严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical 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 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 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 坎儿 坎兒 kǎn r critical juncture / key moment syn 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 危殆 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition syn 兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 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 关键时刻 關鍵時刻 guān jiàn shí kè key moment / critical time 重大事件 zhòng dà shì jiàn critical incident 死生 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event) 冯玉祥 馮玉祥 féng yù xiáng Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek 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 王充 wáng chōng Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher 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 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 人员 人員 rén yuán staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 调度 調度 diào dù to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer / to give advice syn 全员 全員 quán yuán all personnel / the whole staff syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn 用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 总参谋部 總參謀部 zǒng cān móu bù (military) General Staff Headquarters 年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 教职工 教職工 jiào zhí gōng teaching and administrative staff syn 五线谱 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff / stave 工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member 技术人员 技術人員 jì shù rén yuán technical staff 导购 導購 dǎo gòu shopper's guide / shop assistant / sales staff 科技人员 科技人員 kē jì rén yuán scientific and technical staff 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn 在编 在編 zài biān to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff 教职员工 教職員工 jiào zhí yuán gōng teaching and administrative staff 下半旗 xià bàn qí half mast / half staff 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn 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 人财两空 人財兩空 rén cái liǎng kōng (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well / to get burned both romantically and financially 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 高参 高參 gāo cān senior staff officer / staff officer of great talent 储备基金 儲備基金 chú bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund 联合国工作人员条例和工作人员细则 Staff Regulations of the United Nations and Staff Rules 长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff 全秘书处工作人员－管理当局联合机构 Secretariat-wide joint staff-management body / joint staff-management body 工作人员安全支出 gōng zuò rén yuán ān quán zhī chū expenditures for staff security / staff security expenditures 准备基金 准備基金 zhǔn bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund 联合国工作人员工会 聯合國工作人員工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 职工会 職工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 日内瓦办事处工作人员协调理事会 日內瓦辦事處工作人員協調理事會 United Nations Office at Geneva Staff Coordinating Council / Staff Coordinating Council 工作人员协调理事会 工作人員協調理事會 United Nations Office at Geneva Staff Coordinating Council / Staff Coordinating Council 办公室主任办公室 - 办公室主任直属办公室 辦公室主任辦公室 - 辦公室主任直屬辦公室 Office of the Chief of Staff – Direct Office of the Chief of Staff 直线参谋制 直線參謀制 staff and line organization / line and staff structure 直线参谋组织结构 直線參謀組織結構 staff and line organization / line and staff structure 工作人员和工作人员发展工作组 工作人員和工作人員發展工作組 Working Group on Staff and Staff Development 联合国外勤人员工会 聯合國外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 外勤人员工会 外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 联合国工作人员秘鲁地震灾民救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯地震災民救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru 联合国工作人员秘鲁救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru 骨干人员 骨幹人員 skeletal staff / skeleton staff 