Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 折

to break
to fracture
to snap
to suffer loss
to bend
to twist
to turn
to change direction
convinced
to convert into (currency)
discount
rebate
tenth (in price)
classifier for theatrical scenes
to fold
accounts book

to snap
to break (a stick, a bone etc)
(bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

to turn sth over
to turn upside down
to tip sth out (of a container)

variant of 折 (zhé)
to fold

folding ruler

to torment; to torture

reflex (angle)
to turn back

to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)

to sell off sth

a loss
to lose money

passbook
bankbook

reflex (angle)
to turn back

to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami

to offset

to torture
to torment

(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)

to turn back
to retrace one's steps

refraction

crease
fold

twists and turns

broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
polygonal line
dog leg

to discount

folding chair

to die young or prematurely
to come to a premature end
to be aborted prematurely

discount

loss of goods
damage to goods
shrinkage

winding
(fig.) complicated

to frustrate
to inhibit
to make things difficult

folding fan

to atone for a crime

variant of 折殺／折杀 (zhéshā)

to make a capital loss

refraction

to bend

crease
fold
ripple
lap

diffraction (physics)

to sell at a 50% discount
to fold in two

to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)

against the bristles (brush movement in painting)

to compromise
to take the middle road
a trade-off
eclectic

discrepancy in weight

twists and turns
vicissitude
complication
difficulty
effort
CL:番 (fān)

(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)

to refract
refraction
to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)

folding notebook
accounts book

to snap sth off
to break

shift in the trend of events
turnaround
plot shift in a book
turn in the conversation

to convert into
to amount to
to be equivalent to

10% off (price)

massage
snapped-off branch
sprig
to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)

mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet

a loss
to lose money

depreciation

to convert (between currencies)

to bend at the waist; to bow
(fig.) to bow to; to submit

memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)

variant of 折中 (zhézhōng)

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
to repeat sth over and over again
to torment sb
to play crazy
to squander (time, money)

setback
reverse
check
defeat
frustration
disappointment
to frustrate
to discourage
to set sb back
to blunt
to subdue

to fold
collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

to convince
to subdue
to be convinced
to be bowled over

to cash
to change gold or silver into money

to turn back

to reduce by fifty percent
half-price

fold; crease; wrinkle

to fold the corner of a page
to dog-ear

memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)

to give a discount

welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)

to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)

to win the laurels
to pass an imperial examination
to win a championship

convinced
to admire from the heart
enchanted

to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)

to suffer a fracture
(of a bone) to break
fracture

pleated skirt

discount

clasp knife
folding knife

(philately) presentation pack
stamp folder

folding chair
deck chair

to give a discount
to be of less value than anticipated

chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome

to spend (much) effort
to go through (a lot of) trouble

convex polygonal line

to inflect (in grammar)
to decline
to conjugate

index of refraction

dash
Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)

frustration

rate of deprecation

opera highlights performed as independent pieces

line chart

undiscounted
full price

folding (i.e. portable)

a clasp knife
a folding knife

zhuǎnzhédiǎn

turning point
breaking point

to turn over

to do a somersault
to turn head over heels

discount rate

pánxuánqūzhé

(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously

chángōngzhéguì

lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
fig. to succeed in the imperial examination

dùzhòngmùzhé

Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)

kùxíngzhémó

torture and cruel treatment

jiānggōngzhézuì

see 將功贖罪／将功赎罪 (jiānggōngshúzuì)

zhézhōngyīngwǔ

Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)

meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
going around in circles

a hundred percent
to the letter
out-and-out

zhéjiédúshū

to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)

lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
fig. greatly reduced
substantially scaled back

calligraphic flourish with many twists
fig. many twists and turns

zhézhōngzhǔyì

eclecticism

bǎizhébùnáo

to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
to be indomitable

zhéjǐchénshā

lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)
fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat

diffraction grating (physics)

bǎizhébùhuí

see 百折不撓／百折不挠 (bǎizhébùnáo)

zhéchōngzūnzǔ

lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table
fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions

láncuīyùzhé

premature death of a budding talent
those whom the Gods love die young

yīzhéliǎngduàn

to split sth into two (idiom)

Zhū Yúnzhēkǎn

Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly

wèiwǔdǒumǐzhéyāo

为五斗米折腰

[為五斗米折腰]

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛／陶潜 ( Táo Qián), 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

Sūgélán Zhé'ěrmāo

苏格兰折耳猫

[蘇格蘭摺耳貓]

Scottish Fold

péilefūrényòuzhébīng

赔了夫人又折兵

[賠了夫人又折兵]

lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

fǎnkùxíngzhémógōngyuē

反酷刑折磨公约

[反酷刑折磨公約]

UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)

bǎishèngnánlüdí,sānzhénǎiliángyī

百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医

[百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫]

(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫／刘禹锡 ( Liú Yǔxī)) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
(fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes