非洲宽带倡议 非洲寬帶倡議 fēi zhōu kuān dài chàng yì Better Connectivity with Broadband to Africa Initiative / Better Connectivity with Broadband to Africa 联合国全系统援助非洲特别倡议 聯合國全系統援助非洲特別倡議 United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s / United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa / United Nations Special Initiative for Africa 联合国非洲特别倡议 聯合國非洲特別倡議 United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s / United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa / United Nations Special Initiative for Africa 科学育儿 科學育兒 kē xué yù ér scientific parenting 共同养育子女 共同養育子女 shared parenting 亲职共享 親職共享 shared parenting 为人父母的技巧 為人父母的技巧 parenting skills 百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing 胜 勝 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) syn 多一事不如少一事 duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 叁五计划 三五計劃 3 by 5 Initiative / Treat 3 Million by 2005 Initiative 加强优惠的重债穷国倡议 enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative / enhanced HIPC Initiative 公民动议 gōng mín dòng yì citizen initiative / initiative 追回被盗资产倡议 zhuī huí bèi dào zī chǎn chàng yì Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative / StAR Initiative 亚佩克区域安全贸易倡议 yà pèi kè qū yù ān quán mào yì chàng yì Secure Trade in the APEC Region initiative / STAR initiative 重债穷国债务倡议 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative / HIPC Initiative 区域佛教带头倡议 Regional Buddhist Leadership Initiative / Buddhist Leadership Initiative 困难低收入国家倡议 困難低收入國家倡議 Low-Income Countries Under Stress Initiative / LICUS Initiative 反恐综合援助倡议 反恐綜合援助倡議 fǎn kǒng zōng hé yuán zhù chàng yì Integrated Assistance for Countering Terrorism Initiative / I-ACT Initiative 土壤生物多样性倡议 tǔ rǎng shēng wù duō yàng xìng chàng yì International Initiative on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity / Soil Biodiversity Initiative 养护和可持续利用授粉媒介国际倡议 International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators / International Pollinator Initiative 授粉媒介国际倡议 shòu fěn méi jiè guó jì chàng yì International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators / International Pollinator Initiative 温室气体核算标准倡议 wēn shì qì tǐ hé suàn biāo zhǔn chàng yì Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative / GHG Protocol Initiative 爱幼城倡议 愛幼城倡議 ài yòu chéng chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative 爱幼社区倡议 愛幼社區倡議 ài yòu shè qū chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative 绿色倡议 綠色倡議 green initiative / ecologically friendly initiative 生态友好倡议 生態友好倡議 green initiative / ecologically friendly initiative 可持续农业和农村发展倡议 可持續農業和農村發展倡議 Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative / SARD Initiative 波茨坦倡议-生物多样性2010 波茨坦倡議-生物多樣性2010 Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010 / Potsdam Initiative on Biodiversity 波茨坦生物多样性倡议 波茨坦生物多樣性倡議 bō cí tǎn shēng wù duō yàng xìng chàng yì Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010 / Potsdam Initiative on Biodiversity 非洲倡议 非洲倡議 fēi zhōu chàng yì DTCD / Japan Initiative for Financing the Human, Institutional, Technical and Management Capacities of Developing Countries in Development Planning (with a Special Focus on Africa) / Africa Initiative 布隆迪问题区域和平倡议首脑会议 布隆迪問題區域和平倡議首腦會議 Summit of the Great Lakes Regional Peace Initiative on Burundi / Summit of the Regional Initiative on Burundi CORE倡议 CORE倡議 corechàng yì Communities Responding to the HIV / AIDS Epidemic Initiative / CORE Initiative 伦理全球化倡议 倫理全球化倡議 lún lǐ quán qiú huà chàng yì Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative / Ethical Globalization Initiative 消除贫穷和壮大社区行动 消除貧窮和壯大社區行動 Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment Initiative / PEACE Initiative 保障健康倡议 保障健康倡議 Providing for Health initiative / P4H initiative 联合国环境规划署金融倡议 聯合國環境規劃署金融倡議 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative / UNEP Finance Initiative 环境署金融倡议 環境署金融倡議 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative / UNEP Finance Initiative 杜绝结核病倡议 杜絕結核病倡議 Stop Tuberculosis Initiative / Stop TB Initiative 数据标准倡议 數據標準倡議 Data Standards Initiative / Standards Initiative 全民教育快车道倡议 全民教育快車道倡議 Education for All Fast Track Initiative / EFA Fast Track Initiative 2005-2015年扫盲增能倡议 2005-2015年掃盲增能倡議 Literacy Initiative for Empowerment 2005-2015 / Literacy Initiative for Empowerment 美国律师公会中欧和东欧法律倡议 美國律師公會中歐和東歐法律倡議 American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative / Central and Eastern European Law Initiative 还是 還是 hái shi still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or syn 最好 zuì hǎo best / had better ... / it would be best to ... syn 更好 gèng hǎo better / more 不如 bù rú not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to syn 改善 gǎi shàn to make better / to improve / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn 改进 改進 gǎi jìn to improve / to make better / improvement / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 较好 較好 jiào hǎo better 与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}") syn 好转 好轉 hǎo zhuǎn to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement syn 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn 另一半 lìng yī bàn other half / (fig.) spouse / one's better half 再好 zài hǎo even better 转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes syn 上进 上進 shàng jìn to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards syn 好起来 好起來 hǎo qǐ lai to get better / to improve / to get well 高下 gāo xià relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) syn 转念 轉念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn 好受 hǎo shòu feeling better / to be more at ease syn 趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn 起色 qǐ sè a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve syn 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 宁肯 寧肯 nìng kěn would rather... / it would be better... / would prefer syn 转好 轉好 zhuǎn hǎo improvement / turnaround (for the better) 同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse syn 甘苦 gān kǔ good times and hardships / joys and tribulations / for better or for worse syn 胜似 勝似 shèng sì to surpass / better than / superior to syn 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn 多多益善 duō duō yì shàn the more the better syn 莫如 mò rú it would be better syn 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 略胜一筹 略勝一籌 lüè shèng yī chóu slightly better / a cut above syn 赶早 趕早 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn 弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn 矫饰 矯飾 jiǎo shì to put on airs / to pretend sth is better than it is / affectation syn 无出其右 無出其右 wú chū qí yòu matchless / without equal / there is nothing better syn 强似 強似 qiáng sì to be better than syn 赛 賽 sài to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel syn 比上不足比下有余 比上不足比下有餘 bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú to fall short of the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster 喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn 不知者不罪 bù zhī zhě bù zuì One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible 先礼后兵 先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 nìng quē wú làn better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom) / would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option 时来运转 時來運轉 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom) / to have a lucky break / things change for the better syn 欲擒故纵 欲擒故縱 yù qín gù zòng In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better syn 视如土芥 視如土芥 shì rú tǔ jiè to regard as useless / to view as no better than weeds 霍然而愈 霍然而癒 huò rán ér yù to recover speedily (idiom) / to get better quickly 聊胜于无 聊勝於無 liáo shèng yú wú better than nothing (idiom) syn 骑马找马 騎馬找馬 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one syn 引玉之砖 引玉之磚 yǐn yù zhī zhuān lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas 耳闻不如目见 耳聞不如目見 ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others 好汉不吃眼前亏 好漢不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom) 知子莫若父 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom) 