好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:股[gu3] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 有效 yǒu xiào effective / in effect / valid syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect syn 因果 yīn guǒ karma / cause and effect syn 危害 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 效应 效應 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon) syn 特技 tè jì special effect / stunt 生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect syn 并发症 併發症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) syn 走漏 zǒu lòu to leak (information, secrets etc) / to smuggle and evade tax / to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 偏爱 偏愛 piān ài to be partial towards sth / to favor / to prefer / preference / favorite syn 起因 qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect) syn 成效 chéng xiào effect / result syn 特效 tè xiào specially good effect / special efficacy / (cinema etc) special effects syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 偏向 piān xiàng partial towards sth / to prefer / to incline / erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation) syn 生产线 生產線 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 施行 shī xíng to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect syn 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 见效 見效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect syn 推行 tuī xíng to put into effect / to carry out syn 隔热 隔熱 gé rè to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc) 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 疗效 療效 liáo xiào healing efficacy / healing effect 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 药性 藥性 yào xìng medicinal effect 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 偏心 piān xīn partial / biased / prejudiced / eccentric syn 根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn 控制线 控制線 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 偏颇 偏頗 piān pō biased / partial syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 毛毛雨 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect syn 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure syn 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 会师 會師 huì shī to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction syn 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 底边 底邊 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt) syn 曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 余韵 餘韻 yú yùn pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc) syn 实效 實效 shí xiào actual effect / practical result / efficacy syn 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 站队 站隊 zhàn duì to line up / to stand in line / (fig.) to take sides / to side with sb / to align oneself with a faction syn 偏食 piān shí partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function 温室效应 溫室效應 wēn shì xiào yìng greenhouse effect 显效 顯效 xiǎn xiào to show an effect / to produce an effect / a conspicuous effect 线图 線圖 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 逐行扫描 逐行掃描 zhú háng sǎo miáo line by line scanning / progressive scanning 效验 效驗 xiào yàn (desired) effect / (expected) result / effective syn 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 补给线 supply line / line of supply 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 偏倚 piān yǐ to be partial / to favor 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn 效 xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 星星之火 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect syn 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 准线 準線 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line 藏头露尾 藏頭露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi to hide the head and show the tail (idiom) / to give a partial account / half-truths syn 色弱 sè ruò partial color blindness / color weakness 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 长蛇阵 長蛇陣 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line 一孔之见 一孔之見 yī kǒng zhī jiàn partial view / limited outlook syn 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 