Cantonese Dictionary

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探路
Mandarin: tan4lu4
(verb) Scout out
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探路者
Mandarin: tan4 lu4 zhe3
Pathfinder (space craft sent to Mars by NASA)
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探長
Mandarin: tan4 zhang3
(esp. as an individual's title) [1] detective | Formal: 偵探; 探員; 偵緝警員; 偵緝警長 [2] (police rank title) inspector | Formal: 督察; 巡官 [] Note: "探長" is not found as an entry in most Chinese-English dictionaries
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探險
Mandarin: tan4 xian3
to explore; venture into the uknown
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探險家
Mandarin: tan4 xian3 jia1
explorer
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探頭探腦
Mandarin: tan4 tou2 tan4 nao3
(saying) to stick one's head out and look around; to pop one's head in and look about; to crane one's neck to peer about
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推
Mandarin: tui1
to push | to cut | to refuse | to reject | to decline | to shirk (responsibility) | to put off | to delay | to push forward | to nominate | to elect | massage | to shove | to promote | to recommend | to help someone get promoted | to put on bets | # adapted from cc-cedict
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推三推四
Mandarin: tui1 san1 tui1 si4
it is used to describe someone who keeps making excuses so as not to have to do something
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推人
Mandarin: tui1ren2
to push someone [written and colloquial]
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推介
introduce
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推出
Mandarin: tui1chu1
(noun) (or product) To promote (to market)
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推動
Mandarin: tui1 dong4
to push for; to drive; to push forward; to propel; to promote
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推動力
Mandarin: tui1 dong4 li4
driving force; motive force
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推卸
Mandarin: tui1 xie4
avoid or shift (usu. responsibility)
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推卸責任
Mandarin: tui1 xie4 ze2 ren4
Simplified: 推卸责任
verb; pass the buck; shift the blame on; pass the baby | responsibility
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推向
Mandarin: tui1 xiang4
to push towards
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推土機
Mandarin: tui1 tu3 ji1
a bulldozer (Lit., "earth pushing machine") [Syn.] 剷泥車, 鏟泥車
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推埋去
Cantonese
to push (a thing or person)
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推子
Mandarin: tui1 zi5
hair-clippers; clippers
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推崇
Mandarin: tui1 chong2
value; accord great importance to
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推己及人
Mandarin: tui1 ji3 ji2 ren2
put oneself in someone's shoes
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推廣
Mandarin: tui1 guang3
Simplified: 推广
to promote; to market
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推想
Mandarin: tui1 xiang3
to imagine; guess; reckon
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推拿
Mandarin: tui1 na2
tui na, a hands-on-body treatment using acupressure
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推搪
dodge, offer an excuse to shirk sb off
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推擠
Mandarin: tui1 ji3
Simplified: 推挤
verb; push and squeeze; squeeze out
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推斷
conclude; deduce; extrapolate; infer
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推波助瀾
add fuel to the fire
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推測
Mandarin: tui1 ce4
Simplified: 推测
to project; projection
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推測
Mandarin: tui1 ce4
to speculate; to surmise; conjecture; speculation
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