低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 低地球轨道 low Earth orbit / low orbit / low-altitude orbit 低水平放射性废物 低水平放射性廢物 dī shuǐ píng fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-activity waste / low-level waste / low-level radioactive waste 过量空气 excess air 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 高不凑低不就 高不湊低不就 gāo bù còu dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 高低不就 gāo dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 平均大潮低潮面 píng jūn dài cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water springs / spring low-water 低潮线 低潮線 dī cháo xiàn low-water line / LW line / low-tide mark 平均小潮低潮面 píng jūn xiǎo cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water neaps / neap low-water 低毒性浓度 低毒性濃度 low toxic concentration / toxic concentration low 低当量核武器 低當量核武器 low-yield nuclear weapon / low-yield weapon 干潮 乾潮 gān cháo low tide / low water V沟 V溝 V gōu low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully / low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully 水丝 水絲 shuǐ sī (silver) of low purity / low grade 沉潜 沉潛 chén qián to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low / to keep a low profile / quiet / reserved / self-possessed 大头兵 大頭兵 dà tóu bīng low-ranking soldier / (by extension) low-level employee 廉航 lián háng low-cost carrier / low-cost airline / budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 kong1]) 过度 過度 guò dù excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate / to be furious / to die from an excess of anger 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 赘肉 贅肉 zhuì ròu excess flesh / unwanted fat / flab / bulge 超负荷 超負荷 chāo fù hè excess load / an overload / overloaded syn 多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 贪杯 貪杯 tān bēi to drink in excess 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 余 餘 yú extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me syn 好酒贪杯 好酒貪杯 hǎo jiǔ tān bēi good wine taken in excess (idiom) / fond of the bottle 免赔 免賠 miǎn péi (insurance) excess 喜则气缓 喜則氣緩 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM) 狂饮暴食 狂飲暴食 kuáng yǐn bào shí drunken gluttony (idiom) / eating and drinking to excess 阴虚火旺 陰虛火旺 yīn xū huǒ wàng an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom) 余码 餘碼 yú mǎ excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal) 溢额 yì é excess 过量生产 過量生產 excess output 房劳 房勞 fáng láo deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM) 超额利润 超額利潤 chāo é lì rùn superprofit / excess profit 醟 yòng to drink to excess / dissolute 阳盛 陽盛 yáng shèng excess of yang 陽|阳[yang2] in TCM 垫底费 墊底費 diàn dǐ fèi deductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured) / (UK English) excess 小作怡情，大作伤身 小作怡情，大作傷身 xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom) 攻心 gōng xīn to mount a psychological attack / to try to demoralize / to try to win over / to try to persuade / (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion 狂饮暴食 狂飲暴食 kuáng yǐn - bào shí (idiom) to eat and drink to excess 甩干 甩乾 shuǎi gān to remove excess moisture by spinning / to put (clothes) through the spin cycle / to spin-dry 空调 空調 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 冷气 冷氣 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning syn 寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn 透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn 气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract 空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 出风口 出風口 chū fēng kǒu air vent / air outlet 空空导弹 空空導彈 kōng kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile 空对空 air to air 空防 kōng fáng air force / air defense 空对空导弹 空對空導彈 kōng duì kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile 气笼 氣籠 qì lóng air pipe / bamboo air pipe used to aerate granary 气隙 氣隙 qì xì air vent / air gap 空军司令 空軍司令 kōng jūn sī lìng air commodore / top commander of air force 空运费 空運費 kōng yùn fèi air freight (cost of air transport) 露天堆栈 露天堆棧 lù tiān duī zhàn open-air repository / open-air depot 南斯拉夫空军和防空部队 Yugoslav Air and Air Defense Forces 空气污染监视 air quality monitoring / air surveillance 机票团结税 jī piào tuán jié shuì air-ticket solidarity contribution / air-ticket solidarity levy 航空经营许可证 Air Operator's Certificate (UK) / Air Carrier's Certificate (US) 空对地通信 空對地通信 air-to-ground communication / air to ground communications 空中交通通告 air traffic advisory / air advisory 可移式空中交通管制系统 可移式空中交通管制系統 transportable air traffic control system / TPT air traffic control system 包机商 bāo jī shāng air charter vendor / air charter company / charter company 包机公司 bāo jī gōng sī air charter vendor / air charter company / charter company 空运外科医疗队 空運外科醫療隊 air transportable surgical unit / air portable surgical unit 要人联络航空队 要人聯絡航空隊 VIP liaison air unit / VIP liaison air flight 空中作业干事 空中作業幹事 air operations officer / air operations specialist 空中作业军官 空中作業軍官 air operations officer / air operations specialist 空中作业小组 空中作業小組 air operations cell / air cell 气升系统 氣升系統 air-assisted lift system / air-lift system 空气化学物含量取样器 空氣化學物含量取樣器 chemical air sampler / air sampler 气圈 氣圈 qì quān (planet) atmosphere / (medical) air ring / air cushion 制空权 制空權 zhì kōng quán air supremacy / air superiority 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 