测深线方向 測深線方向 line direction / sounding line direction / direction of sounding lines 复阳 復陽 fù yáng to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result 流向 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 路向 lù xiàng road direction / (fig.) direction / path 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 阳极 陽極 yáng jí anode / positive electrode / positive pole syn 阳模 yáng mú positive model / positive 变容真空泵 變容真空泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 容积式泵 容積式泵 róng jī shì bèng positive displacement pump / positive pump 正排量泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 正位移泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 差商 chā shāng (math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 参量 參量 cān liàng parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.) 偏微分 piān wēi fēn (math.) partial differential / (math.) partial derivative 方向 fāng xiàng direction / orientation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn 走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 转向 轉向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance syn 指向 zhǐ xiàng to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated syn 转头 轉頭 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent syn 针对性 針對性 zhēn duì xìng focus / direction / purpose / relevance syn 方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn 去向 qù xiàng direction in which sb or sth has gone / whereabouts 反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction syn 取向 qǔ xiàng orientation / direction syn 趋向 趨向 qū xiàng direction / trend / to incline syn 反向 fǎn xiàng opposite direction / reverse 逆向 nì xiàng backwards / reverse direction 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 拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wān to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn 对开 對開 duì kāi running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) 话锋 話鋒 huà fēng topic under discussion / direction or tone of the conversation syn 调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 航向 háng xiàng course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) 径向 徑向 jìng xiàng radial (direction) syn 方向感 fāng xiàng gǎn sense of direction 向 xiàng variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly syn 往 wàng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous syn 转 轉 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn 改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn 投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn 中国致公党 中國致公黨 zhōng guó zhì gōng dǎng (PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP 抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary syn 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 輓 wǎn variant of 挽 / to draw (a cart) / an elegy (for use in funeral procession) / to turn (change direction) 百川归海 百川歸海 bǎi chuān guī hǎi all things tend in one direction (idiom) syn 一改故辙 一改故轍 yī gǎi gù zhé complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices 物极必反 物極必反 wù jí bì fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) 曏 xiàng variant of 向, direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly / to side with / to be partial to / all along (previously) 垔 yīn to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound 传播四方 傳播四方 chuán bō sì fāng to disseminate in every direction (idiom) 切向 qiē xiàng tangent direction 四方响应 四方響應 sì fāng xiǎng yìng a response from every direction (idiom) 掉向 diào xiàng to turn / to adjust one's direction / to lose one's bearings 相向突击 相向突擊 xiāng xiàng tū jī sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom) 解理方向 jiě lǐ fāng xiàng direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate) 迂回奔袭 迂回奔襲 yū huí bēn xí to attack from an unexpected direction 自动测向器 zì dòng cè xiàng qì automatic direction finder 行政领导和管理 executive direction and management 程序指示 chéng xù zhǐ shì Practice Direction 地平指示器 attitude direction indicator 无线电侧向机 radio direction finder 射击指挥 射擊指揮 shè jī zhǐ huī fire direction 高级官员安保局 高級官員安保局 gāo jí guān yuán ān bǎo jú Direction de la protection rapprochée des hautes personnalités 航迹垂直方向 航跡垂直方向 háng jì chuí zhí fāng xiàng across-track direction 领土监视局 領土監視局 Direction de la surveillance du territoire 监狱管理局 監獄管理局 Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire 梯度方向 gradient direction 移民事务总局 移民事務總局 Direction générale des migrations 航迹并行方向 航跡並行方向 along-track direction 攻击方向 攻擊方向 direction of attack 路痴 lù chī person with a poor sense of direction 导正 導正 dǎo zhèng (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction / to correct (behavior etc) 驶向 駛向 shǐ xiàng (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of 话锋一转 話鋒一轉 huà fēng yī zhuǎn to change the direction or tone of a conversation 积极 積極 jī jí active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive syn 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) syn 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn 阳性 陽性 yáng xìng positive / masculine 眉目 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome syn 气魄 氣魄 qì pò spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude syn 正反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 自命 zì mìng to consider oneself to be (sth positive) syn 