底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 有备无患 有備無患 yǒu bèi wú huàn Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom) 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 不吝 bù lìn not to stint / to be generous (with praise etc) / to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc) syn 墨汁 mò zhī prepared Chinese ink syn 中成药 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) 生鲜 生鮮 shēng xiān fresh produce and freshly prepared foods syn 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down syn 好吃懒做 好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 以防万一 以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom) / just in case / prepared for any eventualities syn 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves 客饭 客飯 kè fàn cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal syn 脱稿 脫稿 tuō gǎo (of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech) syn 任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 派遣 pài qiǎn to send (on a mission) / to dispatch syn 艰巨 艱巨 jiān jù (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult / challenging / demanding syn 使馆 使館 shǐ guǎn consulate / diplomatic mission syn 特派员 特派員 tè pài yuán special correspondent / sb dispatched on a mission / special commissioner syn 天职 天職 tiān zhí vocation / duty / mission in life syn 特派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission syn 交差 jiāo chāi to report back after completion of one's mission syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 使团 使團 shǐ tuán diplomatic mission 攻坚 攻堅 gōng jiān to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission 复命 復命 fù mìng to report on completion of a mission / debriefing syn 出使 chū shǐ to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission 专题研究 專題研究 mission-orientated research 聘 pìn to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] syn 苦差 kǔ chāi hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore syn 观澜湖 觀瀾湖 guān lán hú Mission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company) 观察团 observer mission 公使馆 公使館 gōng shǐ guǎn embassy (old term) / foreign mission 枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle syn 厚积薄发 厚積薄發 hòu jī bó fā lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared 针尖对麦芒 針尖對麥芒 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) 核可的特派团因数 核可的特派團因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor 特派团使用因数 特派團使用因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor 欧洲安全和防卫政策法治特派团 歐洲安全和防衛政策法治特派團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 安全防卫团 安全防衛團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 岩仓使节团 岩倉使節團 yán cāng shǐ jié tuán the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871) 特派团联合分析小组 Joint Mission Analysis Cell / Joint Mission Analysis Centre 特派团标准作业程序 mission standard operating procedures / mission standing operating procedures 常驻代表团 cháng zhù dài biǎo tuán Permanent Mission to the United Nations / Permanent Mission 已结束的特派团 closed peacekeeping mission / closed mission 伊加特索马里和平支助团 伊加特索馬里和平支助團 Peacekeeping Mission of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Somalia / IGAD Peace Support Mission in Somalia 联合国加沙冲突实况调查团 聯合國加沙沖突實況調查團 United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 独立国际实况调查团 獨立國際實況調查團 United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 联合国驻苏丹先遣团 聯合國駐蘇丹先遣團 lián hé guó zhù sū dān xiān qiǎn tuán United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan / United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan; 收货特派团 收貨特派團 recipient field mission / recipient-mission 特派团人员 特派團人員 mission personnel / mission staff 议会调查团 議會調查團 Mission d'information parlementaire / Mission Quilès 基莱斯调查团 基萊斯調查團 Mission d'information parlementaire / Mission Quilès 西非国家经济共同体利比里亚特派团 西非國家經濟共同體利比里亞特派團 Economic Community of West African States' Mission in Liberia / ECOWAS Mission in Liberia 西非经共体利比里亚特派团 西非經共體利比里亞特派團 Economic Community of West African States' Mission in Liberia / ECOWAS Mission in Liberia 联合国加沙冲突实况调查团的报告 聯合國加沙沖突實況調查團的報告 Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 独立国际实况调查团的报告 獨立國際實況調查團的報告 Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 技术调查组 技術調查組 technical survey team / pre-mission technical survey team / mission survey team / assesment team 任务缩减 任務縮減 rèn wù suō jiǎn downgraded mission / scaled down mission 空间实验室生命科学任务 空間實驗室生命科學任務 Spacelab Life Sciences mission / SLS mission 联合国视察团 聯合國視察團 United Nations Visiting Mission / Visiting Mission 科索沃核查团 科索沃核查團 Kosovo Verification Mission / Verification Mission in Kosovo 北约科索沃核查团 北約科索沃核查團 NATO Kosovo Verification Mission / NATO Kosovo Air Verification Mission 北约科索沃空中核查团 北約科索沃空中核查團 NATO Kosovo Verification Mission / NATO Kosovo Air Verification Mission 侅 gāi to give / prepared for included in / embraced in 中成葯 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 以备不测 以備不測 yǐ bèi bù cè to be prepared for accidents 兵精粮足 兵精糧足 bīng jīng liáng zú elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom) / well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state 熟丝 熟絲 shú sī silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap) 特别设计或配备的 especially designed or prepared 待命飞行器 aircraft prepared for service 熟鸦片 熟鴉片 prepared opium 眼里容不得沙子 眼裡容不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye 不怕一万，就怕万一 不怕一萬，就怕萬一 bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case 加料钢琴 加料鋼琴 jiā liào gāng qín prepared piano 有备而来 有備而來 yǒu bèi ér lái to come prepared syn 分灶吃饭 分竈吃飯 fēn zào chī fàn "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC 周备 周備 zhōu bèi thorough / carefully prepared 筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them) 舍不得孩子套不住狼 捨不得孩子套不住狼 shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things 穷家富路 窮家富路 qióng jiā fù lù (idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend 传道部 傳道部 chuán dào bù mission 虎胆妙算 虎膽妙算 hǔ dǎn miào suàn Mission: 瑞典行道会 瑞典行道會 ruì diǎn xíng dào huì Mission 职业特工队 職業特工隊 zhí yè tè gōng duì Mission: 传教团 傳教團 chuán jiào tuán a mission (group of missionaries) 斯当东 斯當東 sī dāng dōng Staunton (name) / Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793 派遗 派遺 pài yí to send (sb) on a mission / to dispatch 蛮邸 蠻邸 mán dǐ foreign mission (in former times) / residence of barbarian emissary 马噶尔尼 馬噶爾尼 mǎ gá ěr ní Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former Beatle 马噶尔尼使团 馬噶爾尼使團 mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793 马戛尔尼 馬戛爾尼 mǎ jiá ěr ní Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former Beatle 马戛尔尼使团 馬戛爾尼使團 mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793 