开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn 阴沟 陰溝 yīn gōu sewer / underground drainage channel syn 暗沟 暗溝 àn gōu sewer / underground drainage channel syn 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 公开赛 公開賽 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open") 撑开 撐開 chēng kāi to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open 明渠 míng qú (open, uncovered) water channel / canal 流域 liú yù river basin / valley / drainage area 水系 shuǐ xì drainage system 分水岭 分水嶺 fēn shuǐ lǐng dividing range / drainage divide / (fig.) dividing line / watershed syn 引流 yǐn liú to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online 排水系统 排水系統 pái shuǐ xì tǒng drainage 出水口 chū shuǐ kǒu water outlet / drainage outlet 排水口 pái shuǐ kǒu plughole / drainage hole 圳 zhèn (dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4]) / used in place names, notably 深圳[Shen1 zhen4] 浦 pǔ river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old) 排水渠 pái shuǐ qú drainage 排泄系统 排洩系統 pái xiè xì tǒng drainage system / excretory system 泄流 洩流 xiè liú drainage 酸性矿井水 suān xìng kuàng jǐng shuǐ acid mine drainage 矿山中性排水方桉 礦山中性排水方案 Mine Environment Neutral Drainage programme 污水排除 drainage disposal 国际排水流域 international drainage basin 排灌中心 Centre for Irrigation and Drainage 人工排水 artificial drainage 抽放效率 outflow yield / drainage efficiency 国际排灌委员会 國際排灌委員會 International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage 国际技术研究促进灌溉和排水方桉 國際技術研究促進灌溉和排水方案 International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage 排水孔 pái shuǐ kǒng plughole / drainage hole 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 开阔 開闊 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up syn 掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open syn 开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 开裂 開裂 kāi liè to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) syn 劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn 撬开 撬開 qiào kāi to pry open / to lever open 敲开 敲開 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~ syn 开卷 開卷 kāi juàn to open a book / open-book (exam) syn 扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn 披 pī to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out syn 拆 chāi to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open syn 辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn 敞 chǎng open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose syn 撬 qiào to lift / to pry open / to lever open syn 凿空 鑿空 záo kōng to open an aperture / (extended meaning) to cut a way through / to open up a road syn 开埠 開埠 kāi bù to open up a port for trade / to open treaty ports 露天堆栈 露天堆棧 lù tiān duī zhàn open-air repository / open-air depot 马丁炉 馬丁爐 mǎ dīng lú Martin furnace / open hearth furnace / open hearth syn 露天爆燃 lù tiān bào rán Open Burning and Open Detonation 公开试验 公開試驗 gōng kāi shì yàn open-label study / non-masked trial / open trial 开放和有规则的贸易制度第9工作队 開放和有規則的貿易制度第9工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems / Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems 开杯试验 開杯試驗 kāi bēi shì yàn open-cup test / Cleveland open-cup test 克利夫兰开杯试验 克利夫蘭開杯試驗 kè lì fú lán kāi bēi shì yàn open-cup test / Cleveland open-cup test 试行开放天空 試行開放天空 Open Skies trial / Open Skies trial flight 开放名单制 開放名單制 open list / open-list system 旷地 曠地 kuàng dì open space / open field 呆扳手 dāi bān shǒu open spanner / open end spanner / flat spanner 频道 頻道 pín dào frequency / (television) channel syn 渠道 qú dào irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means syn 通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 途径 途徑 tú jìng way / means / channel syn 管道 guǎn dào tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means 纳入 納入 nà rù to bring into / to channel into / to integrate into / to incorporate 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 导入 導入 dǎo rù to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data) 海峡 海峽 hǎi xiá strait / channel 河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn 经脉 經脈 jīng mài channel of TCM syn 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 灌输 灌輸 guàn shū to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place syn 信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them 航道 háng dào waterway / ship channel syn 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 调拨 調撥 diào bō to send (products) / to allocate / to commit (funds) / to channel (goods) syn 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 沟渠 溝渠 gōu qú channel / moat / irrigation canal syn 经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn 泽西 澤西 zé xī Jersey (Channel Islands) 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 转台 轉台 zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV) 英吉利海峡 英吉利海峽 yīng jí lì hǎi xiá English Channel 主航道 zhǔ háng dào main channel 引河 yǐn hé irrigation channel 暗渠 àn qú underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 槽 cáo trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive syn 传输通道 傳輸通道 chuán shū tōng dào transport channel 通讯通道 通訊通道 tōng xùn tōng dào communications channel 虚拟通道标志符 虛擬通道標誌符 xū nǐ tōng dào biāo zhì fú virtual channel connection identifier / VCI 虚拟通道连接 虛擬通道連接 xū nǐ tōng dào lián jiē virtual channel connection / VCC 语音通讯通道 語音通訊通道 yǔ yīn tōng xùn tōng dào voice (communications) channel 交流道 jiāo liú dào (Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication 加来海峡 加來海峽 jiā lái hǎi xiá Strait of Calais in the English channel / Strait of Dover / Pas-de-Calais, département of France 埃文茅斯 āi wén máo sī Avonmouth in southwest England / same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡[Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2] 