限时 限時 xiàn shí to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 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 酌情 zhuó qíng to use discretion / to take circumstances into account / to make allowances pertinent to a situation syn 酌量 zhuó liáng to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink) syn 便宜行事 biàn yí xíng shì act at one's discretion / act as one sees fit syn 见机行事 見機行事 jiàn jī xíng shì see the opportunity and act (idiom) / to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion syn 任从 任從 rèn cóng at one's discretion 酌处 酌處 zhuó chǔ to use one's own discretion 酌处权 酌處權 zhuó chǔ quán discretion / discretionary power 岁计余绌 歲計餘絀 suì jì yú chù annual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy) 行政和预算问题咨询委员会 Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 预算假定 budgetary assumption 经常性预算开支 jīng cháng xìng yù suàn kāi zhī regular budgetary expenditure 预算款的调剂使用 budgetary transfer 一个预算框架 yī gè yù suàn kuàng jià One Budgetary Framework 预算信息系统 yù suàn xìn xī xì tǒng budgetary information system 预算账户 yù suàn zhàng hù budgetary accounts 行政和预算委员会 Administrative and Budgetary Committee 预算和行政问题委员会 Budgetary and Administrative Committee 预算条例 yù suàn tiáo lì budgetary regulations 预算资源 yù suàn zī yuán budgetary resources 预算工作 yù suàn gōng zuò budgetary activities 预算准备金 預算准備金 yù suàn zhǔn bèi jīn budgetary provision 预算制度 預算制度 yù suàn zhì duó budgetary basis 预算结余 預算結余 budgetary surplus 财务管理和预算管制处 財務管理和預算管制處 Financial Management and Budgetary Control Service 行政、预算和财务问题咨询委员会 行政、預算和財務問題咨詢委員會 Advisory Committee on Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Matters 预算外款项筹募委员会 預算外款項籌募委員會 Negotiating Committee for Extra-budgetary Funds 第五委员会 第五委員會 Fifth Committee / Administrative and Budgetary Committee 有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī limited company / corporation 有限 yǒu xiàn limited / finite syn 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn 股份有限公司 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī joint-stock limited company / corporation 定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term syn 不止 bù zhǐ incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to syn 有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) 局限于 局限於 jú xiàn yú to be limited to 株式会社 株式會社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha 蒙牛 矇牛 měng niú China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited 狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 受限 shòu xiàn to be limited / to be restricted / to be constrained 贫乏 貧乏 pín fá impoverished / lacking / deficient / limited / meager / impoverishment / lack / deficiency syn 只限于 只限於 zhǐ xiàn yú to be limited to 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience syn 参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper) 盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn 时日无多 時日無多 shí rì wú duō time is limited (idiom) 笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities syn 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 一孔之见 一孔之見 yī kǒng zhī jiàn partial view / limited outlook syn 囿 yòu park / to limit / be limited to syn 辁 輇 quán limited (of talent or ability) / (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes) 黔驴技穷 黔驢技窮 qián lǘ jì qióng to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom) syn 限于 限於 xiàn yú to be limited to / to be confined to syn 中远太平洋 中遠太平洋 zhōng yuǎn tài píng yáng COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company 中远太平洋有限公司 中遠太平洋有限公司 zhōng yuǎn tài píng yáng yǒu xiàn gōng sī COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company 小范围 小範圍 xiǎo fàn wéi small-scale / local / to a limited extent 斗筲之材 dǒu shāo zhī cái person of limited capacity 目光如豆 mù guāng rú dòu short-sighted / limited vision syn 短中抽长 短中抽長 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) 绵力 綿力 mián lì one's limited power (humble expr.) 芜鄙 蕪鄙 wú bǐ muddled and limited (of writing) 见闻有限 見聞有限 jiàn wén yǒu xiàn to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom) 语冰 語冰 yǔ bīng to have limited experience and knowledge (idiom) 腾讯控股有限公司 騰訊控股有限公司 téng xùn kòng gǔ yǒu xiàn gōng sī Tencent Holdings Limited (developers of the QQ instant messaging platform) 有穷 有窮 yǒu qióng exhaustible / limited / finite 限期任用 xiàn qī rèn yòng appointment of limited duration 有限能见度行动 limited visibility operation 限期活动 xiàn qī huó dòng activities of limited duration 有限的国际特别监视清单 limited international special surveillance list (of chemicals) 国际专门监督有限清单 limited international special surveillance list (of chemicals) 全球有限打击防卫系统 全球有限打擊防衛系統 Global Protection Against Limited Strikes 捕捞份额 捕撈份額 bǔ lāo fèn é catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege 有限捕捞特权 有限捕撈特權 catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege 专有捕捞特权 專有捕撈特權 catch-share / Limited Access Privilege / Dedicated Access Privilege 部分禁试条约 部分禁試條約 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water / Partial Test Ban Treaty / Limited Test Ban Treaty 限制分发文件 限制分發文件 limited document 有限援助特别方桉 有限援助特別方案 Special Programme of Limited Assistance 限制连记法 限制連記法 limited vote 限制投票法 limited vote 防御系统有限公司 防禦系統有限公司 Defence Systems Limited 受条约限制的装备 受條約限制的裝備 Treaty-Limited Equipment 有限频度不通知的接触 有限頻度不通知的接觸 limited frequency unannounced access 有限核战争 有限核戰爭 limited nuclear war 有限战略性战争 有限戰略性戰爭 limited strategic war 何啻 hé chì (literary) far more than / not limited to 半桶水 bàn tǒng shuǐ (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler 友邦保险 友邦保險 yǒu bāng bǎo xiǎn AIA Group Limited, insurance company 断码 斷碼 duàn mǎ (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes 限免 xiàn miǎn (of a product, service etc) free for a limited time (abbr. for 限時免費|限时免费[xian4shi2 mian3fei4]) 零码 零碼 líng mǎ (Tw) (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes 