中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 游泳池 yóu yǒng chí swimming pool 泳池 yǒng chí swimming pool 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 池塘 chí táng pool / pond syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 血泊 xuè pō pool of blood 水道 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool) syn 水塘 shuǐ táng pool 游泳馆 游泳館 yóu yǒng guǎn indoor swimming pool / natatorium 中非 zhōng fēi China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic 集思广益 集思廣益 jí sī guǎng yì collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom) / to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions 水潭 shuǐ tán water pool / pond syn 立意 lì yì to conceptualize / to come up with the central idea / concept / central idea / to be determined (to do sth) syn 中区 中區 zhōng qū central district (of a city) / central zone 桌球 zhuō qiú table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia) 撞球 zhuàng qiú billiards / billiards ball / pool (game) 凑钱 湊錢 còu qián to raise enough money to do sth / to pool money / to club together (to do sth) 中共中央办公厅 中共中央辦公廳 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] 沈括 shěn kuò Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] 拼 pīn to piece together / to put together / to pool (resources etc) / to share / to risk all / to go all out / to spell (words) syn 凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity syn 泽 澤 zé pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn 滩 灘 tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn 沼 zhǎo pond / pool syn 汪 wāng expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 塘 táng dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool syn 渊 淵 yuān deep pool / deep / profound syn 澡塘 zǎo táng communal bath / common pool in bath house syn 凑份子 湊份子 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) syn 池沼 chí zhǎo pool / pond syn 梦溪笔谈 夢溪筆談 mèng xī bǐ tán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass 陂 bēi pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2] 潴 瀦 zhū pool / pond 凼 dàng pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 醵 jù to contribute to a feast / to pool (money) 心中 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart syn 美洲 měi zhōu America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲[Ya4 mei3 li4 jia1 Zhou1] 暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì central heating / heater / warm air syn 重心 zhòng xīn center of gravity / central core / main part syn 中枢 中樞 zhōng shū center / hub / the central administration syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 总机 總機 zǒng jī central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard 鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) 中美洲 zhōng měi zhōu Central America 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 中亚 中亞 zhōng yà Central Asia 主线 主線 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 美联储 美聯儲 měi lián chǔ US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank 暖房 nuǎn fáng heating / central heating / greenhouse / hothouse / to pay a house-warming visit syn 轴心 軸心 zhóu xīn axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) syn 中南部 zhōng nán bù south central region 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 轴线 軸線 zhóu xiàn central axis (line) 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 长野 長野 cháng yě Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 央行 yāng háng central bank (abbr. for 中央銀行|中央银行[zhong1yang1 yin2hang2]) syn 嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 黄斑 黃斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot 党中央 黨中央 dǎng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the CCP 南岸 nán àn Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] 中环 中環 zhōng huán Central, Hong Kong Island 中央委员会 中央委員會 zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì Central Committee 帕米尔 帕米爾 pà mǐ ěr the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 央视 央視 yāng shì China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2] 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 中共中央 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 中央电视台 中央電視台 zhōng yāng diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network 水里 shuǐ lǐ Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan 华中 華中 huá zhōng central China 中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa 军委 軍委 jūn wěi Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee syn 中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ central government 中欧 中歐 zhōng ōu Central Europe 徐家汇 徐家匯 xú jiā huì Xujiahui, an area in 徐匯區|徐汇区[Xu2 hui4 qu1], Xuhui district, central Shanghai 中心区 中心區 zhōng xīn qū central district 中央军委 中央軍委 zhōng yāng jūn wěi Central Military Committee (CMC) syn 中南海 zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council 西单 西單 xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing 中央银行 中央銀行 zhōng yāng yín háng central bank syn 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 南投 nán tóu Nantou city and county in central Taiwan 中央社 zhōng yāng shè Central News Agency (Taiwan) 统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 中央党校 中央黨校 zhōng yāng dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933 中情局 zhōng qíng jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1yang1 Qing2bao4ju2]) 中纪委 中紀委 zhōng jì wěi Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 中央情报局 中央情報局 zhōng yāng qíng bào jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA 中心点 中心點 zhōng xīn diǎn center / central point / focus 阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan 秦淮河 qín huái hé Qinhuai River, a tributary of the Yangtze that flows through central Nanjing 中枢神经系统 中樞神經系統 zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng central nervous system, CNS 中轴线 中軸線 zhōng zhóu xiàn central axis (line) 