定点 定點 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) syn 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 营急救站 營急救站 yíng jí jiù zhàn battalion dressing station / battalion aid station / aid station / aid post 营绷扎所 營繃紮所 battalion dressing station / battalion aid station / aid station / aid post 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land syn 垫布 墊布 ground cover / ground cloth / ground sheet 定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term syn 定数 定數 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny 死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 固定检查站 static checkpoint / fixed checkpoint / fixed position 固定式枪托 固定式槍托 gù dìng shì qiāng tuō fixed stock / fixed butt 固定托 gù dìng tuō fixed stock / fixed butt 固定海洋气象站 固定海洋氣象站 fixed ocean weather station 电台 電臺 diàn tái transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] syn 广播电台 廣播電臺 guǎng bō diàn tái radio station / broadcasting station / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 无线电网控制台 無線電网控制台 wú xiàn diàn wǎng kòng zhì tái net control station / network control station 无线电通讯网主台 無線電通訊网主台 wú xiàn diàn tòng xùn wǎng zhǔ tái net control station / network control station 化石燃料电站 化石燃料電站 huà shí rán liào diàn zhàn fossil-fired power station / fossil-fuel power station 计量站 計量站 meter station / metering station 原始数据用户站 原始數據用戶站 Primary Data Users Station / primary data receiving station 战地包扎所 戰地包紮所 field dressing station / holding station 开播 開播 kāi bō (agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program) 地面天气雷达站 ground weather radar station 空对地基地站调幅收发报机 air-ground base station AM / FM transceiver 遥感地面接收站 遙感地面接收站 Remote Sensing Ground Receiving Station 破土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project syn 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 耢 耮 lào a kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground / to level the ground by dragging this tool syn 地躺拳 dì tǎng quán Di Tang Quan - "Ground-Prone Fist" / "Ground Tumbling Boxing" - Martial Art 贮水池 貯水池 zhǔ shuǐ chí catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 上诉的理由 上訴的理由 ground for appeal / ground of appeal 空对地通信 空對地通信 air-to-ground communication / air to ground communications 地面实况 地面實況 ground truth / ground truth data 地面实况数据 地面實況數據 ground truth / ground truth data 里海地鸦 裡海地鴉 lǐ hǎi dì yā (bird species of China) Turkestan ground jay / Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi) 一定 yī dìng surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must syn 确定 確定 què dìng definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box) syn 规则 規則 guī zé rule / regulation / regular / orderly / fixed syn 固定 gù dìng to fix / to fasten / to set rigidly in place / fixed / set / regular syn 固定资产 固定資產 gù dìng zī chǎn fixed assets 定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc) 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 数额 數額 shù é amount / sum of money / fixed number syn 定额 定額 dìng é fixed amount / quota 定量 dìng liàng quantity / fixed amount / ration 别无 別無 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions) 固定电话 固定電話 gù dìng diàn huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone 恒星 恆星 héng xīng (fixed) star 既定 jì dìng already fixed / set / established 有失 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) syn 固化 gù huà to solidify / to harden / (fig.) to make permanent / to become fixed syn 远期 遠期 yuǎn qī long-term / at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) / abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1] 座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone / landline / private plane 无期 無期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) syn 假球 jiǎ qiú match-fixing / a fixed match 闲杂 閑雜 xián zá (employee) having no fixed duties 定式 dìng shì joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game) 定标 定標 dìng biāo to calibrate (measure or apparatus) / fixed coefficient 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 条条框框 條條框框 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions syn 定员 定員 dìng yuán fixed complement (of crew, passengers etc) 打游击 打游擊 dǎ yóu jī to wage guerrilla warfare / to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place syn 期终 期終 qī zhōng end of a fixed term syn 定编 定編 dìng biān fixed allocation 固氮 gù dàn fixed nitrogen 不变价格 不變價格 bù biàn jià gé fixed price / constant price syn 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 固定汇率 固定匯率 gù dìng huì lǜ fixed exchange rate 郑人买履 鄭人買履 zhèng rén mǎi lǚ lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea 不动点 不動點 bù dòng diǎn fixed point (of a map) (math.) 不动点定理 不動點定理 bù dòng diǎn dìng lǐ fixed point theorem (math.) 不二价 不二價 bù èr jià one price for all / fixed price syn 划一不二 劃一不二 huà yī bù èr fixed / unalterable syn 固定收入 gù dìng shōu rù fixed income 固定点 固定點 gù dìng diǎn fixed point / calibration point 固网电信 固網電信 gù wǎng diàn xìn landline (fixed-line) telecommunications 定常态 定常態 dìng cháng tài constant state / fixed state 定期储蓄 定期儲蓄 dìng qī chǔ xù fixed deposit (banking) 定期存款 dìng qī cún kuǎn fixed deposit / time deposit / certificate of deposit (banking) 定盘星 定盤星 dìng pán xīng the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan syn 常俸 cháng fèng fixed salary of an official 恒星年 恆星年 héng xīng nián the sidereal year (astronomy) / the year defined in terms of the fixed stars 恒星际 恆星際 héng xīng jì interstellar / between the fixed stars 派购 派購 pài gòu fixed government purchase (esp of farm products) 发直 發直 fā zhí to stare / to look blank / to be fixed (of eyes) 直勾勾 zhí gōu gōu (of one's gaze) fixed / staring syn 眼不转睛 眼不轉睛 yǎn bù zhuàn jīng with fixed attention (idiom) 稳定物价 穩定物價 wěn dìng wù jià stable prices / commodity prices fixed by government (in a command economy) / to valorize (a commodity) 统购派购 統購派購 tǒng gòu pài gòu unified government purchase at fixed price (esp of farm products) 随风倒柳 隨風倒柳 suí fēng dǎo liǔ lit. a willow that bends with the wind / one with no fixed principles (idiom) 固定成本 gù dìng chéng běn fixed costs 固定翼飞机 固定翼飛機 gù dìng yì fēi jī fixed-wing aircraft 定期任用 dìng qī rèn yòng fixed-term appointment 固定资本消费 gù dìng zī běn xiāo fèi consumption of fixed capital 项目合同 項目合同 xiàng mù hé tòng fixed-objective contract (prop) 固定陆基发射器 固定陸基發射器 fixed land-based launcher 