主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor syn 连环 連環 lián huán chain 主持人 zhǔ chí rén host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director syn 瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 连锁 連鎖 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc) syn 链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down syn 连锁店 連鎖店 lián suǒ diàn chain store 铁链 鐵鏈 tiě liàn iron chain 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 枷锁 枷鎖 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters syn 牵强 牽強 qiān qiǎng far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning) syn 希尔顿 希爾頓 xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 分店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex syn 漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence syn 链条 鏈條 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn 停泊 tíng bó to anchor / anchorage / mooring (of a ship) syn 连锁反应 連鎖反應 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 起锚 起錨 qǐ máo to weigh anchor syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks syn 一条龙 一條龍 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process syn 列岛 列島 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 麦德龙 麥德龍 mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German) 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 产业链 產業鏈 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 手链 手鏈 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2] 新华书店 新華書店 xīn huá shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain 供应链管理 供應鏈管理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor / (program) host / (Internet) streamer 价值链 價值鏈 supply chain / value chain 乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain 好又多 hǎo yòu duō Trust-Mart (supermarket chain) 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 喜来登 喜來登 xǐ lái dēng Sheraton (hotel chain) 易初莲花 易初蓮花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain) 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 大润发 大潤發 dà rùn fā RT Mart (supermarket chain) 绵亘 綿亙 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) syn 生物链 生物鏈 shēng wù liàn food chain 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 湾 灣 wān bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat) syn 泊 bó to anchor / touch at / to moor syn 锚 錨 máo anchor syn 炼 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] syn 安第斯 ān dì sī the Andes mountain chain 马莎 馬莎 mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name) 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 安第斯山脉 安第斯山脈 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America 吉野家 jí yě jiā Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain) 碇 dìng anchor 冷链 lěng liàn cold chain 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 链环 鏈環 liàn huán chain link 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 锒 鋃 láng chain / ornament 流星锤 流星錘 liú xīng chuí meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain) 万豪 萬豪 wàn háo Marriott International (hotel chain) 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链 / a chain / variant of 煉|炼 / to smelt / to refine 鋂 méi americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain 鎍 suǒ chain / wire 索缆桩 suǒ lǎn zhuāng cable anchor / anchor 肽链 肽鏈 tài liàn peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein) 雏菊花环 雛菊花環 chú jú huā huán daisy chain / chain sinnet 引爆链 引爆鏈 initiation chain / chain of initiation 拔锚 拔錨 bá máo to weigh anchor syn 椗 dìng (plant) / anchor 下锚 下錨 xià máo to drop anchor 抛下锚 拋下錨 pāo xià máo to drop anchor 拖牵索道 拖牽索道 tuō qiān suǒ dào anchor lift (ski-lift) 新闻主播 新聞主播 xīn wén zhǔ bō newsreader / anchor 碇泊 dìng bó to moor / to drop anchor 锚链孔 錨鏈孔 máo liàn kǒng hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship) 锚点 錨點 máo diǎn anchor point 锚冰 máo bīng anchor ice 链接点 鏈接點 liàn jiē diǎn anchor 壁塞 bì sāi wall plug / screw anchor 心锚 心錨 xīn máo (psychology) emotional anchor / a mental cue used to evoke a specific emotional state 报系 報系 bào xì newspaper chain / syndicate 多肽连 多肽連 duō tài lián polypeptide chain 核连锁反应 核連鎖反應 hé lián suǒ fǎn yìng nuclear chain reaction 链式裂变反应 鏈式裂變反應 liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìng chain reaction of nuclear fission 衰变链 衰變鏈 shuāi biàn liàn decay chain 肽单位 肽單位 tài dān wèi peptide unit (on protein chain) 佳世客 jiā shì kè JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets 侧链 側鏈 cè liàn side chain (used in classifying amino acids) 偶联反应 偶聯反應 ǒu lián fǎn yìng chain reaction (chemistry) 千岛列岛 千島列島 qiān dǎo liè dǎo Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido) 卡乐星 卡樂星 kǎ lè xīng Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain) 吉之岛 吉之島 jí zhī dǎo JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets 