定形布雷 dìng xíng bù léi pattern mine-laying / pattern laying 人工布雷 rén gōng bù léi hand mine-laying / hand laying 布设散雷 布設散雷 scattered mine laying / scattered laying 直销 直銷 zhí xiāo to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing 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 蛋鸡 蛋雞 dàn jī laying hen 砌 qì to build by laying bricks or stones syn 卵用鸡 卵用雞 luǎn yòng jī laying hen 地雷布局 mine-laying pattern 标准定形 標准定形 biāo zhǔn dìng xíng standard mine-laying pattern / standard pattern 敬献花圈仪式 敬獻花圈儀式 wreath-laying ceremony 关于敷设自动触发水雷公约 關於敷設自動觸發水雷公約 Convention Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines 随意布雷 隨意布雷 random mine-laying 安放龙骨 安放龍骨 keel laying 柴鸡 柴雞 chái jī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3]) 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 回禄 回祿 huí lù traditional Fire God / destruction by fire 峰火台 峰火臺 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 禁射区 禁射區 no-fire area / no-fire zone 曲射 qū shè (military) curved-trajectory fire / plunging fire 消防通道 xiāo fáng tōng dào fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward syn 指导 指導 zhǐ dǎo to guide / to direct / to instruct / coach / trainer syn 导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc) 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 指挥 指揮 zhǐ huī to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate syn 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 遥控 遙控 yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location / to remotely control 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual 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 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 执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc) 切身 qiè shēn direct / concerning oneself / personal syn 督导 督導 dū dǎo to direct / to oversee 编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng direct and plainspoken (idiom) / blunt / straightforward syn 干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn 直航 zhí háng to fly or sail direct (to ...) 整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current) 直选 直選 zhí xuǎn direct election 统率 統率 tǒng shuài to command / to direct 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 直流电 直流電 zhí liú diàn direct current 嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine syn 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 嫡传 嫡傳 dí chuán handed down in a direct line from the founder 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 正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio / directly proportional syn 导 導 dǎo to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct syn 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 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 董 dǒng to supervise / to direct / director 恶语伤人 惡語傷人 è yǔ shāng rén to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off 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 干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around syn 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 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) 直积 直積 zhí jī direct product (in set theory) 直系祖先 zhí xì zǔ xiān direct ancestor 直系血亲 直系血親 zhí xì xuè qìng direct descendant / blood relative 直谏 直諫 zhí jiàn to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism 直馏 直餾 zhí liú direct distillation 省直管县 省直管縣 shěng zhí guǎn xiàn direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform) 转写 轉寫 zhuǎn xiě to transliterate / to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal) 