"Challenge" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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挑战 tiǎo zhàn to challenge / challenge
将军 jiāng jūn general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
搦 nuò (literary) to hold (in the hand) / to challenge / to provoke
提出异议 tí chū yì yì to disagree / to object / to differ / to challenge (a statement)
PK P K (slang) to take on / to challenge / to go head to head / showdown / comparison
动摇 dòng yáo to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to
应战 yìng zhàn to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
童趣 tóng qù qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)
硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle / difficult task / big challenge
战书 zhàn shū written war challenge
叫阵 jiào zhèn to challenge an opponent to a fight
以身试法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
朱云折槛 Zhū Yún zhē kǎn Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom) / to challenge and admonish boldly
迎接挑战 yíng jiē tiǎo zhàn to meet a challenge
全球文盲问题 quán qiú wén máng wèn tí global literacy challenge
千年挑战账户  Millennium Challenge Account
质疑制度 zhì yí zhì duó challenge regime
联合国对全球粮价挑战的统一对策  unified United Nations response to the global food price challenge
千年挑战契约  Millennium Challenge Compact
非洲科研促进工商发展计划  African Science to Business Challenge
雨林挑战项目  Rainforest Challenge
质疑性视察  challenge inspection
原则宣言  Declaration of Principles - Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium / Declaration of Principles
金融发展挑战基金  Financial Development Challenge Fund
挑战赠款  challenge grant
世纪挑战账户集团  Millennium Challenge Corporation
共同迎接艾滋病的挑战  AIDS: Sharing the Challenge
质疑性现场视察  on-site inspection on challenge
密克罗尼西亚挑战  Micronesia Challenge
绝对回避  peremptory challenge
有本钱 yǒu běn qián to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
搦战 nuò zhàn to challenge to battle
拥兵自重 yōng bīng zì zhòng (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government
有本事 yǒu běn shi to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by 就[jiu4]) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我[you3 ben3 shi5 jiu4 da3 wo3] Hit me if you dare!
踢馆 tī guǎn to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation) / (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field
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