"Higher" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
高级文凭 gāo jí wén píng higher
以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
更高 gèng gāo higher / even higher
上级 shàng jí higher authorities / superiors / CL:個|个[ge4]
高等教育 gāo děng jiào yù higher education
高出 gāo chū to be higher (than the stated amount) by ...
高职 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school
申请书 shēn qǐng shū application / application form / petition (to higher authorities)
申诉 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal
晋升 jìn shēng to promote to a higher position
上行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
升华 shēng huá to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
攻读 gōng dú to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
提拔 tí bá to promote to a higher job / to select for promotion
上边 shàng bian the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places
街道办事处 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
上缴 shàng jiǎo to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities
新阶段 xīn jiē duàn new level / higher plane
高教 gāo jiāo higher education / same as 高等教育[gao1 deng3 jiao4 yu4]
升迁 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
报批 bào pī to report for criticism / to submit for approval to higher authority
高学历 gāo xué lì higher education record / record including Master's or Doctoral degree
管家婆 guǎn jiā pó housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody
升上 shēng shàng (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
跃升 yuè shēng to leap to (a higher position etc) / to jump / (of a plane) to ascend
高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class
高头 gāo tou higher authority / the bosses / on top of
登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / to go to the next level / to attain a higher level
上达 shàng dá to reach the higher authorities
高职院校 gāo zhí yuàn xiào professional school / higher vocational school
红盘 hóng pán (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close
悬河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words
敬祝 jìng zhù to offer humbly (written at the end of letter from sb of lower status to higher status) / your humble servant
升调 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
攀 pān to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status
巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng to wish for higher status (idiom) / to curry favor in the hope of promotion
钻坚仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level
进身之阶 jìn shēn zhī jiē stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
高维 gāo wéi (math.) higher dimensional
层报 céng bào to report to higher authorities through layers of hierarchy
高次 gāo cì higher degree (e.g. equation in math.)
高等代数 gāo děng dài shù higher algebra
高维代数簇 gāo wéi dài shù cù (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety
上峰 shàng fēng peak / summit / (old) higher authorities / superiors
上有政策，下有对策 shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
主管机关 zhǔ guǎn jī guān the authorities / higher competent body
加委 jiā wěi to ratify (an election, by higher authority) / confirmation (by higher committee)
审级 shěn jí appeal (to higher courts)
审级制度 shěn jí zhì dù system of appeals (to higher court)
尊者 zūn zhě honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
精巢 jīng cháo (zoology) spermary / (in higher animals) testicle
级强 jí qiáng named grade or higher / at least stated magnitude (of earthquake)
超维空间 chāo wéi kōng jiān hyperspace / superspace / higher dimensional space
较高级 jiào gāo jí better quality / comparatively higher level
高八度 gāo bā dù an octave higher (music)
高攀不上 gāo pān bù shàng to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
高维空间 gāo wéi kōng jiān (math.) higher dimensional space
远日点 yuǎn rì diǎn aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun / opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点[jin4 ri4 dian3] / higher apsis
美洲高等教育组织  Inter-American Organization for Higher Education
专业及以上职类 zhuān yè jí yǐ shàng zhí lèi Professional and higher categories
叙利亚-黎巴嫩最高委员会  Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council
高级司法委员会  Higher Judicial Council
非洲高等院校校长会议  Conference of Vice-Chancellors, Presidents and Rectors of Institutions for Higher Learning in Africa
高产品种  higher productivity variety
高级联合委员会  Higher Joint Commission
高高潮 gāo gāo cháo higher high water, large tide
比平流层更高的大气层  higher layer
专业及以上职类职务评价总标准  Job Evaluation Master Standard for the Professional and higher categories
科学研究和高等教育司  Division of Scientific Research and Higher Education
拉丁美洲国际高级新闻研究中心  International Centre for Higher Studies in Journalism for Latin America
欧洲高等教育中心  European Centre for Higher Education
平均高高潮面 píng jūn gāo gāo cháo miàn mean higher high water
平均高高潮 píng jūn gāo gāo cháo higher high water, mean tide
欧洲地区承认高等教育资格公约  Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education in the European Region / Lisbon Convention
里斯本公约  Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education in the European Region / Lisbon Convention
拉丁美洲和加勒比高等教育区域中心  Regional Centre for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
区域高等教育和发展研究所  Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development
国际犯罪学高级研究所 guó jì fàn zuì xué gāo jí yán jiū suǒ International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science
非洲高级管理研究中心  African Centre for Higher Studies in Management
国家高等教育战略计划  National Higher Education Strategic Plan
非洲工会研究和教育高级研究所  Higher African Institute for Trade Union Research and Education
阿拉伯最高委员会  Arab Higher Committee
非洲高级技术训练研究所  African Institute for Higher Technical Training and Research
欧洲高等教育研究与发展协会  European Association for Research and Development in Higher Education
高等教育部  Ministry of Higher Education
非洲和马达加斯加高等教育理事会  African and Malagasy Council on Higher Education
工程师和高级技术员教育训练国际会议  International Conference on the Education and Training of Engineers and Higher Technicians
次区域高等教育协商  Subregional Consultation on Higher Education
世界高等教育会议  World Conference on Higher Education
非洲发展高等教育讨论会  Seminar on the Development of Higher Education in Africa
改革和发展高等教育优先行动框架  Framework for Priority Action for Change and Development in Higher Education
告谕 gào yù (literary) to inform (the public) / to give clear instructions / public announcement (from higher authorities)
进身 jìn shēn to get oneself promoted to a higher rank
何不食肉糜 hé bù shí ròu mí lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
众人拾柴火焰高 zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom) / the more people, the more strength
陪睡 péi shuì to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc) / to sleep in the same bed as one's child
大学入学指定科目考试 Dà xué Rù xué Zhǐ dìng Kē mù Kǎo shì Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates&rsquo / higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考[Zhi3 kao3]
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