竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 选举 選舉 xuǎn jǔ to elect / election / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] syn 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website syn 大选 大選 dà xuǎn general election 出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring syn 参选 參選 cān xuǎn to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote 落选 落選 luò xuǎn to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election syn 初选 初選 chū xuǎn primary election 预选 預選 yù xuǎn preselection / short-listing / primary election 胜出 勝出 shèng chū to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory syn 重点 重點 chóng diǎn to recount (e.g. results of election) / to re-evaluate syn 一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) 第二轮 第二輪 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election) 第一轮 第一輪 dì yī lún first round (of match, or election) 买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) 直选 直選 zhí xuǎn direct election 二轮 二輪 èr lún second round (of a match or election) 选举委员会 選舉委員會 xuǎn jǔ wěi yuán huì Election Committee (Hong Kong) 补选 補選 bǔ xuǎn by-election 贿选 賄選 huì xuǎn to buy votes (in an election) syn 土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche syn 直接选举 直接選舉 zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ direct election 参选人 參選人 cān xuǎn rén election participant / candidate 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 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 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 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 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 局部 jú bù part / local syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 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 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station 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 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 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 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand 随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn 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 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 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 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 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]) 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 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 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 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 黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) 本币 本幣 běn bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币 小气候 小氣候 xiǎo qì hòu microclimate / fig. local situation syn 地方戏 地方戲 dì fāng xì local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do 地方官 dì fāng guān local official syn 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 投票率 tóu piào lǜ proportion of vote / turnout in election 豪绅 豪紳 háo shēn local despot syn 土货 土貨 tǔ huò local produce syn 土音 tǔ yīn local accent syn 等额选举 等額選舉 děng é xuǎn jǔ non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election 土豪劣绅 土豪劣紳 tǔ háo liè shēn local bosses, shady gentry (idiom) / dominant local mafia syn 间接选举 間接選舉 jiān jiē xuǎn jǔ indirect election 大获全胜 大獲全勝 dà huò quán shèng to seize total victory (idiom) / an overwhelming victory / to win by a landslide (in election) syn 差额选举 差額選舉 chā é xuǎn jǔ competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats) 地方主义 地方主義 dì fāng zhǔ yì regionalism / favoring one's local region 强龙不压地头蛇 強龍不壓地頭蛇 qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom) / fig. a local gangster who is above the law 逢场作戏 逢場作戲 féng chǎng zuò xì lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom) / to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions syn 锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn 选举团式选举 選舉團式選舉 xuǎn jǔ tuán shì xuǎn jǔ caucus-style election / caucus election 当地居民 當地居民 dāng dì jū mín a local person / the local population 当地货币轨道养恤金数额 local currency track pension amount / local currency track amount 电子地方议程 Digital Local Agenda / e-local agenda 无线用户回路 無線用戶回路 wú xiàn yòng hù huí lù wireless local loop / radio local loop / wireless access 无线入网 無線入网 wú xiàn rù wǎng wireless local loop / radio local loop / wireless access 