"Alternate" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lún liú to alternate / to take turns
 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
 biàn huàn to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
 bèi yòng reserve / spare / alternate / backup
 xiāng jiàn to alternate / to follow one another
 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
 gēng tì to take over (from one another) / to alternate / to replace / to relay
 gēng dié to alternate / to change
 dié dài (computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate
 hū lěng hū rè now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
穿 chuān chā to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days
 qī lu:4 abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗, verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines
 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
 zhuǎi alternate writing of 跩[zhuai3]
 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
 shù alternate form of 倏 / sudden / abrupt
 qī yán lu:4 shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines / abbr. to 七律
 hù shēng yè alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)
 wài cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate exterior angles
 gēng zú soldier (serving alternate watch)
 cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate angles
 lìng pì xī jìng to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail
  alternate frequency
 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge
 hòu bǔ jiàn zhèng rén Alternate Certifying Officer
 hòu bǔ mì shū alternate secretary
 bèi yòng jī chǎng alternate airfield
  alternate office site
  alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country
  alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country
使  alternate uses of land
  Alternate Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central American Peace Process
  alternate voice (and) data
  alternate substance
  alternate payee
 duō chóng jié jú alternate ending / multiple endings
 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
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