a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom); to ill reward a person's kindness
挂好掛好gua4 hao3
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
还好還好hai2 hao3
not bad; tolerable; fortunately
好半天好半天hao3 ban4 tian1
most of the day
好棒好棒hao3 bang4
excellent (interjection)
好比好比hao3 bi3
to be just like; can be compared to
好兵帅克好兵帥克hao3 bing1 shuai4 ke4
The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)
好不好不hao3 bu4
not at all ...; how very ...
好不容易好不容易hao3 bu4 rong2 yi4
with great difficulty; very difficult
好不好好不好hao3 bu5 hao3
(coll.) all right?; OK?
好吃好吃hao3 chi1
tasty; delicious
好处好處hao3 chu5
benefit; advantage; gain; profit; also pr.
好歹好歹hao3 dai3
good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever
好道好道hao3 dao4
don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
好睇好睇hao3 di4
good-looking (Cantonese)
好端端好端端hao3 duan1 duan1
perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason
好多好多hao3 duo1
many; quite a lot; much better
好饭不怕晚好飯不怕晚hao3 fan4 bu4 pa4 wan3
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten; the good things in life are worth waiting for
好感好感hao3 gan3
good opinion; favorable impression
好故事百听不厌好故事百聽不厭hao3 gu4 shi5 bai3 ting1 bu4 yan4
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times.; One never tires of hearing good new.
好过好過hao3 guo4
to have an easy time; (feel) well
好汉好漢hao3 han4
hero; strong and courageous person
好汉不吃眼前亏好漢不吃眼前虧hao3 han4 bu4 chi1 yan3 qian2 kui1
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好汉不提当年勇好漢不提當年勇hao3 han4 bu4 ti2 dang1 nian2 yong3
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
好汉做事好汉当好漢做事好漢當hao3 han4 zuo4 shi4 hao3 han4 dang1
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom); a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions; the buck stops here
好好儿好好兒hao3 hao1 er5
in good condition; perfectly good; carefully; well; thoroughly
好好好好hao3 hao3
well; carefully; nicely; properly
好好先生好好先生hao3 hao3 xian1 sheng5
Mr Goody-goody; yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom); fig. the best is saved for last
好酒贪杯好酒貪杯hao3 jiu3 tan1 bei1
good wine taken in excess (idiom); fond of the bottle
好聚好散好聚好散hao3 ju4 hao3 san4
to part without hard feelings (idiom); to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
好看好看hao3 kan4
good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated
好康好康hao3 kang1
benefit; advantage
好莱坞好萊塢hao3 lai2 wu4
Hollywood
好了伤疤忘了疼好了傷疤忘了疼hao3 le5 shang1 ba1 wang4 le5 teng2
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
好立克好立克hao3 li4 ke4
Horlicks milk drink (popular in Hong Kong)
好马不吃回头草好馬不吃回頭草hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3
lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom); fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)
好梦难成好夢難成hao3 meng4 nan2 cheng2
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
好命好命hao3 ming4
lucky; blessed with good fortune
好男不跟女斗好男不跟女鬥hao3 nan2 bu4 gen1 nv3 dou4
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
好鸟好鳥hao3 niao3
person of good character; nice person; bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
好朋友好朋友hao3 peng2 you5
good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
好评好評hao3 ping2
favorable criticism; positive evaluation
好起来好起來hao3 qi3 lai5
to get better; to improve; to get well
好气好氣hao3 qi4
to be happy; to be in a good mood
好球好球hao3 qiu2
(ball sports) good shot!; nice hit!; well played!
好去好去hao3 qu4
bon voyage; god speed
好人好事好人好事hao3 ren2 hao3 shi4
admirable people and exemplary deeds
好容易好容易hao3 rong2 yi4
with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc)
好生好生hao3 sheng1
(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly
好时好時hao3 shi2
Hershey's (brand)
好使好使hao3 shi3
easy to use; to function well; so that; in order to
好事好事hao3 shi4
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
to quit while one is ahead (idiom); to know when to stop
较好較好jiao4 hao3
preferably; rather or relatively good
叫好叫好jiao4 hao3
to applaud; to cheer
洁身自好潔身自好jie2 shen1 zi4 hao4
clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality; to shun evil influence; to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble; to keep one's hands clean
旧好舊好jiu4 hao3
old friendship
看好看好kan4 hao3
optimistic (about the outcome); bullish; to think highly of; to support
可好可好ke3 hao3
good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
滥好人濫好人lan4 hao3 ren2
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
烂好人爛好人lan4 hao3 ren2
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
老好人老好人lao3 hao3 ren2
one who tries never to offend anybody
乐善好施樂善好施le4 shan4 hao4 shi1
kind and charitable
利好利好li4 hao3
favorable; good; advantage
良好良好liang2 hao3
good; favorable; well; fine
绿林好汉綠林好漢lv4 lin2 hao3 han4
true hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style)
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
你好你好ni3 hao3
Hello!; Hi!; How are you?
您好您好nin2 hao3
hello (polite)
癖好癖好pi3 hao4
an urge; a craving; an addiction
偏好偏好pian1 hao4
to prefer; to be partial to sth; preference
拼命讨好拼命討好pin1 ming4 tao3 hao3
to throw oneself at sb or sth; to bend over backwards to help
恰到好处恰到好處qia4 dao4 hao3 chu4
it's just perfect; it's just right
恰好恰好qia4 hao3
as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
亲朋好友親朋好友qin1 peng2 hao3 you3
friends and family; kith and kin
晴好晴好qing2 hao3
bright and sunny weather
求好心切求好心切qiu2 hao3 xin1 qie4
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom); to strive to achieve the best possible results; to be a perfectionist
人各有所好人各有所好ren2 ge4 you3 suo3 hao4
everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût