正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated syn 见光死 見光死 jiàn guāng sǐ (lit.) to wither in the light of day / (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb) / (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls 靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor) 就业机会 就業機會 jiù yè jī huì employment opportunity / job opening 出缺 chū quē to fall vacant / a job opening at a high level 通用职务空缺 通用職務空缺 generic job opening 具体职位空缺 具體職位空缺 position-specific job opening 职缺 職缺 zhí quē (job) opening 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 突击 突擊 tū jī sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly syn 离职 離職 lí zhí to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job / to resign syn 应聘者 應聘者 yìng pìn zhě person taking a job / job applicant / CL:位[wei4] 应征 應徵 yìng zhēng to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement syn 执事 執事 zhí shì to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon 零工 líng gōng temporary job / odd job syn 待岗 待崗 dài gǎng to wait for a job assignment / to be laid off / to be out of a job syn 短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn 敷衍塞责 敷衍塞責 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job / to work half-heartedly / not to take the job seriously syn 约伯 約伯 yuē bó Job (name) / Book of Job in the Old Testament 工欲善其事，必先利其器 gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job 欲善其事，必先利其器 yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job 肥差 féi chāi lucrative job / cushy job 敷衍塞责 敷衍塞責 fū yǎn - sè zé (idiom) to skimp on the job / to work half-heartedly / not to take the job seriously syn 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 布局 佈局 bù jú arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon) syn 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 开幕式 開幕式 kāi mù shì opening ceremony 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 营业时间 營業時間 yíng yè shí jiān business hours / opening hours / office hours 片头 片頭 piàn tóu (cinema, TV) title sequence / opening credits / intro 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) syn 揭幕 jiē mù opening / unveiling syn 空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc) 开场白 開場白 kāi chǎng bái prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc) syn 引子 yǐn zi introduction / primer / opening words syn 开篇 開篇 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] syn 天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 syn 套间 套間 tào jiān vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment 剪彩 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) 进价 進價 jìn jià opening price 过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 定式 dìng shì joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game) 第一炮 dì yī pào (fig.) opening shot 通风口 通風口 tōng fēng kǒu air vent / opening for ventilation 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 门扇 門扇 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door syn 开幕词 開幕詞 kāi mù cí opening speech (at a conference) 孔道 kǒng dào opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius syn 荣毅仁 榮毅仁 róng yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors 开闭幕式 開閉幕式 kāi bì mù shì opening and closing ceremonies 入场式 入場式 rù chǎng shì ceremonial entry / opening procession 豁 huō opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit syn 窍 竅 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) syn 袪 qū sleeve opening 閛 pēng the sound of opening or closing the door 谽 hān a mouth or opening 开卷有益 開卷有益 kāi juàn yǒu yì lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom) / the benefits of education syn 开台锣鼓 開臺鑼鼓 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance 鼒 zī tripod with a small opening on top 一个幽灵在欧洲游荡 一個幽靈在歐洲遊蕩 yī gè yōu líng zài ōu zhōu yóu dàng Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto" 封闭性开局 封閉性開局 fēng bì xìng kāi jú Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局 成军 成軍 chéng jūn lit. to form an army / to set up (team, group, band, organization etc) / to found / opening (ceremony) / to commission (arms system, naval vessel) / to graduate from an apprenticeship 揭幕式 jiē mù shì opening ceremony / unveiling 营业时候 營業時候 yíng yè shí hou opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant) 玉门 玉門 yù mén (literary) vaginal opening / vulva 窗扇 chuāng shàn window / the opening panel of a window syn 卖破绽 賣破綻 mài pò zhàn to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc) 开幕典礼 開幕典禮 kāi mù diǎn lǐ opening ceremony 开业大吉 開業大吉 kāi yè dà jí celebration on opening a business 开河期 開河期 kāi hé qī thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring 开盘汇率 開盤匯率 kāi pán huì lǜ opening exchange rate 开台 開臺 kāi tái start of play / opening of theatrical performance syn 双后前兵开局 雙后前兵開局 shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess) / same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局 开场陈述 kāi chǎng chén shù opening statement 承前期初余额 chéng qián qī chū yú é brought forward opening balance 关于战争开始的公约 關於戰爭開始的公約 Convention relative to the Opening of Hostilities 期初结余 期初結余 qī chū jié yú opening balance 期初余额 期初余額 qī chū yú é opening balance 开标委员会 開標委員會 Tender Opening Committee 海洋裂开 海洋裂開 opening of an ocean 公开开标组织 公開開標組織 Public Bid Opening Organization 剪䌽 剪綵 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at an opening) 裤口 褲口 kù kǒu trouser leg opening 始业式 始業式 shǐ yè shì school opening ceremony (to mark the start of a semester) (Tw) 开首 開首 kāi shǒu beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open 剅 lóu (dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out / small channel across a river embankment / (used in place names) / Taiwan pr. [dou1] 进出口 進出口 jìn - chū kǒu importation and exportation / import-export / access point / opening that serves as an entrance or exit 井台 井臺 jǐng tái platform around the opening of a well 战端 戰端 zhàn duān outbreak of war / opening of hostilities 工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 介绍 介紹 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction syn 材料 cái liào (raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job syn 招聘 zhāo pìn to invite applications for a job / to recruit syn 就业 就業 jiù yè to get a job / employment 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 