(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
开本
kāi běn
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° / etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2 liu4 kai1] is roughly A4) / abbr. to 開|开[kai1]
交通大学
Jiāo tōng Dà xué
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 / Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 / Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 / National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
站长
zhàn zhǎng
person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
江湖
Jiāng hú
rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld
to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
抬头
tái tóu
to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
所长
suǒ zhǎng
head of an institute etc
无缘
wú yuán
to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc
龙华
Lóng huá
Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[Long2 hua2 Si4] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[Long2 hua2 Qu1] of Shenzhen, Guangdong
大和
Dà hé
Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
套用
tào yòng
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
衣角
yī jiǎo
corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
机顶盒
jī dǐng hé
set-top box / decoder for digital or satellite TV signal etc
封神榜
Fēng shén Bǎng
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation / (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])
主人翁
zhǔ rén wēng
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
耍赖
shuǎ lài
to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
家丁
jiā dīng
(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
开票
kāi piào
to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
爷们
yé men
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc
鸣叫
míng jiào
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
遏止
è zhǐ
to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc
冰霜
bīng shuāng
(literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
行云流水
xíng yún liú shuǐ
lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced
倒转
dào zhuǎn
to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head
面食
miàn shí
food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
凯蒂
Kǎi dì
(name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc
倒车
dǎo chē
to change buses, trains etc
环比
huán bǐ
(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
自由软件
zì yóu ruǎn jiàn
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
手笔
shǒu bǐ
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
呱呱
guā guā
(onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc
和平共处
hé píng gòng chǔ
peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
游弋
yóu yì
(of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
街市
jiē shì
downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
乘务员
chéng wù yuán
attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
地支
dì zhī
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
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