水平基准线 水平基准線 shuǐ píng jī zhǔn xiàn horizontal geodetic datum / horizontal control datum / horizontal datum / horizontal reference datum 印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc) 平面控制网 píng miàn kòng zhì wǎng horizontal geodetic network / horizontal control network / horizontal control 水平控制网 shuǐ píng kòng zhì wǎng horizontal geodetic network / horizontal control network / horizontal control 直排 zhí pái vertical setting (printing) 印刷术 印刷術 yìn shuā shù printing / printing technology 印刷所 yìn shuā suǒ printing press / printing office / printer 凸版印刷 tū bǎn yìn shuā relief printing / typography / printing with metal plates 横线 橫線 héng xiàn horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis 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 水平轴 水平軸 shuǐ píng zhóu horizontal shaft / horizontal axis (math.) 设定 設定 shè dìng to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences 默认 默認 mò rèn to agree tacitly / tacit approval / default (setting) 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset / the setting sun syn 情境 qíng jìng situation / context / setting / environment syn 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 落日 luò rì setting sun syn 缺省 quē shěng default (setting) 先进集体 先進集體 xiān jìn jí tǐ (official accolade) pace-setting team / exemplary group 斜阳 斜陽 xié yáng setting sun syn 掩映 yǎn yìng hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other syn 夕照 xī zhào glow of the setting sun syn 德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) 课间操 課間操 kè jiān cāo setting-up exercises during the break (between classes) 招股书 招股書 zhāo gǔ shū prospectus (setting out a share offer) 祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war 问罪之师 問罪之師 wèn zuì zhī shī punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach 回光反照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 回光返照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun 九份 jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies 制定标准 制定標準 zhì dìng biāo zhǔn standard-setting 确定目标 确定目標 què dìng mù biāo target-setting 采伐单元 采伐單元 cutting unit / setting 构造背景 gòu zào bèi jǐng tectonic setting 初始组 初始組 setting-out party 收入补助 收入補助 off-setting income support 规范和标准制定措施 規範和標準制定措施 norm- and standard-setting measures 制定国家残疾人政策 -行动议程国际会议 制定國家殘疾人政策 -行動議程國際會議 International Conference on Setting National Disability Policies - An Agenda for Action 初始通道 setting-out lane 碰瓷 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car) 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 崦嵫 yān zī (old) name of a mountain in Gansu, where the setting sun was supposed to enter the earth 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 印刷 yìn shuā to print / printing syn 版面 bǎn miàn page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout 版块 版塊 bǎn kuài printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum) 油墨 yóu mò printing ink 印染 yìn rǎn printing and dyeing syn 小样 小樣 xiǎo yàng galley proof (printing) / unimpressive / (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 印刷机 印刷機 yìn shuā jī printing press 彩印 cǎi yìn color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷[cai3 se4 yin4 shua1] 制版 製版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 热敏 熱敏 rè mǐn heat-sensitive / thermal (printing) 王选 王選 wáng xuǎn Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator 刻板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing syn 样张 樣張 yàng zhāng (printing) proof / specimen page / sample photograph / (fashion design) pattern sheet syn 胶印 膠印 jiāo yìn offset printing 印刷业 印刷業 yìn shuā yè typography / printing business 蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 数码冲印 數碼沖印 shù mǎ chōng yìn digital printing 木版 mù bǎn (printing) woodblock 凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 手抄本 shǒu chāo běn manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press) 套印 tào yìn color printing using several overlaid images 铅字 鉛字 qiān zì (printing) type / movable letters 套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 雕版 diāo bǎn a carved printing block syn 铜版 銅版 tóng bǎn (printing) copperplate 勘误 勘誤 kān wù to correct printing errors syn 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 石印 shí yìn lithography / lithographic printing 付印 fù yìn to go to press / to submit for printing 排印 pái yìn typesetting and printing 支票打印机 支票打印機 cheque imprinting machine / cheque printing machine 校样 校樣 jiào yàng proofs (printing) 版 bǎn a register / block of printing / edition / version / page syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 鑴 xì to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 活字印刷 huó zì yìn shuā printing with movable type 鋑 cuān to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 凹纹 凹紋 āo wén die (printing, metalwork etc) 刻版 kè bǎn engraved blocks (for printing) 印版 yìn bǎn printing plate 印钞票 印鈔票 yìn chāo piào printing money 古登堡 gǔ dēng bǎo Gutenberg (name) / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale 四大发明 四大發明 sì dà fā míng the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder 套红 套紅 tào hóng printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color) 活版印刷 huó bǎn yìn shuā printing with movable type / typesetting 钻版 鑽版 zuān bǎn to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)