开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn 工地 gōng dì construction site 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 框架 kuàng jià (construction) frame / (fig.) framework 铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) syn 新建 xīn jiàn new construction / newly built 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project syn 劳务 勞務 láo wù service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services") syn 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 毛遂自荐 毛遂自薦 máo suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) syn 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 建构 建構 jiàn gòu to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 工期 gōng qī project duration / construction period 空中楼阁 空中樓閣 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom) / unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 为例 為例 wéi lì used in the construction 以...為例|以...为例, "to take ... as an example" 建行 jiàn háng China Construction Bank (abbr.) 基建 jī jiàn capital construction (project) / infrastructure syn 施工单位 施工單位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder 中国建设银行 中國建設銀行 zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng China Construction Bank 新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生產建設兵糰 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 建筑工人 建築工人 jiàn zhù gōng rén construction worker / builder 违建 違建 wéi jiàn abbr. for 違章建築|违章建筑, illegal construction 烂尾 爛尾 làn wěi (of a construction project etc) unfinished / derailed (due to critical setbacks) 合龙 合龍 hé lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction syn 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined syn 在建 zài jiàn under construction 泥灰 ní huī lime plaster (construction) 中国民主建国会 中國民主建國會 zhōng guó mín zhǔ jiàn guó huì China Democratic National Construction Association 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 消费 消費 xiāo fèi to consume (goods and services, resources etc) syn 税务 稅務 shuì wù taxation services / state revenue service 开设 開設 kāi shè to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc) syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 增设 增設 zēng shè to add to existing facilities or services 车次 車次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities") 延揽 延攬 yán lǎn to recruit talent / to round up / to enlist the services of sb 咨询服务 咨詢服務 zī xún fú wù counselling services 网络服务 網絡服務 wǎng luò fú wù Web services 生活服务 生活服務 shēng huó fù wù life-support services 社会服务 社會服務 shè huì fú wù social services 摩根士丹利 mó gēn shì dān lì Morgan Stanley (financial services company) 法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services 福利事业 福利事業 fú lì shì yè welfare services 七七 qī qī seven sevens (equals 49) / cf Buddhist services for the auspicious reincarnation of the departed 哈利伯顿 哈利伯頓 hā lì bó dùn Halliburton (US construction company) 总务科 zǒng wù kē General Services Section 不破不立 bù pò bù lì without destruction there can be no construction 向壁虚构 向壁虛構 xiàng bì xū gòu facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication 向壁虚造 向壁虛造 xiàng bì xū zào facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication 施工文件编制阶段 shī gōng wén jiàn biān zhì jiē duàn construction documents phase / construction documentation phase 莫属 莫屬 mò shǔ (the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: 非[fei1] + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun) / would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute) 货物、工程和服务采购示范法 貨物、工程和服務采購示範法 Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services 后勤支援服务 後勤支援服務 logistics services / logistics support services 社会支助服务 社會支助服務 social support services / social welfare services 社会福利服务 社會福利服務 social support services / social welfare services 联合国共同事务协定 聯合國共同事務協定 United Nations common services agreement / common services agreement 共同事务协定 共同事務協定 United Nations common services agreement / common services agreement 中国交通建设 中國交通建設 zhōng guó jiāo tōng jiàn shè China Communications Construction Company 主谓结构 主謂結構 zhǔ wèi jié gòu subject-predicate construction 动词结构 動詞結構 dòng cí jié gòu verbal construction (clause) 动宾式 動賓式 dòng bīn shì verb-object construction 封檐板 fēng yán bǎn barge board / weather board / eaves board (construction) 尺规作图 尺規作圖 chǐ guī zuò tú ruler and compass construction (geometry) 抗震结构 抗震結構 kàng zhèn jié gòu earthquake-resistant construction 搬迁户 搬遷戶 bān qiān hù person or household that has to be relocated (to make way for a construction project etc) 欀 xiāng inner lining of wooden utensils / component beam used in building construction / species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old) 箱梁 xiāng liáng box girder (construction) 西松建设 西松建設 xī sōng jiàn shè Nishimatsu Construction Co. 连动 連動 lián dòng to link / to peg (currency) / gang (gears) / continuously / serial verb construction 道路工程 dào lù gōng chéng road construction 火山机体 huǒ shān jī tǐ volcanic construction / volcanic edifice 在建工程账户 zài jiàn gōng chéng zhàng hù construction-in-progress account 建筑费用 jiàn zhù fèi yòng construction cost 国际建筑研究和革新理事会 International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction 政府造房贷款储备金 zhèng fǔ zào fáng dài kuǎn chǔ bèi jīn Reserve for Construction Loans to Governments 建筑贷款 jiàn zhù dài kuǎn construction loan 建筑业统计年鉴 jiàn zhù yè tǒng jì nián jiàn Construction Statistics Yearbook 设计和建筑主管 設計和建築主管 Chief of Design and Construction 欧洲住房建筑圆桌会议 歐洲住房建築圓桌會議 European Round Table Meeting on Housing Construction 可持续建筑和施工倡议 可持續建築和施工倡議 Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative 建造主要国际交通干线宣言 建造主要國際交通幹線宣言 Declaration on the Construction of Main International Traffic Arteries 施工文件 shī gōng wén jiàn construction documentation 损失登记册办公室 損失登記冊辦公室 sǔn shī dēng jì cè bàn gōng shì Office for the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory / Office of the Register of Damage 车辆制造工作队 車輛制造工作隊 Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles / WP.29 移动式海上钻机建造和设备准则 移動式海上鉆機建造和設備準則 Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units / MODU Code 钻机准则 鉆機準則 Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units / MODU Code 损失登记册 損失登記冊 sǔn shī dēng jì cè United Nations Register of Damage caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory / Register of Damage 货物和工程采购示范法 貨物和工程采購示範法 Model Law on Procurement of Goods and Construction 构造比 構造比 construction ratio 建筑工程军官 建築工程軍官 construction engineering officer 车辆制造专家组 車輛制造專家組 Group of Experts on the Construction of Vehicles 建筑基金 建築基金 Construction Fund 住房和建筑 住房和建築 Shelter and Construction 阿拉伯住房建筑部长理事会 阿拉伯住房建築部長理事會 Arab Council of Ministers of Housing and Construction 