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"affirmative action" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
平权措施 平權措施 píng quán cuò shī affirmative action
Chinese Pinyin Translation
肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) syn
赞成票 贊成票 zàn chéng piào approval / affirmative vote
了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn
在 zài to exist / to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) syn
就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
起来 起來 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] syn
起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
行动 行動 xíng dòng operation / action / CL:個|个[ge4] / to move about / mobile syn
加 jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
行为 行為 xíng wéi action / conduct / behavior / activity syn
动作 動作 dòng zuò movement / motion / action (CL:個|个[ge4]) / to act / to move syn
直 zhí straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters syn
作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn
采取 採取 cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take syn
手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action syn
行事 xíng shì to execute / to handle / behavior / action / conduct syn
方案 fāng àn plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn
玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn
举动 舉動 jǔ dòng act / action / activity / move / movement syn
按钮 按鈕 àn niǔ to push a button / button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action)
着 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state syn
打招呼 dǎ zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice syn
手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4]) syn
加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
唤起 喚起 huàn qǐ to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc) syn
自食其果 zì shí qí guǒ to eat one's own fruit (idiom) / fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown syn
一举 一舉 yī jǔ a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go syn
染指 rǎn zhǐ to dip a finger (idiom) / fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
处分 處分 chǔ fèn to discipline sb / to punish / disciplinary action / to deal with (a matter) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn
请愿 請願 qǐng yuàn petition (for action to be taken)
诉诸 訴諸 sù zhū to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc) / to resort to (a course of action)
重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn
全自动 全自動 quán zì dòng automatic action / full automatic syn
另行 lìng xíng (to do sth) separately / as a separate action syn
分寸 fēn cun propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms syn
凑热闹 湊熱鬧 còu rè nao to join in the fun / to get in on the action / (fig.) to butt in / to create more trouble
作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi
挂彩 掛彩 guà cǎi to decorate for festive occasions / to be wounded in action syn
一经 一經 yī jīng as soon as / once (an action has been completed) syn
后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
势在必行 勢在必行 shì zài bì xíng circumstances require action (idiom) / absolutely necessary / imperative
刻不容缓 刻不容緩 kè bù róng huǎn to brook no delay / to demand immediate action syn
纲领 綱領 gāng lǐng program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle syn
一言一行 yī yán yī xíng every word and action (idiom) syn
妄动 妄動 wàng dòng to rush indiscriminately into action syn
作用力 zuò yòng lì (physics) action force
往复 往復 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) syn
散兵游勇 散兵遊勇 sǎn bīng yóu yǒng lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom) / fig. disorganized uncoordinated action syn
吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn
实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn
奋发 奮發 fèn fā to rouse to vigorous action / energetic mood syn
先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom) / fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities
策应 策應 cè yìng to support by coordinated action syn
惩办 懲辦 chéng bàn to punish (someone) / to take disciplinary action against (someone) syn
不约而同 不約而同 bù yuē ér tóng (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation / (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently / as if by prior agreement syn
策动 策動 cè dòng to conspire / to plot (a rebellion, crime etc) / to machinate / to spur on / to urge action syn
步调一致 步調一致 bù diào yī zhì to be united in action
出来 出來 chu lai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) syn
将会 將會 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
实务 實務 shí wù practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical
好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn
动作片 動作片 dòng zuò piàn action movie / CL:部[bu4]
先发 先發 xiān fā to take preemptive action / (sports) to be in the starting lineup / (of a baseball pitcher) to be the starting pitcher
硬要 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
行动计划 行動計劃 xíng dòng jì huà action plan
过 過 guo (experienced action marker) syn
手办 手辦 shǒu bàn garage kit / action figure / model figure
说得过去 說得過去 shuō de guò qù acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense syn
妄为 妄為 wàng wéi to take rash action
药理作用 藥理作用 pharmacological action
快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot syn
武打片 wǔ dǎ piàn action movie / kungfu movie
激将 激將 jī jiàng to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
驱策 驅策 qū cè to urge (sb to do do sth) / to drive (sb to take an action) syn
泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn
腾 騰 téng (bound form) to gallop / to prance / (bound form) to soar / to hover / to make room / to clear out / to vacate / (verb suffix indicating repeated action) syn
特立独行 特立獨行 tè lì dú xíng to be unconventional / independence of action syn
马后炮 馬後砲 mǎ hòu pào lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
措 cuò to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan syn
摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task syn
独断专行 獨斷專行 dú duàn zhuān xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself syn
一念之差 yī niàn zhī chā momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action syn
逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels / to drive to revolt / to force sb to desperate action syn
只说不做 只說不做 zhǐ shuō bù zuò to be all talk and no action syn
缺德事 quē dé shì misdeed / immoral action / wicked deed / a deliberate wrongdoing syn
放空炮 fàng kōng pào (lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises syn
振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū to issue a call for action / to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call (idiom) syn
力促 lì cù to urge / to press (for action) syn
一哄而起 yī hōng ér qǐ (of a group of people) to rush into action
独断独行 獨斷獨行 dú duàn dú xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself syn
刻舟求剑 刻舟求劍 kè zhōu qiú jiàn lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances syn
面授机宜 面授機宜 miàn shòu jī yí (idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue / to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation
邓世昌 鄧世昌 dèng shì chāng Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese
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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