追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts / (lose) track (of) syn 追寻 追尋 zhuī xún to pursue / to track down / to search syn 跑道 pǎo dào athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip) 正轨 正軌 zhèng guǐ the right track syn 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects syn 足迹 足跡 zú jì footprint / track / spoor syn 铁轨 鐵軌 tiě guǐ rail / railroad track / CL:根[gen1] syn 搜捕 sōu bǔ to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt syn 轨迹 軌跡 guǐ jì locus / orbit / trajectory / track syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 巅峰 巔峰 diān fēng summit / apex / pinnacle (of one's career etc) / peak (of a civilization etc) syn 蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 铁道 鐵道 tiě dào railway line / rail track 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn 顺藤摸瓜 順藤摸瓜 shùn téng mō guā lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues syn 出道 chū dào to start one's career / (of an entertainer) to make one's debut syn 越轨 越軌 yuè guǐ to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety syn 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 垫脚石 墊腳石 diàn jiǎo shí stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career syn 脱轨 脫軌 tuō guǐ to leave the rails / to derail / to jump the track 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) syn 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc syn 成家立业 成家立業 chéng jiā lì yè to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself syn 扶摇直上 扶搖直上 fú yáo zhí shàng to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career syn 侦缉 偵緝 zhēn jī to track down / to investigate and arrest syn 查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) syn 粉墨登场 粉墨登場 fěn mò dēng chǎng to make up and go on stage (idiom) / to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime) syn 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn 熟路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 政绩 政績 zhèng jì (political) achievements / track record 履带 履帶 lǚ dài caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt syn 田径赛 田徑賽 tián jìng sài track and field competition 主打 zhǔ dǎ principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on 音轨 音軌 yīn guǐ sound track / track number (e.g. on a CD) 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 职业发展 career development 转轨 轉軌 zhuǎn guǐ to change track 打天下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself syn 飞黄腾达 飛黃騰達 fēi huáng téng dá lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom) / fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career syn 奸雄 姦雄 jiān xióng person who seeks advancement by any means / career climber / unscrupulous careerist syn 回良玉 huí liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013 终身制 終身制 career track 双轨制 雙軌制 dual-track system 复线 複線 fù xiàn multiple track (e.g. rail) / multilane (e.g. highway) / (math.) complex line 塑胶跑道 塑膠跑道 sù jiāo pǎo dào synthetic athletics track / tartan track 上轨道 上軌道 shàng guǐ dào to stay on track / to proceed smoothly syn 铺轨 鋪軌 pū guǐ to lay railway track 官运亨通 官運亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom) syn 马俊仁 馬俊仁 mǎ jùn rén Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach 路轨 路軌 lù guǐ track (railroad, streetcar etc) 轨 軌 guǐ (bound form) rail / track / course / path syn 径 徑 jìng footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly syn 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 超拔 chāo bá outstanding / to fast-track / to elevate / to free oneself from 抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) 合辙 合轍 hé zhé on the same track / in agreement / rhyming syn 疃 tuǎn village / animal track 蹟 jì variant of 跡|迹, track / trace / footprint 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 