Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

100 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content
HSK 3
enough; sufficient
HSK 3
soccer ball / a football / CL: 個|个 / soccer / football
HSK 3
adequate / sufficient / abundant
HSK 5
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
footprint / track / spoor
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
rich / plentiful
HSK 7-9
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
insignificant
HSK 7-9
resourceful / full of stratagems
HSK 7-9
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *足* | 足* | *足
excessive
foothold
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
soccer match / soccer competition
fully / no less than / as much as / extremely
excursion / hike / march
soccer team
football field / soccer field
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
it goes to show that / one can see
to stop (walking) / to halt
self-sufficiency / autarky
soccer circles / soccer world
to be full (after eating)
centipede / millipede
American football
at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home
one's age (calculated as years from birth) / contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁
sufficient / full (payment)
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar
extremely precious / valuable
foot massage
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
to summon one's courage
unabridged / complete book
ankle
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about
abundant / plenty
full / complete / all of
stamp (one's feet)
to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
(idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
bound feet
athlete's foot
Asian Football Confederation (abbr. for 亞洲足球聯合會|亚洲足球联合会)
to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
not at all surprising (idiom)
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
to be not worth mentioning
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
to wash one's feet
to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
not worth mentioning (idiom)
to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom)
flat feet
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental
not at all surprising (idiom)
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
pure gold / solid gold
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
foot bath
centipede
not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative
lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shogun, reigned 1368-1394
competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation
lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves / also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
to stamp one's foot (in anger)
foot-binding
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
barefoot / barefooted
pure gold / solid gold
to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people)
lame
not worth mentioning / not worth considering

More results available:



Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies