海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 直接记录电子投票系统 direct recording electronic voting system / DRE voting system e投票 étou piào e-voting / Internet voting 因特网投票 因特網投票 e-voting / Internet voting 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL:個|个[ge4] 无网格法 無網格法 wú wǎng gé fǎ meshless method (numerical simulation) / meshfree method 头发胡子一把抓 頭髮鬍子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all 共中点法 common midpoint method / CMP method / CMP technique 参考法或标准共识法 reference method / standard consensus method 直线排雷法 直線排雷法 linear clearance method / linear method 直线法 直線法 zhí xiàn fǎ linear clearance method / linear method 矩形排雷法 box clearance method / box method / box pattern 矩形法 jǔ xíng fǎ box clearance method / box method / box pattern 预计单位福利权办法 預計單位福利權辦法 projected unit credit method / accrued benefit method 应计福利办法 應計福利辦法 projected unit credit method / accrued benefit method 弃权 棄權 qì quán to waive a right / to abstain (from voting) / (sports) to forfeit (a game) / to voluntarily withdraw from a match 投票地点 投票地點 tóu piào dì diǎn voting place 投票机器 投票機器 tóu piào jī qì voting machine 出席表决比例 出席表決比例 chū xí biǎo jué bǐ lì proportion of those present and voting 参政权 參政權 cān zhèng quán suffrage / voting rights 缺席投票 quē xí tóu piào absentee voting 投票权份额 tóu piào quán fèn é voting share 丧失表决资格 disqualified from voting 义务投票 yì wù tóu piào compulsory voting 强制投票 qiǎng zhì tóu piào compulsory voting 选举舞弊 xuǎn jǔ wǔ bì electoral fraud / voting fraud 代理投票 dài lǐ tóu piào proxy voting 电子投票机 電子投票機 electronic voting machine 电话投票 電話投票 diàn huà tóu piào telephone voting 认可票制 認可票制 rèn kě piào zhì approval voting 电子投票 電子投票 electronic voting 义务投票 ; 强制投票 義務投票 ; 強制投票 compulsory voting 加权投票制 加權投票制 jiā quán tóu piào zhì weighted voting 一次性二轮选举 一次性二輪選舉 instant run-off voting 触摸屏投票机 觸摸屏投票機 touch-screen voting machine 标感投票 標感投票 mark-sense voting 海外投票 out-of-country voting 打卡投票 punch-card voting 累积投票制 累積投票制 cumulative voting 方法 fāng fǎ method / way / means / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] syn 手段 shǒu duàn method / way / means (of doing sth) / skill / ability / trick / wile syn 联想 聯想 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn 算法 suàn fǎ arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation 输入法 輸入法 shū rù fǎ input method 想办法 想辦法 xiǎng bàn fǎ to think of a method 归纳 歸納 guī nà to sum up / to summarize / to conclude from facts / induction (method of deduction in logic) syn 五笔 五筆 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 解决办法 解決辦法 jiě jué bàn fǎ solution / method to settle an issue 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 法子 fǎ zi way / method / Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] syn 技法 jì fǎ technique / method syn 路子 lù zi method / way / approach syn 想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 窍门 竅門 qiào mén a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth) syn 操作方法 cāo zuò fāng fǎ method of operation 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 教法 jiào fǎ teaching method / teachings / doctrine 教学法 教學法 jiào xué fǎ teaching method / pedagogy 法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 解法 jiě fǎ solution (to a math problem) / method of solving 辩证法 辯證法 biàn zhèng fǎ dialectics / dialectic or Socratic method of debate 分析法 fēn xī fǎ the analytic method / analytic reasoning 唱法 chàng fǎ singing style / singing method 画法 畫法 huà fǎ painting technique / drawing method 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 套子 tào zi sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom syn 走弯路 走彎路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method 五笔字型 五筆字型 wǔ bǐ zì xíng five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 五笔输入法 五筆輸入法 wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 法儿 法兒 fǎ r way / method / means / Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5] 有限元 yǒu xiàn yuán finite element (method) 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description 激将法 激將法 jī jiàng fǎ indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task) 仓颉 倉頡 cāng jié Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method 土法 tǔ fǎ traditional method 归纳法 歸納法 guī nà fǎ induction (method of deduction in logic) 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 术 術 shù method / technique syn 填鸭式 填鴨式 tián yā shì force feeding (as a teaching method) 近道 jìn dào shortcut / a quicker method syn 描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 触诊 觸診 chù zhěn body palpation (diagnostic method in TCM) / tactile examination 满堂灌 滿堂灌 mǎn táng guàn cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 王永民 wáng yǒng mín Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 字根表 zì gēn biǎo table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 