| 演技 | yǎn jì | acting / performing skills |  |
| 淡出 | dàn chū | to fade out (cinema) / to withdraw from (politics, acting etc) / to fade from (memory) | |
| 见义勇为 | jiàn yì yǒng wéi | to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause |  |
| 放羊 | fàng yáng | to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly | |
| 做功 | zuò gōng | (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) | |
| 封疆 | fēng jiāng | border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) | |
| 三思而后行 | sān sī ér hòu xíng | think again and again before acting (idiom) / consider carefully in advance | |
| 乩童 | jī tóng | (Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans | |
| 假令 | jiǎ lìng | if / supposing that / acting county magistrate | |
| 假吏 | jiǎ lì | acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times) | |
| 合心 | hé xīn | acting together / to one's liking | |
| 有嘴无心 | yǒu zuǐ wú xīn | to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle | |
| 矫诏 | jiǎo zhào | the pretense of acting on imperial order | |
| 听小骨 | tīng xiǎo gǔ | ossicles (of the middle ear) / three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨 | |
| 代理方桉管理干事 | | Acting Programme Management Officer | |
| 负责索马里问题的秘书长代理特别代表 | | Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia | |
| 代理股长 | dài lǐ gǔ zhǎng | Acting Chief of Unit | |
| 代理执行干事 | | Acting Executive Officer | |
| 代理副执行主任 | | Acting Deputy Executive Director | |
| 代理副x长 | | Acting Deputy Chief | |
| 代理科长 | dài lǐ kē zhǎng | Acting Chief of Section | |
| 代理司长 | dài lǐ sī zhǎng | Acting Chief of Division | |
| 为情况危急妇女采取行动组织 | | Acting for Women in Distressing Situation | |
| 关于联合政府伙伴关系原则的协议 | | Acting Together for Kenya - Agreement on the principles of partnership of the coalition Government / Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of the Coalition Government | |
| 联合国贸易和发展会议代理秘书长 | | Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | |
| 代理执行主席 | | Acting Executive Chairman | |
| 主管中央支助事务代理助理秘书长 | | Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services | |
| 莫桑比克团结行动临时委员会 | | Mozambique Solidarity Acting Interim Committee | |
| 代理个人助理 | | Acting Personal Assistant | |
| 代理办公厅副主任 | | Acting Deputy Chef de Cabinet | |
| 代理副联合特别代表 | | Acting Deputy Joint Special Representative | |
| 代理领馆馆长 | | acting head of post | |
| 接戏 | jiē xì | to accept an acting role | |
| AB制 | A B zhì | to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable | |
| 大尾巴狼 | dà yǐ ba láng | (coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc | |
