structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression

to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀｜读)

meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation

comma / phrase marked by pause

sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse

whether or not (at the end of a phrase)

famous saying / celebrated phrase

to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)

it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)

Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase

model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion

"Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動｜五四运动 / abbr. for 賽因斯｜赛因斯 / see also 德先生

the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine

phrase

restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)

phrase (grammar)

musical phrase

phrase (grammar)

commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage

pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet

wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction

popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle

in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer

(adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸｜归 or 赴 etc) traveling a great distance

polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb

form word / in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function

numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale)

word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate

dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse

(old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc)

"Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動｜五四运动 / abbr. for 德謨克拉西｜德谟克拉西 / see also 賽先生｜赛先生

sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery

literal; word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase

pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases

answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer

pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning

wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction

to supply the answering phrase

pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking

phrase (linguistics)

lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric

paired phrases (poetic device)

exclamation / exclamatory phrase

compound phrase

ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment

teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher)

polite set phrases

officialese / official routine / (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore...

to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words

socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era

set phrase

letters or words / words or phrase

usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing

the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)

punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號｜句号 and comma 逗號｜逗号 / sentences and phrases

start of phrase or sentence

(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases

polite set phrase / salutation / pleasantries

to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)

adjectival phrase

mouth full of literary phrases / to spout the classics

fashionable word or phrase / abbr. for 潮流用語｜潮流用语

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛｜陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary

to polish a phrase

to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics

(of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)

(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)