右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 集体权利 集體權利 group right / collective right 团体权利 團體權利 group right / collective right 集体安全条约 集體安全條約 Treaty on Collective Security within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States / Treaty on Collective Security 右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right syn 优先承购权 優先承購權 yōu xiān chéng gòu quán prior purchase right / right of first refusal (ROFR) / preemptive right to purchase 人道主义干预权 right of interference / right to intervene in humanitarian crises / right of intervention on humanitarian grounds 劈头 劈頭 pī tóu straight away / right off the bat / right on the head / right in the face syn 用于 yòng yú to use in / to use on / to use for syn 共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... syn 不使用或威胁使用武力 bù shǐ yòng huò wēi xié shǐ yòng wǔ lì non-use of force or threat of use of force / non-use of force or threat of force 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right 右翼 yòu yì the right flank / (politically) right-wing syn 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist syn 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 不是味儿 不是味兒 bù shì wèi r not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset syn 适逢其会 適逢其會 shì féng qí huì (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time syn 对症发药 對症發藥 duì zhèng fā yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. 知人善任 zhī rén shàn rèn (idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities / to put the right people in the right places 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 良图 良圖 liáng tú good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí (idiom) everything will turn out all right / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night 可转让发展权利 transferable development right / tradeable development right 落实发展权问题高级别工作队 high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development / High-Level Task Force on the Right to Development 获得饮水的权利 獲得飲水的權利 right to have access to drinking water / right to water 饮水权 飲水權 yǐn shuǐ quán right to have access to drinking water / right to water 适足食物权作为一项人权问题特别报告员 適足食物權作為一項人權問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate food as a human right 使发展权成为一项人权全球协商 使發展權成為一項人權全球協商 Global Consultation on the Right to Development as a Human Right 外手 wài shǒu right-hand side (of a machine) / right-hand side (passenger side) of a vehicle syn 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent syn 眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment 被选举权 被選舉權 bèi xuǎn jǔ quán the right to be elected / the right to stand for election 灯下黑 燈下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 远水救不了近火 遠水救不了近火 yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency 使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 利用 lì yòng to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize syn 运用 運用 yùn yòng to use / to put to use syn 施展 shī zhǎn to use fully / to put to use syn 借用 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use syn 用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to 连用 連用 lián yòng to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously 假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn 取长补短 取長補短 qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts syn 用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn 用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 软硬兼施 軟硬兼施 ruǎn yìng jiān shī use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove 借题发挥 借題發揮 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss 名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]) 物尽其用 物盡其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything syn 使用方便 shǐ yòng fāng biàn easy to use / convenient to use 大才小用 dà cái xiǎo yòng lit. making little use of great talent / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 抵用 dǐ yòng to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility) / to use in lieu / to redeem (a coupon etc) / to use to offset (an amount owed etc) 用不了 yòng bu liǎo to not use all of / to use less than 土地利用、土地利用变化与林业 土地利用、土地利用變化與林業 land use, land-use change and forestry 核武器示范公约 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Testing, Production, Stockpiling, Transfer, Use and Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons and on Their Elimination / Model Nuclear Weapons Convention 使用或威胁使用核武器 shǐ yòng huò wēi xié shǐ yòng hé wǔ qì use or threat of use of nuclear weapons 合理使用能源奖励制度 hé lǐ shǐ yòng néng yuán jiǎng lì zhì duó Incentive System for the Rational Use of Energy System of Incentives for the Rational Use of Energy on a Regional Basis 河道内用水 hé dào nèi yòng shuǐ instream water use / instream use 河道外用水 hé dào wài yòng shuǐ offstream water use / offstream use 消极安全保证特设委员会 消極安全保證特設委員會 Ad Hoc Committee on Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons / Ad Hoc Committee on Negative Security Assurances 预期土地用途 預期土地用途 intended land use / intended use of land 两用物品 兩用物品 liǎng yòng wù pǐn dual-use item / dual-use good 不首先使用核武器 non first use of nuclear weapons / non first use 借东风 借東風 jiè dōng fēng lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help 假座 jiǎ zuò to use as a venue (e.g. use {a restaurant} as the venue {for a farewell party}) syn 强扭的瓜不甜 強扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen 犯讳 犯諱 fàn huì to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old) / to violate a taboo / to use a taboo word or character 妙用 miào yòng to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use 用典 yòng diǎn to use literary quotations / to use phrases taken from the classics syn 集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group syn 团购 團購 tuán gòu group buying / collective buying / buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group 中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn 游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) 水族 shuǐ zú collective term for aquatic animals syn 集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 统称 統稱 tǒng chēng to be collectively called / collective term / general designation 集体经济 集體經濟 jí tǐ jīng jì collective economy 爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn 自留地 zì liú dì private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm 大我 dà wǒ the collective / the whole / (Buddhism) the greater self syn 领导集体 領導集體 lǐng dǎo jí tǐ leadership group / collective of leaders 杓 biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper 集体防护 集體防護 jí tǐ fáng hù collective protection 集体回忆 集體回憶 jí tǐ huí yì collective 三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom 三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual 