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to throw one's energies (into an activity)

communication

投注

tóu zhù

social
beginner
neutral

to throw one's weight around

communication

拿架子

ná jià zi

social
intermediate
neutral

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)

communication

投井下石

tóu jǐng xià shí

social
intermediate
neutral

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)

communication

落井下石

luò jǐng xià shí

social
intermediate
neutral

to throw up one's hands

communication

摊手

tān shǒu

social
beginner
neutral

to thump repeatedly with one's fist

communication

饱以老拳

bǎo yǐ lǎo quán

social
intermediate
neutral

to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)

communication

占压

zhàn yā

social
beginner
neutral

to tie up one's hair

communication

束发

shù fā

social
beginner
neutral

to tighten one's belt

communication

过紧日子

guò jǐn rì zi

social
intermediate
neutral

to tilt one's head back to see (sth)

communication

仰视

yǎng shì

social
beginner
neutral

to tolerate or condone wrongdoing

communication

纵容

zòng róng

social
beginner
neutral

to touch (physically, one's feelings etc)

communication

触及

chù jí

social
beginner
neutral

to touch on sth and leave it there

communication

点到即止

diǎn dào jí zhǐ

social
intermediate
neutral

to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc)

social

陪睡

péi shuì

social
beginner
neutral

to transfer (from one unit to another)

communication

转关系

zhuǎn guān xì

social
intermediate
neutral

to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)

communication

出让

chū ràng

social
beginner
neutral

to transfer (one's savings, data etc) elsewhere for storage

communication

转存

zhuǎn cún

social
beginner
neutral

to translate a term into Chinese using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yin1 yi4]) (e.g. 超文本[chao1 wen2 ben3], 火車|火车[huo3 che1])

communication

义译

yì yì

social
beginner
neutral

to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)

social

连坐

lián zuò

social
beginner
neutral

to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom)

communication

肝胆相照

gān dǎn xiāng zhào

social
intermediate
neutral

to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)

communication

看人行事

kàn rén xíng shì

social
intermediate
neutral

to treat sth lightly

communication

掉以轻心

diào yǐ qīng xīn

social
intermediate
neutral

to trust one another fully

communication

坦诚相见

tǎn chéng xiāng jiàn

social
intermediate
neutral

to try by all available methods

communication

变法儿

biàn fǎ ér

social
intermediate
neutral

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