通识课程 通識課程 tōng shí kè chéng general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 结业 結業 jié yè to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations syn 必修课 必修課 bì xiū kè required course / compulsory course 速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course / crash course 躔 chán (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn 过程 過程 guò chéng course of events / process / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn 经过 經過 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 课程 課程 kè chéng course / academic program / CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2],門|门[men2] syn 采取 採取 cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take syn 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 教程 jiào chéng course of study (commonly used in book titles) syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 进程 進程 jìn chéng course of events / process syn 本科 běn kē undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive) 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 学科 學科 xué kē subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline syn 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn 历程 歷程 lì chéng course / process syn 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc) 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 适时 適時 shì shí timely / apt to the occasion / in due course syn 进修 進修 jìn xiū to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course syn 学分 學分 xué fēn course credit 理所当然 理所當然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right syn 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn 疗程 療程 liáo chéng course of treatment 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 开课 開課 kāi kè school begins / give a course / teach a subject syn 无为 無為 wú wéi the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire 生产过程 生產過程 shēng chǎn guò chéng course of production / manufacturing process 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 赛道 賽道 sài dào race course 何去何从 何去何從 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take syn 大学本科 大學本科 dà xué běn kē university undergraduate course 奉行 fèng xíng to pursue (a course, a policy) syn 头道 頭道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc) 重修 chóng xiū to reconstruct / to repair / to revamp / to revise / to retake a failed course 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 必修 bì xiū (of an academic course) required / compulsory 征途 zhēng tú long journey / trek / course of an expedition syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 速成 sù chéng crash (course) / accelerated (process) / quick (fix) / instant (success) / to achieve in a short time syn 硬要 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action 定然 dìng rán certainly / of course syn 教学大纲 教學大綱 jiào xué dà gāng course syllabus / class curriculum 风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 敢情 gǎn qing actually / as it turns out / indeed / of course syn 无所适从 無所適從 wú suǒ shì cóng not knowing which course to follow (idiom) / at a loss what to do syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 基础课 基礎課 jī chǔ kè basic course / core curriculum 预科 預科 yù kē preparatory course (in college) 选修课 選修課 xuǎn xiū kè optional course (in school) 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 高尔夫球场 高爾夫球場 gāo ěr fū qiú chǎng golf course 制导 制導 zhì dǎo to control (the course of sth) / to guide (a missile) 正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course 因公 yīn gōng in the course of doing one's work / on business 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to syn 按说 按說 àn shuō in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally syn 诉诸 訴諸 sù zhū to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc) / to resort to (a course of action) 沿革 yán gé evolution of sth over time / course of development / history 病程 bìng chéng course of disease 时序 時序 shí xù timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic syn 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 主菜 zhǔ cài main course 