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 个案 個案 gè àn individual case / special case 案情 àn qíng details of a case / case 命案 mìng àn homicide case / murder case syn 杀人案 殺人案 shā rén àn murder case / homicide case syn 然则 然則 rán zé that being the case / then / in that case syn 多退少补 多退少補 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment) 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 另案 lìng àn another case (in law) / a case to treat separately 情事 qíng shì circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair syn 涉黑案 shè hēi àn gang-related case / criminal case 销案 銷案 xiāo àn to close a case / to bring a case to a close (law) 人力资源个桉干事 人力資源個案幹事 human resources case officer / HR case officer 病例对照研究 bìng lì duì zhào yán jiū case-control study / case-referent study 战斗紧张病例 戰鬥緊張病例 battle stress case / battle stress casualty / battle shock case / battle shock casualty 直式弹壳 直式彈殼 straight cartridge case / cylindrical cartridge case 圆柱式弹壳 圓柱式彈殼 straight cartridge case / cylindrical cartridge case 医案 醫案 yī àn case history (TCM) / case record 接案 jiē àn to be informed of a case / to take a case / to contract for a job (as a freelancer) 未来 未來 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending syn 有待 yǒu dài not yet (done) / pending syn 待定 dài dìng to await a decision / to be pending 挂起 掛起 guà qǐ to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation) 取保候审 取保候審 qǔ bǎo hòu shěn release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC) 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 未决定 未決定 wèi jué dìng pending 保外候审 bǎo wài hòu shěn pre-trial release / release pending trial / provisional release from custody 临时释放 lín shí shì fàng pre-trial release / release pending trial / provisional release from custody 待决问题特设工作组 待決問題特設工作組 Ad Hoc Working Group on Pending Issues 波恩协定 波恩協定 Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent Government Institutions / Bonn Agreeement 已然 yǐ rán already / to be already so / to have long been the case syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute syn 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 如果 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn 经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn 既然 jì rán since / as / this being the case syn 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn 案例 àn lì case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc) / instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4] 案件 àn jiàn case / instance / CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3] syn 可见 可見 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible syn 典型 diǎn xíng model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative syn 例子 lì zi case / (for) instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 受理 shòu lǐ to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service) 万一 萬一 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency syn 教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) 查处 查處 chá chǔ to investigate and handle (a criminal case) syn 无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn 外壳 外殼 wài ké envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case syn 既是 jì shì is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that syn 审理 審理 shěn lǐ to hear (a case) syn 机箱 機箱 jī xiāng computer case 病例 bìng lì (medical) case / occurrence of illness 倘若 tǎng ruò if / supposing / in case syn 盒子 hé zi box / case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines syn 以防 yǐ fáng (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case syn 范例 範例 fàn lì example / model case 箱子 xiāng zi suitcase / chest / box / case / trunk / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] syn 