黄金海岸 黃金海岸 huáng jīn hǎi àn name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain) 船舰 船艦 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 海警 hǎi jǐng coast guard 海巡 hǎi xún coast guard 美国海岸警卫队 美國海岸警衛隊 měi guó hǎi àn jǐng wèi duì United States Coast Guard 海岸护卫队 海岸護衛隊 hǎi àn hù wèi duì coast guard 利比里亚海岸警卫队 利比里亞海岸警衛隊 Liberian Coast Guard 海岸巡警 coast guard 防范 防範 fáng fàn to be on guard / wariness / to guard against / preventive syn 警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over / (security) guard syn 仪仗队 儀仗隊 yí zhàng duì honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession 宦骑 宦騎 huàn qí horse guard / imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs) 伊斯兰革命卫队 伊斯蘭革命衛隊 yī sī lán gé mìng wèi duì Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps / Revolutionary Guard Corps / Pasdaran 联合国警卫队 lián hé guó jǐng wèi duì United Nations Guard Unit / Guard Unit 妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 海边 海邊 hǎi biān coast / seaside / seashore / beach syn 花莲 花蓮 huā lián Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan 远洋 遠洋 yuǎn yáng distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast) syn 滑行 huá xíng to slide / to coast / to glide / (of an aircraft) to taxi syn 东海岸 東海岸 dōng hǎi àn East Coast 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 阿伯丁 ā bó dīng Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland) 腓尼基 féi ní jī Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea 岸 àn bank / shore / beach / coast syn 湄 méi (literary) shore / coast / bank syn 科特迪瓦 kē tè dí wǎ Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa 马德拉斯 馬德拉斯 mǎ dé lā sī Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4], capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India 象牙海岸 xiàng yá hǎi àn Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw) 阿比让 阿比讓 ā bǐ ràng Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast) 花莲县 花蓮縣 huā lián xiàn Hualien County on the east coast of Taiwan 萨菲 薩菲 sà fēi Safi (Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast) 亚穆苏克罗 亞穆蘇克羅 yà mù sū kè luó Yamoussoukro (city in the Ivory Coast) 大分界岭 大分界嶺 dà fēn jiè lǐng Great Dividing Range, mountain range along the east coast of Australia 彭湖 péng hú Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung 彭湖岛 彭湖島 péng hú dǎo Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung 拉文纳 拉文納 lā wén nà Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy 明古鲁 明古魯 míng gǔ lǔ Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) 明古鲁市 明古魯市 míng gǔ lǔ shì Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) 荣成湾 榮成灣 róng chéng wān Roncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 on north coast of Shandong 箱根 xiāng gēn Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo 纳闽 納閩 nà mǐn Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲 圣克鲁斯岛 聖克魯斯島 shèng kè lǔ sī dǎo Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast 花莲市 花蓮市 huā lián shì Hualien city on the east coast of Taiwan 象拔蚌 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America) 达马提亚 達馬提亞 dá mǎ tí yà Dalmatia (east coast of Adriatic, now mainly in Republic of Croatia) 金门 金門 jīn mén Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC 金门岛 金門島 jīn mén dǎo Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan 金门县 金門縣 jīn mén xiàn Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast) / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian 鹿儿岛 鹿兒島 lù ér dǎo Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu 达尔马提亚 達爾馬提亞 dá ěr mǎ tí yà Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea 非利士人 fēi lì shì rén the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC 自然遗产海岸 自然遺產海岸 zì rán yí chǎn hǎi àn heritage coast 索马里沿海海盗问题联络小组 索馬里沿海海盜問題聯絡小組 Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia / Contact Group on Somali Piracy 海岸地球站 coast Earth station 海洋－海岸训练方桉 海洋－海岸訓練方案 TRAIN-SEA-COAST programme / TSC programme 海训方案 海訓方案 hǎi xùn fāng àn TRAIN-SEA-COAST programme / TSC programme 海洋－海岸训练协调会议 海洋－海岸訓練協調會議 TRAIN-SEA-COAST Coordination Conference 水曲 coast indentation / indentation 西非海岸倡议 西非海岸倡議 West Africa Coast Initiative 非洲大西洋海岸海龟养护措施谅解备忘录 非洲大西洋海岸海龜養護措施諒解備忘錄 Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for Marine Turtles of the Atlantic Coast of Africa 承认无海岸国家悬挂船旗权利的宣言 承認無海岸國家懸掛船旗權利的宣言 Declaration recognizing the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast 美国－加拿大西岸鲑鱼协定 美國－加拿大西岸鮭魚協定 United States-Canada West Coast Salmon Agreement 延坪岛 延坪島 yán píng dǎo Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea 雅穆索戈 yǎ mù suǒ gē Yamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast (Tw) 怀特岛 懷特島 huái tè dǎo Isle of Wight, island off the south coast of England 放空挡 放空擋 fàng kōng dǎng to coast along in neutral gear (in a car) / (coll.) to go commando 风景线 風景線 fēng jǐng xiàn a strip of scenic beauty (coast, river, road etc) / (fig.) an eye-catching feature 中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand 中国新闻社 中國新聞社 zhōng guó xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China 自由中国 自由中國 zì yóu zhōng guó Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China") 防止 fáng zhǐ to prevent / to guard against / to take precautions syn 预防 預防 yù fáng to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic syn 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 警惕 jǐng tì to be on the alert / vigilant / alert / on guard / to warn syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 守护 守護 shǒu hù to guard / to protect syn 保守 bǎo shǒu conservative / to guard / to keep syn 后卫 後衛 hòu wèi rear guard / backfield / fullback 前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) 守卫 守衛 shǒu wèi to guard / to defend syn 护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) syn 防备 防備 fáng bèi to guard against syn 提防 dī fáng to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] syn 警觉 警覺 jǐng jué to be on guard / alert / vigilance / alertness syn 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 戒备 戒備 jiè bèi to take precautions / to guard against (emergency) syn 警戒 jǐng jiè to warn / to alert / to be on the alert / to stand guard / sentinel syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 看守 kān shǒu to guard / to watch over syn 把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper / to keep guard on a gate 把关 把關 bǎ guān to guard a pass / to check on sth syn 谨防 謹防 jǐn fáng to guard against / to beware of syn 守住 shǒu zhu to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard 卫兵 衛兵 wèi bīng guard / bodyguard syn 卫队 衛隊 wèi duì guard (i.e. group of soldiers) syn 严防 嚴防 yán fáng to take strict precautions / on your guard syn 门卫 門衛 mén wèi guard at gate / sentry syn 