马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn 淘金 táo jīn to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 便盆 biàn pén bed pan 平底锅 平底鍋 píng dǐ guō frying pan syn 昙花一现 曇花一現 tán huā yī xiàn lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived syn 锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 火盆 huǒ pén brazier / fire pan / hibachi 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 炒锅 炒鍋 chǎo guō wok / frying pan 潘金莲 潘金蓮 pān jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 板面 板麵 bǎn miàn pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia 龙井茶 龍井茶 lóng jǐng chá Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang 潘岳 pān yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" 般 pán see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4] syn 板 闆 pàn to catch sight of in a doorway (old) syn 胖 pán healthy / at ease syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 煎 jiān to pan fry / to sauté syn 炮 páo to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan) syn 番 pān surname Pan syn 盼 pàn to hope for / to long for / to expect syn 潘 pān surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes 攀 pān to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 扳 pān variant of 攀[pan1] syn 叛 pàn to betray / to rebel / to revolt syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 烙 lào to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan) syn 拚 pàn to strive for / to struggle / to disregard / to reject 蟠 pán to coil syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 铛 鐺 chēng frying pan / griddle syn 彼得潘 bǐ dé pān Peter Pan, the novel character 泮 pàn (literary) to melt / to dissolve 煎锅 煎鍋 jiān guō frying pan 炖锅 燉鍋 dùn guō stew pot / stew pan / saucepan 平锅 平鍋 píng guō pan 秤盘 秤槃 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance 蹒 蹣 pán used in 蹣跚|蹒跚[pan2shan1] / Taiwan pr. [man2] syn 袢 pàn used in 袷袢[qia1 pan4] / variant of 襻[pan4] 畚 běn a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc 襻 pàn button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together / to stitch together syn 磻 pán name of a river in Shaanxi 铫 銚 diào pan with a long handle syn 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn 主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn 发起 發起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 先发制人 先發制人 xiān fā zhì rén (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first / to preempt syn 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead / to show initiative syn 进取 進取 jìn qǔ to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 无所作为 無所作為 wú suǒ zuò wéi attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless syn 进取心 進取心 jìn qǔ xīn enterprising spirit / initiative syn 倡议 倡議 chàng yì to suggest / to initiate / proposal / initiative syn 积极性 積極性 jī jí xìng zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity syn 倡议书 倡議書 chàng yì shū written proposal / document outlining an initiative 能动性 能動性 néng dòng xìng initiative / active role 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 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 专擅 專擅 zhuān shàn without authorization / to act on one's own initiative 眅 pān show the whites of eyes 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn 国际SOS萨赫勒 SOS Sahel International UK / SOS Sahel 萨赫勒倡议 Sahel Initiative 跨撒哈拉反恐倡议 跨撒哈拉反恐倡議 Trans-Sahel Counter-Terrorism Initiative 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 蒸发皿蒸发量 蒸發皿蒸發量 pan evaporation rate / pan evaporation 水煎包 shuǐ jiān bāo pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling 泛非木薯倡议 fàn fēi mù shǔ chàng yì Pan-African Cassava Initiative 萨赫勒 薩赫勒 Sahel 萨赫勒地带 Sahel band 萨赫勒区域财务管理项目 Sahel Regional Financial Management Project 萨赫勒非政府组织小组 Group of NGO's of the Sahel 设立萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会公约 Convention establishing the Permanent Inter-State Drought Control Committee for the Sahel 萨赫勒公路方桉 薩赫勒公路方案 Sahel Roads Programme 萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会 薩赫勒國家間抗旱常設委員會 Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel 萨赫勒地区草地综合管理培训方桉 薩赫勒地區草地綜合管理培訓方案 Integrated Grasslands Management Training Programme in the Sahel 伊斯兰与萨赫勒人民团结委员会 伊斯蘭與薩赫勒人民團結委員會 Islamic Committee of Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel 萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会部长理事会 薩赫勒國家間抗旱常設委員會部長理事會 Council of Ministers of the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel 约翰·保罗二世萨赫勒基金 約翰·保羅二世薩赫勒基金 John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel 萨赫勒研究所 薩赫勒研究所 Sahel Institute 撒哈拉和萨赫勒观察站 撒哈拉和薩赫勒觀察站 Sahara and Sahel Observatory 萨赫勒和西非俱乐部 薩赫勒和西非俱樂部 Sahel and West Africa Club 萨赫勒粮食援助章程 薩赫勒糧食援助章程 Food Aid Sahel Charter 萨赫勒国家和苏丹特别紧急援助方桉 薩赫勒國家和蘇丹特別緊急援助方案 Special Emergency Assistance Programme to the Sahel Member Countries and Sudan 伊斯兰声援撒赫勒人民委员会 伊斯蘭聲援撒赫勒人民委員會 Committee of Islamic Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel 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 