多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 虐待 nüè dài to mistreat / to maltreat / to abuse / mistreatment / maltreatment syn 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 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 滥用 濫用 làn yòng to misuse / to abuse 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 赛跑 賽跑 sài pǎo race (running) / to race (running) 团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 走狗 zǒu gǒu hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey syn 流水 liú shuǐ running water / (business) turnover syn 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running / the start of a race syn 解说 解說 jiě shuō to explain (verbally) / to give a running commentary syn 辱骂 辱罵 rǔ mà to insult / to revile / abuse / vituperation 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] 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 长跑 長跑 cháng pǎo long-distance running 一连 一連 yī lián in a row / in succession / running syn 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 谩骂 謾罵 màn mà to hurl abuse / to deride / to call sb names syn 破口大骂 破口大罵 pò kǒu dà mà to abuse roundly syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 跑鞋 pǎo xié running shoes syn 累计 累計 lěi jì to calculate the running total / cumulative / the total / in total syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 营运 營運 yíng yùn running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution) 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 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn 怒骂 怒罵 nù mà to verbally abuse syn 淫威 yín wēi abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 对开 對開 duì kāi running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) 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 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 徇私舞弊 xùn sī wǔ bì to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom) syn 鹰犬 鷹犬 yīng quǎn hawks and hounds / (fig.) running dogs / hired thugs syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc) 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 滥用职权 濫用職權 làn yòng zhí quán abuse of power 日本鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) 续续 續續 xù xù continuous / on and on / running 行书 行書 xíng shū running script / semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) 跑步机 跑步機 pǎo bù jī treadmill / running machine 受虐 shòu nüè to suffer sexual abuse / masochism 性虐待 xìng nüè dài sexual abuse 运行状况 運行狀況 yùn xíng zhuàng kuàng operational state / running state 治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 通水 tōng shuǐ to have running water (in a house etc) 业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn 碾过 碾過 niǎn guò to crush sth by running over it 河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 停航 tíng háng to stop running (of flight of shipping service) / to suspend service (flight, sailing) / to interrupt schedule 通 tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) syn 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú tyrannical abuse (idiom) / riding roughshod over people syn 亘 亙 gèn extending all the way across / running all the way through 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment 呵责 呵責 hē zé to abuse / to berate syn 跑垒 跑壘 pǎo lěi running between bases (in baseball) 纣 紂 zhòu crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail) 谇 誶 suì abuse 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 长 長 cháng length / long / forever / always / constantly syn 只要 zhǐ yào so long as / provided / if syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 想念 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 渴望 kě wàng to thirst for / to long for syn 万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn 总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole syn 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 漫长 漫長 màn cháng very long / endless syn 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time 梦寐以求 夢寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for / to covet syn 长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom) 思念 sī niàn to think of / to long for / to miss syn 不久前 bù jiǔ qián not long ago syn 大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal) 长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair 漫漫 màn màn long / endless / boundless syn 持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 长途 長途 cháng tú long distance syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 