奉祀 fèng sì to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc) 从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 设立共同基金谈判会议 United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund to Establish the Composite Programme for Raw Materials / United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund 联合国薪金、津贴和福利共同制度 聯合國薪金、津貼和福利共同制度 United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System 联合国共同制度 聯合國共同制度 lián hé guó gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System 共同制度 gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System 去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 末班车 末班車 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance 救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope 溥仪 溥儀 pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor 功败垂成 功敗垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory syn 临时抱佛脚 臨時抱佛腳 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort syn 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom) / to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle syn 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams) 尾号 尾號 wěi hào last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor / forebear syn 太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) syn 先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn 鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn 尊号 尊號 zūn hào honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc 远祖 遠祖 yuǎn zǔ a remote ancestor 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn 祖 zǔ ancestor / forefather / grandparents syn 奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) syn 岱宗 dài zōng another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls 承重孙 承重孫 chéng zhòng sūn eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship) 直系祖先 zhí xì zǔ xiān direct ancestor 祖鸟 祖鳥 zǔ niǎo dinosaur ancestor of birds 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 通病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing syn 不同凡响 不同凡響 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom) / outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run syn 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn 公约数 公約數 gōng yuē shù common factor / common divisor 最大公约数 最大公約數 zuì dà gōng yuē shù highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD 公因式 gōng yīn shì common factor / common divisor (of a math. expression) 最大公因子 zuì dà gōng yīn zǐ highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD 花斑癣 花斑癬 huā bān xuǎn pityriasis versicolor (aka tinea versicolor), blotchy skin condition common in tropical areas, common name 汗斑[han4 ban1] syn 共同偏移距聚集 gòng tòng piān yí jù jù jí common offset gather / common range gather 西非经共体移徙与发展共同对策 ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration and Development / ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration 共深点 共深點 gòng shēn diǎn common depth point / common reflection point 共反射点 共反射點 gòng fǎn shè diǎn common depth point / common reflection point 共源收集 gòng yuán shōu jí shot gather / common source gather / common shot gather / shotpoint gather 建立东非共同体共同市场议定书 建立東非共同體共同市場議定書 Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Common Market / EAC Common Market Protocol 共同资源 共同資源 common pool resources / common property resources 联合国共同事务协定 聯合國共同事務協定 United Nations common services agreement / common services agreement 共同事务协定 共同事務協定 United Nations common services agreement / common services agreement 最后 最後 zuì hòu final / last / finally / ultimate syn 到了 dào liǎo at last / finally / in the end 终于 終於 zhōng yú at last / in the end / finally / eventually syn 到底 dào dǐ finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last syn 去年 qù nián last year syn 持续 持續 chí xù to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 算是 suàn shì considered to be / at last syn 上次 shàng cì last time 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 尾页 尾頁 wěi yè last page 延续 延續 yán xù to continue / to go on / to last syn 总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole syn 几个月 幾個月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months 上周 shàng zhōu last week 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn 上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above 年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years 上世纪 上世紀 shàng shì jì last century 昨夜 zuó yè last night syn 绝招 絕招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow syn 历时 歷時 lì shí to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic 下旬 xià xún last third of the month 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn 末页 末頁 mò yè last page 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 不朽 bù xiǔ to last forever / eternal / enduring syn 上月 shàng yuè last month 上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 上年 shàng nián last year syn 前年 qián nián the year before last 末期 mò qī end (of a period) / last part / final phase syn 忍无可忍 忍無可忍 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw 奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī dying / at one's last gasp syn 争先恐后 爭先恐後 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) / outdoing one another syn 遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 终场 終場 zhōng chǎng end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations syn 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 崇祯 崇禎 chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn 上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week 末梢 mò shāo tip / end / last few days syn 