离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 面试 面試 miàn shì to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview 独立 獨立 dú lì independent / independence / to stand alone syn 人选 人選 rén xuǎn choice of person / candidate syn 候选人 候選人 hòu xuǎn rén candidate / CL:名[ming2] syn 录取 錄取 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate) syn 站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website syn 自主 zì zhǔ independent / to act for oneself / autonomous syn 候补 候補 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute 参选 參選 cān xuǎn to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote 自立 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself syn 候选 候選 hòu xuǎn candidate (attributive) 推举 推舉 tuī jǔ to nominate as a worthy candidate / to recommend / to elect / to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press syn 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 文莱 文萊 wén lái Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo 进士 進士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 分立 fēn lì to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc) 考生 kǎo shēng exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam 博士生 bó shì shēng PhD student / doctoral candidate 独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn 割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime / to secede / segmentation / division / fragmentation syn 自养 自養 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination 散客 sǎn kè FIT (free independent traveler) / individual traveler (as opposed to one who travels with a group) 探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet 博导 博導 bó dǎo supervisor of a PhD candidate 榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] 独联体 獨聯體 dú lián tǐ Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体 桑德斯 sāng dé sī Sanders (name) / Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont and 2016 Presidential candidate 副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent) 廉署 lián shǔ ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong 三十而立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) 独立报 獨立報 dú lì bào The Independent 孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate 解元 jiè yuán first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old) 自变量 自變量 zì biàn liàng (math.) independent variable syn 参选人 參選人 cān xuǎn rén election participant / candidate 独 獨 dú alone / independent / single / sole / only syn 阿皮亚 阿皮亞 ā pí yà Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa 候选国 候選國 candidate country 童生 tóng shēng candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam 穆萨维 穆薩維 mù sà wéi Moussavi, Mir Hussein (1941-), candidate in Iran's disputed 2009 elections 等额选举 等額選舉 děng é xuǎn jǔ non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election 祁奚之荐 祁奚之薦 qí xī zhī jiàn Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom) / recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty 铁票区 鐵票區 tiě piào qū (Tw) safe seat (in an election) / stronghold (for a political party or candidate) / a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate 联合国人员及房舍安全保障问题独立小组 聯合國人員及房舍安全保障問題獨立小組 Independent Panel on Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel and Premises / Independent Panel on Staff Safety and Security 联合国石油换粮食方桉独立调查委员会 聯合國石油換糧食方案獨立調查委員會 Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme / Independent Inquiry Committee 独立调查委员会 獨立調查委員會 Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme / Independent Inquiry Committee 联合国国际独立调查委员会专员 聯合國國際獨立調查委員會專員 Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission / Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission 邓亮洪 鄧亮洪 dèng liàng hóng Tang Liang Hong (opposition candidate in Jan 1996 Singapore elections) 报条 報條 bào tiáo report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths 得中 dé zhòng (as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate / to draw a winning ticket (in a lottery) 武举 武舉 wǔ jǔ successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination 甲第 jiǎ dì residence of a noble / top candidate in the imperial examinations 贡士 貢士 gòng shì (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试[dian4 shi4]) 贡生 貢生 gòng shēng candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state 选情 選情 xuǎn qíng the state of play in an election / the current state of a candidate's campaign 面试会 面試會 miàn shì huì interview (for the assessment of a candidate) 助选 助選 zhù xuǎn to assist in a candidate's election campaign (Tw) 名册候选人 míng cè hòu xuǎn rén roster candidate 最合格的人选 最合格的人選 best-qualified candidate 内部候选人 內部候選人 nèi bù hòu xuǎn rén internal candidate 获支持的候选人 獲支持的候選人 endorsed candidate 实验疫苗 實驗疫苗 candidate vaccine 案首 àn shǒu candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties) 征选 徵選 zhēng xuǎn to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition 后援会 後援會 hòu yuán huì support group (e.g. for an election candidate) / fan club 独占鳌头 獨占鰲頭 dú zhàn - áo tóu (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn 铁票 鐵票 tiě piào (Tw) a guaranteed vote / a vote from sb who consistently votes for a particular party or candidate in elections 独立选民 獨立選民 dú lì xuǎn mín independent voter 二奶专家 二奶專家 èr nǎi zhuān jiā "mercenary expert", a person who is supposedly an independent expert, but receives payment for making comments favorable to a particular entity 副省级城市 副省級城市 fù shěng jí chéng shì subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province) 土邦 tǔ bāng native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa) 廉政公署 lián zhèng gōng shǔ Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC) 折子戏 摺子戲 zhé zi xì opera highlights performed as independent pieces 汶莱 汶萊 wèn lái Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo / also written 文萊|文莱 独立中文笔会 獨立中文筆會 dú lì zhōng wén bǐ huì Independent Chinese PEN center 独立国家联合体 獨立國家聯合體 dú lì guó jiā lián hé tǐ Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) 独体 獨體 dú tǐ autonomous body / independent system 东帝汶独立革命阵线 Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor 独立选举委员会 Independent Electoral Commission 少数群体问题独立专家 Independent Expert on minority issues 促进非洲新闻独立和多元化讨论会 Seminar on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press 西萨摩亚独立国 xī sà mó yà dú lì guó the Independent State of Samoa 独立调查委员会办公室 Office of the Independent Inquiry Committee 全系统独立评价机制 independent system-wide evaluation mechanism 独立地方治理局 Independent Directorate of Local Governance 联合国系统独立职工会和协会协调委员会 Coordinating Committee for Independent Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System 独立评估团 independent assessment mission 独立溷合选举委员会 獨立混合選舉委員會 Mixed and Independent Electoral Commission 独立司法委员会 Independent Judicial Commission 独立石油输出国组织 dú lì shí yóu shū chū guó zǔ zhī Independent Petroleum Exporting Countries 独立生活 dú lì shēng huó "Independent Living" 国际发展问题独立委员会 Independent Commission on International Development Issues / Brandt Commission 勃兰特委员会 Independent Commission on International Development Issues / Brandt Commission 召开紧急支尔格大会的特别独立委员会 Special Independent Commission for the Convening of the Emergency Loya Jirga 国际独立油轮船东协会 International Association of Independent Tankers Owners 自由独立工会 Free and Independent Workers Association 