现场 現場 xiàn chǎng the scene (of a crime, accident etc) / (on) the spot / (at) the site syn 地点 地點 dì diǎn place / site / location / venue / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 场地 場地 chǎng dì space / site / place / sports pitch syn 工地 gōng dì construction site 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 所在地 suǒ zài dì location / site 实地 實地 shí dì on-site syn 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 贴切 貼切 tiē qiè close-fitting / closest (translation) syn 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 原著 yuán zhù original work (not translation or abridged) 直译 直譯 zhí yì literal translation 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 阎王 閻王 yán wáng same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja syn 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 换算 換算 huàn suàn to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation syn 兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 园区 園區 yuán qū site developed for a group of related enterprises / (industrial or technology) park 矿区 礦區 kuàng qū mining site / mining area 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 选址 選址 xuǎn zhǐ to select a suitable site / site / location 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 马兰 馬蘭 mǎ lán Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang syn 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 平移 píng yí translation (geometry) syn 旧址 舊址 jiù zhǐ former site / old location 玄学 玄學 xuán xué Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 发射场 發射場 fā shè chǎng launch site 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 踏勘 tà kān to go and inspect (a site) / to do an on-site survey syn 厂址 廠址 chǎng zhǐ factory site / location 翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 猪八戒 豬八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 厂区 廠區 plant site 巡礼 巡禮 xún lǐ to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour syn 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 临床应用 臨床應用 clinical translation 导览 導覽 dǎo lǎn (visitor, tour, audio etc) guide / guided tour / (site) navigator / to guide 九华山 九華山 jiǔ huá shān Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 南苑 nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing 笔译 筆譯 bǐ yì written translation 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 互译 互譯 hù yì two-way translation 英译 英譯 yīng yì English translation 死亡笔记 死亡筆記 sǐ wáng bǐ jì Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4] 马王堆 馬王堆 mǎ wáng duī Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site 济州岛 濟州島 jì zhōu dǎo Jeju Island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site 半坡 bàn pō Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 周口店 zhōu kǒu diàn Zhoukoudian prehistoric site in Fangshan district 房山區|房山区[Fang2 shan1 qu1], Beijing 酋长国 酋長國 qiú zhǎng guó Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief 殷墟 yīn xū Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安陽|安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site syn 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 剥掉 剝掉 bō diào to peel off / to strip off 刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away 明孝陵 míng xiào líng Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site 天演 tiān yǎn natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) 田湾 田灣 tián wān Tianwan in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, site of large nuclear power plant 园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 济州 濟州 jì zhōu Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 着陆场 著陸場 zhuó lù chǎng landing site 集合点 集合點 assembly site 摘译 摘譯 zhāi yì quoted (from) / translation of selected passages 总平面图 總平面圖 zǒng píng miàn tú general layout / site plan 今译 今譯 jīn yì modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation 同声翻译 同聲翻譯 tóng shēng fān yì simultaneous translation 出脱 出脫 chū tuō to manage to sell / to dispose of sth (by selling) / to get property off one's hands / to find excuses (to get off a charge) / to extricate sb (from trouble) / to vindicate / to become prettier (of child) syn 着陆点 著陸點 zhuó lù diǎn landing site 鼠窜 鼠竄 shǔ cuàn to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat 瀛台 瀛臺 yíng tái Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1nan2hai3], now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions 天演论 天演論 tiān yǎn lùn the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) 重译 重譯 chóng yì to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors) syn 混充 hún chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 混充 hùn chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 拜科努尔 拜科努爾 bài kē nǔ ěr Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan)