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 shū jí books / works
 chǎng factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant
 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
 xiě zuò to write / to compose / writing / written works
 quán jí omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist)
 wén jí collected works
 shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works
 miàn shì to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author
 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
 jīng miào exquisite / fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)
 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works
 xíng shàn to do good works / to be merciful
 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
 wén xuǎn compilation / selected works
 Gōng Bù Ministry of Works (in imperial China)
 xuǎn biān selected works (poems, documents etc) / anthology
 zuò to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works
 wài kē yī shēng surgeon / as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nei4 ke1 yi1 sheng1], who works primarily by administering drugs
 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
 gāng tiě chǎng iron and steel works / steelworks
 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student
 Běi qì Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) / abbr. for 北京汽車製造廠有限公司|北京汽车制造厂有限公司[Bei3 jing1 Qi4 che1 Zhi4 zao4 chang3 You3 xian4 Gong1 si1]
 Luó Guàn zhōng Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works
 wén zōng (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary / eminent writer
 xuǎn běn anthology / selected works
 hé gōng river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker
 jí to gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
 mǎn pán a plateful / comprehensive / the full works (e.g. a banquet) / the full price
 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom) / use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.
 kuā duō dòu mǐ to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)
 xiū shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works
 nèi kē yī shēng medical doctor / physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wai4 ke1 yi1 sheng1]
 Běi jīng Qì chē Zhì zào chǎng Yǒu xiàn Gōng sī Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)
 bàn rì gōng zuò part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
 gǔ wén yùn dòng cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
 Dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
 Zhāng Yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
 pí gé shāng fellmonger / a dealer who works with animal hides and skins
 ān shì (often used in the negative in describing a young person) to have an understanding of things / to know how the world works
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Personnel Directive / UNRWA Personnel Directive
  ex works
"联"方  United Nations Works Programme
  Meeting of Ministers of Public Works and Transport of the Southern Cone Countries
  South American Ministerial Conference on Transport, Communications, and Public Works
  Committee of Experts to Study the Question of the Restitution of Works of Art
  Conference of South American Ministers of Transport, Communications and Public Works
  Conference of Ministers of Transport, Communication and Public Works of South America
  Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work on Public Works
  Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works
  Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-Glass Works
  International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
 gǎng kǒu jiàn zhù shè shī harbour works
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Health Programme / UNRWA Health Programme
  International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
  Public Works Service
  The UN Works
  drug paraphernalia / drug works
  Certification of Public Works for Children
  Special Public Works Programme
  Employment-Generating Public Works Programme
  Ministry of Public Works
  Treaty on the International Registration of Audiovisual Works
  Special Labour Intensive Public Works Programme
  Labour Intensive Public Works Programme
  International Organization for the Protection of the Works of Art
  Legal Guide on Drawing up International Contracts for Construction of Industrial Works
 Dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
 tiān qù natural charm (of writings, works of art etc)
鸿 Gū Hóng míng Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
 Máo Zé dōng Xuǎn jí Selected Works of Mao Zedong
 Máo xuǎn Selected Works of Mao Zedong / abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Xuan3 ji2]
 shuō bù (old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc
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