作 zuò to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works syn 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 集 jí to gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode syn 文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4] syn 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn 写作 寫作 xiě zuò to write / to compose / writing / written works syn 书籍 書籍 shū jí books / works syn 水利 shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works syn 工读生 工讀生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student 扎染 zā rǎn to tie-dye 选本 選本 xuǎn běn anthology / selected works 河工 hé gōng river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker syn 染 rǎn to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting syn 全集 quán jí omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist) 文集 wén jí collected works 颜料 顏料 yán liào paint / dye / pigment syn 面世 miàn shì to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day syn 染料 rǎn liào dye 染色 rǎn sè dye syn 原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 精妙 jīng miào exquisite / fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) syn 染发 染髮 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 行善 xíng shàn to do good works / to be merciful syn 蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn 文选 文選 wén xuǎn compilation / selected works 工部 gōng bù Ministry of Works (in imperial China) 选编 選編 xuǎn biān selected works (poems, documents etc) / anthology 外科医生 外科醫生 wài kē yī shēng surgeon / as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nei4 ke1 yi1 sheng1], who works primarily by administering drugs 钢铁厂 鋼鐵廠 gāng tiě chǎng iron and steel works / steelworks 染发剂 染髮劑 rǎn fà jì hair dye / rinse / tint 北汽 běi qì Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) / abbr. for 北京汽車製造廠有限公司|北京汽车制造厂有限公司[Bei3 jing1 Qi4 che1 Zhi4 zao4 chang3 You3 xian4 Gong1 si1] 罗贯中 羅貫中 luó guàn zhōng Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works 文宗 wén zōng (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary / eminent writer syn 漂染 piǎo rǎn to bleach and dye 靛蓝 靛藍 diàn lán indigo (dye) syn 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 染布 rǎn bù to dye cloth 满盘 滿盤 mǎn pán a plateful / comprehensive / the full works (e.g. a banquet) / the full price 试错 試錯 shì cuò trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4 fa3]) / to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't) 因陋就简 因陋就簡 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom) / use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works. syn 厂 廠 chǎng factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant syn 黛 dài umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 夸多斗靡 誇多鬥靡 kuā duō dòu mǐ to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom) 韎 mèi a grass that gives red dye 蓼蓝 蓼藍 liǎo lán indigo dye / Polygonum tinctorium syn 擩 rǔ to stain / to dye 挑染 tiāo rǎn highlight (hair) / partial hair dye 柘黄 柘黃 zhè huáng yellow dye made from the bark of the 柘[zhe4] tree 焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer 菘蓝 菘藍 sōng lán Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye) 蕠藘 rú lǘ variant of 茹藘, Rubia cordifolia or Rubia akane, roots used as red dye 染料激光器 rǎn liào jī guāng qì dye laser 不透射线色剂 不透射線色劑 radio-opaque dye 青黛 qīng dài indigo (dye) / Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM) 修水利 xiū shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works 内科医生 內科醫生 nèi kē yī shēng medical doctor / physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wai4 ke1 yi1 sheng1] 北京汽车制造厂有限公司 北京汽車製造廠有限公司 běi jīng qì chē zhì zào chǎng yǒu xiàn gōng sī Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) 半日工作 bàn rì gōng zuò part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon 古文运动 古文運動 gǔ wén yùn dòng cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song 大沽炮台 大沽砲臺 dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works 皮革商 pí gé shāng fellmonger / a dealer who works with animal hides and skins 谙事 諳事 ān shì (often used in the negative in describing a young person) to have an understanding of things / to know how the world works 工厂交货价 ex works "联合国服务全球"方桉 "聯合國服務全球"方案 United Nations Works Programme 南锥体各国公共工程和运输部长会议 南錐體各國公共工程和運輸部長會議 Meeting of Ministers of Public Works and Transport of the Southern Cone Countries 南美洲运输、通信和公共工程部长级会议 南美洲運輸、通信和公共工程部長級會議 South American Ministerial Conference on Transport, Communications, and Public Works 归还各国被掠夺的艺术品专家委员会 歸還各國被掠奪的藝術品專家委員會 Committee of Experts to Study the Question of the Restitution of Works of Art 近东救济工程处人事指令 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Personnel Directive / UNRWA Personnel Directive 南美洲运输、通信和公共工程部长会议 南美洲運輸、通信和公共工程部長會議 Conference of South American Ministers of Transport, Communications and Public Works 南美洲运输、通讯和公共工程部长会议 南美洲運輸、通訊和公共工程部長會議 Conference of Ministers of Transport, Communication and Public Works of South America 公共工程缩短工时公约 公共工程縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work on Public Works 玻璃瓶工厂缩短工时公约 玻璃瓶工廠縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works 自动平板玻璃工厂工时公约 自動平板玻璃工廠工時公約 Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-Glass Works 伯尔尼保护文学和艺术品公约 伯爾尼保護文學和藝術品公約 International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 港口建筑设施 港口建筑設施 gǎng kǒu jiàn zhù shè shī harbour works 联合国近东巴勒斯坦难民救济和工程处 聯合國近東巴勒斯坦難民救濟和工程處 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 近东救济工程处保健方桉 近東救濟工程處保健方案 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Health Programme / UNRWA Health Programme 国际保护文学艺术作品联盟 國際保護文學藝術作品聯盟 International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 公共工程处 公共工程處 Public Works Service 联合国在发挥作用 聯合國在發揮作用 The UN Works 吸毒用具 drug paraphernalia / drug works 儿童公共工程证书 兒童公共工程證書 Certification of Public Works for Children 公共工程特别方桉 公共工程特別方案 Special Public Works Programme 创造就业机会公共工程方桉 創造就業機會公共工程方案 Employment-Generating Public Works Programme 公共工程部 Ministry of Public Works 国际视听作品登记条约 國際視聽作品登記條約 Treaty on the International Registration of Audiovisual Works 劳动力密集型特别公共工程方桉 勞動力密集型特別公共工程方案 Special Labour Intensive Public Works Programme 劳动力密集公共工程方桉 勞動力密集公共工程方案 Labour Intensive Public Works Programme 国际艺术品保护组织 國際藝術品保護組織 International Organization for the Protection of the Works of Art 拟定工程建筑国际合同法律指南 擬定工程建築國際合同法律指南 Legal Guide on Drawing up International Contracts for Construction of Industrial Works 大沽口炮台 大沽口砲臺 dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 天趣 tiān qù natural charm (of writings, works of art etc) syn 辜鸿铭 辜鴻銘 gū hóng míng Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views 毛泽东选集 毛澤東選集 máo zé dōng xuǎn jí Selected Works of Mao Zedong 