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中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid-
中叶 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
炘 xīn mid-day glare / heat
中场 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
中秋 Zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
月饼 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year
中盘 zhōng pán middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor / wholesaler / middleman
心学 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
中脊 zhōng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
初伏 chū fú the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged)
文康 Wén Kāng Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传[Er2 nu:3 Ying1 xiong2 Zhuan4]
月夕 yuè xī Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
洋脊 yáng jǐ mid-ocean ridge
海岭 hǎi lǐng mid-ocean ridge
中帮 zhōng bāng mid-top (shoes)
中常 zhōng cháng ordinary / average / medium / mid-range / moderate
中灶 zhōng zào mess hall for mid-level cadres / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
双节 shuāng jié combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节[Zhong1 qiu1 jie2] falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section
中秋节 Zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
塔利班 Tǎ lì bān the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
中纬度  mid-latitudes / middle latitudes
半山区 bàn shān qū mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
中低端 zhōng dī duān mid-to-low-range
中洋脊 zhōng yáng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
洋中脊 yáng zhōng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
乔巴山 Qiáo bā shān Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod / Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952)
期中考 qī zhōng kǎo mid-term exam
中盘股 zhōng pán gǔ (share trading) mid-cap
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
中央海岭 zhōng yāng hǎi lǐng mid-ocean ridge (geology)
中途搁浅 zhōng tú gē qiǎn to run aground in mid-course / to run into difficulty and stop
基辅罗斯 Jī fǔ Luó sī Kievan Rus', East Slavic state that reached its peak in the early to mid-11th century
大洋中脊 dà yáng zhōng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
中期收成  mid-crop
扩张洋脊 kuò zhāng yáng jǐ mid-oceanic ridge / mid-ocean ridge
年中审查  mid-year review
中期评价  mid-term evaluation
楚河汉界 Chǔ hé Hàn jiè lit. the river that divides Chu and Han / fig. a line that divides rival territories / the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
抓大放小 zhuā dà fàng xiǎo (PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
新文化运动 Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
中大西洋脊 zhōng dà xī yáng jǐ mid-Atlantic ridge
大西洋中脊 Dà xī yáng zhōng jǐ Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
平流层中层  middle stratosphere / mid-stratosphere
大西洋洋中脊 Dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐ Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
东太平洋隆起 Dōng Tài píng yáng lóng qǐ East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
北半球中纬度  northern middle latitude / upper mid-latitude
十年中期目标  mid-decade goals
中期审查协定  Mid-Term Review Agreements
活动大洋中嵴  active mid-ocean ridge / active ridge / spreading ridge
任务中期评估  mid-mission assessment
东太平洋海隆 Dōng Tài píng Yáng Hǎi lóng East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
大洋中部动力学实验  Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
合并中级进修教育方桉  Combined Mid-level Continuing Education Programme
非洲教育十年中期审查  Mid-Decade Review of Education for Africa
乌拉圭回合中期审查会议  Mid-Term Review Conference of the Uruguay Round
联合国扫盲十年中期审查  UNLD Mid-Decade Review / Mid-Decade Review
大西洋中嵴生态系统项目  Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem project
第五次国际成人教育会议中期审查  Mid-term Review of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education
维也纳行动纲领执行情况十年中期审查  Mid-Decade Review of the Implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action
五常任理事国限制中东武器转让的努力  Permanent-5 Efforts for Mid-East Arms Transfer Restraint
新的实质性行动纲领全球中期审查会议  Global Mid-term Review Meeting of the Substantial New Programme of Action
儿童首脑会议目标进展情况十年中期审查  Mid-Decade Review of Progress for Children
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