好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:股[gu3] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 有效 yǒu xiào effective / in effect / valid syn 边缘 邊緣 biān yuán edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect syn 因果 yīn guǒ karma / cause and effect syn 危害 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 效应 效應 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon) syn 特技 tè jì special effect / stunt 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect syn 神经质 神經質 shén jīng zhì nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic 刀锋 刀鋒 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool syn 并发症 併發症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) syn 濒临 瀕臨 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 起因 qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect) syn 成效 chéng xiào effect / result syn 特效 tè xiào specially good effect / special efficacy / (cinema etc) special effects syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge syn 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 施行 shī xíng to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 前沿 qián yán (military) forward position / frontier / cutting-edge / forefront syn 见效 見效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect syn 推行 tuī xíng to put into effect / to carry out syn 隔热 隔熱 gé rè to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc) 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 疗效 療效 liáo xiào healing efficacy / healing effect 锋芒 鋒芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard 棱角 稜角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner syn 刀口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision syn 药性 藥性 yào xìng medicinal effect 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page syn 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 边沿 邊沿 biān yán edge / fringe syn 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 毛毛雨 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect syn 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure syn 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 会师 會師 huì shī to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction syn 悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time 忐忑 tǎn tè apprehensive / on edge syn 新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn 余韵 餘韻 yú yùn pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc) syn 实效 實效 shí xiào actual effect / practical result / efficacy syn 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 床沿 chuáng yán the edge of a bed 卫星城 衛星城 wèi xīng chéng "satellite" town / edge city / exurb 毛边 毛邊 máo biān (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge / rough edge 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 切口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book) syn 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things 温室效应 溫室效應 wēn shì xiào yìng greenhouse effect 显效 顯效 xiǎn xiào to show an effect / to produce an effect / a conspicuous effect 效验 效驗 xiào yàn (desired) effect / (expected) result / effective syn 施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn 沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn 缘 緣 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along syn 效 xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 锋 鋒 fēng point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team) syn 刃 rèn edge of blade syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 棱 稜 léng arris / edge / corrugation / ridges syn 星星之火 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect syn 冉 rǎn edge of a tortoiseshell / used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3] 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 擦边 擦邊 cā biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality) 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 思前想后 思前想後 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection syn 拟音 擬音 nǐ yīn to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 倒果为因 倒果為因 dào guǒ wéi yīn to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart syn 