机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn 辩护 辯護 biàn hù to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 突破 tū pò to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense 防御 防禦 fáng yù defense / to defend syn 自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself / self-defense 国防部 國防部 guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret 防卫 防衛 fáng wèi to defend / defensive / defense syn 战斗机 戰鬥機 zhàn dòu jī fighter (aircraft) syn 主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 国防 國防 guó fáng national defense 气流 氣流 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft) 正当防卫 正當防衛 zhèng dàng fáng wèi reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 轰炸机 轟炸機 hōng zhà jī bomber (aircraft) 国防部长 國防部長 guó fáng bù zhǎng Defense secretary / Defense Minister 自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself / self-defense / self-preservation 滑行 huá xíng to slide / to coast / to glide / (of an aircraft) to taxi syn 停机坪 停機坪 tíng jī píng aircraft parking ground / apron / tarmac (at airport) 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 编队 編隊 biān duì to form into columns / to organize into teams / formation (of ships or aircraft) 机翼 機翼 jī yì wing (of an aircraft) syn 米格 mǐ gé MiG / Russian Aircraft Corporation / Mikoyan 专机 專機 zhuān jī chartered plane / VIP aircraft 航母 háng mǔ aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰[hang2kong1 mu3jian4]) 机库 機庫 jī kù (aircraft) hangar 轻型 輕型 qīng xíng light (machinery, aircraft etc) 侦察机 偵察機 zhēn chá jī surveillance aircraft / spy plane 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun 航空母舰 航空母艦 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like) 尾翼 wěi yì empennage (of an aircraft) / fletching (of an arrow) / fins (of a missile, rocket etc) / rear spoiler (of a car) syn 边防 邊防 biān fáng frontier defense syn 布防 bù fáng to lay out a defense syn 起降 qǐ jiàng (of aircraft) to take off and land syn 舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft) 攻防 gōng fáng attack and defense / the midfield (in soccer) 攻击机 攻擊機 gōng jī jī ground attack aircraft 军机 軍機 jūn jī military aircraft / secret plan / Privy Council during the Qing dynasty syn 海防 hǎi fáng coastal defense 防务 防務 fáng wù (pertaining to) defense 预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 抗灾 抗災 kàng zāi defense against natural disasters 航空器 háng kōng qì aircraft 教练机 教練機 jiào liàn jī trainer (aircraft) 试航 試航 shì háng test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship) 美国国防部 美國國防部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense 防空导弹 防空導彈 anti-aircraft missile 禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit) 城防 chéng fáng city defense 加油机 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker 防长 防長 fáng zhǎng abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense 战斗群 戰鬥群 zhàn dòu qún battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier 舰载机 艦載機 jiàn zài jī carrier-based aircraft 四个现代化 四個現代化 sì gè xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化 四个现代化 四個現代化 sì ge xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4] 喷气式飞机 噴氣式飛機 pēn qì shì fēi jī jet aircraft 分洪 fēn hóng to separate flood / flood defense 舷 xián side of a ship or an aircraft 长机 長機 zhǎng jī (military) lead aircraft syn 空防 kōng fáng air force / air defense 守敌 守敵 shǒu dí enemy defense / enemy garrison 迟浩田 遲浩田 chí hào tián Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003 国防现代化 國防現代化 guó fáng xiàn dài huà modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 小鹰号 小鷹號 xiǎo yīng hào Kitty Hawk (US aircraft carrier) 强击机 強擊機 qiáng jī jī assault aircraft 瓦良格 wǎ liáng gé Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4] 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 防腐 fáng fǔ rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 抗癌 kàng ái anti-cancer 排外 pái wài xenophobic / anti-foreigner syn 防锈 防銹 fáng xiù rust prevention / anti-corrosion 反潜 反潛 fǎn qián anti-submarine / antisubmarine 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist 抗震 kàng zhèn anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant 满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 反倾销 反傾銷 fǎn qīng xiāo anti-dumping 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 反腐 fǎn fǔ anti-corruption 反战 反戰 fǎn zhàn anti-war 反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan 反美 fǎn měi anti-American 反政府 fǎn zhèng fǔ anti-government (protest) 反坦克 fǎn tǎn kè anti-tank 反垄断 反壟斷 fǎn lǒng duàn to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust 反华 反華 fǎn huá anti-Chinese 