连 锁 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc) 连 环 lián huán chain 链 条 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] 链 子 liàn zi chain 链 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain 锒 láng chain / ornament 鎍 suǒ chain / wire 国 美 Guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 产 业 链 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 连 锁 店 lián suǒ diàn chain store 供 应 链 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 分 店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex 一 条 龙 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process 手 链 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2] 家 乐 福 Jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 因 缘 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect 新 华 书 店 Xīn huá Shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain 枷 锁 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters 供 应 链 管 理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 铁 链 tiě liàn iron chain 价 值 链 supply chain / value chain 山 峦 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks 星 巴 克 Xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 乐 购 Lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain 连 锁 反 应 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction 三 联 书 店 Sān lián Shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 多 肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 列 岛 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 麦 德 龙 Mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German) 电 锯 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 食 物 链 shí wù liàn food chain 瘾 君 子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 烟 鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker 成 串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 电 动 葫 芦 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 拖 链 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 绵 亘 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) 生 物 链 shēng wù liàn food chain 冷 链 lěng liàn cold chain 手 拉 葫 芦 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 锚 链 máo liàn anchor chain 安 第 斯 山 脉 An1 dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America 防 滑 链 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 链 环 liàn huán chain link 二 节 棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 炼 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链 / a chain / variant of 煉|炼 / to smelt / to refine 鋂 méi americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain 安 第 斯 An1 dì sī the Andes mountain chain 马 莎 Mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name) 报 系 bào xì newspaper chain / syndicate 多 肽 连 duō tài lián polypeptide chain 核 连 锁 反 应 hé lián suǒ fǎn yìng nuclear chain reaction 链 式 裂 变 反 应 liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìng chain reaction of nuclear fission 衰 变 链 shuāi biàn liàn decay chain 佳 世 客 Jiā shì kè JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets 侧 链 cè liàn side chain (used in classifying amino acids) 偶 联 反 应 ǒu lián fǎn yìng chain reaction (chemistry) 吉 之 岛 Jí zhī dǎo JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets 单 链 dān liàn single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA 承 转 chéng zhuǎn to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy) 特 易 购 Tè yì gòu Tesco, British-based supermarket chain 盘 亘 pán gèn linked in a unbroken chain 碳 链 tàn liàn carbon chain 碳 链 纤 维 tàn liàn xiān wéi carbon chain fiber 结 连 jié lián linked in a chain 缩 多 氨 酸 suō duō ān suān polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein / same as 多肽[duo1 tai4] 老 烟 枪 lǎo yān qiāng heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker 老 烟 鬼 lǎo yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker 听 骨 链 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear) 肽 链 tài liàn peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein) 华 润 万 家 Huá rùn Wàn jiā CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China 连 销 店 lián xiāo diàn chain store 连 锁 商 店 lián suǒ shāng diàn chain store 链 式 反 应 liàn shì fǎn yìng chain reaction 链 烃 liàn tīng chain hydrocarbon 链 锯 liàn jù chain saw 阿 尔 泰 山 脉 A1 ěr tài shān mài Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia 雏 菊 花 环 chú jú huā huán daisy chain / chain sinnet 韩 亚 龙 Hán yà lóng H Mart, Korean supermarket chain in US and Canada 头 兜 tóu dōu helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck 铁 蒺 藜 链 tiě jí lí liàn caltrop chain / caltrop / spider 一 系 列 保 管 程 序 yī xì liè bǎo guǎn chéng xù chain of custody 后 勤 网 hòu qín wǎng logistic chain 莱 恩 群 岛 火 山 链 lái ēn qún dǎo huǒ shān liàn Line Islands Volcanic Chain 催 化 循 环 cuī huà xún huán catalytic chain / catalytic cycle 产 销 监 管 链 证 书 chain of custody certificate 连 续 指 数 chain indices 定 基 指 数 chain indices 环 比 指 数 chain indices 聚 合 酶 链 反 应 检 测 polymerase chain reaction assay / PCR assay 反 转 录 聚 合 酶 链 反 应 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; 连 锁 性 迁 移 lián suǒ xìng qiān yí chain migration 连 锁 性 移 徙 lián suǒ xìng yí xǐ chain migration 能 链 néng liàn energy chain 核 链 式 反 应 nuclear chain reaction 链 炮 liàn pào Chain Gun 可 稽 核 的 问 责 制 度 auditable chain of accountability 领 导 层 次 lǐng dǎo céng cì chain of command 监 管 链 记 录 chain of custody records