里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 量 liáng to measure syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 措施 cuò shī measure / step / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 测量 測量 cè liáng survey / to measure / to gauge / to determine syn 深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 打量 dǎ liang to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon syn 比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn 针锋相对 針鋒相對 zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom) / tit for tat / measure for measure syn 举措 舉措 jǔ cuò move / act / measure syn 预防针 預防針 yù fáng zhēn immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 度量 dù liàng measure / tolerance / breadth / magnanimity / (math.) metric syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3] 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 丈量 zhàng liáng to measure / measurement syn 量度 liáng dù to measure / measurement 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means. 量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word 量身 liáng shēn to take sb's measurements / to measure sb up 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 政策措施 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 安全措施 ān quán cuò shī safety feature / security measure 具体措施 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure 预防措施 預防措施 yù fáng cuò shī protective step / protective measure 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn 量测 量測 liáng cè to measure / measurement 测温 測溫 cè wēn to measure temperature 定标 定標 dìng biāo to calibrate (measure or apparatus) / fixed coefficient 伏安 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits) 测度 測度 cè dù measure (math.) syn 治疗措施 治療措施 zhì liáo cuò shī curative measure 酌量 zhuó liáng to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink) syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 测 測 cè to survey / to measure / to conjecture syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 衡 héng to weigh / weight / measure 比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) syn 皮尺 pí chǐ tape measure 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 不自量 bù zì liàng not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities syn 不可估量 bù kě gū liàng inestimable / incalculable / beyond measure syn 筘 kòu (a measure of width of cloth) syn 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. scrupulous attention to detail 地震烈度 dì zhèn liè dù earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power) syn 权宜之策 權宜之策 quán yí zhī cè stratagem of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step 妇女参与建设和平网 Women in Peacebuilding Network / Women in Peacebuilding Program 临时措施 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure 塞拉利昂建设和平合作框架 Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Cooperation Framework 建设和平基金 Peacebuilding Fund 建设和平委员会组织委员会 Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission 建设和平支助办公室 Peacebuilding Support Office 联合国建设和平架构 United Nations peacebuilding architecture 建设和平委员会 Peacebuilding Commission 建设和平战略框架 Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding 联合国几内亚比绍建设和平综合办事处 United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau 联合国中非共和国建设和平支助办事处 United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic 联合国几内亚比绍建设和平支助办事处 United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau 关于冲突结束后立即建设和平的报告 Report on Peacebuilding in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict 联合国中非共和国建设和平综合办事处 United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic 联合国塞拉利昂建设和平综合办事处 United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone 建设和平与建设国家国际对话 建設和平與建設國家國際對話 International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding 建设和平高级政策小组 建設和平高級政策小組 Senior Policy Group on Peacebuilding 建设和平联络小组 建設和平聯絡小組 Peacebuilding Contact Group 建设和平优先计划 建設和平優先計劃 peacebuilding priority plan 主管建设和平支助事务助理秘书长办公室 主管建設和平支助事務助理秘書長辦公室 Office of the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support 西非建设和平网络 西非建設和平網絡 West Africa Network for Peacebuilding 主管建设和平支助事务助理秘书长 主管建設和平支助事務助理秘書長 Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support 冲突后建设和平与恢复综合战略 沖突後建設和平與恢複綜合戰略 integrated strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery 建设和平 建設和平 peacebuilding 冲突后建设和平 沖突後建設和平 post-conflict peacebuilding 建设和平基金咨询小组 建設和平基金咨詢小組 Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group 建设国家与建设和平基金 建設國家與建設和平基金 Statebuilding and Peacebuilding Fund 建设和平筹资支助 建設和平籌資支助 Financing for Peacebuilding Support 维和筹资处 維和籌資處 Financing for Peacebuilding Branch 塞拉利昂和平基金建设指导委员会 塞拉利昂和平基金建設指導委員會 Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Fund Steering Committee 中非共和国建设和平战略框架 中非共和國建設和平戰略框架 Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding in the Central African Republic 西非建设和平研究所 西非建設和平研究所 West Africa Peacebuilding Institute 部际建设和平指导委员会 部際建設和平指導委員會 Inter-Ministerial Peacebuilding Steering Committee 建设和平委员会支助处 建設和平委員會支助處 Peacebuilding Commission Support Branch / PBC Support Branch 建设和平实践社区 建設和平實踐社區 Peacebuilding Community of Practice 板眼 bǎn yǎn measure in traditional Chinese music / orderliness syn 测良 測良 cè liáng to survey and measure 