"Three-year Disarmament Plan" Chinese-English Dictionary

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解除武装、复员、遣返和重返社会 解除武裝、複員、遣返和重返社會 disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and resettlement or repatriation / disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, reintegration and resettlement / disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, reintegration or resettlement / disarmament, demobilization,
同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
三方通话 sān fāng tòng huà three-party call / three party calling / three-party conference / three-way calling
大后年 大後年 dà hòu nián three years from now / year after year after next year
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
整年累月 zhěng nián lěi yuè month after month, year after year / year in, year out syn
三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)
三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb syn
连中三元 連中三元 lián zhòng sān yuán (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn
年前 nián qián by the end of the year / at the end of the year / shortly before New Year
年份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year syn
年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn
逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
岁岁平安 歲歲平安 suì suì píng ān May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)
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)
年年有馀 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
比年 bǐ nián (literary) every year / year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
年年有余 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
卒岁 卒歲 zú suì (literary) to get through the year / entire year / throughout the year
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)
萨格勒布四方小组计划 Zagreb Four Group plan / Zagreb-4 plan / Z-4 plan
联合国裁军问题会议 United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues / Conference on Disarmament Issues;
裁军问题会议 United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues / Conference on Disarmament Issues;
联合国裁军审议委员会核裁军小组 Nuclear Disarmament Group of the United Nations Disarmament Commission
联合国和平与裁军亚洲及太平洋区域中心 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific / United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament for Asia and the Pacific
微观裁军 微觀裁軍 micro-disarmament / disarmament
联合国裁军事务厅 聯合國裁軍事務廳 lián hé guó cái jūn shì wù tīng United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs / Office for Disarmament Affairs
裁军事务厅 裁軍事務廳 cái jūn shì wù tīng United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs / Office for Disarmament Affairs
第一委员会 第一委員會 First Committee / Disarmament and International Security Committee / Disarmament Committee
裁军和国际安全委员会 裁軍和國際安全委員會 First Committee / Disarmament and International Security Committee / Disarmament Committee
裁军委员会 裁軍委員會 First Committee / Disarmament and International Security Committee / Disarmament Committee
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
三个代表 三個代表 sān gè dài biǎo the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
约法三章 約法三章 yuē fǎ sān zhāng to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules syn
鼎足 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) syn
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
三国演义 三國演義 sān guó yǎn yì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
三国史记 三國史記 sān guó shǐ jì History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2].
三家村 sān jiā cūn (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution syn
三对三斗牛 三對三鬥牛 sān duì sān dòu niú three-on-three basketball game
三曹 sān cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
三江并流 三江並流 sān jiāng bìng liú Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[Nu4 jiang1] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1] or Mekong
3+3委员会 3+3委員會 three plus three Commission / 3 + 3 Commission
叁维地震勘探 三維地震勘探 three-dimensional seismics / 3D survey / 3D work / three-D shooting
五加一小组 五加一小組 wǔ jiā yī xiǎo zǔ five plus one group / three plus three group
三加三小组 三加三小組 sān jiā sān xiǎo zǔ five plus one group / three plus three group
叁参数转换 三參數轉換 three-parameter transformation / three-parameter conversion
三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
核裁军行动计划 核裁軍行動計劃 action plan for nuclear disarmament
军备控制与裁军计划 軍備控制與裁軍計劃 Plan for Arms Control and Disarmament
儿童解除武装、复员和重返社会战略计划 兒童解除武裝、複員和重返社會戰略計劃 Child Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Strategic Plan
全面裁军计划 全面裁軍計劃 comprehensive disarmament plan
大专 大專 dà zhuān three-year college / junior college / professional training college
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn
交九 jiāo jiǔ the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice
黄金週 黃金週 Golden Week / refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New Year 春節|春节, Labor day 勞動節|劳动节, National day 國慶|国庆 / also written 黃金周|黄
狡兔三窟 jiǎo tù sān kū lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows / a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom) syn
每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn
年底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end syn
全年 quán nián the whole year / all year long
常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn
应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's
初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn
初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year
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
来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn
财年 財年 cái nián fiscal year / financial year
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]
乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year
丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year / year with bumper harvest syn
甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
翌年 yì nián the following year / the next year syn
庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
年表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year
丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
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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