重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 专业 專業 zhuān yè specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4] / professional syn 主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 设备 設備 shè bèi equipment / facilities / installations / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 装备 裝備 zhuāng bèi equipment / to equip / to outfit syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) syn 维修 維修 wéi xiū maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 退役 tuì yì (of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned syn 空闲 空閒 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare syn 器材 qì cái equipment / material syn 大都会 大都會 dà dū huì major city / metropolis / metropolitan syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon syn 二手 èr shǒu indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant 用具 yòng jù appliance / utensil / gear / equipment syn 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 主修 zhǔ xiū (education) to major in / major 器具 qì jù implement / utensil / equipment syn 要犯 yào fàn major criminal syn 少将 少將 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal 要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn 大调 大調 dà diào major key (in music) 专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in / to major in 重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn 消声器 消聲器 xiāo shēng qì noise reduction equipment 三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in 九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn 攻读 攻讀 gōng dú to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree syn 宏图 宏圖 hóng tú major undertaking / vast plan / grand prospect syn 绿林 綠林 lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] syn 大过 大過 dà guò serious mistake / major demerit syn 硕果 碩果 shuò guǒ major achievement / great work / triumphant success syn 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 大行星 major planet 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 电子器件 電子器件 diàn zǐ qì jiàn electric equipment syn 机电 機電 jī diàn machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical 童趣 tóng qù qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment) syn 重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn 基隆 jī lóng Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan 辎重 輜重 zī zhòng (military) supplies (munitions, rations, clothing etc) / equipment and supplies taken on an expedition / (fig.) burden syn 终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) syn 量程 liáng chéng range (of scales or measuring equipment) 变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change syn 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom) / major trouble hidden within 医疗器械 醫療器械 yī liáo qì xiè medical equipment 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 生产设备 生產設備 shēng chǎn shè bèi production equipment / manufacturing equipment 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 套件 tào jiàn kit (equipment) / (bicycle) groupset 网络设备 網絡設備 wǎng luò shè bèi network equipment 虹桥 虹橋 hóng qiáo Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 通信设备 通信設備 tōng xìn shè bèi communication equipment 专用设备 專用設備 specialized equipment 设备管理 shè bèi guǎn lǐ equipment management 封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 代工 dài gōng OEM (original equipment manufacturer) 主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component 环保设备 環保設備 environmental control equipment 电气设备 電氣設備 diàn qì shè bèi electrical equipment 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 大道理 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk syn 朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) 周边设备 zhōu bian shè bèi peripheral / peripheral equipment 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 测距仪 測距儀 cè jù yí distance measuring equipment 音响设备 音響設備 yīn xiǎng shè bèi sound equipment / stereo 辅助设备 輔助設備 fǔ zhù shè bèi associated equipment 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 军事装备 jūn shì zhuāng bèi military equipment 封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 大前提 dà qián tí major premise 消防设备 消防設備 xiāo fáng shè bèi fire protection equipment 移机 移機 yí jī to relocate a piece of equipment (air conditioner etc) 王建民 wáng jiàn mín Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball 音频设备 音頻設備 yīn pín shè bèi audio equipment 李陵 lǐ líng Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal 闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 刷 shuā a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) syn 天狼星 tiān láng xīng Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 鲷 鯛 diāo porgy / pagrus major 湘绣 湘繡 xiāng xiù Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4]) 拉力器 lā lì qì chest expander (exercise equipment) syn 螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 苡 yǐ common plantain (Plantago major) 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 大城市 dà chéng shì major city / metropolis syn 大熊座 dà xióng zuò Ursa Major, the Great Bear (constellation) 