连环 連環 lián huán chain 瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 连锁 連鎖 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc) syn 链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 连锁店 連鎖店 lián suǒ diàn chain store 铁链 鐵鏈 tiě liàn iron chain 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 枷锁 枷鎖 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters syn 牵强 牽強 qiān qiǎng far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning) syn 希尔顿 希爾頓 xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 分店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex syn 链条 鏈條 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn 腐化 fǔ huà to rot / to decay / to become corrupt syn 连锁反应 連鎖反應 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction syn 蜕变 蛻變 tuì biàn to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 凋零 diāo líng withered / wilted / to wither / to fade / to decay syn 衰败 衰敗 shuāi bài to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate syn 陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks syn 一条龙 一條龍 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process syn 衰变 衰變 shuāi biàn radioactive decay 列岛 列島 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 龋齿 齲齒 qǔ chǐ tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 麦德龙 麥德龍 mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German) 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 产业链 產業鏈 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 手链 手鏈 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2] 新华书店 新華書店 xīn huá shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain 供应链管理 供應鏈管理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 价值链 價值鏈 supply chain / value chain 乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain 好又多 hǎo yòu duō Trust-Mart (supermarket chain) 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 兴亡 興亡 xīng wáng to flourish and decay / rise and fall syn 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 蛀牙 zhù yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 喜来登 喜來登 xǐ lái dēng Sheraton (hotel chain) 易初莲花 易初蓮花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain) 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 颓败 頹敗 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt syn 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 大润发 大潤發 dà rùn fā RT Mart (supermarket chain) 绵亘 綿亙 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) syn 生物链 生物鏈 shēng wù liàn food chain 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 衰 shuāi (bound form) to decay / to decline / to wane syn 腓 féi calf of leg / decay / protect syn 炼 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] syn 腐 fǔ decay / rotten syn 安第斯 ān dì sī the Andes mountain chain 马莎 馬莎 mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name) 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 虫牙 蟲牙 chóng yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 安第斯山脉 安第斯山脈 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America 吉野家 jí yě jiā Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain) 冷链 lěng liàn cold chain 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 锚链 錨鏈 máo liàn anchor chain 防龋 防齲 fáng qǔ to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries 链环 鏈環 liàn huán chain link 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 锒 鋃 láng chain / ornament 流星锤 流星錘 liú xīng chuí meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain) 万豪 萬豪 wàn háo Marriott International (hotel chain) 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链 / a chain / variant of 煉|炼 / to smelt / to refine 乙种射线 乙種射線 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay) 户枢不蠹 戶樞不蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) syn 鋂 méi americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain 鎍 suǒ chain / wire 轨道衰变 軌道衰變 orbit decay / orbital decay 肽链 肽鏈 tài liàn peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein) 雏菊花环 雛菊花環 chú jú huā huán daisy chain / chain sinnet 引爆链 引爆鏈 initiation chain / chain of initiation 放射性衰变 放射性衰變 fàng shè xìng shuāi biàn radioactive decay 衰变曲线 衰變曲線 shuāi biàn qū xiàn decay curves 衰变热 衰變熱 shuāi biàn rè decay heat 朽蠹 xiǔ dù to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹 liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay 齿蠹 齒蠹 chǐ dù tooth decay 齿龋 齒齲 chǐ qǔ tooth decay / caries Α衰变 Α衰變 alpha decay Β衰变 beta decay 森林退化 sēn lín tuì huà forest decay 森林逐渐失去活力 forest decay 波浪逐渐平息 波浪逐漸平息 decay of waves 宇宙线反照中子衰变 宇宙線反照中子衰變 cosmic ray albedo neutron decay 有机物质的分解 有機物質的分解 decay of organic matter 自由感应衰减 自由感應衰減 free induction decay 报系 報系 bào xì newspaper chain / syndicate 多肽连 多肽連 duō tài lián polypeptide chain 