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Decomp. 小冖口巾狛
小 + 吊
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常 cháng always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant
Results beginning with 常
常常 cháng cháng frequently / often
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
常见 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently
常州 Cháng zhōu Changzhou prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
常规 cháng guī code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc)
常务 cháng wù routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company)
常识 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2]
常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year
常委 cháng wěi member of standing committee
常人 cháng rén ordinary person
常驻 cháng zhù resident / permanent (representative)
常理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals
常态 cháng tài normal state
常任 cháng rèn permanent
常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
常客 cháng kè frequent visitor / fig. sth that crops up frequently
常数 cháng shù a constant (math.)
常温 cháng wēn room temperature / ordinary temperatures
常青 cháng qīng evergreen
常量 cháng liàng a constant (physics, math.)
常绿 cháng lu:4 evergreen
常设 cháng shè (of an organization etc) standing or permanent
常言 cháng yán common saying
常名  usual name
常道 cháng dào normal and proper practice / conventional practice / common occurrence
常德 Cháng dé Changde prefecture-level city in Hunan
常法 cháng fǎ convention / normal practice / conventional treatment
常犯 cháng fàn to commit (an error) often / common (mistake)
常俸 cháng fèng fixed salary of an official
常轨 cháng guǐ normal practice
常模 cháng mó norm (typically observed pattern)
常宁 Cháng níng Changning, county-level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan
常情 cháng qíng common sense / the way people usually feel about things
常山 Cháng shān Changshan county in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
常时 cháng shí frequently / often / usually / regularly
常熟 Cháng shú Changshu, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
常项 cháng xiàng constant term (in a math expression)
常值 cháng zhí literal
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常委会 cháng wěi huì standing committee
常见病 cháng jiàn bìng common illnesses
常春藤 cháng chūn téng ivy
常青藤 cháng qīng téng ivy
常用字 cháng yòng zì everyday words
常胜军 cháng shèng jūn Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels
常备军  standing force / standing army / permanent force
常绿树 cháng lu:4 shù evergreen tree
常德市 Cháng dé shì Changde prefecture-level city in Hunan
常规岛 cháng guī dǎo conventional island
常衡制 Cháng héng zhì Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
常吕町 cháng lu:3 tǐng Tokoro,
常宁市 Cháng níng shì Changning, county-level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan
常山县 Cháng shān xiàn Changshan county in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
常熟市 Cháng shú Shì Changshu, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
常态化 cháng tài huà normalized (statistics) / to normalize (relations etc) / to become the norm
常用品 cháng yòng pǐn everyday implement / object of everyday use
常州市 Cháng zhōu shì Changzhou prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
常住论 cháng zhù lùn eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
常见问题 cháng jiàn wèn tí common problems / FAQ
常规武器 cháng guī wǔ qì conventional weapon
常来常往 cháng lái cháng wǎng to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often
常务部分  general segment
常设安排  standing arrangements
常年定单  blanket purchase order / open-ended contract / standing order;
常理公道  customary justice
常规弹药  conventional munition
常用剂量  usual dose
常德地区 Cháng dé dì qū Changde prefecture in Hunan
常德丝弦 Cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
常规石油 cháng guī shí yóu conventional oil
常规武库 cháng guī wǔ kù conventional arsenal
常规议程 cháng guī yì chéng Built-in Agenda
常规阻力 cháng guī zǔ lì conventional resistance
常绿植物 cháng lu:4 zhí wù evergreen plant
常年海冰 cháng nián hǎi bīng perennial sea ice
常年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè variant of 長年累月|长年累月[chang2 nian2 lei3 yue4]
常染色体 cháng rǎn sè tǐ autosomal chromosome / autosome / autosomal
常设员额 cháng shè yuán é established post
常态编班 cháng tài biān bān see 常態分班|常态分班[chang2 tai4 fen1 ban1]
常态分班 cháng tài fēn bān (Tw) grouping of students into classes of mixed ability
常态分布 cháng tài fēn bù normal distribution (in statistics)
常问问题 cháng wèn wèn tí frequently asked questions / FAQ
常务次官 cháng wù cì guān permanent
常务理事 cháng wù lǐ shì permanent member of council
常驻记者 cháng zhù jì zhě resident correspondent
常务委员会 cháng wù wěi yuán huì standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress)
常任理事国 cháng rèn lǐ shì guó permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
常言说得好 cháng yán shuō de hǎo as the saying goes / as they say...
