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弔民伐罪diào mín fá zuìto console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)刁難diāo nànto be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]吊牌diào páihangtag; swing tag; hanging sign調派diào pàito send on assignment; to deploy (troops)叼盤diāo pán(of a dog) to hold a frisbee in its mouth; (fig.) derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin 胡錫進|胡锡进[Hu2 Xi1 jin4] for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the "Global Times"調配diào pèito allocate; to deploy貂皮diāo pímink fur吊瓶diào pínginfusion bag or bottle (for an IV)吊瓶族diào píng zú"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc吊鋪diào pùsuspended bunk吊起diào qǐto hoist掉期diào qīswap (finance)掉漆diào qīto peel off (paint); (fig.) to be exposed; to lose face (Tw)雕漆diāo qīcarved lacquerware調遣diào qiǎnto dispatch; to assign; a dispatch調遷diào qiānto transfer; to move; to shift吊橋diào qiáodrawbridge; suspension bridge吊球diào qiúto perform a drop shot (tennis etc); drop shot掉球diào qiú(sports) to fumble the ball調取diào qǔto obtain (information from an archive etc)調任diào rènto transfer; to move to another post鳥人diǎo rén(vulgar) damned wretch; fucker; also pr. [niao3 ren2]吊兒郎當diào r láng dāngsloppy調入diào rùto bring in; to call in; to transfer (a person, data); (computing) to call; to load (a subroutine etc)弔喪diào sāngto visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences吊嗓子diào sǎng zivoice training (for Chinese opera)掉色diào sèto lose color; to fade; also pr. [diao4 shai3]吊扇diào shàna ceiling fan; a punka吊審diào shěnto bring to trial; to bring to court吊繩diào shéngsling調升diào shēngto promote調式diào shì(musical) mode雕飾diāo shìto carve; to decorate; carved; decorated掉書袋diào shū dàilit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom); fig. to show off one's erudition; a person who does so吊水diào shuǐto draw water (from a well); (coll.) to receive an IV drip吊死diào sǐdeath by hanging; to hang oneself屌絲diǎo sīloser (Internet slang)吊死鬼diào sǐ guǐghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game)弔死問疾diào sǐ wèn jíto grieve for the sick and the dying; to show great concern for people's suffering雕塑diāo sùa statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve吊索diào suǒsling; hoisting rope; suspension cable吊塔diào tǎa tower crane吊梯diào tīa rope ladder掉頭diào tóuto turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about調頭diào toutone (of voice); tune調頭diào tóuvariant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]掉頭就走diào tóu jiù zǒuto turn on one's heels; to walk away abruptly吊襪帶diào wà dàisuspenders (for stockings)弔慰diào wèito offer condolences; to console the bereaved吊胃口diào wèi kǒu(coll.) to keep sb in suspense; to tantalize; to keep on tenterhooks弔文diào wénpaper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals掉下diào xiàto drop down; to fall吊線diào xiànplumbline掉線diào xiànto get disconnected (from the Internet)掉向diào xiàngto turn; to adjust one's direction; to lose one's bearings雕像diāo xiàngsculpture; (carved) statue; CL:尊[zun1]吊銷diào xiāoto suspend (an agreement); to revoke弔孝diào xiàoa condolence visit鵰鴞diāo xiāo(bird species of China) Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)凋謝diāo xièto wither; to wilt; wizened雕謝diāo xièvariant of 凋謝|凋谢[diao1 xie4]調性diào xìng(music) tonality; (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style; image; tone; voice; character貂熊diāo xióngwolverine (Gulo gulo)吊唁diào yànto offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole