生态平衡 生態平衡 shēng tài píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 自然平衡 zì rán píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 生物平衡 shēng wù píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 秤 chèng steelyard balance / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 尾欠 wěi qiàn balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt syn 国际收支与国际投资头寸手册 國際收支與國際投資頭寸手冊 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition / Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual 制衡 zhì héng to check and balance (power) / checks and balances 三足鼎立 sān zú - dǐng lì (idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 实权 實權 shí quán real power / genuine power 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 发送功率 發送功率 fā sòng gōng lǜ transmission power / output power 乘幂 乘冪 chéng mì (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 权力交接 權力交接 quán lì jiāo jiē transfer of power / to hand over power 生杀大权 生殺大權 shēng shā dà quán life-and-death power / ultimate power 道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). 零排放发电厂 zero-emission power centre / zero-emission power plant 潮汐发电站 tidal power station / tidal power plant 基地台电源 base station power supply / base power supply 核动力源 核動力源 hé dòng lì yuán nuclear power source / nuclear power system 脉冲功率设备 脈沖功率設備 pulsed power device / pulse power equipment 化石燃料电站 化石燃料電站 huà shí rán liào diàn zhàn fossil-fired power station / fossil-fuel power station 核能反应堆 核能反應堆 nuclear power reactor / power reactor 核四 hé sì Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant 权欲熏心 權慾薰心 quán yù xūn xīn obsessed by a craving for power / power-hungry syn 硬实力 硬實力 yìng shí lì hard power (i.e. military and economic power) 修昔底德陷阱 xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power) 平衡 píng héng balance / equilibrium syn 余额 餘額 yú é balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 调剂 調劑 tiáo jì to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescription syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 差额 差額 chā é balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 权衡 權衡 quán héng to consider / to weigh (a matter) / to balance (pros and cons) syn 算帐 算帳 suàn zhàng to reckon (accounting) / to balance an account / fig. to settle an account / to get one's revenge 借贷 借貸 jiè dài to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 逆差 nì chā adverse trade balance / trade deficit 资产负债表 資產負債表 zī chǎn fù zhài biǎo balance sheet 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn 鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn 结余 結餘 jié yú balance / cash surplus syn 国际收支 國際收支 guó jì shōu zhī balance of payments 相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up / to offset / to counterbalance syn 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 扯平 chě píng to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits syn 贷方 貸方 dài fāng credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender syn 借方 jiè fāng borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet) syn 平衡木 píng héng mù beam (gymnastics) / balance beam 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 结存 結存 jié cún balance / cash in hand syn 杆秤 桿秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance) 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 试算表 試算表 shì suàn biǎo spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy) 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 弹簧秤 彈簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance 秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm 秤盘 秤槃 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance 抵 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn 平衡态 平衡態 píng héng tài balance / (state of) equilibrium 权力平衡 權力平衡 quán lì píng héng balance 付方 fù fāng credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方[shou1 fang1] syn 借入方 jiè rù fāng borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet) 借方差额 借方差額 jiè fāng chā é debit balance (accountancy) 出超 chū chāo trade surplus / favorable balance of trade 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 劳逸结合 勞逸結合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) 台磅 tái bàng platform balance 挹注 yì zhù to shift resources into areas of need / to inject funds / to balance resources 收支相抵 shōu zhī xiāng dǐ to break even / balance between income and expenditure 收方 shōu fāng receiving party / recipient / debit side (of balance sheet), as opposed to credit side 付方[fu4 fang1] syn 盘秤 盤秤 pán chèng balance consisting of steelyard with a pan / CL:臺|台[tai2] 贸易逆差 貿易逆差 mào yì nì chā trade deficit / adverse trade balance 余存 餘存 yú cún remainder / balance 贸易差额 貿易差额 mào yì chā e balance of trade 银行结余 銀行結余 yín háng jié yú bank balance 质量平衡 質量平衡 zhì liàng píng héng mass balance 国际收支手册 guó jì shōu zhī shǒu cè Balance of Payments Manual 扩展的国际收支服务分类 Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification 谷物供求平衡 grain balance 平衡表 píng héng biǎo balance sheet 能量平衡 energy balance / energy budget 能量结算 energy balance / energy budget 能量预算 energy balance / energy budget 现金余额计划 cash-balance plan 质量平衡法 mass balance approach 盐量平衡 salt balance 