认 可 rèn kě to approve / approval / acknowledgment / OK 赞 成 票 zàn chéng piào approval / affirmative vote 允 准 yǔn zhǔn to approve / to permit / approval / permission 默 认 mò rèn to agree tacitly / tacit approval / default (setting) 赞 扬 zàn yáng to praise / to approve of / to show approval 私 自 sī zì private / personal / secretly / without explicit approval 批 准 文 号 pī zhǔn wén hào (drug etc) approval number 报 批 bào pī to report for criticism / to submit for approval to higher authority 欢 声 huān shēng cheers / cries of joy or approval 批 文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing 报 请 bào qǐng to report, requesting approval / written request for instructions 首 肯 shǒu kěn to give a nod of approval 众 望 所 归 zhòng wàng suǒ guī (idiom) to enjoy popular support / to receive general approval 先 斩 后 奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom) / fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities 啊 modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent 嗯 en interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement 嘞 lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval 可 决 kě jué to adopt / to pass / to vote approval (of a law etc) 报 审 bào shěn to report for judgment / to submit for approval 心 许 xīn xǔ to consent tacitly / unspoken approval 批 办 pī bàn to approve and carry out / to issue approval 真 香 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) 私 行 sī xíng to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest 销 售 许 可 xiāo shòu xǔ kě marketing approval 环 境 合 格 标 记 huán jìng hé gé biāo jì environmental seal of approval 条 约 的 核 准 approval of a treaty 项 目 核 准 委 员 会 Project Approval Committee 核 准 权 hé zhǔn quán approval authority 认 可 票 制 rèn kě piào zhì approval voting 上 市 许 可 shàng shì xǔ kě marketing approval 须 经 政 府 核 准 xū jīng zhèng fǔ hé zhǔn subject to government approval 规 划 核 准 planning approval / planning permission 项 目 主 持 人 的 核 准 Principal Investigators' approval / PI approval 私 定 终 身 sī dìng zhōng shēng to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval 竖 起 大 拇 指 shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ to give a thumbs-up / to express one's approval 报 备 bào bèi to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions) 一 呼 百 应 yī hū - bǎi yìng (idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response / to receive extensive approval 雌 竞 cí jìng (slang) negative, toxic competition between women (esp. in seeking the favor and approval of men) 特 准 tè zhǔn to give special approval 特 批 tè pī to give special approval 私 定 终 身 sī dìng zhōng shēn to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
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