次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 件 jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 过程 過程 guò chéng course of events / process / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 说法 說法 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation syn 不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging / far from good / anything but reassuring syn 口径 口徑 kǒu jìng bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line syn 往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn 重演 chóng yǎn to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones) / to repeat (a performance) 进程 進程 jìn chéng course of events / process syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 记事 記事 jì shì to keep a record of events / record / to start to form memories (after one's infancy) syn 风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 来龙去脉 來龍去脈 lái lóng qù mài lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events / causes and effects syn 转折 轉折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation syn 血淋淋 xuè lín lín dripping with blood / bloody (tragedy) syn 空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn 纪实 紀實 jì shí record of actual events / documentary (factual rather than fictional) 血战 血戰 xuè zhàn bloody battle syn 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 鼻青脸肿 鼻青臉腫 bí qīng liǎn zhǒng a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered 喜出望外 xǐ chū wàng wài to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events syn 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to syn 间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events syn 伤天害理 傷天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom) / bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts syn 记述 記述 jì shù to write an account (of events) syn 记事簿 記事簿 jì shì bù a memo book (recording events) 按说 按說 àn shuō in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally syn 按理 àn lǐ according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally syn 事变 事變 shì biàn incident / unforeseen event / events (in general) syn 血衣 xuè yī bloody garment 血口 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey) 追述 zhuī shù recollections / to relate (past events) syn 惊雷 驚雷 jīng léi sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events syn 演义 演義 yǎn yì to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme 战祸 戰禍 zhàn huò disastrous conflict / bloody warfare syn 爆冷 bào lěng an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough syn 腥风血雨 腥風血雨 xīng fēng xuè yǔ lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom) / fig. reign of terror / carnage syn 陈迹 陳跡 chén jì past events / relics from a former age / ruins syn 爆冷门 爆冷門 bào lěng mén an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough syn 三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能) 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) 血路 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield 时讯 時訊 shí xùn news / current events 怀古 懷古 huái gǔ to recall the past / to cherish the memory of past events / to reminisce / nostalgic syn 前事 qián shì past events / antecedent / what has happened 处变不惊 處變不驚 chǔ biàn bù jīng to remain calm in the face of events (idiom) syn 碑记 碑記 bēi jì a record of events inscribed on a tablet syn 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 遭 zāo to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident syn 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 桩 樁 zhuāng stump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc syn 届 屆 jiè to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) syn 阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn 档子 檔子 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc syn 真人真事 zhēn rén zhēn shì genuine people and true events syn 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 时势造英雄 時勢造英雄 shí shì zào yīng xióng Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. 买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it syn 田赛 田賽 tián sài field events (athletics competition) 鉴戒 鑒戒 jiàn jiè lesson from events of the past / warning syn 始料未及 shǐ liào wèi jí not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events syn 阴差阳错 陰差陽錯 yīn chā yáng cuò (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events syn 双喜临门 雙喜臨門 shuāng xǐ lín mén two simultaneous happy events in the family syn 年代学 年代學 nián dài xué chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events) 往时 往時 wǎng shí past events / former times syn 惨变 慘變 cǎn biàn calamitous turn of events / (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc / to turn deathly pale 阴错阳差 陰錯陽差 yīn cuò yáng chā (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events syn 扭转乾坤 扭轉乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around 甲申政变 甲申政變 jiǎ shēn zhèng biàn unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops 血盆大口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor 血腥玛丽 血腥瑪麗 xuè xīng mǎ lì Bloody Mary 血衫 xuè shān bloodstained shirt / bloody garment 血淋淋 xiě lín lín bloody / blood-soaked / gory / grisly / cruel / brutal / harsh / grim / bitter syn 铁血 鐵血 tiě xuè iron and blood / (fig.) weapons and war / bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die 中华台北 中華臺北 zhōng huá tái běi Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events 事必有兆 shì bì yǒu zhào future events always have an omen (idiom) 事态发展 事態發展 shì tài fā zhǎn course of events 前事不忘，后事之师 前事不忘，後事之師 qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom) / benefit from past experience 张飞打岳飞 張飛打岳飛 zhāng fēi dǎ yuè fēi lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom) 往迹 往跡 wǎng jì past events / former times 灾变论 災變論 zāi biàn lùn catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood 炮响 砲響 pào xiǎng sound of gunfire / fig. news of momentous events 会奖旅游 會獎旅遊 huì jiǎng lǚ yóu MICE tourism (acronym for "meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions"), aka "meetings industry" or "events industry" 忆述 憶述 yì sù to talk (or write) about one's recollections of past events syn 2001年9月11日事件 the events of 11 September 2001 大型和全球活动工作组 Working Group on Mega and Global Events 特别活动助理 Special Events Assistant 特别筹款活动和新倡议科 Special Fund-raising Events and New Initiatives Section 名人与活动干事 Celebrities and Events Officer 和平探索外层空间特定事件每月概览 和平探索外層空間特定事件每月概覽 Monthly Survey of Selected Events in the Peaceful Exploration of Outer Space 倡导和特别活动处 倡導和特別活動處 Advocacy and Special Events 重大活动期间安全措施国际常设观察机构 重大活動期間安全措施國際常設觀察機構 International Permanent Observatory on Security Measures during Major Events / International Permanent Observatory 特别活动津贴 特別活動津貼 special events allowance 国际灾害数据库 國際災害數據庫 EM-DAT International Disaster Database / Emergency Events Database 极端现象农业气象工作组 极端現象農業气象工作組 jí duān xiàn xiàng nóng yè qì xiàng gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Agrometeorology Related to Extreme Events 特性、事件、过程 特性、事件、過程 features, events and processes 