海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 群落 qún luò community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community syn 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 社区 社區 shè qū community / neighborhood 森林 sēn lín forest / CL:片[pian4] syn 树林 樹林 shù lín woods / grove / forest syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 群体 群體 qún tǐ community / colony syn 败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community / degenerate syn 小区 小區 xiǎo qū housing estate / community / neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 族群 zú qún ethnic group / community 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 热带雨林 熱帶雨林 rè dài yǔ lín tropical rain forest 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it syn 共同体 共同體 gòng tóng tǐ community syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 红树林 紅樹林 hóng shù lín mangrove forest or swamp 警民 jǐng mín the police and the community 欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) 山火 shān huǒ wildfire / forest fire 网民 網民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member 林场 林場 lín chǎng forestry station / forest management area 生活区 生活區 shēng huó qū living community 滥伐 濫伐 làn fá to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance syn 针叶林 針葉林 zhēn yè lín needle-leaved forest 林业 林業 lín yè forest industry / forestry 国际社会 國際社會 guó jì shè huì the international community 社会团体 社會團體 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization 社区服务 社區服務 shè qū fù wù community service 社群 shè qún community / social grouping 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan 退耕還林 退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 退耕还林 退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 虚拟社区 虛擬社區 xū nǐ shè qū virtual community 森林资源 森林資源 sēn lín zī yuán forest resources 碑林 bēi lín Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi 公益金 gōng yì jīn public welfare funds / community chest 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 共同财产 共同財產 gòng tóng cái chǎn community property 铲平 鏟平 chǎn píng to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc) / to raze (a building, forest etc) 书坛 書壇 shū tán the calligraphic community syn 僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk 封山育林 fēng shān yù lín to restrict access to a mountainous area to promote natural forest regeneration 新市镇 新市鎮 xīn shì zhèn new town / planned community 林子 lín zi woods / grove / forest syn 蝰蛇 kuí shé forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar) 有生力量 stakeholders / citizens / community leaders 次生林 cì shēng lín secondary growth of forest syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 杏林 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) 林火 lín huǒ forest fire 集居 jí jū community / living together 混交林 hùn jiāo lín mixed forest 吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community 欧洲共同体 歐洲共同體 ōu zhōu gòng tóng tǐ European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟[Ou1 meng2] 独木不成林 獨木不成林 dú mù bù chéng lín a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own syn 植物群落 plant community / phytocoenosis 社区森林管理 shè qū sēn lín guǎn lǐ community-based forest management / community forest management 原始林 yuán shǐ lín old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover syn 萌生林 low forest / coppice forest / sprout forest 乔林 喬林 qiáo lín forest (esp. of tall trees) / high forest 落叶林 落葉林 luò yè lín deciduous forest / hardwood forest 非木材林业产品 fēi mù cái lín yè chǎn pǐn non-wood forest product / non-timber forest product 森林居民 sēn lín jū mín forest people / forest-dwelling people 可持续森林管理筹资信息指南 kě chí xù sēn lín guǎn lǐ chóu zī xìn xī zhǐ nán CPF Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management / Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management 皆伐森林 jiē fá sēn lín forest clearing / forest clearance 非洲森林治理与权力下放国际讲习班 非洲森林治理與權力下放國際講習班 International Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa / Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa 生态上可持续的森林管理 生態上可持續的森林管理 sustainable forest management / ecologically sustainable forest management 热带落叶林 熱帶落葉林 monsoon forest / tropical deciduous forest 森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku") 社区林业企业 社區林業企業 shè qū lín yè qǐ yè community-based forest enterprise 社区森林管理与企业 社區森林管理與企業 Community Forest Management and Enterprises 社区的恢复力 resilience of a community / recovery capability of a community 能源共同体条约 Treaty establishing the Energy Community / Energy Community Treaty 网络社区 網絡社區 web community / web-based community 片警 piàn jǐng community police officer / police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or community 森林脑炎 森林腦炎 sēn lín nǎo yán forest encephalitis 夹山国家森林公园 夾山國家森林公園 jiā shān guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan 季雨林 jì yǔ lín monsoon forest 封沙育林 fēng shā yù lín to restrict access to a sandy area to promote natural forest regeneration 林恢复 林恢復 lín huī fù forest restoration 枪林箭雨 槍林箭雨 qiāng lín jiàn yǔ forest of spear, rain of arrows 浓灪 濃灪 nóng yù variant of 濃鬱|浓郁, dense (e.g. forest) / rich (color, fragrance, atmosphere) 石林风景区 石林風景區 shí lín fēng jǐng qū Petrified forest scenic area in Shilin Yi autonomous county 石林彞族自治縣|石林彝族自治县[Shi2 lin2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan 只见树木，不见森林 祇見樹木，不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín only see the trees, but not see the forest (idiom, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论) / to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture 赤道雨林 chì dào yǔ lín equatorial rain forest 黑森林 hēi sēn lín Black Forest / Schwarzwald 黑森林蛋糕 hēi sēn lín dàn gāo Black Forest cake 国家森林 guó jiā sēn lín state forest 高级森林政策干事 Senior Forest Policy Officer 溷牧林 混牧林 grazed forest 放牧林 fàng mù lín grazed forest 