耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013) 国家广播电视总局 國家廣播電視總局 guó jiā guǎng bō diàn shì zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013) 土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche syn 土豪劣绅 土豪劣紳 tǔ háo liè shēn local bosses, shady gentry (idiom) / dominant local mafia syn 当地居民 當地居民 dāng dì jū mín a local person / the local population 当地货币轨道养恤金数额 local currency track pension amount / local currency track amount 电子地方议程 Digital Local Agenda / e-local agenda 无线用户回路 無線用戶回路 wú xiàn yòng hù huí lù wireless local loop / radio local loop / wireless access 无线入网 無線入网 wú xiàn rù wǎng wireless local loop / radio local loop / wireless access 联合国离国配偶地方协会 聯合國離國配偶地方協會 UN Local Expatriate Spouse Association / Local Expatriate Spouse Association 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 地方行政管理局 Administrative Department of Local Administration 地方行政当局 Local Administration 科索沃地方政府管理部 Kosovo Ministry of Local Government Administration 代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy syn 代办 代辦 dài bàn to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires syn 撒娇 撒嬌 sā jiāo to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can. 代行 dài xíng to act as a substitute / to act on sb's behalf 蛮干 蠻幹 mán gàn to act rashly / to act precipitously regardless of the consequences / reckless / foolhardy / daredevil syn 便宜行事 biàn yí xíng shì act at one's discretion / act as one sees fit syn 举 舉 jǔ to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed syn 充 chōng sufficient / full / to fill / to serve as / to act as / to act falsely as / to pose as syn 见机行事 見機行事 jiàn jī xíng shì see the opportunity and act (idiom) / to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion syn 量力而为 量力而為 liàng lì ér wéi to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth 私行 sī xíng to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest 自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom) / to act on one's own initiative syn 自专 自專 zì zhuān to act arbitrarily / to act for oneself 戈马承诺协定 戈馬承諾協定 gē mǎ chéng nuò xié dìng Goma act of engagement / act of engagement 承诺协定 承諾協定 chéng nuò xié dìng Goma act of engagement / act of engagement 尼亚美条约 尼亞美條約 Act regarding navigation and economic cooperation between the States of the Niger Basin / Act of Niamey 关于中美洲和平与合作的孔塔多拉文件 關於中美洲和平與合作的孔塔多拉文件 Contadora Act on Peace and Co-operation in Central America / Contadora Act 幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun 简化行政、商业、运输手续及惯例中心 簡化行政、商業、運輸手續及慣例中心 United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport / Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport 民政管理局 Civil Administration Component / Civil Administration component 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 本地 běn dì local / this locality syn 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 当地 當地 dāng dì local syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 局部 jú bù part / local syn 局域网 局域網 jú yù wǎng local area network (LAN) 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 在地 zài dì (Tw) local / native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 地方政府 dì fāng zhèng fǔ local government 民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated syn 习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn 特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product / (regional) specialty 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2]) 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 当地时间 當地時間 dāng dì shí jiān local time 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals) 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances syn 地方性 dì fāng xìng local 采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn 土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty syn 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 风土人情 風土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs (idiom) syn 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 地区性 地區性 dì qū xìng regional / local 地痞 dì pǐ bully / local ruffian syn 接入网 接入網 access network / local loop 土产 土產 tǔ chǎn produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) syn 无线接入 無線接入 wú xiàn jiē rù wireless access / wireless local loop 乡音 鄉音 xiāng yīn local accent / accent of one's native place syn 方志 fāng zhì local chronicles / district records syn 风土 風土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions syn 地头蛇 地頭蛇 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss syn 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) 本币 本幣 běn bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币 就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand 组胺 組胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 小气候 小氣候 xiǎo qì hòu microclimate / fig. local situation syn 随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant syn 地方戏 地方戲 dì fāng xì local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc 豪绅 豪紳 háo shēn local despot syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 地方主义 地方主義 dì fāng zhǔ yì regionalism / favoring one's local region 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 强龙不压地头蛇 強龍不壓地頭蛇 qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom) / fig. a local gangster who is above the law 逢场作戏 逢場作戲 féng chǎng zuò xì lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom) / to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions syn 锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn 梆子腔 bāng zǐ qiāng a general term for local operas in Shangxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong etc / the music of such operas syn 本地管理界面 běn dì guǎn lǐ jiè miàn LMI / local management interface (telecommunications) 局部连贯性 局部連貫性 jú bù lián guàn xìng local coherence 