"increases" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
虚岁虛歲	xū suì		one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲\|实岁[shi2 sui4]
道高益安，势高益危道高益安，勢高益危	dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi		More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記\|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
储备基金儲備基金	chú bèi jī jīn		reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund
准备基金准備基金	zhǔn bèi jī jīn		reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund
照买不误照買不誤	zhào mǎi bù wù		to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)
乞儿暴富乞兒暴富	qǐ ér bào fù		(idiom) A beggar suddenly becomes rich. It is used figuratively of someone whose learning increases dramatically.
日引月长日引月長	rì yǐn yuè cháng		(idiom) Describes something that gradually increases as time passes.
益人神智	yì rén shén zhì		(idiom) Something that opens the mind and increases knowledge. It particularly refers to the intellectual benefits of reading.
言多伤幸	yán duō shāng xìng		(idiom) Talking too much increases the risk of failing to match one's words with one's actions, thereby damaging one's conduct and reputation.
进退损益進退損益	jìn tuì sǔn yì		(idiom) Refers to increases, decreases, and changes in general.
进退消息進退消息	jìn tuì xiāo xī		(idiom) Refers to increases and decreases, and more generally to changes and developments.

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