不饱和层 不飽和層 non-saturated zone / zone of aeration / vadose zone 通气层 通气層 tòng qì céng non-saturated zone / zone of aeration / vadose zone 饱和层 飽和層 zone of saturation / saturated zone / phreatic zone 饱和带 飽和帶 zone of saturation / saturated zone / phreatic zone 饱和区 飽和區 zone of saturation / saturated zone / phreatic zone 临时工 臨時工 lín shí gōng temporary worker / temp / temporary work syn 临时助理人员职位 lín shí zhù lǐ rén yuán zhí wèi general temporary assistance position / temporary assistance position 临时派任 lín shí pài rèn temporary duty assignment / temporary assignment 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 禁飞区 禁飛區 jìn fēi qū no-fly zone / no-fly area / air exclusion zone 毕尼奥夫带 畢尼奧夫帶 bì ní ào fū dài Benioff zone (geology) / also called Wadati-Benioff zone 破片杀伤区 fragmentation hazard zone / fragmentation zone / fragmentation danger area 200海里区 200海里區 200hai3 lǐ qū 200 mile zone / 200 M zone 中亚无核武器区 中亞無核武器區 Central Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone / nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia 国际区 國際區 guó jì qū International Zone / Green Zone 空降区 空降區 drop zone / dropping zone 空投区 空投區 drop zone / dropping zone 爆炸危险区 爆炸危險區 blast hazard zone / blast zone / blast danger area 冲击波杀伤区 沖擊波殺傷區 blast hazard zone / blast zone / blast danger area 无核武器区条约 無核武器區條約 nuclear-weapon-free zone treaty / treaty on a nuclear-weapon-free zone 信任区 信任區 confidence zone / zone of confidence 和达-贝尼奥夫带 和達-貝尼奧夫帶 Wadati-Benioff zone / Benioff zone 徒步区 徒步區 tú bù qū (Tw) car-free zone / pedestrian zone 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 国安 國安 guó ān national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全[guo2 jia1 an1 quan2]) / national security act / state security agency 安全区 安全區 ān quán qū a safe area / a security zone 板门店 板門店 bǎn mén diàn Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone 暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being syn 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 暂定 暫定 zàn dìng temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence 暂住证 暫住證 zàn zhù zhèng temporary residence permit 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 挂职 掛職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 零工 líng gōng temporary job / odd job syn 约法 約法 yuē fǎ temporary law / provisional constitution 借读 借讀 jiè dú to attend school on a temporary basis 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 板房 bǎn fáng temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials 短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn 便桥 便橋 biàn qiáo temporary bridge 寄存处 寄存處 jì cún chù warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 蹔 zhàn temporary / fleeting / ephemeral 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 拆东补西 拆東補西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient syn 敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn 假吏 jiǎ lì acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times) 搭盖 搭蓋 dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 防城各族自治县 防城各族自治縣 fáng chéng gè zú zì zhì xiàn Fangcheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Guangxi (temporary name during 1950s for Fangcheng district 防城區|防城区[Fang2 cheng2 qu1] of Fangchenggang city) 临时措施 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure 北草坪暂建楼 běi cǎo píng zàn jiàn lóu Temporary North Lawn Building / North Lawn Building 临时国际机制 lín shí guó jì jī zhì Temporary International Mechanism 暂行特别措施 temporary special measures 临时任用 lín shí rèn yòng temporary appointment 临时空缺通知 temporary vacancy announcement 临时检查站 mobile checkpoint / temporary checkpoint 货物凭A.T.A.报关单证册暂时进口的海关公约 貨物憑A.T.A.報關單證冊暫時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention A.T.A.公约 A.T.A.公約 Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention 关于暂准进口的公约 關於暫準進口的公約 Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention 伊斯坦布尔公约 伊斯坦布爾公約 Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention 临时排除产品清单 臨時排除產品清單 Temporary Exclusion List 临时社会委员会 臨時社會委員會 Temporary Social Commission 关于商用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 關於商用公路車輛臨時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 关于私用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 關於私用公路車輛臨時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 临时就业系统 臨時就業系統 Temporary Employment System 一般临时人员 一般臨時人員 general temporary assistance 暂行休会 暫行休會 temporary adjournment of a session 临时员额 臨時員額 temporary post 临时多国部队 臨時多國部隊 temporary multinational force 希布伦临时国际驻留人员 希布倫臨時國際駐留人員 Temporary International Presence in Hebron 特别临时任务工作人员 特別臨時任務工作人員 staff on special temporary assignment 暂用假肢 暫用假肢 temporary prosthesis 临时标志 臨時標誌 temporary marking 庶吉士 shù jí shì title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院[Han4 lin2 yuan4] conferred on meritorious candidates until the next examination 粉板 fěn bǎn blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen 劳务人员 勞務人員 láo wù rén yuán laborer / service worker (typically employed on a contractual or temporary basis) 临时保姆 臨時保姆 lín shí bǎo mǔ temporary caregiver / babysitter 工房 gōng fáng workshop / temporary housing for workers / workers' living quarters 涨停 漲停 zhǎng tíng (of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock) 工棚 gōng péng temporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation) 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 安检 安檢 ān jiǎn security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1quan2 jian3cha2]) / to do a security check 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 债务证券 債務證券 zhài wù zhèng quàn debt security / bond security 联合国安全理事会决议 聯合國安全理事會決議 United Nations Security Council resolution / Security Council resolution 预防安全部队 yù fáng ān quán bù duì Preventive Security Forces / Preventive Security Force 国际船舶和港口设施保安规则 International Code for the Security of Ships and Port Facilities / International Ship and Port Facility Security Code / ISPS Code