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 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 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 生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect syn 决策 決策 jué cè strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision / to determine policy syn 面向 面嚮 miàn xiàng to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet 并发症 併發症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) 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) 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 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 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) 疗效 療效 liáo xiào healing efficacy / healing effect 导向 導向 dǎo xiàng to be oriented towards / orientation 人性化 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly 药性 藥性 yào xìng medicinal effect 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 大众化 大眾化 dà zhòng huà mass-oriented / to cater for the masses / popularized 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 新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn 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 内向 內向 nèi xiàng reserved (personality) / introverted / (economics etc) domestic-oriented 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 外向 wài xiàng extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-oriented syn 会师 會師 huì shī to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction 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 外向型 wài xiàng xíng export-oriented (economic model) 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 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 以人为本 以人為本 yǐ rén wéi běn people-oriented 素质教育 素質教育 sù zhì jiào yù all-round education (contrasted with 應試教育|应试教育[ying4 shi4 jiao4 yu4], exam-oriented education) 起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function 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 效 xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate syn 星星之火 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect syn 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 政策 zhèng cè policy / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方针 方針 fāng zhēn policy / guidelines / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 保险单 保險單 bǎo xiǎn dān insurance policy (document) 出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn 奉行 fèng xíng to pursue (a course, a policy) syn 大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn 扰民 擾民 rǎo mín (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 透明度 tòu míng dù transparency / (policy of) openness 阶段性 階段性 jiē duàn xìng specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased 对内 對內 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy) 国策 國策 guó cè a national policy syn 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) 对华 對華 duì huá (policy etc) towards China 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 政策措施 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure 对美 對美 duì měi (policy etc) towards America 对日 對日 duì rì (policy etc) towards Japan 投保人 tóu bǎo rén policy holder / insured person syn 财政政策 財政政策 cái zhèng zhèng cè fiscal policy 对台 對臺 duì tái (policy etc) towards Taiwan 外交政策 wài jiāo zhèng cè foreign policy 公共政策 gōng gòng zhèng cè public policy 群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 就业政策 就業政策 employment policy 保户 保戶 bǎo hù insurance policy holder syn 仁政 rén zhèng benevolent policy / humane government syn 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) syn 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 