规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 既定 jì dìng already fixed / set / established 立足 lì zú to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on 岗哨 崗哨 gǎng shào lookout post / sentry post / sentry syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 离经叛道 離經叛道 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy / to depart from established practices syn 五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China 专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture 老字号 老字號 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation 约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn 恒生 恆生 héng shēng Hang Seng (the name of a bank in Hong Kong and of the stock market index the bank established) 初创 初創 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc) / newly established syn 太学 太學 tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty 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 调职 調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away 曹魏 cáo wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 董仲舒 dǒng zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty 万元户 萬元戶 wàn yuán hù household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) syn 海基会 海基會 hǎi jī huì Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan 积弊 積弊 jī bì age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition) syn 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post 根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn 邮汇 郵匯 yóu huì to remit by post / remittance sent by post syn 老三篇 lǎo sān piān Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 邮件 郵件 yóu jiàn mail / post / email 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 公告 gōng gào post / announcement 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 复职 復職 fù zhí to resume a post 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 邮报 郵報 yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper) 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 邮寄 郵寄 yóu jì to mail / to send by post syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 在职 在職 zài zhí to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 梵高 fán gāo Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter 出任 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 离队 離隊 lí duì to leave one's post 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 邮递 郵遞 yóu dì to mail / to deliver (through the post) syn 叶利钦 葉利欽 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) 免职 免職 miǎn zhí to relieve sb of his post / to sack / to demote / dismissal / sacking syn 调任 調任 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post 晨报 晨報 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post 标杆 標杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark 兼任 jiān rèn to hold a concurrent post / part-time / (in academia) adjunct syn 后怕 後怕 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress syn 首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post syn 罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post / to dismiss syn 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 走马上任 走馬上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn (idiom) to take office / to assume a post syn 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 在岗 在崗 zài gǎng to be at one's post 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 哨所 shào suǒ watchhouse / sentry post syn 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 副教授 fù jiào shòu associate professor (university post) 寄出 jì chū to mail / to send by post 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post syn 挂职 掛職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post 官位 guān wèi official post 充军 充軍 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) syn 帖子 tiě zi card / invitation / message / (forum) post 发帖 發帖 fā tiě to post (an item on a forum) 发贴 發貼 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 贴吧 貼吧 tiē bā Baidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc. 