经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 日报 日報 rì bào daily newspaper 日程表 rì chéng biǎo daily schedule 回扣 huí kòu brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback syn 税金 稅金 shuì jīn tax money (paid or due) syn 家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family syn 日用品 rì yòng pǐn articles for daily use / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4] syn 作息时间 作息時間 zuò xī shí jiān daily schedule / daily routine 有偿 有償 yǒu cháng paying / paid (not free) 日用 rì yòng daily expenses / of everyday use syn 日新月异 日新月異 rì xīn yuè yì daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress 倒贴 倒貼 dào tiē to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money) 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 常务 常務 cháng wù routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company) 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 冷暖 lěng nuǎn lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc syn 稿酬 gǎo chóu fee paid to an author for a piece of writing syn 汇兑 匯兌 huì duì remittance / funds paid to a bank account 拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life syn 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 人民网 人民網 rén mín wǎng online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4] 人民日报 人民日報 rén mín rì bào People's Daily (PRC newspaper) 期房 qī fáng forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame 北京青年报 北京青年報 běi jīng qīng nián bào Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949 中国青年报 中國青年報 zhōng guó qīng nián bào China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net 广州日报 廣州日報 guǎng zhōu rì bào Guangzhou Daily 中国日报 中國日報 zhōng guó rì bào China Daily (an English language newspaper) 解放日报 解放日報 jiě fàng rì bào Liberation Daily, www.jfdaily.com 光明日报 光明日報 guāng míng rì bào Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper 联合报 聯合報 lián hé bào United Daily News, Taiwan newspaper 完税 完稅 wán shuì to pay tax / duty-paid syn 涨停板 漲停板 zhǎng tíng bǎn daily upper limit on the price of a stock 受雇 受僱 shòu gù to be employed / to be hired / hired / paid 每日新闻 每日新聞 měi rì xīn wén Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper 环球时报 環球時報 huán qiú shí bào Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]) 北京日报 北京日報 běi jīng rì bào Beijing Daily (newspaper), www.bjd.com.cn 日刊 rì kān daily (publication) 工人日报 工人日報 gōng rén rì bào Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 新华日报 新華日報 xīn huá rì bào Xinhua Daily newspaper 四川日报 四川日報 sì chuān rì bào Sichuan Daily 法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice 成报 成報 chéng bào Sing Pao Daily News 按日 àn rì daily (law) / per diem 实收资本 實收資本 shí shōu zī běn paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance) 参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper) 东方日报 東方日報 dōng fāng rì bào Oriental Daily News 陪聊 péi liáo to keep sb company for a chat / (esp.) to be a paid escort 多退少补 多退少補 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment) 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 日薪 rì xīn daily wage 粮 糧 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain syn 找头 找頭 zhǎo tou change (from money paid) 拆息 chāi xī daily interest on a loan 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 包金 bāo jīn to gild / (old) wages paid to a performer or a troupe by a theater 付讫 付訖 fù qì paid syn 两讫 兩訖 liǎng qì received and paid for (business term) / the goods delivered and the bill settled syn 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn 賨 cóng tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes 羊毛出在羊身上 yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. 