"Opening" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù jú arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon)
 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate)
 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
 jiē mù opening / unveiling
 huō opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit
 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
 chéng jūn lit. to form an army / to set up (team, group, band, organization etc) / to found / opening (ceremony) / to commission (arms system, naval vessel) / to graduate from an apprenticeship
 zhí quē (job) opening
 kāi shǒu beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
 kāi xué foundation of a University or College / school opening / the start of a new term
 kāi mù shì opening ceremony
 kǒu jìng caliber / diameter of opening
 yíng yè shí jiān time of business / opening hours (of shop) / working time
 piàn tóu opening titles (of movie) / leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel)
 jiù yè jī huì employment opportunity / job opening
 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
 kāi chǎng bái prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
 yǐn zi introduction / primer / opening words
 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
 jìn jià opening price
 dìng shì joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game)
 dì yī pào (fig.) opening shot
 tōng fēng kǒu air vent / opening for ventilation
 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door
 kāi mù cí opening speech (at a conference)
 kǒng dào opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius
 Róng Yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
 kāi bì mù shì opening and closing ceremonies
 rù chǎng shì ceremonial entry / opening procession
 qū sleeve opening
 pēng the sound of opening or closing the door
 hān a mouth or opening
 kāi juàn yǒu yì lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom) / the benefits of education
 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
 jiē mù shì opening ceremony / unveiling
 zī tripod with a small opening on top
 Yī gè yōu líng zài Oū zhōu yóu dàng Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto"
 chū quē to fall vacant / a job opening at a high level
 Fēng bì xìng Kāi jú Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局
 yíng yè shí hou opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant)
 yù mén (literary) vaginal opening / vulva
 chuāng shàn window / the opening panel of a window
 mài pò zhàn to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
 kāi mù diǎn lǐ opening ceremony
 kāi yè dà jí celebration on opening a business
 kāi hé qī thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
 kāi pán huì lu:4 opening exchange rate
 kāi tái start of play / opening of theatrical performance
 shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess) / same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局
 kāi chǎng chén shù opening statement
  anticipated job opening
 chéng qián qī chū yú é brought forward opening balance
  generic job opening
  Convention relative to the Opening of Hostilities
 qī chū jié yú opening balance
 qī chū yú é opening balance
  Tender Opening Committee
  opening of an ocean
  position-specific job opening
  Public Bid Opening Organization
 kù kǒu trouser leg opening
 shǐ yè shì school opening ceremony (to mark the start of a semester) (Tw)
 lóu (dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out / small channel across a river embankment / (used in place names) / Taiwan pr. [dou1]
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