常规武器处  Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch
常设秘书处  permanent secretariat
常设委员会  standing committee
常设理事会  Permanent Council
常设选举法  permanent election law
常春藤学府 cháng chūn téng xué fǔ Ivy League school
常规无线电 cháng guī wú xiàn diàn conventional radio
常青藤八校 Cháng qīng téng Bā xiào Ivy League
常设民事团 cháng shè mín shì tuán Permanent Civilian Mission
常微分方程 cháng wēi fēn fāng chéng ordinary differential equation (ODE)
常务副主席 cháng wù fù zhǔ xí Senior Vice-Chairman
常驻代表团 cháng zhù dài biǎo tuán Permanent Mission to the United Nations / Permanent Mission
常坐汽车者 cháng zuò qì chē zhě motorist
常规力量均衡  conventional parity
常规武器公约  Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects / Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
常规武装力量  conventional armed forces
常备警察能力 cháng bèi jǐng chá néng lì standing police capacity
常规化石燃料 cháng guī huà shí rán liào conventional fossil fuels
常规军备稳定 cháng guī jūn bèi wěn dìng conventional stability
常规铜电话线 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line
常设国际法院 cháng shè guó jì fǎ yuàn Permanent Court of International Justice
常设协商框架 cháng shè xié shāng kuàng jià Permanent Consultative Framework
常设员额变动 cháng shè yuán é biàn dòng change in established posts
常设仲裁法院 cháng shè zhòng cái fǎ yuàn Permanent Court of Arbitration
常务副秘书长 cháng wù fù mì shū zhǎng Deputy Secretary-General
常州奔牛机场 cháng zhōu bēn niú jī cháng Changzhou
常驻代表委员会  Permanent Representatives Committee / Committee of Permanent Representatives
常设统计委员会  Standing Statistical Committee
常设中央委员会  Permanent Central Board
常设合作委员会  Standing Cooperation Committee
常设利益办事处  interest section
常设主任委员会  Permanent Committee of the Directors
常设安全委员会  Standing Committee for Security
常设人权委员会  Human Rights Standing Committee
常压流化床燃烧  atmospheric fluidized bed combustion
常规军备委员会  Commission for Conventional Armaments
常设财务委员会  Permanent Finance Committee
常设选举委员会  Permanent Election Commission
常设选民登记册  permanent Civil Voter Registry
常任理事国席位  permanent membership
常设生产委员会  Permanent Production Committee
常规动力潜水艇  conventionally powered submarine
常设协商委员会  Standing Consultative Commission
常设技术委员会  Permanent Technical Committee
常设指导委员会  Permanent Steering Committee
常设索偿委员会  standing claims commission / claims commission
常规武器登记册 cháng guī wǔ qì dēng jì cè Register of Conventional Arms
常设联合司令部 cháng shè lián hé sī lìng bù Permanent Joint Headquarters
常规弹药系统公司  Conventional Munitions Systems
常规武器转让准则  Guidelines for Conventional Arms Transfers
常规裁军研究报告  Study on Conventional Disarmament
常设总部规划小组  standing headquarters planning cell
常设纪律事项小组  Standing Panel on Disciplinary Matters
常规武器作用方程 cháng guī wǔ qì zuò yòng fāng chéng Conventional Weapons Effects equation
常设冰川变动事务处  Permanent Service for the Fluctuation of Glaciers
常设中央鸦片委员会  Permanent Central Opium Board
常备司法和惩教能力  Justice and Corrections Standing Capacity
常设紧急选举委员会  Permanent Emergency Electoral Council
常规裁军研究专家组  Expert Group on a Study on Conventional Disarmament
常设全体小组委员会  Standing Sub-Committee of the Whole
常设港口技术委员会  Permanent Technical Committee on Ports
常务副秘书长办公室 cháng wù fù mì shū zhǎng bàn gōng shì Office of the Deputy Secretary-General
常设研究和统计委员会  Standing Committee on Research and Statistics
Approximate Results for 常
非常 fēi cháng very / very much / unusual / extraordinary
正常 zhèng cháng regular / normal / ordinary
经常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily
通常 tōng cháng regular / usual / normal / usually / normally
异常 yì cháng exceptional / abnormal / an anomaly
日常 rì cháng daily / everyday
平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily
时常 shí cháng often / frequently
寻常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary
往常 wǎng cháng usual / customary
无常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die
失常 shī cháng not normal / an aberration
反常 fǎn cháng unusual / abnormal
照常 zhào cháng as usual
家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family
超常 chāo cháng exceptional / well above average / supernatural / paranormal
太常 tài cháng Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
惯常 guàn cháng usual / customary
伦常 lún cháng proper human relationships
