"Case" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 àn lì case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc) / instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4]
 àn jiàn case / instance / CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3]
 hé zi box / case / hezi &ndash / a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
 lì zi case / (for) instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4]
 wài ké envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
 bìng lì (medical) case / occurrence of illness
 xiāng zi suitcase / chest / box / case / trunk / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job
 àn qíng details of a case / case
 gōng wén bāo briefcase / attaché / case
 tào zi sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom
 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
 àn (legal) case / incident / record / file / table
 lì example / precedent / rule / case / instance
 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device)
 hé small box / case
 dú cabinet / case / casket
 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that
 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical
 jì rán since / as / this being the case
 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day
 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
 diǎn xíng model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative
 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless
 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
 shòu lǐ to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service)
 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency
 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means
 jì shì is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that
 jī xiāng computer case
 yǐ rán already / to be already so / to have long been the case
 tǎng ruò if / supposing / in case
 yǐ fáng (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
 fàn lì example / model case
 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
 hǎo dǎi good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
 bàn àn to handle a case
 gè àn individual case / special case
 shè àn (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
 bào àn to report a case to the authorities
 shǒu lì first case / first instance
 shì lì example / exemplar / typical case
 shén jīng bìng mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case
 xuè àn murder case
 bù guǎn zěn yàng in any case / no matter what
 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table
 bìng lì medical record / case history
 yí sòng to transfer (a case, a person, files etc)
 jiǎ ruò if / supposing / in case
 mìng àn homicide case / murder case
使 jiǎ shǐ if / in case / suppose / given ...
 zhēn bié to screen / to discriminate / to reexamine a case / screening (of applicants etc)
 lì zhèng example / case in point
 jié àn to conclude a case / to wind up
 jī qiào case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
 shèng sù to win a court case
 shā rén àn murder case / homicide case
 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
 móu shā àn murder case
 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case
 zuì àn a criminal case
 tè lì special case / isolated example
 zài shěn to hear a case again / review / retrial
 gǔ lái since ancient times / it has ever been the case that
 rán zé that being the case / then / in that case
 xiōng shā àn murder case
 bù yī ér zú by no means an isolated case / numerous
 qīng zhě less serious case / in less severe cases
 yí àn a doubtful case / a controversy
 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
 xuán àn unresolved question / unresolved case
 yǒu bèi wú huàn Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom)
 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
贿 shòu huì àn bribery case
 dàn ké ammunition case
 àn yóu main points of a case / brief / summary
 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
退 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
 duàn àn to judge a case
便 biàn plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
 qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments
 jī àn long pending case
 qiān bǐ hé pencil case
 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit;
 yǔ gé dative case
 zhǔ gé nominative case (grammar)
 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute
 zhěn tou tào pillow case
 zhuāng lián trousseau / lady's dressing case
 tǎng if / supposing / in case
 tāo bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy
 lù box case
 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom) / just in case / prepared for any eventualities
 lán bow case / quiver
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