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不首先使用核武器 non first use of nuclear weapons / non first use
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
不使用或威胁使用武力 bù shǐ yòng huò wēi xié shǐ yòng wǔ lì non-use of force or threat of use of force / non-use of force or threat of force
一回生,二回熟 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste
用于 yòng yú to use in / to use on / to use for syn
共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... syn
消极安全保证特设委员会 消極安全保證特設委員會 Ad Hoc Committee on Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons / Ad Hoc Committee on Negative Security Assurances
非使用价值 非使用價值 non-use value / non-consumptive value
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
第一例 dì yī lì first case / first instance / first time (sth is done)
正朔 zhēng shuò first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
无立管钻探船 non-riser drillship / non-riser drilling vessel / non-riser drilling ship / riserless ship
无损检验 無損檢驗 wú sǔn jiǎn yàn non-destructive assay / non-destructive analysis / non-destructive testing
非破坏性试验 非破坏性試驗 fēi pò huài xìng shì yàn non-destructive assay / non-destructive analysis / non-destructive testing
使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn
应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn
利用 lì yòng to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize syn
运用 運用 yùn yòng to use / to put to use syn
施展 shī zhǎn to use fully / to put to use syn
借用 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use syn
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
连用 連用 lián yòng to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
取长补短 取長補短 qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts syn
yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn
用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction
以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
软硬兼施 軟硬兼施 ruǎn yìng jiān shī use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
借题发挥 借題發揮 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
物尽其用 物盡其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything syn
使用方便 shǐ yòng fāng biàn easy to use / convenient to use
大才小用 dà cái xiǎo yòng lit. making little use of great talent / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
抵用 dǐ yòng to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility) / to use in lieu / to redeem (a coupon etc) / to use to offset (an amount owed etc)
用不了 yòng bu liǎo to not use all of / to use less than
土地利用、土地利用变化与林业 土地利用、土地利用變化與林業 land use, land-use change and forestry
核武器示范公约 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Testing, Production, Stockpiling, Transfer, Use and Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons and on Their Elimination / Model Nuclear Weapons Convention
使用或威胁使用核武器 shǐ yòng huò wēi xié shǐ yòng hé wǔ qì use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
合理使用能源奖励制度 hé lǐ shǐ yòng néng yuán jiǎng lì zhì duó Incentive System for the Rational Use of Energy System of Incentives for the Rational Use of Energy on a Regional Basis
河道内用水 hé dào nèi yòng shuǐ instream water use / instream use
河道外用水 hé dào wài yòng shuǐ offstream water use / offstream use
预期土地用途 預期土地用途 intended land use / intended use of land
两用物品 兩用物品 liǎng yòng wù pǐn dual-use item / dual-use good
借东风 借東風 jiè dōng fēng lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
假座 jiǎ zuò to use as a venue (e.g. use {a restaurant} as the venue {for a farewell party}) syn
强扭的瓜不甜 強扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
犯讳 犯諱 fàn huì to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old) / to violate a taboo / to use a taboo word or character
妙用 miào yòng to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use
用典 yòng diǎn to use literary quotations / to use phrases taken from the classics syn
不首先使用 bù shǒu xiān shǐ yòng no first use (policy for nuclear weapons) / NFU
第一用途 dì yī yòng tú first use
首次吸毒年龄 首次吸毒年齡 age of first drug use
四分历 四分曆 sì fēn lì "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warring States period until the early years of the Han dynasty
杀鸡焉用牛刀 殺雞焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
杀鸡何必要用牛刀呢 殺雞何必要用牛刀呢 shā jī hé bì yào yòng niú dāo ne don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut / de minimis non curat praetor (trivial matters are of no concern to a high official)
关于在国际关系上不使用武力的世界条约 world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations
总非使用价值 total non-use value
不使用保证 bù shǐ yòng bǎo zhèng non-use assurances
非消耗性用水 fēi xiāo hào xìng yòng shuǐ non-consumptive use
发展中国家非传统用水方法区域间讨论会 發展中國家非傳統用水方法區域間討論會 Interregional Seminar on non-conventional water resources use in developing countries
非能源用途 fēi néng yuán yòng tú non-energy use
不威胁使用核武器 不威脅使用核武器 bù wēi xié shǐ yòng hé wǔ qì non-threat of use of nuclear weapons
未经同意占用 未經同意占用 non-consensual use and occupancy of privately owned premises
不使用武力 bù shǐ yòng wǔ lì non-use of force
不使用核武器和防止核战争国际公约 不使用核武器和防止核戰爭國際公約 International Convention on the Non-use of Nuclear Weapons and Prevention of Nuclear War
不使用核武器公约 不使用核武器公約 convention on non-use of nuclear weapons
非森林使用 non-forest use
一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one)
首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place syn
最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) syn
初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn
先到 xiān dào first arrival / first return
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight
首例 shǒu lì first case / first instance
晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn
头道 頭道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever syn
争先 爭先 zhēng xiān to compete to be first / to contest first place syn
首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn
草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft / to draw up (a first version) syn
大副 dà fù first mate / first officer (of a ship)
初露锋芒 初露鋒芒 chū lù fēng máng first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
秦代 qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
初犯 chū fàn first offender / first offense
chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
先来后到 先來後到 xiān lái hòu dào in order of arrival / first come, first served syn
第一次 dì yī cì the first time / first / number one
一次生,两次熟 一次生,兩次熟 yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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