公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 公营企业 公營企業 gōng yíng qǐ yè public enterprise, as opposed to private enterprise 私營企業|私营企业[si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] 厂家 廠家 chǎng jiā factory / manufacturer / (coll.) a factory owner / the factory management 主人 zhǔ rén master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 业主 業主 yè zhǔ owner / proprietor syn 车主 車主 chē zhǔ vehicle owner 店主 diàn zhǔ shop owner syn 所有者 suǒ yǒu zhě proprietor / owner syn 返还 返還 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 王八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp syn 失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 招领 招領 zhāo lǐng to advertise for the owner of lost property 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 船东 船東 chuán dōng ship owner syn 奴隶主 奴隸主 nú lì zhǔ slave owner syn 船主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 物归原主 物歸原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner syn 自耕农 自耕農 zì gēng nóng owner peasant / land-holding peasant 完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 wán bì guī zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom) / fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner syn 半自耕农 半自耕農 bàn zì gēng nóng semi-tenant peasant / semi-owner peasant 财东 財東 cái dōng shop owner / moneybags syn 厂主 廠主 chǎng zhǔ factory owner 物主 wù zhǔ owner syn 以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard 前车主 前車主 qián chē zhǔ previous owner (of a car for sale) 所有主 suǒ yǒu zhǔ owner / proprietor 打狗欺主 dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ to beat a dog and bully its owner / fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate 有产者 有產者 yǒu chǎn zhě property owner / the wealthy syn 物各有主 wù gè yǒu zhǔ everything has a rightful owner (idiom) 相配物 xiāng pèi wù thing that is well suited / pet animal that suits its owner 东主 東主 dōng zhǔ owner (e.g. of a shop) 国际飞机所有人和驾驶员协会理事会 International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations 业务所有人 業務所有人 yè wù suǒ yǒu rén business owner 沃伦・巴菲特 沃倫・巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway 米哈伊尔・普罗霍罗夫 米哈伊爾・普羅霍羅夫 mǐ hā yī ěr · pǔ luó huò luó fū Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team) 闲章 閑章 xián zhāng recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb) 沃伦·巴菲特 沃倫·巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway 米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫 米哈伊爾·普羅霍羅夫 mǐ hā yī ěr · pǔ luó huò luó fū Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team) 代驾 代駕 dài jià to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3]) / substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1]) 铲屎官 鏟屎官 chǎn shǐ guān (neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop") 猫奴 貓奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular) 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone / owner 正主 zhèng zhǔ central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel syn 企业 企業 qǐ yè company / firm / enterprise / corporation / CL:家[jia1] 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 采购 採購 cǎi gòu to procure (for an enterprise etc) / to purchase syn 创业 創業 chuàng yè to begin an undertaking / to start an enterprise / entrepreneurship 商家 shāng jiā merchant / business / enterprise syn 实业 實業 shí yè industry / commercial enterprise syn 小企业 小企業 xiǎo qǐ yè small enterprise 中小企业 中小企業 zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè small and medium enterprise 国有企业 國有企業 guó yǒu qǐ yè state-owned enterprise 事业单位 事業單位 shì yè dān wèi public institution / (Tw) business enterprise / company / firm 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 国企 國企 guó qǐ state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理[guo2ji4 qi3ye4 guan3li3]) 私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn 中资 中資 zhōng zī Chinese capital / Chinese enterprise 中小型企业 中小型企業 zhōng xiǎo xíng qǐ yè small or medium size enterprise (SME) 私企 sī qǐ private enterprise / abbr. of 私營企業|私营企业[si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] syn 功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) syn 苦心经营 苦心經營 kǔ xīn jīng yíng to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts syn 外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4] 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 国营企业 國營企業 guó yíng qǐ yè state-operated enterprise 企业广场五期 企業廣場五期 qǐ yè guǎng chǎng wǔ qī Enterprise 中企业 中企業 zhōng qǐ yè medium sized enterprise 创业板上市 創業板上市 chuàng yè bǎn shàng shì Growth Enterprise Markets (GEM) 勤俭办企业 勤儉辦企業 qín jiǎn bàn qǐ yè to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily 国有公司 國有公司 guó yǒu gōng sī state enterprise 定点企业 定點企業 dìng diǎn qǐ yè a specialized enterprise 拆账 拆賬 chāi zhàng to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits 搭架子 dā jià zi to put up scaffolding / to build a framework / to launch an enterprise syn 社会事业 社會事業 shè huì shì yè social enterprise 自由企业 自由企業 zì yóu qǐ yè free enterprise (in capitalist theory) 茶马互市 茶馬互市 chá mǎ hù shì old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty 陕飞集团 陝飛集團 shǎn fēi jí tuán Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (state-owned enterprise) 资方 資方 zī fāng the owners of a private enterprise / management / capital (as opposed to labor) 企业级搜索引擎 qǐ yè jí sōu suǒ yǐn qíng enterprise search tool 企业资源规划团结项目办公室 Office of Enterprise Resource Planning — Umoja 投资、技术和企业发展司 投資、技術和企業發展司 Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development 创造就业机会和企业发展部 Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department 国际私营企业中心 Center for International Private Enterprise 企业级服务器 qǐ yè jí fù wù qì enterprise server 外国直接投资企业 wài guó zhí jiē tóu zī qǐ yè foreign direct investment enterprise 企业级解决方桉处 企業級解決方案處 Enterprise Solution Service 纵向一体化企业 vertically integrated enterprise 科索沃邮政和电信局 Post and Telecommunications Enterprise in the territory of Kosovo 非洲企业方案 非洲企業方案 fēi zhōu qǐ yè fāng àn Enterprise Africa Programme 企业、工商促进和发展委员会 企業、工商促進和發展委員會 Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development 虚拟集成信息系统 - 企业资源一体规划 虛擬集成信息系統 - 企業資源一體規劃 Virtual Integrated System of Information-One Enterprise Resource Planning / Virtual Integrated System of Information 技术和小型企业发展高级顾问 技術和小型企業發展高級顧問 Senior Adviser on Technology and Small Enterprise Development 企业级系统和信通技术安保科 企業級系統和信通技術安保科 Enterprise Systems and Information and Communications Technology Security Section 