间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn 侧面 側面 cè miàn lateral side / side / aspect / profile syn 耗尽 耗盡 hào jìn to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain 挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn 宣泄 宣洩 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret syn 排水 pái shuǐ to drain 排泄 排洩 pái xiè to drain (factory waste etc) / to excrete (urine, sweat etc) syn 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn 横向 橫向 héng xiàng horizontal / orthogonal / perpendicular / lateral / crosswise 水道 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool) syn 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 外流 wài liú outflow / to flow out / to drain 排污 pái wū to drain sewage 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent 排涝 排澇 pái lào to drain flooded fields 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 旁 páng one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) syn 侧 側 cè the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 侧线 側線 lateral line 激浊扬清 激濁揚清 jī zhuó yáng qīng lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue syn 侧根 側根 cè gēn lateral root (botany) 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 浍 澮 kuài drain / stream 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 搋 chuāi to knead / to rub / to clear a drain with a pump / to conceal sth in one's bosom / to carry sth under one's coat 唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation 扬清激浊 揚清激濁 yáng qīng jī zhuó lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue 移山倒海 yí shān dǎo hǎi lit. to move mountains and drain seas / to transform nature syn 横向调动准则 橫向調動準則 Guidelines for determining mobility under ST / AI / 2006 / 3: Lateral moves and maximum post occupancy / Guidelines on Lateral Moves 主排水沟 carrier drain / main drain 雨水管道 yǔ shuǐ guǎn dào storm water drain / storm drain 边音 邊音 biān yīn lateral consonant (phonetics) 外侧裂周区 外側裂周區 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 侧刀旁 側刀旁 cè dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc 壁厢 壁廂 bì xiāng lateral / side / to the side / beside 外侧沟 外側溝 wài cè gōu lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure (neuroanatomy) 外侧裂 外側裂 wài cè liè lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure (neuroanatomy) 外侧裂週圍 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 掖庭 yè tíng Lateral Courts in the imperial palace (housing concubines and administrative offices) 立刀旁 lì dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc 外踝 wài huái lateral malleolus 自愿平行调任方桉 自願平行調任方案 voluntary lateral reassignment programme / voluntary reassignment programme 横向流动 lateral move 肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 平行流动 平行流動 lateral mobility 横向路 橫向路 lateral route / transversal route 免疫层析试验 免疫層析試驗 miǎn yì céng xī shì yàn immunochromatographic assay / immunochromatographic strip test / lateral-flow test 横向交叉撤防 橫向交叉撤防 lateral unmanning 测向划界 測向劃界 lateral delimitation 外侧裂周围 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 曲池穴 qū chí xué Quchi acupoint LI11, at the lateral end of the elbow crease 跨院 kuà yuàn lateral court (in a Chinese house) 偏三轮 偏三輪 piān sān lún old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat 渐冻人症 漸凍人症 jiàn dòng rén zhèng amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka motor neurone disease (MND) 外眦 外眥 wài zì (anatomy) lateral canthus / outer corner of the eye 渐冻症 漸凍症 jiàn dòng zhèng amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / ALS 才外流 cái wài liú brain drain 釂 jiào drain a goblet 甽 quǎn drain between fields, irrigation 人才外流 rén cái wài liú brain drain 以邻为壑 以鄰為壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) syn 排洪 pái hóng to drain flood-water 流干 流乾 liú gān to drain / to run dry 石渠 shí qú stone channel (e.g. drain) 退水 tuì shuǐ to divert water / to drain 沥干 瀝乾 lì gān to drain 一饮而尽 一飲而盡 yī yǐn ér jìn to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom) 横向排水沟 cross-drain 国内人才流失 國內人才流失 guó nèi rén cái liú shī internal brain drain 雨水集水井 yǔ shuǐ jí shuǐ jǐng storm drain catch basin 排走 pái zǒu to drain away / to vent out 外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed 排海 pái hǎi to drain (wastewater) into the sea 