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"before the event" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
事先 shì xiān in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior syn
事前 shì qián in advance / before the event syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn
埋点 埋點 mái diǎn (web analytics) event tracking / event
签售会 簽售會 qiān shòu huì (publishing industry) book signing event / (music industry) fansign event
前一天 qián yī tiān the day before (an event) syn
防患未然 fáng huàn wèi rán to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud syn
防患未萌 fáng huàn wèi méng to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom) / to nip sth in the bud
此前 cǐ qián before this / before then / previously syn
公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
先礼后兵 先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
兵马未动，粮草先行 兵馬未動，糧草先行 bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom) / logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
前儿 前兒 qián r before / day before yesterday
西元前 xī yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
偷跑 tōu pǎo to sneak off / to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun / to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun / to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
如果 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that syn
项目 項目 xiàng mù item / project / (sports) event / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
以来 以來 yǐ lái since (a previous event) syn
事件 shì jiàn incident / event syn
节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
举办 舉辦 jǔ bàn to conduct / to hold (an event) syn
主办 主辦 zhǔ bàn to organize / to host (a conference or sports event) syn
过后 過後 guò hòu after the event syn
还原 還原 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) syn
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
事后 事後 shì hòu after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect syn
无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn
事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
出名 chū míng well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) syn
主队 主隊 zhǔ duì host team (at sports event) / host side
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show / to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of syn
前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
开场 開場 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event syn
变故 變故 biàn gù an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune syn
竞猜 競猜 jìng cāi to try to predict the outcome of an event (for betting on sports results or for fun etc) syn
事变 事變 shì biàn incident / unforeseen event / events (in general) syn
元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn
推介会 推介會 tuī jiè huì promotional seminar / promotional event
获知 獲知 huò zhī to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth) syn
公益活动 公益活動 gōng yì huó dòng charity event / public service activities
档期 檔期 dàng qī slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)
销路 銷路 xiāo lù sale / market / state of the market / sales event
社会活动 社會活動 social event
退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
后怕 後怕 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress syn
择日 擇日 zé rì to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date
闻所未闻 聞所未聞 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event syn
比赛项目 比賽項目 bǐ sài xiàng mù sporting event / item on program of sports competition
鬼使神差 guǐ shǐ shén chāi demons and gods at work (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
死生 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event)
体育项目 體育項目 tǐ yù xiàng mù sporting event
出赛 出賽 chū sài to compete / to take part (in a sports event)
补报 補報 bǔ bào to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness syn
追认 追認 zhuī rèn to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
铅球 鉛球 qiān qiú shot put (athletics event)
盛举 盛舉 shèng jǔ grand event / magnificent undertaking
竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event)
单杠 單槓 dān gàng bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
后感 後感 hòu gǎn afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc)
本末 běn mò the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental syn
双杠 雙槓 shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event)
小项 小項 xiǎo xiàng small item / event (of program)
局外 jú wài outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external
特卖会 特賣會 tè mài huì promotional event / sale
减色 減色 jiǎn sè to fade / (fig.) to lose luster / (of an event etc) to be spoiled / (coinage) to become debased syn
事后诸葛亮 事後諸葛亮 shì hòu zhū gě liàng person who is wise after the event
检录 檢錄 jiǎn lù roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record
喜从天降 喜從天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng joy from heaven (idiom) / overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event syn
后悔莫及 後悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. syn
事件相关电位 事件相關電位 shì jiàn xiāng guān diàn wèi (neuroscience) event-related potential
事后聪明 事後聰明 shì hòu cōng ming wise after the event (idiom) / with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事界 shì jiè event horizon
人肉搜索引擎 rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
低栏 低欄 dī lán low hurdles (track event)
偶然事件 ǒu rán shì jiàn random accident / chance event
备办 備辦 bèi bàn to provide (items for an event) / to cater / to make preparations
凯林赛 凱林賽 kǎi lín sài keirin cycle race (paced stadium event) (loanword from Japanese 競輪 "keirin")
判读 判讀 pàn dú to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
左不过 左不過 zuǒ bu guò anyhow / in any event / just / only syn
后账 後賬 hòu zhàng undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
悔之无及 悔之無及 huǐ zhī wú jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event.
知识越多越反动 知識越多越反動 zhī shi yuè duō yuè fǎn dòng the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮[Si4 ren2 bang1])
神差鬼使 shén chāi guǐ shǐ the work of gods and devils (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence syn
跨栏比赛 跨欄比賽 kuà lán bǐ sài hurdling / hurdles race (athletics event)
追悔莫及 zhuī huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. syn
罗生门 羅生門 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case
极端气候事件 極端氣候事件 jí duān qì hòu shì jiàn extreme weather event
临床事件 lín chuáng shì jiàn clinical event
发展筹资问题高级别国际政府间会议 High-level International Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development
国际核事件等级表 guó jì hé shì jiàn děng jí biǎo International Nuclear Event Scale
大肆宣扬即将来临而并未发生的事 non-event
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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