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 有效 yǒu xiào effective / in effect / valid syn 作者 zuò zhě author / writer syn 奏效 zòu xiào to show results / to be effective syn 雨果 yǔ guǒ Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer 高效 gāo xiào efficient / highly effective syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 漫画家 漫畫家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) 灵通 靈通 líng tōng fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective syn 灵验 靈驗 líng yàn efficacious / effective / (of a prediction) accurate / correct syn 利器 lì qì sharp weapon / effective implement / outstandingly able individual 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 行之有效 xíng zhī yǒu xiào to be effective (idiom) syn 米尔顿 米爾頓 mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost 全集 quán jí omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist) 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 灵丹妙药 靈丹妙藥 líng dān miào yào effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom) / fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir syn 文豪 wén háo literary giant / great writer / eminent writer syn 词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn 契诃夫 契訶夫 qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays 卓有成效 zhuó yǒu chéng xiào highly effective / fruitful syn 成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame 大仲马 大仲馬 dà zhòng mǎ Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer 笔者 筆者 bǐ zhě the author / the writer (usu. refers to oneself) syn 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 长效 長效 cháng xiào to be effective over an extended period 苏东坡 蘇東坡 sū dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher 泰戈尔 泰戈爾 tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer 高尔基 高爾基 gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist 好用 hǎo yòng useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use 百分百 bǎi fēn bǎi one hundred percent / totally (effective) 小编 小編 xiǎo biān editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer) 写手 寫手 xiě shǒu person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy 琼瑶 瓊瑤 qióng yáo Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer 苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1] 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism 王安石 wáng ān shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 代写 代寫 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism 王朔 wáng shuò Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor 陶渊明 陶淵明 táo yuān míng Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet 挖坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 欧阳修 歐陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian 卡夫卡 kǎ fū kǎ Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 徐霞客 xú xiá kè Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4] 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems 阿来 阿來 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies" 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 效验 效驗 xiào yàn (desired) effect / (expected) result / effective syn 萧红 蕭紅 xiāo hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang 刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer 文宗 wén zōng (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary / eminent writer syn 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer 刘恒 劉恆 liú héng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer 萧伯纳 蕭伯納 xiāo bó nà George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer 李渔 李漁 lǐ yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist 李贽 李贄 lǐ zhì Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer 岳阳楼记 岳陽樓記 yuè yáng lóu jì On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1] 夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 灵 靈 líng quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin syn 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 纪伯伦 jì bó lún Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist 东坡肉 東坡肉 dōng pō ròu stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 叶永烈 葉永烈 yè yǒng liè Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer 宋濂 sòng lián Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician 沈约 沈約 shěn yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 遗著 遺著 yí zhù posthumous work (of a writer) syn 曾巩 曾鞏 zēng gǒng Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2-Song4 ba1da4jia1] 刘义庆 劉義慶 liú yì qìng Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] 陆羽 陸羽 lù yǔ Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea 秦牧 qín mù Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer 刘晓波 劉曉波 liú xiǎo bō Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 本杰明·富兰克林 本傑明·富蘭克林 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat 百分之一百 bǎi fēn zhī yī bǎi one hundred percent / totally (effective) 左思 zuǒ sī Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet 罗蒙诺索夫 羅蒙諾索夫 luó méng nuò suǒ fū Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer 请将不如激将 請將不如激將 qǐng jiàng bù rú jī jiàng lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general / fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders 放马后炮 放馬後砲 fàng mǎ hòu pào to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom) / to act too late to be effective syn 冰壶秋月 冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person 文如其人 wén rú qí rén the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom) 半有效浓度 半有效濃度 bàn yǒu xiào nóng duó effective concentration 50 / median effective concentration 半数有效 半數有效 median effective dose / effective dose 50 特效药 特效藥 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine syn 经济有效 經濟有效 jīng jì yǒu xiào cost-effective 效价 效價 xiào jià potency / titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration) / valence (perceived value in psychology) / valency 效价能 效價能 xiào jià néng potency / titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration) 有作用 yǒu zuò yòng effective / to have impact 有效措施 yǒu xiào cuò shī effective action 有结果 有結果 yǒu jié guǒ effective 治大国若烹小鲜 治大國若烹小鮮 zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention 隐位 隱位 yǐn wèi cryptic epitope (immunology, a protein component that becomes effective when activated by antigen) 有效浓度 yǒu xiào nóng duó effective concentration 