to seem; like; as; if

if; supposing; in case

overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)

(idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant

to be wild with joy (idiom)

were it not for; if not for

if

a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?

not as good as; not equal to; inferior

if; supposing; in case

Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若[a1 lan2 re3])

see 卡若區|卡若区[Ka3 ruo4 Qu1]

to be just like

as if; as though; rather like

if

on a par with; comparable to

calm; composed; at ease

as for

(Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā)

if

John; Saint John; less common variant of 約翰|约翰[Yue1 han4] preferred by the Catholic Church

(literary) if; supposing that

if; if so

Joseph (biblical name)

see 若羌縣|若羌县[Ruo4 qiang1 Xian4]

John (less common form of 若望[Ruo4 wang4] or 約翰|约翰[Yue1 han4])

(entomology) nymph

if

Karub, a district of Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn

Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official

see 若爾蓋縣|若尔盖县[Ruo4 er3 gai4 Xian4]

Ruoqiang, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang

Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik

Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")

the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])

see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]

as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner; frigid

to be a different person; not to be one's usual self

as different as heaven and earth (idiom); worlds apart

precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day

mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab

lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

(lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); (fig.) well fortified; invulnerable to attack

rock-solid

a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed

(idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity