千年发展目标运动 千年發展目標運動 Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals / Millennium Development Goals Campaign / Millennium Campaign 千年运动 千年運動 qiān nián yùn dòng Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals / Millennium Development Goals Campaign / Millennium Campaign 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 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 整风运动 整風運動 zhěng fēng yùn dòng Rectification campaign / political purge / cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges 全球两性平等结构改革运动 全球兩性平等結构改革運動 quán qiú liǎng xìng píng děng jié gòu gǎi gé yùn dòng Global campaign for Gender Equality Architecture Reform / GEAR Campaign 制止石刑杀害妇女全球运动 制止石刑殺害婦女全球運動 zhì zhǐ shí xíng shā hài fù rǔ quán qiú yùn dòng Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women / SKSW Campaign 美国缅甸运动 美國緬甸運動 měi guó miǎn diàn yùn dòng United States Campaign for Burma / US Campaign for Burma 联合国危险化学品和废物责任运动 聯合國危險化學品和廢物責任運動 United Nations Campaign for Responsibility on Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes / Safe Planet Campaign 安全地球运动 安全地球運動 United Nations Campaign for Responsibility on Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes / Safe Planet Campaign 免疫接种运动 免疫接種運動 immunization campaign / vaccination campaign 小儿麻痹症免疫运动 小兒麻痹癥免疫運動 polio immunization campaign / polio vaccination campaign 反对人口贩运蓝心运动 反對人口販運藍心運動 Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking / Blue Heart Campaign 打麻雀运动 打麻雀運動 dǎ má què yùn dòng the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows 镇反运动 鎮反運動 zhèn fǎn yùn dòng Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. for 鎮壓反革命運動|镇压反革命运动[Zhen4 ya1 Fan3 ge2 ming4 Yun4 dong4] 镇压反革命运动 鎮壓反革命運動 zhèn yā fǎn gé mìng yùn dòng Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动[Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4] 笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) 更美好世界基金 Better World Fund 联合国创造一个更美好的世界 聯合國創造一個更美好的世界 United Nations for a Better World 全球合作实现更美好世界 全球合作實現更美好世界 Global Cooperation for a Better World 人人享有更美好的世界 A Better World for All 更美好世界协会 更美好世界協會 The Better World Society 淑世 shū shì to make the world a better place 山外有山，天外有天 shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself 瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 减少自然灾害世界会议 減少自然災害世界會議 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction 瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役 瓜達爾卡納爾島戰役 guā dá ěr kǎ nà ěr dǎo zhàn yì Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 - February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II 世界裁军运动科 shì jiè cái jūn yùn dòng kē World Disarmament Campaign Section 世界裁军运动 shì jiè cái jūn yùn dòng World Disarmament Campaign 世界人权宣传运动 世界人權宣傳運動 World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights 美国防治艾滋病世界行动运动 美國防治艾滋病世界行動運動 America's World Action Campaign to Stop AIDS 世界城市运动 世界城市運動 shì jiè chéng shì yùn dòng World Urban Campaign 清洁世界运动 清洁世界運動 qīng jié shì jiè yùn dòng Clean up the World Campaign 世界拯救人类运动 世界拯救人類運動 shì jiè zhěng jiù rén lèi yùn dòng World Campaign to Save Humanity 世界裁军运动信托基金 世界裁軍運動信托基金 Trust Fund for the World Disarmament Campaign 世界艾滋病运动 世界艾滋病運動 World AIDS Campaign 世界减灾运动 世界減災運動 World Disaster Reduction Campaign 世界裁军运动国家会议 世界裁軍運動國家會議 World Disarmament Campaign regional conference 世界普及识字运动 世界普及識字運動 World Campaign for Universal Literacy 协调和世界裁军运动科 協調和世界裁軍運動科 Coordination and World Disarmament Campaign Section 联合国世界裁军运动认捐会议 聯合國世界裁軍運動認捐會議 United Nations Pledging Conference for the World Disarmament Campaign 世界裁军运动区域会议 世界裁軍運動區域會議 Regional Conference for the World Disarmament Campaign 世界裁军运动认捐会议 世界裁軍運動認捐會議 Pledging Conference for the World Disarmament Campaign 世界非殖民化运动 世界非殖民化運動 World Decolonization Campaign 反对与南非的军事和核勾结世界运动 反對與南非的軍事和核勾結世界運動 World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa 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 