三级跳 三級跳 sān jí tiào triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 三级跳远 三級跳遠 sān jí tiào yuǎn triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 跳高 tiào gāo (athletics) high jump 跳绳 跳繩 tiào shéng to jump rope / to skip / a skipping rope / a jump rope 偷跑 tōu pǎo to sneak off / to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun / to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun / to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 立定跳远 立定跳遠 lì dìng tiào yuǎn standing long jump 沙池 shā chí sandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc) / sandbox 竞技 競技 jìng jì competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament syn 赛场 賽場 sài chǎng racetrack / field (for athletics competition) 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 十项 十項 shí xiàng ten items / decathlon (athletics) 兴奋剂 興奮劑 xīng fèn jì stimulant / doping (in athletics) 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán hurdles / hurdle race (athletics) 铅球 鉛球 qiān qiú shot put (athletics event) 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 各就各位 gè jiù gè wèi (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark! syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 塑胶跑道 塑膠跑道 sù jiāo pǎo dào synthetic athletics track / tartan track 全国运动会 全國運動會 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 铁饼 鐵餅 tiě bǐng (athletics) discus / discus throw 链球 鏈球 liàn qiú (athletics) hammer / hammer throw 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 检录 檢錄 jiǎn lù roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record 田赛 田賽 tián sài field events (athletics competition) 城市运动会 城市運動會 chéng shì yùn dòng huì National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 跨栏比赛 跨欄比賽 kuà lán bǐ sài hurdling / hurdles race (athletics event) 国际田径联合会 國際田徑聯合會 guó jì tián jìng lián hé huì International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. to 國際田聯|国际田联[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 Lian2] 障碍跑 障礙跑 zhàng ài pǎo steeplechase (athletics) 国际田径协会联合会 國際田徑協會聯合會 International Association of Athletics Federations 国际田联 國際田聯 guó jì tián lián International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. for 國際田徑聯合會|国际田径联合会[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 jing4 Lian2 he2 hui4] 三铁 三鐵 sān tiě triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 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 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ nán shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! syn 放长线钓大鱼 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns 宿见 宿見 sù jiàn long-held opinion / long-cherished view 异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship 蟏蛸 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae) 远劳 遠勞 yuǎn láo (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place) 长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now / long since 远途 遠途 yuǎn tú long-distance / long-haul 长臂吊车 long-reach crane / long-reach boom 长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff 国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies 水下远程导弹系统 水下遠程導彈系統 undersea long-range missile system / underwater long-range missile system 分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing 豅 lóng long and wide valley 兔子尾巴长不了 兔子尾巴長不了 tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long syn 跳出 tiào chū to jump out / fig. to appear suddenly 跳跃 跳躍 tiào yuè to jump / to leap / to bound / to skip syn 跳动 跳動 tiào dòng to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump about syn 踊跃 踴躍 yǒng yuè to leap / to jump / eager / enthusiastically syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 跳过 跳過 tiào guò to jump over / to skip (a step, chapter etc) 跳进 跳進 tiào jìn to plunge into / to jump into 弹跳 彈跳 tán tiào to bounce / to jump / to leap syn 乱跳 亂跳 luàn tiào to jump about / (of the heart) to beat wildly 跃升 躍升 yuè shēng to leap to (a higher position etc) / to jump / (of a plane) to ascend syn 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 蹦跳 bèng tiào to hop / to jump 赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) syn 脱轨 脫軌 tuō guǐ to leave the rails / to derail / to jump the track 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 抢跑 搶跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun / to make a false start 跳级 跳級 tiào jí to jump a year (at college) 跃迁 躍遷 yuè qiān transition / jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) 腾越 騰越 téng yuè to jump over / to vault / to soar over syn 单脚跳 單腳跳 dān jiǎo tiào to hop / to jump on one leg 跳 tiào to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate syn 跃 躍 yuè to jump / to leap syn 逾 yú to exceed / to go beyond / to transcend / to cross over / to jump over syn 蹦 bèng to jump / to bounce / to hop syn 趵 bào jump / leap 躜 躦 zuān to jump 隃 yú exceed / jump over 趯 tì to jump / way of stroke in calligraphy 趯 yuè to jump 妄生穿凿 妄生穿鑿 wàng shēng chuān záo a forced analogy (idiom) / to jump to an unwarranted conclusion 