喜则气缓 喜則氣緩 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM) 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 额定 額定 é dìng specified (capacity, output etc) / rated (capacity, output etc) 运输能力 運輸能力 yùn shū néng lì lift capacity / lifting capacity 质子吸收能力 質子吸收能力 proton absorptive capacity / proton uptake capacity 援助吸收能力 yuán zhù xī shōu néng lì aid absorption capacity / absorbing capacity 渔捞能力 漁撈能力 yú lāo néng lì catch capacity / fishing capacity 伤病员拣别分类能力 傷病員揀別分類能力 triage capacity / sorting capacity 医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 药水 藥水 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion syn 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up 国际法医学和社会医学学会 國際法醫學和社會醫學學會 International Academy of Legal Medicine and Social Medicine 药食同源 藥食同源 yào shí tóng yuán lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine 特效药 特效藥 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine syn 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 要害 yào hài vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 紧要 緊要 jǐn yào critical / crucial / vital syn 功臣 gōng chén meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role syn 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 血气 血氣 xuè qì blood and vital breath / bloodline (i.e. parentage) / valor syn 气化 氣化 qì huà to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant 画龙点睛 畫龍點睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point syn 六神 liù shén the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3]) 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 百年大计 百年大計 bǎi nián dà jì a project of vital and lasting importance syn 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 利害攸关 利害攸關 lì hài yōu guān to be of vital interest syn 点睛之笔 點睛之筆 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point 表证 表證 biǎo zhèng superficial syndrome / illness that has not attacked the vital organs of the human body 有活力 yǒu huó lì energetic / vital 共商大计 共商大計 gòng shāng dà jì to discuss matters of vital importance 利害关系 利害關係 lì hài guān xi stake / vital interest / concern 正邪相争 正邪相爭 zhèng xié xiāng zhēng term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] 炁 qì (Daoism) Qi / vital force / life force (variant of 氣|气[qi4]) 病邪 bìng xié pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM / as opposed to vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] 至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential syn 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全 麻雀雖小，五臟俱全 má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quán the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail 人口和生命统计报告 Population and Vital Statistics Report 加速改善民事登记和生命统计系统战略 Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems 关于生命统计系统的原则和建议 Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System 人类基本需要 vital human need 生命统计系统和方法手册 Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods 民事登记和生命统计政府间工作组 民事登記和生命統計政府間工作組 Intergovernmental Working Group on Civil Registration Systems and Vital Statistics 亚洲民事登记和生命统计讨论会 亞洲民事登記和生命統計討論會 Asian Seminar on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 太平洋民事登记和生命统计讨论会 太平洋民事登記和生命統計討論會 Pacific Seminar on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 生命之声全球伙伴 生命之聲全球夥伴 shēng mìng zhī shēng quán qiú huǒ bàn Vital Voices Global Partnership 国家关键基础设施 國家關鍵基礎設施 guó jiā guān jiàn jī chǔ shè shī critical national infrastructure / vital structures 重要国家利益 重要國家利益 vital national interest 国家生命和卫生统计委员会国际会议 國家生命和衛生統計委員會國際會議 International Conference of National Committees on Vital and Health Statistics 至为重要的人类财富 至為重要的人類財富 vital human asset 生命统计 生命統計 vital statistics 国际生命登记与统计研究所 國際生命登記與統計研究所 International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics 民事登记和生命统计系统 民事登記和生命統計系統 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems / CR / VS systems 生命力部队建议 生命力部隊建議 Vital Force proposal 改善生命统计世界方桉 改善生命統計世界方案 World Programme for the Improvement of Vital Statistics 生命统计系统和方法专家组会议 生命統計系統和方法專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on Vital Statistics Systems and Methods 生命统计系统和方法专家组 生命統計系統和方法專家組 Expert Group on Vital Statistics Systems and Methods 民事登记和生命统计训练讲习班 民事登記和生命統計訓練講習班 Training Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 生命体征 生命體徵 shēng mìng tǐ zhēng vital signs 作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn 才能 cái néng talent / ability / capacity syn 容量 róng liàng capacity / volume / quantitative (science) 潜力 潛力 qián lì potential / latent capacity 身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of / as syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 生产能力 生產能力 shēng chǎn néng lì manufacturing ability / production capacity 产能 產能 chǎn néng production capacity 大容量 dà róng liàng high capacity 排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle) 执政能力 執政能力 zhí zhèng néng lì governing capacity 饱和 飽和 bǎo hé saturated / filled to capacity syn 能力建设 néng lì jiàn shè capacity-building 容积 容積 róng jī volume / capacity 出访 出訪 chū fǎng to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation 客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for 满载 滿載 mǎn zài full to capacity / fully loaded syn 底气 底氣 dǐ qì lung capacity / lung power / boldness / confidence / self-assurance / vigor 酒量 jiǔ liàng capacity for liquor / how much one can drink 爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn 适应能力 適應能力 adaptive capacity 脑力 腦力 nǎo lì mental capacity syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed 载重 載重 zài zhòng load / carrying capacity syn 效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity) / to work for syn 发电量 發電量 fā diàn liàng (power station, solar panel etc) output / capacity 余热 餘熱 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work 脑壳 腦殻 nǎo ké (coll.) head / skull / (fig.) brains (mental capacity) syn 冲力 衝力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) 承载力 承載力 chéng zài lì carrying capacity 心窍 心竅 xīn qiào the mind / capacity for clear thinking syn 酒力 jiǔ lì capacity for alcohol / ability to hold drink 