具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target 模拟 模擬 mó nǐ imitation / to simulate / to imitate / analog (device, as opposed to digital) syn 越狱 越獄 yuè yù to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc) 窃听器 竊聽器 qiè tīng qì tapping device / bug 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 电器 電器 diàn qì (electrical) appliance / device syn 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn 扫描仪 掃描儀 sǎo miáo yí scanner (device) 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 报警器 報警器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 按键 按鍵 àn jiàn button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL:個|个[ge4] / to press a button 燃烧弹 燃燒彈 rán shāo dàn fire bomb / incendiary device syn 机子 機子 jī zi machine / device syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn 搭载 搭載 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) 变脸 變臉 biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc syn 联机 聯機 lián jī online / network / to connect online / to connect an electronic device to another device syn 适配器 適配器 shì pèi qì adapter (device) 复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 果汁机 果汁機 guǒ zhī jī blender (device) / juicer 合同工 hé tòng gōng contract labour 对偶 對偶 duì ǒu dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse syn 验钞机 驗鈔機 yàn chāo jī a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills 器件 qì jiàn device / component syn 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 量具 liáng jù measuring device 伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) 省却 省卻 shěng què to save / to get rid of (so saving space) syn 脱水机 脫水機 tuō shuǐ jī a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) 驱动程序 驅動程序 qū dòng chéng xù device driver (computing software) 连线 連線 lián xiàn electrical lead / connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc) / to go online / connection / (congressional) caucus 接上 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone) 节电 節電 jié diàn to save electricity / power saving syn 插进 插進 chā jìn to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device) 劳动力市场 勞動力市場 láo dòng lì shì chǎng labour market 刷机 刷機 shuā jī to replace firmware (on a mobile device) 劳动生产率 láo dòng shēng chǎn lǜ labour productivity 续航 續航 xù háng (of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged 自毁 自毀 zì huǐ to destroy one's (reputation etc) / (of a device etc) to self-destruct 节约资源 節約資源 resource-saving 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 再保险 再保險 zài bǎo xiǎn reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers) 卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card") 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 夜视仪 夜視儀 yè shì yí night vision device 器 qì device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 招 zhāo to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess syn 键 鍵 jiàn key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin 壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn 榨 zhà to press / to extract (juice) / device for extracting juice, oils etc syn 桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge 核装置 核裝置 hé zhuāng zhì nuclear device 夏令时 夏令時 xià lìng shí daylight saving time syn 夏时制 夏時制 xià shí zhì daylight saving time 水平仪 水平儀 shuǐ píng yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 体己 體己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members syn 节水器 節水器 jié shuǐ qì water-saving device 水准仪 水準儀 shuǐ zhǔn yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 避孕环 避孕環 bì yùn huán coil / contraceptive coil / intrauterine device 浓缩机 濃縮機 nóng suō jī a device for concentrating (a liquid) / a condenser 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 救人一命勝造七級浮屠 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) 生命肢体急救手术 life- and limb-saving surgical intervention / life- and limb-saving procedure 伦敦保护臭氧层会议 倫敦保護臭氧層會議 "Saving the Ozone" Conference / London Conference on Saving the Ozone Layer 救生装置 救生裝置 jiù shēng zhuāng zhì life-saving device 保全面子的办法 保全面子的辦法 face-saving device / face-saver 参加劳动队伍年龄 參加勞動隊伍年齡 age at entry into the labour force / age at accession to the labour force 夜视装置 yè shì zhuāng zhì night observation device / night vision device 防起雷装置 防起雷裝置 fáng qǐ léi zhuāng zhì anti-lift device / anti-lifting device / anti-lift fuse 日光节约时 日光節約時 rì guāng jié yuē shí daylight saving time 梯己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members 保障条款 保障條款 bǎo zhàng tiáo kuǎn saving clause 冬令时 冬令時 dōng lìng shí standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时[xia4 ling4 shi2]) 节省能源的 energy-saving 节能的 energy-saving 国民储蓄 guó mín chǔ xù national saving 节水马桶 節水馬桶 jié shuǐ mǎ tǒng water-saving toilet 保留条款 保留條款 bǎo liú tiáo kuǎn saving clause 生存援助 life-saving assistance 全球青年拯救地球首脑会议 全球青年拯救地球首腦會議 Global Youth Earth-saving Summit 保护臭氧层会议 保護臭氧層會議 Conference on Saving the Ozone Layer 外来储蓄 外來儲蓄 external saving 拯救大兵瑞恩 zhěng jiù dà bīng ruì ēn Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie) 生命带 生命帶 shēng mìng dài (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone 张华 張華 zhāng huá Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 史卓 shǐ zhuó Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006 国际劳工局 國際勞工局 guó jì láo gōng jú International Labour Office 劳动力资源 勞動力資源 láo dòng lì zī yuán labour resources 临时工作 臨時工作 lín shí gōng zuò casual labour 强迫或强制劳动公约 Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour 劳工核算系统 láo gōng hé suàn xì tǒng labour accounting system 旅游业劳工核算体系 lǚ yóu yè láo gōng hé suàn tǐ xì labour accounting system for tourism 