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"New Defensive Positions" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
新防御阵地 New Defensive Positions
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一朝天子一朝臣 yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides
开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn
新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn
迎新 yíng xīn to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
纳新 納新 nà xīn to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
New Cronos 数据库 New Cronos 數據庫 New Cronos
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
敌情 敵情 dí qíng the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy
裁撤 cái chè to dissolve (a department etc) / to eliminate (positions) syn
封官许愿 封官許願 fēng guān xǔ yuàn to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance
位极人臣 位極人臣 wèi jí rén chén to have reached the highest official positions
转变立场 轉變立場 zhuǎn biàn lì chǎng to change positions / to shift one's ground
撤离尼科西亚敏感地区阵地协定 Agreement on Unmanning of Positions in Sensitive Areas of Nicosia
关于分配校长职位的协定 Agreement on the Distribution of Principals' Positions
中共中央组织部 中共中央組織部 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng zǔ zhī bù Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China / abbr. to 中組部|中组部[Zhong1zu3bu4]
买官卖官 買官賣官 mǎi guān mài guān buying and selling of official positions
掷筊 擲筊 zhì jiǎo poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
裸退 luǒ tuì (neologism c. 2007) (of an official) to retire completely from all leadership positions
卖官 賣官 mài guān to grant government positions in exchange for bribes
卖官鬻爵 賣官鬻爵 mài guān - yù jué (idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
防线 防線 fáng xiàn defensive line or perimeter / CL:道[dao4]
防卫 防衛 fáng wèi to defend / defensive / defense syn
后腰 後腰 hòu yāo lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder syn
工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn
边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn
人墙 人牆 rén qiáng human barricade / (soccer) defensive wall
防御性 防禦性 fáng yù xìng defensive (weapons)
守势 守勢 shǒu shì defensive position / guard
铁面 鐵面 tiě miàn iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
防波堤 fáng bō dī breakwater / seawall / fig. defensive buffer zone
阇 闍 dū defensive platform over gate / barbican
防卫武器 防衛武器 fáng wèi wǔ qì defensive weapon
敌台 敵臺 dí tái defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
月城 yuè chéng semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates / crescent-shaped barbican
狼井 láng jǐng wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes
胸墙 胸牆 xiōng qiáng parapet / defensive wall / breastwork
卫城 衛城 wèi chéng citadel / defensive city / acropolis
钜防 鉅防 jù fáng iron defense / defensive gate or wall (refers to the Great Wall)
关城 關城 guān chéng defensive fort over border post
防御工事 防禦工事 fáng yù gōng shì fortification / defensive structure
防御术 防禦術 fáng yù shù defensive art
防门 防門 fáng mén defensive gate
环保开支 huán bǎo kāi zhī defensive expenditures
防御盾牌行动 防禦盾牌行動 Operation Defensive Shield
防御性布雷 fáng yù xìng bù léi defensive mining / protective mining
防护性布雷 防護性布雷 fáng hù xìng bù léi defensive mining / protective mining
防御性安全概念与政策特设专家组 防禦性安全概念與政策特設專家組 Ad hoc expert group on Defensive Security Concepts and Policies
防御战 防禦戰 defensive war
后手 後手 hòu shǒu defensive position (in chess) / room for maneuver / a way of escape syn
创新 創新 chuàng xīn to bring forth new ideas / to blaze new trails / innovation syn
全新 quán xīn all new / completely new syn
新型 xīn xíng new type / new kind syn
新版 xīn bǎn new edition / new version
新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn
新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn
换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn
贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn
拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn
新居 xīn jū new residence / new home
新知 xīn zhī new knowledge / new friend syn
新风 新風 xīn fēng new trend / new custom syn
新欢 新歡 xīn huān new flame / new lover
新纪元 新紀元 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch syn
焕然一新 煥然一新 huàn rán yī xīn to look completely new (idiom) / brand new / changed beyond recognition syn
春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
因势利导 因勢利導 yīn shì lì dǎo to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities syn
长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout
生手 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job syn
新民主主义革命 新民主主義革命 xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) syn
守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
履新 lǚ xīn (of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year syn
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
簇新 cù xīn brand-new / spanking new syn
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn
新愁旧恨 新愁舊恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
标新领异 標新領異 biāo xīn lǐng yì to bring in the new (idiom) / new directions, different creation
旧愁新恨 舊愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
比较新 比較新 bǐ jiào xīn comparatively new / relatively new
恭喜发财 恭喜發財 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
拉包尔 拉包爾 lā bāo ěr Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
新不列颠岛 新不列顛島 xīn bù liè diān dǎo New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
更新版 gēng xīn bǎn new edition / new version / update
纽几内亚 紐幾內亞 niǔ jī nèi yà New Guinea / Papua-New Guinea
纽约客 紐約客 niǔ yuē kè The New Yorker, US magazine / resident of New York
农历新年 農曆新年 nóng lì xīn nián Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year
送旧迎新 送舊迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year
跨年 kuà nián to step into the new year / New Year
新谢克尔 xīn xiè kè ěr New Israeli Shekel / New Shekel
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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