素常 sù cháng ordinarily / usually
恒常 héng cháng constant / constantly
每常 měi cháng frequently (in the past) / regularly
五常 wǔ cháng five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信 / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) / five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
中常 zhōng cháng ordinary / average / medium / mid-range / moderate
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不正常 bù zhèng cháng abnormal
非正常 fēi zhèng cháng abnormal / irregular
家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking
正常化 zhèng cháng huà normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
正常值 zhèng cháng zhí regular value / the norm
拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
不平常 bù píng cháng remarkable / remarkably / unusual
不寻常 bù xún cháng unusual / curious / somewhat extraordinary
扯家常 chě jiā cháng to engage in small talk / to chit chat
磁异常 cí yì cháng magnetic anomaly (geology)
定常流 dìng cháng liú stationary flow / steady flow
定常态 dìng cháng tài constant state / fixed state
非常多 fēi cháng duō much / very many
封常清 fēng cháng qīng Feng
平常日 píng cháng rì weekday
平常心 píng cháng xīn levelheadedness / calmness / equanimity
十常侍 shí cháng shì Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
五常市 Wǔ cháng shì Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
异常期 yì cháng qī anomalistic period / perigee to perigee period / perigee to perigee period / period, the
非常重要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important
日常工作 rì cháng gōng zuò routine
习以为常 xí yǐ wéi cháng accustomed to / used to
不同寻常 bù tóng xún cháng out of the ordinary / unusual
家常便饭 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary
一反常态 yī fǎn cháng tài complete change from the normal state (idiom) / quite uncharacteristic / entirely outside the norm / out of character
异乎寻常 yì hū xún cháng unusual / extraordinary
心律失常 xīn lu:4 shī cháng arrhythmia
反复无常 fǎn fù wú cháng unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
老生常谈 lǎo shēng cháng tán an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
变化无常 biàn huà wú cháng (idiom) changeable / fickle
不主故常 bù zhǔ gù cháng not to stick to the old conventions
出没无常 chū mò wú cháng to appear and disappear unpredictably
祸福无常 huò fú wú cháng disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom) / future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
进退有常 jìn tuì yǒu cháng to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi) / many translations are possible
人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural
三纲五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信)
喜怒无常 xǐ nù wú cháng temperamental / moody
知足常乐 zhī zú cháng lè satisfied with what one has (idiom)
正常时差  normal moveout
哈勃常数  Hubble constant
基本常数  fundamental parameters / fundamental constants
正常基线  normal baseline
电离常数  ionization constant
正常网格  regular array / regular grid / regular pattern
正常间距  regular spacing
经常预算  regular budget
经常方桉  regular programme
异常行为  deviant behaviour
经常支出  current expenditure
正常重力  normal gravity / theoretical gravity
行为失常  behaviour disorders / behavioural disorders
经常转移  current transfers
正常交易  arm's-length transaction
异常快感  rush
日常规划  routine planning
兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì commonplace in military operations (idiom)
布格异常 bù gé yì cháng Bouguer gravity anomaly / Bouguer anomaly
超常发挥 chāo cháng fā huī to outdo oneself / to perform exceptionally well
超乎寻常 chāo hū xún cháng out of the ordinary / exceptional
磁异常图 cí yì cháng tú magnetic anomaly map
蹈常袭故 dǎo cháng xí gù follow the same old path (idiom) / stuck in a rut / always the same routine
法轮常转 Fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
非常措施 fēi cháng cuò shī derogatory measures
非常感谢 fēi cháng gǎn xiè extremely grateful / very thankful
非常害怕 fēi cháng hài pà dread
非常手段 fēi cháng shǒu duàn an emergency measure
非常著名 fēi cháng zhù míng extremely famous
黑白无常 Hēi Bái Wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
恢复常态 huī fù cháng tài to return to normal
家常豆腐 jiā cháng dòu fu home-style tofu
介电常数 jiè diàn cháng shù dielectric constant
积分常数 jī fēn cháng shù constant of integration (math.)
