<p>I recommend the Pleco dictionary, available as an Android/iPhone app, as that fits your description.</p>
<p>I think the ABC dictionary (available as a paid add-on to Pleco) is also valuable. As Chinese grammar is different from English grammar, it is useful to have (Chinese) grammatical information in each entry too, and ABC is very good for that.</p>
<p>Here is some general information about the ABC dictionary.<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Chinese%E2%80%93English_Dictionary" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Chinese%E2%80%93English_Dictionary</a><br />
<a href="https://iphone.pleco.com/manual/229/abc.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://iphone.pleco.com/manual/229/abc.html</a></p>

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<p>Most dictionaries will use several English words or phrases to explain Chinese words, but I'd like to find a dictionary that explains terms by sentences or descriptive words. For example:</p>
<p>创造: To build a thing from scratch</p>
<p>not:</p>
<p>创造: create</p>

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I think most online dictionaries will do.
r13
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Base I awareness ，There seems to be no such dictionary, or you can find a Chinese friend to help you explain
Chris
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Please recommend me a descriptive Chinese-English dictionary
# Please recommend me a descriptive Chinese-English dictionary

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-14)

Most dictionaries will use several English words or phrases to explain Chinese words, but I'd like to find a dictionary that explains terms by sentences or descriptive words. For example:

创造: To build a thing from scratch

not:

创造: create

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think most online dictionaries will do.  
> **username_2**: Base I awareness ，There seems to be no such dictionary, or you can find a Chinese friend to help you explain  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-10-29. Score: 0

I recommend the Pleco dictionary, available as an Android/iPhone app, as that fits your description.

I think the ABC dictionary (available as a paid add-on to Pleco) is also valuable. As Chinese grammar is different from English grammar, it is useful to have (Chinese) grammatical information in each entry too, and ABC is very good for that.

Here is some general information about the ABC dictionary.  
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Chinese%E2%80%93English_Dictionary>  
<https://iphone.pleco.com/manual/229/abc.html>


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