宇宙 yǔ zhòu universe / cosmos / space syn 平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 对照 對照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check syn 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe 并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 比拟 比擬 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison syn 悲天悯人 悲天憫人 bēi tiān mǐn rén to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind syn 平行线 平行線 píng xíng xiàn parallel lines 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 寰宇 huán yǔ the whole earth / the universe syn 双杠 雙槓 shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event) 并联 並聯 bìng lián parallel connection 并口 並口 bìng kǒu parallel port (computing) 太虚 太虛 tài xū great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos syn 浩浩 hào hào vast / expansive (universe) / torrential (floods) 中英文对照 中英文對照 zhōng yīng wén duì zhào Chinese-English parallel texts 玄奥 玄奧 xuán ào abstruse / profound mystery / the mysteries of the universe syn 中英对照 中英對照 zhōng yīng duì zhào Chinese English parallel texts 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 挽联 挽聯 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration 宇宙观 宇宙觀 yǔ zhòu guān world view / conception of the universe syn 宇 yǔ room / universe syn 纬线 緯線 wěi xiàn woof / line of latitude / parallel 并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict 并行口 並行口 bìng xíng kǒu parallel port (computing) 二元论 二元論 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil) 一元论 一元論 yī yuán lùn monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance 独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit 不可知论 不可知論 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable 日心说 日心說 rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe 骈 駢 pián (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style) syn 盘古 盤古 pán gǔ Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) syn 多元论 多元論 duō yuán lùn pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances 平行组试验 parallel group trial / parallel trial / independent group design 骈俪 駢儷 pián lì parallel (sentences) / parallel prose 可知论 可知論 kě zhī lùn gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable 冈底斯山 岡底斯山 gāng dǐ sī shān Mt Gangdisê (6656m) in southwest Tibet, revered by Tibetans as the center of the universe 朔时空 朔時空 shuò shí kōng early universe 泛神论 泛神論 fàn shén lùn pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe 泛自然神论 泛自然神論 fàn zì rán shén lùn pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it 混元 hùn yuán time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world 理神论 理神論 lǐ shén lùn deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe 盘古氏 盤古氏 pán gǔ shì Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) 自然神论 自然神論 zì rán shén lùn deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe 超泛神论 超泛神論 chāo fàn shén lùn panentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it 热寂 熱寂 rè jì (physics) heat death of the universe 残疾问题的新范畴 殘疾問題的新範疇 new universe of disability 造物 zào wù luck / to create the universe / god (as the creator of all things) / the Creator 鸿蒙 鴻蒙 hóng méng (literary) primordial chaos (mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe) syn 并激 並激 bìng jī parallel excitation / shunt excitation / shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator) 并行程序 並行程序 bìng xíng chéng xù parallel program 并行计算 並行計算 bìng xíng jì suàn parallel computing / (Tw) concurrent computing 三十八度线 三十八度線 sān shí bā dù xiàn 38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea 三江并流 三江並流 sān jiāng bìng liú Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[Nu4 jiang1] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1] or Mekong 卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects) 平行公设 平行公設 píng xíng gōng shè the parallel postulate (geometry) / Euclid's fifth postulate 排偶 pái ǒu parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device) syn 横断山脉 橫斷山脈 héng duàn shān mài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet 纬圈 緯圈 wěi quān line of latitude / parallel 纬线圈 緯線圈 wěi xiàn quān line of latitude / parallel 英汉对译 英漢對譯 yīng hàn duì yì English-Chinese parallel text 骈体 駢體 pián tǐ parallel prose (ancient literary style) 平行进口 平行進口 píng xíng jìn kǒu parallel import 并行处理 parallel processing 并行海洋模拟程序 Parallel Ocean Programme 平行活动 平行活動 parallel event 复制线 复制線 fù zhì xiàn replica line / tracé parallèle / trace parallel 标准纬线 標準緯線 standard parallel 并行供资 並行供資 parallel funding 备份办法 備份辦法 parallel sourcing 并行国家 並行國家 parallel State 特别平行关系协定 特別平行關系協定 Special Parallel Relationship Agreement 并行许诺 並行許諾 parallel undertakings 比附 bǐ fù to draw a parallel 平行计算 平行計算 píng xíng jì suàn (Tw) parallel computing 