连环 連環 lián huán chain 瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 人性 rén xìng human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes syn 骷髅 骷髏 kū lóu human skeleton / human skull syn 连锁 連鎖 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc) syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 连锁店 連鎖店 lián suǒ diàn chain store 铁链 鐵鏈 tiě liàn iron chain 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 枷锁 枷鎖 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters syn 牵强 牽強 qiān qiǎng far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning) syn 希尔顿 希爾頓 xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 分店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex syn 链条 鏈條 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn 人情味 rén qíng wèi human warmth / friendliness / human touch 连锁反应 連鎖反應 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks syn 一条龙 一條龍 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process syn 列岛 列島 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 麦德龙 麥德龍 mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German) 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 产业链 產業鏈 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 手链 手鏈 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2] 新华书店 新華書店 xīn huá shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain 供应链管理 供應鏈管理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 价值链 價值鏈 supply chain / value chain 人肉 rén ròu to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3]) / human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[ren2 rou4 dun4 pai2], human shield) 人禽流感 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu 乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain 好又多 hǎo yòu duō Trust-Mart (supermarket chain) 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 喜来登 喜來登 xǐ lái dēng Sheraton (hotel chain) 易初莲花 易初蓮花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain) 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 大润发 大潤發 dà rùn fā RT Mart (supermarket chain) 绵亘 綿亙 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) syn 生物链 生物鏈 shēng wù liàn food chain 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 炼 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] syn 安第斯 ān dì sī the Andes mountain chain 马莎 馬莎 mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name) 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 安第斯山脉 安第斯山脈 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America 吉野家 jí yě jiā Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain) 冷链 lěng liàn cold chain 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 锚链 錨鏈 máo liàn anchor chain 链环 鏈環 liàn huán chain link 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 锒 鋃 láng chain / ornament 人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 人体 人體 rén tǐ human body syn 人间 人間 rén jiān the human world / the earth syn 后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn 罗斯 羅斯 luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1]) 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 人身 rén shēn person / personal / human body syn 人命 rén mìng human life / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 人权 人權 rén quán human rights 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 躯体 軀體 qū tǐ (human) body syn 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 植物人 zhí wù rén person in a vegetative state / human vegetable syn 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn 蛇头 蛇頭 shé tóu head of a snake / human smuggler 遗骸 遺骸 yí hái (dead) human remains syn 艾滋病毒 ài zī bìng dú human immune deficiency virus (HIV) / the AIDS virus 人事部 rén shì bù personnel office / human resources (HR) 太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head) 人际 人際 rén jì human relationships / interpersonal 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world 叠罗汉 疊羅漢 dié luó hàn human pyramid syn 人性化 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly 脊背 jǐ bèi back (of a human or other vertebrate) syn 遗骨 遺骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 脊梁 jǐ liang (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate) syn 蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm / ascarid / (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking / a mind reader 人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4] syn 