"Limited" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 pín fá impoverished / lacking / deficient / limited / meager / impoverishment / lack / deficiency
 yǒu xiàn limited / finite
 quán limited (of talent or ability) / (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes)
 yǒu qióng exhaustible / limited / finite
 bàn tǒng shuǐ (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
 yǒu xiàn gōng sī limited company / corporation
 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī joint-stock limited company / corporation
 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
 bù zhǐ incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
 jú xiàn yú to be limited to
 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
 Měng niú China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
 shòu xiàn to be limited / to be restricted / to be constrained
 zhǐ xiàn yú to be limited to
 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
 jǐng dǐ zhī wā the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time
 shí rì wú duō time is limited (idiom)
 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble)
 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
 yī kǒng zhī jiàn partial view / limited outlook
廿 niàn twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
 yòu park / to limit / be limited to
 Qián lu:2 jì qióng to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
 xiàn yú to be limited to / to be confined to
 mián lì one's limited power (humble expr.)
 Zhōng yuǎn Tài píng yáng COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
 zhōng yuǎn Tài píng yáng yǒu xiàn gōng sī COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
 xiǎo fàn wéi small-scale / local / to a limited extent
 dǒu shāo zhī cái person of limited capacity
 mù guāng rú dòu short-sighted / limited vision
 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
 wú bǐ muddled and limited (of writing)
 jiàn wén yǒu xiàn to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
 yǔ bīng to have limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
 Téng xùn Kòng gǔ Yǒu xiàn Gōng sī Tencent Holdings Limited (developers of the QQ instant messaging platform)
 xiàn qī rèn yòng appointment of limited duration
  limited visibility operation
 xiàn qī huó dòng activities of limited duration
  limited international special surveillance list (of chemicals)
  limited international special surveillance list (of chemicals)
  Global Protection Against Limited Strikes
 bǔ lāo fèn é catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege
  catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege
  catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege
  Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water / Partial Test Ban Treaty / Limited Test Ban Treaty
  limited document
  Special Programme of Limited Assistance
  limited vote
  limited vote
  Defence Systems Limited
  limited discretion in budgetary implementation / limited budgetary discretion
  limited frequency unannounced access
  limited nuclear war
  limited strategic war
 hé chì (literary) far more than / not limited to
 Yǒu bāng Bǎo xiǎn AIA Group Limited, insurance company
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