钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿 釣魚島及其附屬島嶼 Diaoyu Islands / Senkaku Islands / Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands / the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands) 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 钓鱼岛 釣魚島 diào yú dǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands 尖阁列岛 尖閣列島 jiān gé liè dǎo Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛[Diao4 yu2 Dao3]), also known as the Pinnacle Islands 价值链 價值鏈 supply chain / value chain 肽链 肽鏈 tài liàn peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein) 雏菊花环 雛菊花環 chú jú huā huán daisy chain / chain sinnet 引爆链 引爆鏈 initiation chain / chain of initiation 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 千岛列岛 千島列島 qiān dǎo liè dǎo Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido) 莱恩群岛火山链 lái ēn qún dǎo huǒ shān liàn Line Islands Volcanic Chain 南沙 nán shā Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands / Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong 钓鱼台 釣魚臺 diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China 马尔维纳斯群岛 馬爾維納斯群島 mǎ ěr wéi nà sī qún dǎo Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands) 南西诸岛 南西諸島 nán xī zhū dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan 琉球群岛 琉球群島 liú qiú qún dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan 安全岛屿方桉 安全島嶼方案 Safe Islands Programme / Safe Islands Program 连锁 連鎖 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc) syn 国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 产业链 產業鏈 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 连环 連環 lián huán chain 连锁店 連鎖店 lián suǒ diàn chain store 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 分店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex syn 一条龙 一條龍 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process syn 手链 手鏈 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2] 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 链条 鏈條 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 新华书店 新華書店 xīn huá shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain 枷锁 枷鎖 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters syn 希尔顿 希爾頓 xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain) 供应链管理 供應鏈管理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 铁链 鐵鏈 tiě liàn iron chain 牵强 牽強 qiān qiǎng far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning) syn 链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain 好又多 hǎo yòu duō Trust-Mart (supermarket chain) 连锁反应 連鎖反應 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction syn 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 喜来登 喜來登 xǐ lái dēng Sheraton (hotel chain) 麦德龙 麥德龍 mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German) 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 易初莲花 易初蓮花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain) 瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 大润发 大潤發 dà rùn fā RT Mart (supermarket chain) 绵亘 綿亙 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) syn 生物链 生物鏈 shēng wù liàn food chain 冷链 lěng liàn cold chain 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 吉野家 jí yě jiā Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain) 锚链 錨鏈 máo liàn anchor chain 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 安第斯山脉 安第斯山脈 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 链环 鏈環 liàn huán chain link 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 炼 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] syn 锒 鋃 láng chain / ornament 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链 / a chain / variant of 煉|炼 / to smelt / to refine 鋂 méi americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain 鎍 suǒ chain / wire 报系 報系 bào xì newspaper chain / syndicate 多肽连 多肽連 duō tài lián polypeptide chain 核连锁反应 核連鎖反應 hé lián suǒ fǎn yìng nuclear chain reaction 链式裂变反应 鏈式裂變反應 liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìng chain reaction of nuclear fission 衰变链 衰變鏈 shuāi biàn liàn decay chain 肽单位 肽單位 tài dān wèi peptide unit (on protein chain) 佳世客 jiā shì kè JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets 侧链 側鏈 cè liàn side chain (used in classifying amino acids) 偶联反应 偶聯反應 ǒu lián fǎn yìng chain reaction (chemistry) 卡乐星 卡樂星 kǎ lè xīng Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain) 吉之岛 吉之島 jí zhī dǎo JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets 单链 單鏈 dān liàn single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA 好市多 hǎo shì duō (Tw) Costco (warehouse club chain) 安第斯 ān dì sī the Andes mountain chain 承转 承轉 chéng zhuǎn to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy) 棒约翰 棒約翰 bàng yuē hàn Papa John's (pizza chain) 乐华梅兰 樂華梅蘭 lè huá méi lán Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain) 特易购 特易購 tè yì gòu Tesco, British-based supermarket chain 皇冠假日酒店 huáng guān jià rì jiǔ diàn Crowne Plaza (hotel chain) 盘亘 盤亙 pán gèn linked in a unbroken chain 碳链 碳鏈 tàn liàn carbon chain 碳链纤维 碳鏈纖維 tàn liàn xiān wéi carbon chain fiber 结连 結連 jié lián linked in a chain 缩多氨酸 縮多氨酸 suō duō ān suān polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein / same as 多肽[duo1 tai4] 老烟枪 老煙槍 lǎo yān qiāng heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker 老烟鬼 老煙鬼 lǎo yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker 听骨链 聽骨鏈 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear) 华润万家 華潤萬家 huá rùn wàn jiā CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China 万豪 萬豪 wàn háo Marriott International (hotel chain) 连销店 連銷店 lián xiāo diàn chain store 