起见 起見 qǐ jiàn motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose 移用 yí yòng to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one / to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose 特殊目的载体 特殊目的載體 special purpose vehicle / special purpose entity 特殊目的实体 特殊目的實體 special purpose vehicle / special purpose entity 通用单一界限 通用單一界限 all-purpose single boundary / all-purpose line 通用线 通用線 all-purpose single boundary / all-purpose line 用得其所 yòng de qí suǒ used properly / used for its intended purpose / to put to good use / to serve its purpose 多功能社区电信中心 多功能社區電信中心 multi-purpose community telecentre 实用多用途水文次级方案 實用多用途水文次級方案 shí yòng duō yòng tú shuǐ wén cì jí fāng àn Hydrological Operational Multi-purpose Subprogramme 多用途储罐 多用途儲罐 duō yòng tú chǔ guàn multi-purpose canister 多功能道 multi-purpose track 多用途树 多用途樹 multi-purpose tree 多种目的 多種目的 multi-purpose 多功能警察旅 multi-purpose police brigade 斜杠 斜槓 xié gàng slash / forward slash (punctuation mark) / (neologism c. 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently / having a portfolio career / (of a career, identity etc) multi-path / multi-hyphenate / slashie 多党谈判论坛 多黨談判論壇 Multi-Party Negotiating Forum / Multi-Party Forum / Negotiating Forum 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 多布森单位 多布森單位 Dobson unit / Dobson / total ozone unit / ozone unit / unit of ozone 地面动力装置 地面動力裝置 airstart unit / ground power unit 中型多功能后勤队 medium multi-role logistics unit 多功能工兵队 多功能工兵隊 duō gōng néng gōng bīng duì multi-role engineer unit 重型多功能后勤队 重型多功能後勤隊 heavy multi-role logistics unit 轻型多用途后勤队 輕型多用途后勤隊 qīng xíng duō yòng tú hòu qín duì light multi-role logistics unit 多功能后勤队 多功能後勤隊 multi-role logistics unit 多功能医务队 多功能醫務隊 multi-role health services unit 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 实权 實權 shí quán real power / genuine power 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 发送功率 發送功率 fā sòng gōng lǜ transmission power / output power 乘幂 乘冪 chéng mì (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 权力交接 權力交接 quán lì jiāo jiē transfer of power / to hand over power 生杀大权 生殺大權 shēng shā dà quán life-and-death power / ultimate power 道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). 零排放发电厂 zero-emission power centre / zero-emission power plant 潮汐发电站 tidal power station / tidal power plant 基地台电源 base station power supply / base power supply 核动力源 核動力源 hé dòng lì yuán nuclear power source / nuclear power system 脉冲功率设备 脈沖功率設備 pulsed power device / pulse power equipment 化石燃料电站 化石燃料電站 huà shí rán liào diàn zhàn fossil-fired power station / fossil-fuel power station 核能反应堆 核能反應堆 nuclear power reactor / power reactor 核四 hé sì Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant 权欲熏心 權慾薰心 quán yù xūn xīn obsessed by a craving for power / power-hungry syn 硬实力 硬實力 yìng shí lì hard power (i.e. military and economic power) 修昔底德陷阱 xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power) 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 支光 zhī guāng watt, unit of power used for electric bulbs 动车 動車 dòng chē (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train / power car / multiple-unit train (abbr. for 動車組|动车组[dong4che1zu3]) 辅助动力装置 輔助動力裝置 fǔ zhù dòng lì zhuāng zhì auxiliary power unit 辅助电源设备 輔助電源設備 fǔ zhù diàn yuán shè bèi auxiliary power unit 非军事化和加强文职权力咨询股 非軍事化和加強文職權力咨詢股 Advisory Unit on Demilitarization and Strengthening Civilian Power 发电设备修理分队 發電設備修理分隊 power generating equipment repair sub-unit 电力股 電力股 power unit 犋 jù unit of animal power (sufficient to pull a plow, harrow etc) 为了 爲了 wèi le for / for the purpose of / in order to syn 特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 目的 mù dì purpose / aim / goal / target / objective / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture 故意 gù yì deliberately / on purpose syn 调用 調用 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc) 选用 選用 xuǎn yòng to choose for some purpose / to select and use syn 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 万能 萬能 wàn néng omnipotent / all-purpose / universal syn 舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information syn 他用 tā yòng other use / other purpose 白白 bái bái in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white syn 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 针对性 針對性 zhēn duì xìng focus / direction / purpose / relevance syn 意向 yì xiàng intention / purpose / intent / inclination / disposition syn 旨在 zhǐ zài to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth) syn 特地 tè dì specially / for a special purpose syn 用作 yòng zuò to use for the purpose of / to serve as syn 用意 yòng yì intention / purpose syn 专程 專程 zhuān chéng specifically / specially (for that purpose) syn 挪用 nuó yòng to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate syn 为的是 為的是 wèi de shì for the sake of / for the purpose of 来意 來意 lái yì one's purpose in coming syn 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn 统一思想 統一思想 tǒng yī sī xiǎng with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose 齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 合用 hé yòng to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable syn 专款 專款 zhuān kuǎn special fund / money allocated for a particular purpose 事由 shì yóu main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) syn 特来 特來 tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind 借以 jiè yǐ so as to / for the purpose of / in order to 同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 成心 chéng xīn intentionally / deliberately / on purpose syn 龙芯 龍芯 lóng xīn Loongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China) 转用 轉用 zhuǎn yòng to adapt for use for another purpose syn 特为 特為 tè wèi for a specific purpose / specially syn 腾挪 騰挪 téng nuó to move / to shift / to move out of the way / to divert (money etc) to a different purpose syn 南辕北辙 南轅北轍 nán yuán běi zhé to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom) syn 