有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 岗哨 崗哨 gǎng shào lookout post / sentry post / sentry syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 调职 調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post 邮汇 郵匯 yóu huì to remit by post / remittance sent by post syn 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 邮件 郵件 yóu jiàn mail / post / email 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties 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 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 派遣 pài qiǎn to send (on a mission) / to dispatch syn 公告 gōng gào post / announcement 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 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 复职 復職 fù zhí to resume a post 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 邮报 郵報 yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper) 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 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 邮寄 郵寄 yóu jì to mail / to send by post syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 在职 在職 zài zhí to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 特派员 特派員 tè pài yuán special correspondent / sb dispatched on a mission / special commissioner syn 梵高 fán gāo Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter 天职 天職 tiān zhí vocation / duty / mission in life syn 出任 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 特派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission syn 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 离队 離隊 lí duì to leave one's post 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 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 邮递 郵遞 yóu dì to mail / to deliver (through the post) syn 叶利钦 葉利欽 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post 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 驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) 免职 免職 miǎn zhí to relieve sb of his post / to sack / to demote / dismissal / sacking syn 调任 調任 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post 交差 jiāo chāi to report back after completion of one's mission syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 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 晨报 晨報 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post 标杆 標杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark 兼任 jiān rèn to hold a concurrent post / part-time / (in academia) adjunct syn 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 后怕 後怕 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress syn 首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post syn 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 罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post / to dismiss syn 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 走马上任 走馬上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn (idiom) to take office / to assume a post syn 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 在岗 在崗 zài gǎng to be at one's post 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 哨所 shào suǒ watchhouse / sentry post syn 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 副教授 fù jiào shòu associate professor (university post) 寄出 jì chū to mail / to send by post 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 