重 zhòng heavy / serious / to attach importance to syn 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 重金属 重金屬 zhòng jīn shǔ heavy metal 大雨 dà yǔ heavy rain / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage syn 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 机师 機師 jī shī (aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator 负重 負重 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden syn 笨重 bèn zhòng heavy / cumbersome / unwieldy / laborious / arduous syn 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 繁重 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 厚重 hòu zhòng thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified syn 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 重武器 zhòng wǔ qì heavy weapon 浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense syn 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 重活 zhòng huó heavy work 重负 重負 zhòng fù heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax) syn 重水 zhòng shuǐ heavy water (chemistry) 重炮 重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means 餐饮业 餐飲業 cān yǐn yè food service industry / catering industry 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 粗活 cū huó unskilled labor / heavy manual work 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 沉甸甸 chén diàn diàn heavy syn 重载 重載 zhòng zài heavy load (on a truck) 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 任重 rèn zhòng a load / a heavy burden 浓妆 濃妝 nóng zhuāng heavy makeup and gaudy dress 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 聚敛 聚斂 jù liǎn to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent syn 痛击 痛擊 tòng jī to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow 重卡 zhòng kǎ heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车) 重责 重責 zhòng zé heavy responsibility / serious criticism 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) syn 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn 憨 hān silly / simple-minded / foolish / naive / sturdy / tough / heavy (of rope) syn 粗笨 cū bèn awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed syn 潦 lǎo flooded / heavy rain 饧 餳 xíng maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky syn 氘 dāo deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2 雱 páng heavy fall of rain or snow 霪 yín heavy rain 绋 紼 fú heavy rope / rope of a bier syn 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 奥斯卡 奧斯卡 ào sī kǎ (film industry) Oscar (Academy Award) / CL:屆|届[jie4] / (name) Oscar 工业 工業 gōng yè industry 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 产业 產業 chǎn yè industry / estate / property / industrial syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 分区 分區 fēn qū allocated area (for housing, industry etc) / district 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 实业 實業 shí yè industry / commercial enterprise syn 工商 gōng shāng industry and commerce 渔业 漁業 yú yè fishing industry / fishery 服务业 服務業 fú wù yè service industry 矿业 礦業 kuàng yè mining industry 制造业 制造業 zhì zào yè manufacturing industry 建筑业 建築業 jiàn zhù yè building industry 旅游业 旅遊業 lǚ yóu yè tourism industry 影业 影業 yǐng yè film industry 牧业 牧業 mù yè livestock husbandry / animal product industry 运输业 運輸業 yùn shū yè transportation industry 酒店业 酒店業 jiǔ diàn yè the catering industry / the hotel and restaurant business 化学工业 化學工業 huà xué gōng yè chemical industry (abbr. to 化工[hua4gong1]) 养殖业 養殖業 yǎng zhí yè cultivation industry 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession / of the same trade, occupation or industry syn 业界 業界 yè jiè industry 职场 職場 zhí chǎng workplace / workforce (of a nation or industry etc) / job market 单曲 單曲 dān qǔ single (recording industry) 林业 林業 lín yè forest industry / forestry 制作人 製作人 zhì zuò rén (entertainment industry) producer