How to say [X] in Chinese

ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)

communication

指事

zhǐ shì

ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)

communication

指事字

zhǐ shì zì

ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)

communication

形声

xíng shēng

if

communication

倘或

tǎng huò

if

communication

倘然

tǎng rán

if

communication

如果

rú guǒ

if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)

communication

早知今日何必当初

zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)

communication

冤冤相报何时了

yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí le

if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom)

social

家和万事兴

jiā hé wàn shì xīng

if this can be done

communication

倘能如此

tǎng néng rú cǐ

if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)

communication

言多必失

yán duō bì shī

ileum (segment of small intestine between the jejunum 空腸|空肠[kong1 chang2] and appendix 盲腸|盲肠[mang2 chang2])

communication

回肠

huí cháng

illegal immigrant (esp. one smuggled across borders)

communication

人蛇

rén shé

illustrious name

social

英名

yīng míng

imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]

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五刑

wǔ xíng

impression (sth that stays in one's mind)

communication

印象

yìn xiàng

improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths)

communication

假分数

jiǎ fēn shù

in (some place)

communication

身处

shēn chù

in a bad state

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糟透

zāo tòu

in a busy and hasty manner

social

忙忙叨叨

máng máng dāo dāo

in a day or two

communication

一半天

yí bàn tiān

in a way that justifies the use of the term

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名正言顺

míng zhèng yán shùn

in accordance with

social

符合

fú hé

in all cases

communication

悉

xī