中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 塔利班 tǎ lì bān the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn 中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period syn 中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 月饼 月餅 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) 中秋节 中秋節 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month syn 中盘 中盤 zhōng pán middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor / wholesaler / middleman 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 新文化运动 新文化運動 xīn wén huà yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science 心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2]) 三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August syn 中纬度 mid-latitudes / middle latitudes syn 任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 评估 評估 píng gū to evaluate / to assess / assessment / evaluation 派遣 pài qiǎn to send (on a mission) / to dispatch syn 艰巨 艱巨 jiān jù (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult / challenging / demanding syn 使馆 使館 shǐ guǎn consulate / diplomatic mission syn 估算 gū suàn assessment / evaluation syn 特派员 特派員 tè pài yuán special correspondent / sb dispatched on a mission / special commissioner syn 天职 天職 tiān zhí vocation / duty / mission in life syn 特派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission syn 交差 jiāo chāi to report back after completion of one's mission syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 目测 目測 mù cè to estimate visually / to gauge / visual assessment 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 使团 使團 shǐ tuán diplomatic mission 攻坚 攻堅 gōng jiān to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission 复命 復命 fù mìng to report on completion of a mission / debriefing syn 出使 chū shǐ to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission 专题研究 專題研究 mission-orientated research 评估报告 assessment report 环评 環評 huán píng environmental impact assessment (EIA) / abbr. for 環境影響評估|环境影响评估 翻盘 翻盤 fān pán to make a comeback / (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong 风险评估 風險評估 fēng xiǎn píng gū risk assessment 聘 pìn to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] syn 苦差 kǔ chāi hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore syn 观澜湖 觀瀾湖 guān lán hú Mission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company) 观察团 observer mission 公使馆 公使館 gōng shǐ guǎn embassy (old term) / foreign mission 花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn 核可的特派团因数 核可的特派團因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor 特派团使用因数 特派團使用因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor 联合国扫盲十年中期审查 聯合國掃盲十年中期審查 UNLD Mid-Decade Review / Mid-Decade Review 扩张洋脊 擴張洋脊 kuò zhāng yáng jǐ mid-oceanic ridge / mid-ocean ridge 双节 雙節 shuāng jié combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节[Zhong1 qiu1 jie2] falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section 中端 zhōng duān mid-range / mid-tier / middle segment / the middle part 欧洲安全和防卫政策法治特派团 歐洲安全和防衛政策法治特派團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 安全防卫团 安全防衛團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 千年发展目标需求评估 千年發展目標需求評估 Millennium Development Goals needs assessment / MDG needs assessment 联合国灾害评估和协调待命小组 聯合國災害評估和協調待命小組 United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team / United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Standby Team / UNDAC team 社会性别需要评估和影响评估方法 社會性別需要評估和影響評估方法 Gender Needs Assessment and Impact Assessment Methodology 遵守情况评估 遵守情況評估 conformity assessment / compliance assessment 达标评估 達標評估 conformity assessment / compliance assessment 全球海洋环境状况评估 全球海洋環境狀況評估 Global Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment / Global Marine Assessment 全球海洋评估 全球海洋評估 Global Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment / Global Marine Assessment 独立评估团 independent assessment mission 联合国阿布哈兹需要评估团 United Nations Needs Assessment Mission to Abkhazia 技术评估团 Technical Assessment Mission 伊拉克作物和粮食评估团 Crop and Food Assessment Mission to Iraq 联合评估团 Joint Assessment Mission 粮食和作物供应评估特派团 糧食和作物供應評估特派團 Food and Crop Supply Assessment Mission 粮食援助需要联合评估团 糧食援助需要聯合評估團 Joint Food Aid Needs Assessment Mission 作物和粮食供应评价团 作物和糧食供應評價團 Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission 派驻黎巴嫩的机构间需要评估特派团 派駐黎巴嫩的機構間需要評估特派團 Inter-Agency Needs Assessment Mission to Lebanon 冲突评价团 沖突評價團 conflict assessment mission 达尔富尔联合评估团 達爾富爾聯合評估團 Darfur Joint Assessment Mission 机构间评价团 機構間評價團 inter-agency assessment mission 人类住区部门分析和需求评估特派团 人類住區部門分析和需求評估特派團 Human Settlements Sector Analysis and Needs Assessment Mission 基线数据评价特派团 基線數據評價特派團 Baseline-Data Assessment Mission 黎巴嫩经济评价特派团 黎巴嫩經濟評價特派團 Economic Assessment Mission to Lebanon 多学科评估特派团 多學科評估特派團 multidisciplinary assessment mission 岩仓使节团 岩倉使節團 yán cāng shǐ jié tuán the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871) 特派团联合分析小组 Joint Mission Analysis Cell / Joint Mission Analysis Centre 特派团标准作业程序 mission standard operating procedures / mission standing operating procedures 常驻代表团 cháng zhù dài biǎo tuán Permanent Mission to the United Nations / Permanent Mission 已结束的特派团 closed peacekeeping mission / closed mission 伊加特索马里和平支助团 伊加特索馬里和平支助團 Peacekeeping Mission of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Somalia / IGAD Peace Support Mission in Somalia 联合国加沙冲突实况调查团 聯合國加沙沖突實況調查團 United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 独立国际实况调查团 獨立國際實況調查團 United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 联合国驻苏丹先遣团 聯合國駐蘇丹先遣團 lián hé guó zhù sū dān xiān qiǎn tuán United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan / United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan; 收货特派团 收貨特派團 recipient field mission / recipient-mission 特派团人员 特派團人員 mission personnel / mission staff 议会调查团 議會調查團 Mission d'information parlementaire / Mission Quilès 基莱斯调查团 基萊斯調查團 Mission d'information parlementaire / Mission Quilès 西非国家经济共同体利比里亚特派团 西非國家經濟共同體利比里亞特派團 Economic Community of West African States' Mission in Liberia / ECOWAS Mission in Liberia 西非经共体利比里亚特派团 西非經共體利比里亞特派團 Economic Community of West African States' Mission in Liberia / ECOWAS Mission in Liberia 联合国加沙冲突实况调查团的报告 聯合國加沙沖突實況調查團的報告 Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 独立国际实况调查团的报告 獨立國際實況調查團的報告 Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict / Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission 技术调查组 技術調查組 technical survey team / pre-mission technical survey team / mission survey team / assesment team 任务缩减 任務縮減 rèn wù suō jiǎn downgraded mission / scaled down mission 空间实验室生命科学任务 空間實驗室生命科學任務 Spacelab Life Sciences mission / SLS mission 联合国视察团 聯合國視察團 United Nations Visiting Mission / Visiting Mission 科索沃核查团 科索沃核查團 Kosovo Verification Mission / Verification Mission in Kosovo 北约科索沃核查团 北約科索沃核查團 NATO Kosovo Verification Mission / NATO Kosovo Air Verification Mission 北约科索沃空中核查团 北約科索沃空中核查團 NATO Kosovo Verification Mission / NATO Kosovo Air Verification Mission 