"Chain" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc)
 lián huán chain
 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
 liàn zi chain
 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
 láng chain / ornament
 suǒ chain / wire
 Guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987
 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain
 lián suǒ diàn chain store
 gōng yīng liàn supply chain
 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex
 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process
 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 Jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain
 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
 Xīn huá Shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters
 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management
 tiě liàn iron chain
  supply chain / value chain
 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks
 Xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
 Lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction
 Sān lián Shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands
 Mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German)
 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
 shí wù liàn food chain
 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker
 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)
 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block
 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain
 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)
 shēng wù liàn food chain
 lěng liàn cold chain
 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block
 máo liàn anchor chain
 An1 dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America
 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire)
 liàn huán chain link
 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
 liàn variant of 鏈|链 / a chain / variant of 煉|炼 / to smelt / to refine
 méi americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain
 An1 dì sī the Andes mountain chain
 Mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name)
 bào xì newspaper chain / syndicate
 duō tài lián polypeptide chain
 hé lián suǒ fǎn yìng nuclear chain reaction
 liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìng chain reaction of nuclear fission
 shuāi biàn liàn decay chain
 Jiā shì kè JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
 cè liàn side chain (used in classifying amino acids)
 ǒu lián fǎn yìng chain reaction (chemistry)
 Jí zhī dǎo JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
 dān liàn single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
 chéng zhuǎn to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
 Tè yì gòu Tesco, British-based supermarket chain
 pán gèn linked in a unbroken chain
 tàn liàn carbon chain
 tàn liàn xiān wéi carbon chain fiber
 jié lián linked in a chain
 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]
 lǎo yān qiāng heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker
 lǎo yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker
 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
 tài liàn peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)
 Huá rùn Wàn jiā CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
 lián xiāo diàn chain store
 lián suǒ shāng diàn chain store
 liàn shì fǎn yìng chain reaction
 liàn tīng chain hydrocarbon
 liàn jù chain saw
 A1 ěr tài shān mài Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia
 chú jú huā huán daisy chain / chain sinnet
 Hán yà lóng H Mart, Korean supermarket chain in US and Canada
 tóu dōu helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
 tiě jí lí liàn caltrop chain / caltrop / spider
 yī xì liè bǎo guǎn chéng xù chain of custody
 hòu qín wǎng logistic chain
 lái ēn qún dǎo huǒ shān liàn Line Islands Volcanic Chain
 cuī huà xún huán catalytic chain / catalytic cycle
  chain of custody certificate
  chain indices
  chain indices
  chain indices
  polymerase chain reaction assay / PCR assay
  Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction;
 lián suǒ xìng qiān yí chain migration
 lián suǒ xìng yí xǐ chain migration
 néng liàn energy chain
  nuclear chain reaction
 liàn pào Chain Gun
  auditable chain of accountability
 lǐng dǎo céng cì chain of command
  chain of custody records
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