经常账户 jīng cháng zhàng hù current account (economics)
经常资源 jīng cháng zī yuán regular resources / core resources
平平常常 píng píng cháng cháng nothing out of the ordinary / unglamorous
气候异常 qì hòu yì cháng climatic anomaly
神经失常 shén jīng shī cháng mental aberration / nervous abnormality
太阳常数 tài yáng cháng shù solar constant
闲话家常 xián huà jiā cháng to chat about domestic trivia (idiom)
一反往常 yī fǎn wǎng cháng contrary to usual / unlike what usually happens
一切如常 yī qiè rú cháng business as usual
一如往常 yī rú wǎng cháng as usual
照常营业 zhào cháng yíng yè business as usual
正常成本 zhèng cháng chéng běn normal cost (accountancy)
正常工作 zhèng cháng gōng zuò normal operation / proper functioning
正常菌群 zhèng cháng jūn qún microbiome / microbiota
重力异常 zhòng lì yì cháng gravitational anomaly (geology)
染色体异常  chromosome anomalies
非正常交易  non-arm's length transaction
重力异常图  gravity anomaly map
不正常表现  deviant behaviour
经常出版物  recurrent publication
非经常项目  non-recurrent items
低反常国家  low-distortion country
非正常移民  irregular migrant
非正常移徙  irregular migration
欣快异常的  euphoric
运转正常的  mission capable
不正常状况 bù zhèng cháng zhuàng kuàng abnormal state
非常驻大使 fēi cháng zhù dài shǐ non-resident ambassador
经常性费用 jīng cháng xìng fèi yòng ongoing cost
普朗克常数 Pǔ lǎng kè cháng shù (physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ / joule.seconds
言语失常症 yán yǔ shī cháng zhèng speech defect
欧洲常规力量  Conventional Forces in Europe
正常运行时间  uptime
恢复正常生活  rehabilitation
家常烹饪食品  home-made foods
人权常设大会  Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
功能异常行为  dysfunctional behaviour
臭氧异常事件  ozone episode
布格重力异常  Bouguer gravity anomaly / Bouguer anomaly
反常行为检测  abnormal behaviour detection
正常交易原则  arm's length principle
自由空气异常  free-air anomaly
经常预算开支  regular budget expenditure
经常资源方桉  regular resources programme
经常资源员额  regular resources post
经常预算基金  regular budget funds
正常退休年龄  normal retirement age
非正常移徙者  irregular migrant
赤道电离异常  equatorial ionization anomaly
经常资源收入  regular resources income
日常生活活动  activities of daily living
经常资源活动 jīng cháng zī yuán huó dòng regular resources activities
经常资源预测 jīng cháng zī yuán yù cè regular resources forecasts
经常资源账户 jīng cháng zī yuán zhàng hù Regular Resources Account
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