水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 指挥 指揮 zhǐ huī to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 指导 指導 zhǐ dǎo to guide / to direct / to instruct / coach / trainer syn 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn 主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor syn 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 遥控 遙控 yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location / to remotely control 导 導 dǎo to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct syn 主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng direct and plainspoken (idiom) / blunt / straightforward syn 直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony syn 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc) 编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 切身 qiè shēn direct / concerning oneself / personal syn 直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine syn 直销 直銷 zhí xiāo to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing 督导 督導 dū dǎo to direct / to oversee 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 直航 zhí háng to fly or sail direct (to ...) 直流电 直流電 zhí liú diàn direct current 整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current) 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 统率 統率 tǒng shuài to command / to direct syn 正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio / directly proportional syn 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 嫡传 嫡傳 dí chuán handed down in a direct line from the founder 导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc) 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 要花 yào huā cost; 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 直选 直選 zhí xuǎn direct election 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting syn 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 导播 導播 dǎo bō to direct a television or radio broadcast / director (TV, radio) 直接选举 直接選舉 zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ direct election 拿 ná to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) syn 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 董 dǒng to supervise / to direct / director 干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around syn 诤友 諍友 zhèng yǒu a friend capable of direct admonition syn 正比例 zhēng bǐ lì direct proportionality syn 正比例 zhèng bǐ lì direct proportionality syn 直来直去 直來直去 zhí lái zhí qù going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech) syn 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 恶语伤人 惡語傷人 è yǔ shāng rén to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off 顺水人情 順水人情 shùn shuǐ rén qíng to do sb a favor at little cost 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 成本数据格式 cost data format / format for the cost data / cost format 直接竞争 直接競爭 zhí jiē jìng zhēng direct competitor / direct competition 正定位问题 正定位問題 direct positioning problem / direct problem of positioning 家庭直播电视 家庭直播電視 direct-to-home television / direct-to-home broadcasting 家庭直播 direct-to-home television / direct-to-home broadcasting 生活费津贴 生活費津貼 shēng huó fèi jīn tiē cost-of-living allowance / cost-of-living adjustment 生活费调整数 生活費調整數 cost-of-living allowance / cost-of-living adjustment 每日口粮费用 每日口糧費用 daily ration food basket cost / ration cost 廉航 lián háng low-cost carrier / low-cost airline / budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 kong1]) 辐射直接效应 輻射直接效應 fú shè zhí jiē xiào yìng direct effect of radiation 迳直 逕直 jìng zhí straight / direct 直接数据 直接數據 zhí jiē shù jù data-direct (in LAN emulation) 直接影响 直接影響 zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng direct influence / immediate impact 直接税 直接稅 zhí jiē shuì direct tax 一手交钱，一手交货 一手交錢，一手交貨 yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction 外商直接投资 外商直接投資 wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zī overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI) 孔门 孔門 kǒng mén Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples) 恶言伤人 惡言傷人 è yán shāng rén to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off 指授 zhǐ shòu to instruct / to direct 㧑 撝 huī to split / to direct / to brandish / humble 浅露 淺露 qiǎn lù blunt / direct (i.e. not tactful) 直感 zhí gǎn intuition / direct feeling or understanding 直接宾语 直接賓語 zhí jiē bīn yǔ direct object (grammar) 