严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical syn 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 克拉 kè lā carat (mass) (loanword) 群众 群眾 qún zhòng mass / multitude / the masses syn 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 大屠杀 大屠殺 dà tú shā massacre / mass slaughter syn 关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn 险境 險境 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances / risky conditions / danger zone syn 危急 wēi jí critical / desperate (situation) syn 集结 集結 jí jié to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal syn 弥撒 彌撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 节骨眼 節骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] syn 举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn 紧要 緊要 jǐn yào critical / crucial / vital syn 先机 先機 xiān jī critical opportunity 临界 臨界 lín jiè critical / boundary syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 大众化 大眾化 dà zhòng huà mass-oriented / to cater for the masses / popularized 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 气团 氣團 qì tuán air mass 坎儿 坎兒 kǎn r critical juncture / key moment syn 危殆 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition syn 分子量 fēn zǐ liàng molecular mass 兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 质点 質點 zhì diǎn point mass / particle 陈兵 陳兵 chén bīng to deploy troops / to mass troops 急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn 群发 群發 qún fā to send to multiple recipients / mass mailout / to occur in a clustered fashion 关键时刻 關鍵時刻 guān jiàn shí kè key moment / critical time 量产 量產 liàng chǎn to mass-produce 公共交通 gōng gòng jiāo tōng public transport / mass transit 群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc) 重大事件 zhòng dà shì jiàn critical incident 繁花 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers syn 人民团体 人民團體 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization 群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 死生 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event) 合众 合眾 hé zhòng mass / involving everyone / united / lit. to assemble the multitude 冯玉祥 馮玉祥 féng yù xiáng Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek 群体性事件 群體性事件 qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns) 烂尾 爛尾 làn wěi (of a construction project etc) unfinished / derailed (due to critical setbacks) 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn 质谱 質譜 zhì pǔ mass spectrometry 王充 wáng chōng Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher 杂沓 雜沓 zá tà small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult syn 民变 民變 mín biàn mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion 堆 duī to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount syn 紧要关头 緊要關頭 jǐn yào guān tóu urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture syn 愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical / problems get more and more intense syn 质谱仪 質譜儀 zhì pǔ yí mass spectrometer 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 原子量 yuán zǐ liàng atomic weight / atomic mass 省察 xǐng chá to examine / to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection) syn 卡脖子 qiǎ bó zi to squeeze the throat / (fig.) to have in a stranglehold / critical syn 大灭绝 大滅絕 dà miè jué mass extinction 捷运 捷運 jié yùn (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT) / subway 英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms)) 特克斯 tè kè sī (textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber (abbr. to 特[te4]) 不伤脾胃 不傷脾胃 bù shāng pí wèi lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach / fig. something that is not critical 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 倒悬之急 倒懸之急 dào xuán zhī jí lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 倒悬之苦 倒懸之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 水至清则无鱼 水至清則無魚 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom) / You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. / Don't be too picky! 生死关头 生死關頭 shēng sǐ guān tóu the critical moment / life and death crisis 缓不济急 緩不濟急 huǎn bù jì jí lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom) / slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 关键路径法 關鍵路徑法 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey 关键路径分析 關鍵路徑分析 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey 关键路径调查 關鍵路徑調查 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey 热电离质谱测定法 rè diàn lí zhì pǔ cè dìng fǎ thermal ionization mass spectrometry / surface ionization mass spectrometry 电子轰击质谱仪 electron bombardment mass spectrometer / electron impact mass spectrometer 扇形磁场质谱仪 扇形磁場質譜儀 magnetic sector mass spectrometer / magnetic mass spectrometer 临界状态 臨界狀態 lín jiè zhuàng tài critical state / criticality 倒悬之危 倒懸之危 dào xuán zhī wēi lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 命危 mìng wēi (medicine) in a critical condition 严重危害 嚴重危害 yán zhòng wēi hài severe harm / critical danger 夹批 夾批 jiā pī critical annotations between the lines 夹当 夾當 jiā dāng crucial moment / critical time 对比温度 對比溫度 duì bǐ wēn dù (thermodynamics) reduced temperature (used to compare fluids at different temperatures relative to their critical points) 日趋严重 日趨嚴重 rì qū yán zhòng more critical with every passing day 笃病 篤病 dǔ bìng seriously ill / critical 粮荒 糧荒 liáng huāng famine / critical shortage of grain syn 险症 險症 xiǎn zhèng critical illness syn 鞍点 鞍點 ān diǎn saddle point (math.), a critical point of a function of several variables that is neither a maximum nor a minimum 关于非洲危急经济情况的宣言 Declaration on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa 经济统计中的关键问题专家组 Expert Group on Critical Problems in Economic Statistics 临界装置 lín jiè zhuāng zhì critical assembly 批判犯罪学 pī pàn fàn zuì xué critical criminology 最佳大小 zuì jiā dài xiǎo critical size / optimum size 严重不达标 critical non-conformity 特超临界锅炉 ultra-super critical boiler 缓流 huǎn liú sub-critical flow 关键设计评审 guān jiàn shè jì píng shěn critical design review 