机会 機會 jī huì opportunity / chance / occasion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 场面 場面 chǎng miàn scene / spectacle / occasion / situation syn 大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) syn 盛大 shèng dà grand / majestic / magnificent syn 隆重 lóng zhòng grand / prosperous / ceremonious / solemn syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 得体 得體 dé tǐ appropriate to the occasion / fitting syn 不合时宜 不合時宜 bù hé shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion syn 宏伟 宏偉 hóng wěi grand / imposing / magnificent syn 大酒店 dà jiǔ diàn grand hotel syn 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng grand reputation / renowned / famous syn 适时 適時 shì shí timely / apt to the occasion / in due course syn 雄伟 雄偉 xióng wěi grand / imposing / magnificent / majestic syn 大奖赛 大獎賽 dà jiǎng sài grand prix 盛典 shèng diǎn majestic pomp / grand ceremony syn 堂堂 táng táng grand / magnificent / stately / majestic appearance syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding syn 大公 dà gōng grand duke / impartial syn 总计 總計 zǒng jì (grand) total syn 献礼 獻禮 xiàn lǐ to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion) / to dedicate / an offering / a tribute 宏图 宏圖 hóng tú major undertaking / vast plan / grand prospect syn 欢度 歡度 huān dù to merrily spend (an occasion) / to celebrate 每逢 měi féng every time / on each occasion / whenever 排场 排場 pái chang ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape syn 应运而生 應運而生 yìng yùn ér shēng to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion syn 盛举 盛舉 shèng jǔ grand event / magnificent undertaking 堂皇 táng huáng imposing / grand syn 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn 大运河 大運河 dà yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC 盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn 司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography 壮阔 壯闊 zhuàng kuò grand / majestic / vast syn 泱泱 yāng yāng grand / magnificent / vast syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 史记 史記 shǐ jì Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] 大峡谷 大峽谷 dà xiá gǔ great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River 大满贯 大滿貫 dà mǎn guàn grand slam 喜糖 xǐ táng sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding) 漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]) 京杭大运河 京杭大運河 jīng háng dà yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC 张居正 張居正 zhāng jū zhèng Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 恭亲王 恭親王 gōng qīn wáng Grand Prince (Qing title) 首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn 拜 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn 泰 tài safe / peaceful / most / grand syn 隆 lóng grand / intense / prosperous / to swell / to bulge 豪 háo grand / heroic syn 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 浩 hào grand / vast (water) syn 韵事 韻事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem syn 满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success syn 雄心勃勃 xióng xīn bó bó aggressive and grand (idiom) / ambitious / pushy syn 应运 應運 yìng yùn to conform with destiny / as the occasion demands 大公国 大公國 dà gōng guó grand duchy syn 丕 pī grand syn 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 嘏 jiǎ far / grand 颙 顒 yóng grand / majestic / just / stern 大观园 大觀園 dà guān yuán Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber 盛景 shèng jǐng grand view / magnificent landscape 侄孙女 姪孫女 zhí sūn nǚ grand niece 矞 yù grand / elegant / propitious 不入时宜 不入時宜 bù rù shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion 应付裕如 應付裕如 yìng fu yù rú handling any occasion smoothly (idiom) / equal to any situation 渤澥桑田 bó xiè sāng tián lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian) / time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes 值此 zhí cǐ on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion 嘉会 嘉會 jiā huì auspicious occasion / grand feast 不对碴儿 不對碴兒 bù duì chá r not proper / not fit for the occasion 不止一次 bù zhǐ yī cì many times / on more than one occasion 合于时宜 合于時宜 hé yú shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion) 合时宜 合時宜 hé shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion) 喜钱 喜錢 xǐ qian tip given on a happy occasion (traditional) syn 头回 頭回 tóu huí for the first time / on the previous occasion / last time (something occurred) 联合国五十周年纪念宣言 lián hé guó wǔ shí zhōu nián jì niàn xuān yán Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations 视情况 視情況 shì qíng kuàng for all pertinent purposes / as occasion shall or may require 联合国五十周年大会特别纪念会议 聯合國五十周年大會特別紀念會議 Special Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations 联合国维持和平六十周年纪念宣言 聯合國維持和平六十周年紀念宣言 Declaration on the Occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping 联合国维持和平五十周年纪念宣言 聯合國維持和平五十周年紀念宣言 Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping 联合国二十五周年纪念宣言 聯合國二十五周年紀念宣言 Declaration on the Occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations 大会主席理事会联合国千年首脑会议宣言 大會主席理事會聯合國千年首腦會議宣言 Declaration of the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly on the occasion of the Millennium Summit of the United Nations 为庆祝宣布民族和解实行大赦令 為慶祝宣布民族和解實行大赦令 Decree on the General Amnesty on the Occasion of the Declaration of National Reconciliation 份子钱 份子錢 fèn zi qián gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc) 欣逢 xīn féng on the happy occasion of syn 择日不如撞日 擇日不如撞日 zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion 有次 yǒu cì once / on one occasion 大明鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng a grand reputation / renowned / famous 大陪审团 大陪審團 dà péi shěn tuán grand jury 澔 hào grand / vast (of water) 大国家党 大國家黨 dà guó jiā dǎng South Korean Grand national party 巨正则系综 巨正則系綜 jù zhèng zé xì zōng grand 