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 xiàn to limit / to restrict / (bound form) limit / bound
Results beginning with 限
 xiàn zhì to restrict / to limit / to confine / restriction / limit / CL:個|个[ge4]
 xiàn dù limitation / limit
 xiàn liáng quantitation limit
 xiàn dìng to restrict to / to limit
 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline
 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit
 xiàn jià limit on price
 xiàn sù speed limit
 xiàn zhí limit
 xiàn gòu to limit the amount a customer can buy
 xiàn liú to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
 xiàn yú to be limited to / to be confined to
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 xiàn zhì qū restricted zone
 xiàn dìng cí determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
 xiàn gāo jià height restriction barrier
线 xiàn jiè xiàn boundary / dividing line
 xiàn shí xìn mail to be delivered by a specified time
 xiàn zhì méi restriction enzyme
 xiàn qī huó dòng activities of limited duration
 xiàn qī rèn yòng appointment of limited duration
 xiàn zhì gé shì selective availability
 xiàn zhì xié yì restraint agreement
 xiàn zhì zhǔn rù managed access
  restricted operating zone
  limited vote
  limited vote
 xiàn zhì chū rù qū restricted area / closed area
 xiàn zhì méi tú pǔ restriction mapping
 xiàn zhì méi tú pǔ restriction mapping (in genomics) / restriction pattern
  restriction enzyme
  limited document
  Conference on the Limitation of Armament / Washington Naval Conference
  restriction of the freedom of movement
 xiàn zhì xìng shāng yè guàn lì restrictive business practices
使  loss of containment
  Strategic Arms Limitation Talks / SALT talks
  Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty / SALT II Treaty
  strategic arms limitation agreements
 xiàn zhì xìng shāng yè guàn lì gǔ Restricted Business Practices Unit
  UN restricted
  International Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament / Treaty Between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan / Washington Naval Treaty
 xiàn zhì xìng shāng yè guàn lì zhuān jiā zǔ Group of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices
  International Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament / London Naval Treaty
  Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty / SALT II Treaty
  Terrorist Exclusion List
  Protocol to the Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests
  Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices
  Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive / RoHS Directive
  Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs
Approximate Results for 限
 quán xiàn scope of authority / extent of power / (access etc) privileges
 yǒu xiàn limited / finite
 wú xiàn unlimited / unbounded
 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time
 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary
 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years
 jiè xiàn boundary
 shàng xiàn upper bound
 jú xiàn to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries
 shí xiàn time limit
 shòu xiàn to be limited / to be restricted / to be constrained
 dà xiàn the limit / maximum / one's allocated lifespan
 xiàng xiàn quadrant (in coordinate geometry)
 dǐ xiàn lowest limit / bottom line
 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc)
 mén xiàn doorsill
 bīng xiàn ice limit
 hù xiàn threshold
 qīn xiàn intrusion / perimeter breach / (esp.) (of a person or a foreign object) to breach the perimeter surrounding railway tracks
寿 shòu xiàn lifetime / length of life
 xià xiàn lower bound
西 xī xiàn the western boundary
 yá xiàn cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall
 yǔ xiàn boundary / limit
 yù xiàn (psychology) threshold / liminal
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 wú xiàn zhì limitless / unrestricted
 jú xiàn yú to be limited to
 jú xiàn xìng limitations / (medicine) localized
 zhǐ xiàn yú to be limited to
 wú xiàn qī indefinitely / of unlimited duration
 yǒu xiàn yuán finite element (method)
 kuān xiàn qī grace period / period of grace
  limits of error
 bàn wú xiàn semi-infinite
 bù jú xiàn not confined
 chāo xiàn zhàn unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc)
 pín xiàn xiǎng (Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination / (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy / the rich live in another world / (abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力[pin2 qiong2 xian4 zhi4 le5 wo3 de5 xiang3 xiang4 li4])
 wú xiàn xiǎo infinitesimal / infinitely small
 yǒu xiàn jí finite set
 yǒu xiàn qún finite group (math.)
 yù xiàn zhí threshold limit value
 zhì xìn xiàn confidence limit (math.)
