cancel ⇒ 取消比赛 qǔxiāo bǐsài → cancel the competition ⇒ 半决赛由于下雨取消了。 Bànjuésài yóuyú xiàyǔ qǔxiāo le. → The semi-final has been called off because of rain. ⇒ 市政府取消了放鞭炮的禁令。 Shìzhèngfǔ qǔxiāole fàng biānpào de jìnlìng. → The municipal government has lifted a ban on firecrackers.

give up ( pt gave ) , pp given ⇒ 我打消了去参加晚会的念头。 Wǒ dǎxiāole qù cānjiā wǎnhuì de niàntou. → I gave up the idea of going to the party.

⇒ 他的勤奋抵消了经验不足。 Tā de qínfèn dǐxiāole jīngyàn bùzú. → His industriousness is enough to compensate for his inexperience. ⇒ 正、负数抵消。 Zhèng, fùshù dǐxiāo. → Positive and negative numbers cancel each other out.

wither away

digest ⇒ 这种食品不易消化。 Zhè zhǒng shípǐn bù yì xiāohuà. → This kind of food is not easy to digest. ⇒ 学过的东西要消化、吸收。 Xuéguo de dōngxi yào xiāohuà, xīshōu. → You must digest and absorb what you study.

night-time snack

vanish

news singular ⇒ 电台报道了战争的最新消息。 Diàntái bàodàole zhànzhēng de zuìxīn xiāoxi. → The radio reported the latest news of the war. ⇒ 分别多年,他们一直没有互通消息。 Fēnbié duō nián, tāmen yīzhí méiyǒu hùtōng xiāoxi. → In the many years they've been apart they've had no news of each other.

dissipate

( 反面 ) negative

depressed

( 消失 ) die out

become thin ( pt became ) , pp become ⇒ 几个月不见,她愈加消瘦了。 Jǐ gè yuè bù jiàn, tā yùjiā xiāoshòu le. → In the several months since I last saw her she's become even thinner.

( 逐渐消耗 ) wear ... down ( pt wore ) , pp worn ⇒ 消磨意志 xiāomó yìzhì → wear down one's willpower

consume

dispel

consume

elapse

while away time

spend one's free time ( pt , pp spent )

fire fighting

eliminate

fall apart ⇒ 头子被捕后,这个黑社会集团很快就冰消瓦解了。 Tóuzi bèibǔ hòu, zhège hēishèhuì jítuán hěnkuài jiù bīng xiāo wǎ jiě le. → After their leader was caught, the underground gang soon fell apart.

vanish into thin air ⇒ 得知真实情况后，人们的不满情绪烟消云散了。 Dézhī zhēnshí qíngkuàng hòu, rénmen de bùmǎn qíngxù yān xiāo yún sàn le. → When they found out what was really going on, the people's feelings of discontent vanished into thin air.

hearsay