法官 fǎ guān judge (in court) syn 判断 判斷 pàn duàn to judge / to determine / judgment syn 暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] syn 立 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately syn 评审 評審 píng shěn to appraise / to evaluate / to judge 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn 评判 評判 píng pàn to judge (a competition) / to appraise syn 编排 編排 biān pái to arrange / to lay out syn 回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn 判断力 判斷力 pàn duàn lì ability to judge / judgment 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 判定 pàn dìng to judge / to decide / judgment / determination syn 递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 布雷 佈雷 bù léi to lay mines 摆放 擺放 bǎi fàng to set up / to arrange / to lay out syn 摊牌 攤牌 tān pái to lay one's cards on the table 安放 ān fàng to lay / to place / to put in a certain place syn 难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it syn 铺床 鋪床 pū chuáng to make a bed / to lay bedding 缴械 繳械 jiǎo xiè to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender syn 产卵 產卵 chǎn luǎn to lay eggs syn 下蛋 xià dàn to lay eggs syn 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success 评断 評斷 píng duàn to judge syn 囤积 囤積 tún jī to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth syn 论断 論斷 lùn duàn to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion syn 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 就事论事 就事論事 jiù shì lùn shì to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands 戳穿 chuō chuān to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc) syn 布防 bù fáng to lay out a defense syn 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 奠基 diàn jī to lay a foundation 暴露无遗 暴露無遺 bào lù wú yí to lay bare / to come to light syn 判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge 审时度势 審時度勢 shěn shí duó shì to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock syn 评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out 献花 獻花 xiàn huā to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial) 庭长 庭長 tíng zhǎng presiding judge 法衣 fǎ yī robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment syn 审判员 審判員 shěn pàn yuán judge (in court) syn 品评 品評 pǐn píng to judge / to assess syn 审判长 審判長 shěn pàn zhǎng presiding judge syn 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism syn 断案 斷案 duàn àn to judge a case syn 雅俗共赏 雅俗共賞 yǎ sú gòng shǎng can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom) / fig. to cease / to give in syn 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 下注 xià zhù to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet 手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom) / please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts. syn 研判 yán pàn to study and come to a conclusion / to judge / to determine 建基 jiàn jī to lay foundations 包公 bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal 敷设 敷設 fū shè to lay / to spread out syn 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 貌相 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial) / looks / to judge a person by appearances 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 人不可貌相 rén bù kě mào xiàng you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2] 舍下 捨下 shě xià to abandon / to lay down syn 狄仁杰 狄仁傑 dí rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4] 铺轨 鋪軌 pū guǐ to lay railway track 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 断 斷 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 供 gòng to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession / statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) syn 陈 陳 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 评 評 píng to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal) syn 缴枪 繳槍 jiǎo qiāng to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm syn 砌砖 砌磚 qì zhuān to lay bricks / bricklaying 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 法官法 fǎ guān fǎ judge-made law 积肥 積肥 jī féi to accumulate manure / to lay down compost 扪 捫 mén lay hands on / to cover 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 骘 騭 zhì a stallion / to rise / to arrange / to stabilize / to differentiate / to judge 审判者 審判者 shěn pàn zhě judge 司线员 司線員 sī xiàn yuán line judge (tennis etc) 凡俗 fán sú lay (as opposed to clergy) / ordinary / commonplace syn 纴 紝 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread 五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells 以貌取人 yǐ mào qǔ rén to judge sb by appearances (idiom) 征名责实 徵名責實 zhēng míng zé shí to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom) / to judge sth at face value 是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. 牝牡骊黄 牝牡驪黃 pìn mǔ lí huáng a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom) / don't judge by outward appearance 真伪莫辨 真偽莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn can't judge true or false (idiom) / unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news) 听其言而观其行 聽其言而觀其行 tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions 骊黄牝牡 驪黃牝牡 lí huáng pìn mǔ a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom) / don't judge by outward appearance 成败论人 成敗論人 chéng bài lùn rén to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom) 倒戈卸甲 dǎo gē xiè jiǎ to lay down arms 积谷防饥 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 絍 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving 执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) 