"Event" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiàng mù item / project / (sports) event / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shì jiàn event / happening / incident / CL:個|个[ge4]
 xiǎo xiàng small item / event (of program)
 dǐng mù item / event / project
 mái diǎn (web analytics) event tracking / event
 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that
 guò hòu after the event
 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
 shì xiān in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
 shì hòu after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means
 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past
 chū míng well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
 shì qián in advance / before the event
 biàn gù an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
 shì biàn incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
 Yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
 tuī jiè huì promotional seminar / promotional event
 gōng yì huó dòng charity event / public service activities
 dàng qī slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)
 xiāo lù sale / market / state of the market / sales event
  social event
退 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress
 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
 bǐ sài xiàng mù sporting event / item on program of sports competition
使 guǐ shǐ shén chāi demons and gods at work (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
 tǐ yù xiàng mù sporting event
 bǔ bào to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness
 zhuī rèn to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
 shèng jǔ grand event / magnificent undertaking
 hòu gǎn afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc)
 běn mò the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
 jú wài outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external
 tè mài huì promotional event / sale
 fáng huàn wèi rán to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud
 jiǎn sè to fade / (fig.) to lose luster / (of an event etc) to be spoiled / (coinage) to become debased
 fān foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort
 hòu huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event.
 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng joy from heaven (idiom) / overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
 fáng huàn wèi méng to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom) / to nip sth in the bud
 zhuī huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event.
 hòu zhàng undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
 cǎn biàn disastrous turn / tragic event
 shì hòu cōng ming wise after the event (idiom) / with hindsight, one should have predicted it
 shì jiè event horizon
 rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
 ǒu rán shì jiàn random accident / chance event
 pàn dú to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
 zuǒ bu guò anyhow / in any event / just / only
 huǐ zhī wú jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event.
 zhī shi yuè duō yuè fǎn dòng the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮[Si4 ren2 bang1])
使 shén chāi guǐ shǐ the work of gods and devils (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case
 jí duān qì hòu shì jiàn extreme weather event
 lín chuáng shì jiàn clinical event
  High-level International Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development
 guó jì hé shì jiàn děng jí biǎo International Nuclear Event Scale
  treaty event
  High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals
  World Summit Event for Schools
线 jī xiàn shì jiàn baseline event
  Protection of persons in the event of disasters
  high-level event on climate change
  side event
  multiple scattering event
  scattering event single
  renewable event
  Special Account for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
  Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
  current event list
  single event damage
  single event upset
  parallel event
 tiān qì shì jiàn weather event
  Guidelines on Fair Treatment of Seafarers in the Event of a Maritime Accident
  single event effect
  event rate
  event rate
  event marketing / chrono-merchandising
  Special Event on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
  Security Event Planning Unit
  event timer
 jí shì auspicious event
 xīn chǎn pǐn tuī jiè huì product launch event
 qiān chàng huì (of a singer) autograph session / record signing event
 shèng kuàng kōng qián a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
 huó dòng chǎng dì place for activities (playground, event venue etc)
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