly into a rage

2. 红眼:

红眼 hóngyǎn

blood-shot eye

红眼 hóngyǎn

ophthalmia

3. 红眼:

红眼 hóngyǎn

be jealous

红眼 hóngyǎn

be envious

汇演 huì­yǎn

汇演 huìyǎn

joint performance

会演 huì­yǎn

会演 huìyǎn

joint performance