K吸 Kxī shōu xiàn K-absorption edge
 yǒu xiàn gōng sī limited company / corporation
 jí xiàn yùn dòng extreme sport
穿 hù xiàn wèi chuān an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
 wú xiàn xiǎo shù infinitesimal / infinite decimal expansion
  action limit
  warning limit
  detection limit
  travel restriction
  threshold treaties
  emission limit value
  price-fixing
  outer limit
  financial restriction
  arms limitation
  discrimination threshold
  bilateral boundary
  contained detonation
  statutory authority
 bào zhà jí xiàn explosive
 běi fāng jiè xiàn Northern Limit Line
 cái wù shàng xiàn financial ceiling
 chāo guò xiàn dù to exceed / to go beyond / to overstep the limit
 dà xiàn dào lái to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
 dà xiàn lín tóu facing the end (idiom) / at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave
 dì yī xiàng xiàn first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
 fàng mù jí xiàn grazing capacity
 huà dì zì xiàn lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) / fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
 hū chū xiàn zhì outgoing call barring
穿 hù xiàn wéi chuān to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
 jiǎn cè xiàn duó limit of detection / minimum detectable level / limit of detectability / detection limit / detection threshold
 jiàn wén yǒu xiàn to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
 jié zhǐ qī xiàn deadline
 jìn kǒu xiàn zhì import restrictions
 jì shù suǒ xiàn technical limitations
 kòng zhì jiè xiàn control limit
 máo guǎn shàng xiàn capillary fringe
 měi rì xiàn jià limit on daily price variation
 mén xiàn kuò zhǎn threshold extension
 qì hòu xiàn zhì climatic stress
 shù liàng xiàn zhì quantitative restriction
 xuè jì xiàn jiè kekkei
 yǒu xiàn dān yuán finite element (method)
 yǒu xiàn yuán fǎ finite element method
 zhí bèi jí xiàn vegetation limit
 zhì xìn jiè xiàn confidence limits
 zuì dī xiàn dù minimum
 zuì dī xiàn zhí threshold limit value
 zuì gāo xiàn é maximum amount / ceiling / upper limit / quota
 zuì hòu qī xiàn deadline / final time limit (for project)
200海 200hǎi lǐ jiè xiàn 200 nautical mile limit / 200 nautical mile line / 200 mile limit / 200 M line
350海 30hǎi lǐ jiè xiàn 350 nautical mile limit / 350 M constraint line
  not restricted
  grid bearing
  indefinite appointment / indefinite contract
  indefinite appointment / indefinite contract
  sine die
  limit reference point
  area of limitation in armaments / restricted-weapons zone
  area of limitation in armaments / restricted-weapons zone
  limited nuclear war
 wù zhǔ xiàn dìng cí possessive (in grammar)
 zhǎng diē fú xiàn zhì limit up, limit down / limit on daily price variation
 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī joint-stock limited company / corporation
  median tolerance limit
  specified quality limit / standard quality limit
  debt rescheduling
  trade restrictiveness index
  global allocation ceiling
  catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege
  all-purpose single boundary / all-purpose line
  arms limitation agreement
  permissible exposure limit
  hazard concentration limit
  voluntary export restraint
  Director's Authorization Ceiling
  life cycle of mines
  national ceiling
 hè dé bó gé jiè xiàn Hedberg limit / Hedberg line
 huán jìng nóng duó jí xiàn environmental limit concentration
 huán jìng nóng duó xiàn duó environmental limit concentration
 jí xiàn kàng lā qiǎng duó ultimate tensile strength
 měi nián zuì gāo xiàn é annual ceiling
 rén dào zhǔ yì xiàn zhì humanitarian limits
 zhàn lu:è jūn bèi xiàn zhì strategic arms limitation
 zuì dī xiàn dù lǐ lùn minimalist theory
 zuì gāo gōng zī xiàn é wage ceiling
  non-derogable law
  limited visibility operation
  time limit on speeches
  open-ended
  cap-and-trade programme
  maritime boundary delimitation / delimitation of maritime boundaries / maritime delimitation
  retention schedule / records retention schedule
  limited discretion in budgetary implementation / limited budgetary discretion
  lithostratigraphic unconformity boundary / unconformity boundary
  limited strategic war
 fēi zhōu xiàn zhì xìng yóu méng African Restricted Postal Unions
 gāo xiàn é jīn róng zhī chí high-access financial support
 wú xiàn fēng guāng zài xiǎn fēng The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb) / fig. exhilaration follows a hard-won victory
 yǒu xiàn qún biǎo shì lǐ lùn Representation
  High-Access Precautionary Arrangement
  European Convention on the Calculation of Time-Limits
  Direct Action Ceiling
  blood alcohol limit
  Genetic Use Restriction Technology
  lower limit of detectability / minimum detectable limit
  Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
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