节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song 土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche syn 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 权力 權力 quán lì power / authority syn 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 当地 當地 dāng dì local syn 本地 běn dì local / this locality syn 官方 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority) syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 通行证 通行證 tōng xíng zhèng a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct syn 权威 權威 quán wēi authority / authoritative / power and prestige syn 无权 無權 wú quán to have no right / to have no authority 权限 權限 quán xiàn scope of authority / extent of power / (access etc) privileges syn 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 管理局 guǎn lǐ jú authority 习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing syn 全权 全權 quán quán full powers / total authority / plenipotentiary powers 上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places syn 职权 職權 zhí quán authority / power over others syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 大权 大權 dà quán power / authority syn 局部 jú bù part / local syn 申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal 威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn 越权 越權 yuè quán to go beyond one's authority / arrogation 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 港务局 港務局 gǎng wù jú port authority 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product / (regional) specialty 地痞 dì pǐ bully / local ruffian syn 权柄 權柄 quán bǐng authority syn 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 领导权 領導權 lǐng dǎo quán leadership authority syn 招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority syn 组胺 組胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 得势 得勢 dé shì to win power / to get authority / to become dominant syn 土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty syn 地头蛇 地頭蛇 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss syn 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 权威性 權威性 quán wēi xìng authoritative / (having) authority 风土人情 風土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs (idiom) syn 地区性 地區性 dì qū xìng regional / local 局域网 局域網 jú yù wǎng local area network (LAN) 土产 土產 tǔ chǎn produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) syn 审判权 審判權 shěn pàn quán jurisdiction / judicial authority 支配权 支配權 zhī pèi quán authority to dispose of sth 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token 淫威 yín wēi abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse syn 就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn 有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to / to be entitled to / to have authority / powerful 德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals) 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances syn 受权 受權 shòu quán authorized / entrusted (with authority) 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2]) 采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn 乡音 鄉音 xiāng yīn local accent / accent of one's native place syn 事权 事權 shì quán position / authority / responsibility syn 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 威权 威權 wēi quán authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant syn 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 在地 zài dì (Tw) local / native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) 地方政府 dì fāng zhèng fǔ local government 民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated syn 行政机关 行政機關 xíng zhèng jī guān administrative authority / branch of government 当地时间 當地時間 dāng dì shí jiān local time 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 发威 發威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 地方性 dì fāng xìng local 报批 報批 bào pī to report for criticism / to submit for approval to higher authority 宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain 民航总局 民航總局 mín háng zǒng jú General Civil Aviation Authority 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 阿巴斯 ā bā sī Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 借势 借勢 jiè shì to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity 接入网 接入網 access network / local loop 无线接入 無線接入 wú xiàn jiē rù wireless access / wireless local loop 复辟 復辟 fù bì to recover one's power or authority / restoration (of a past regime) syn 水务局 shuǐ wù jú (municipal) water authority 高头 高頭 gāo tou higher authority / the bosses / on top of 放权 放權 fàng quán to devolve authority to lower levels syn 方志 fāng zhì local chronicles / district records syn 风土 風土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions syn 巨擘 jù bò thumb / authority (knowledgeable person) syn 黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) 