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 扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things / to dampen spirits / to feel deflated / to be dispirited syn 搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn 宠坏 寵壞 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc) syn 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste / to spoil / to ruin / to wreck / to insult / to humiliate / to defile (a woman) / to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5] syn 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 倒胃口 dǎo wèi kǒu to spoil one's appetite / fig. to get fed up with sth syn 溺爱 溺愛 nì ài to spoil / to pamper / to dote on syn 新建 xīn jiàn new construction / newly built 毁容 毀容 huǐ róng to disfigure / to spoil the beauty of 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project syn 煞风景 煞風景 shā fēng jǐng to be an eyesore / (fig.) to spoil the fun / to be a wet blanket syn 功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) syn 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 娇惯 嬌慣 jiāo guàn to pamper / to coddle / to spoil 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 娇纵 嬌縱 jiāo zòng to indulge (a child) / to pamper / to spoil 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 弄坏 弄壞 nòng huài to ruin / to spoil / to break syn 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) 拔苗助长 拔苗助長 bá miáo zhù zhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) syn 合龙 合龍 hé lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction syn 人浮于事 人浮於事 rén fú yú shì more hands than needed (idiom) / too many cooks spoil the broth 糟践 糟踐 zāo jian to waste / to spoil / to destroy / to insult grievously syn 残 殘 cán to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus syn 惯 慣 guàn accustomed to / used to / indulge / to spoil (a child) syn 宠 寵 chǒng to love / to pamper / to spoil / to favor syn 溺 nì to drown / to indulge / addicted to / to spoil (a child) 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 姑息养奸 姑息養奸 gū xī yǎng jiān to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom) / spare the rod and spoil the child syn 腐坏 腐壞 fǔ huài to rot / to spoil / (fig.) to become corrupted 泥灰 ní huī lime plaster (construction) 弄糟 nòng zāo to spoil / to mess up 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 娇宠 嬌寵 jiāo chǒng to indulge / to spoil 哈利伯顿 哈利伯頓 hā lì bó dùn Halliburton (US construction company) 不以辞害志 不以辭害志 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say 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) 不以词害志 不以詞害誌 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say 不打不成才 bù dǎ bù chéng cái spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) 惯养 慣養 guàn yǎng to spoil / to indulge sb (usu. a child) 軭 kuāng to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel) 弃土 棄土 spoil 大杀风景 大殺風景 dà shā fēng jǐng to be a blot on the landscape / to dampen spirits / to spoil the fun / to be a wet blanket 惯坏 慣壞 guàn huài to spoil (a child) 三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child 成事不足，败事有余 成事不足，敗事有餘 chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar syn 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯 yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch 不打不成器 bù dǎ bù chéng qì spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) 搞砸 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up / to foul up / to spoil 宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife 宠溺 寵溺 chǒng nì to spoil / to indulge 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 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 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 