"Somebody" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 某甲 | mǒu jiǎ | somebody / certain individual |  |
| 海选 | hǎi xuǎn | (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition | |
| 成龙 | Chéng Lóng | to succeed in life / to become somebody | |
| 患难见弃 | huàn nàn jiàn qì | to leave somebody holding the baby / to shrug responsibility (idiom) | |
| 混出名堂 | hùn chū míng tang | to make it / to be somebody | |
