"Paid" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yǒu cháng paying / paid (not free)
 shòu gù to be employed / to be hired / hired / paid
 fù qì paid
 dài xīn to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay
 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge) / to root for sb / to sing sb's praises / to flatter
 huí kòu brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback
 qī fáng forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
稿 gǎo chóu fee paid to an author for a piece of writing
 huì duì remittance / funds paid to a bank account
 dào tiē to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
 péi liáo to keep sb company for a chat / (esp.) to be a paid escort
退 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain
 cóng tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes
 yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
 bāo jīn to gild / (old) wages paid to a performer or a troupe by a theater
 liǎng qì received and paid for (business term) / the goods delivered and the bill settled
 guān fèi government funded / paid by state stipend
 dài xīn xiū jià paid leave
 lián fèng extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty
 pái kè paid queuer / person paid to stand in line for another
 máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
 hóng gǔ (economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis
 xuè zhài xuè cháng a debt of blood must be paid in blood / blood calls for blood / also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2]
 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
 chē fèn vehicle rental fee paid by cab and rickshaw drivers
 wán shuì hòu jiāo huò delivered duty paid
 yùn fèi fù zhì carriage paid to
 yùn fèi bǎo xiǎn fèi fù zhì carriage and insurance paid to
  Convention concerning Paid Educational Leave
  highest paid civil service
  additional paid in capital
 shí fù actually paid / net (payment)
 bāo huó job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work
 yè mǎn to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism)
 Wǎng luò shuǐ jūn "Internet Navy" / paid Internet posters / astroturfers
 shú jià price paid to redeem an object / (religion) price paid to redeem sb / ransom
 diàn dǐ fèi deductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured) / (UK English) excess
 dài jià to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3]) / substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1])
 zì gān wǔ (neologism) person who posts online in support of the Chinese government, but unlike a wumao 五毛[wu3 mao2], is not paid for doing so (abbr. for 自帶乾糧的五毛|自带干粮的五毛[zi4 dai4 gan1 liang2 de5 wu3 mao2])
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