表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior syn 表演 biǎo yǎn play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL:場|场[chang3] syn 舞蹈 wǔ dǎo dance (performance art) / dancing syn 演出 yǎn chū to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] syn 玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn 演唱 yǎn chàng to sing (for an audience) / vocal performance 成绩 成績 chéng jì achievement / performance records / grades / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 进步 進步 jìn bù progress / improvement / to improve / to progress / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 滑稽 huá jī comical / funny / amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]) / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang syn 好转 好轉 hǎo zhuǎn to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement syn 改进 改進 gǎi jìn to improve / to make better / improvement / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 重演 chóng yǎn to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones) / to repeat (a performance) 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn 业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn 性能 xìng néng function / performance / behavior syn 排演 pái yǎn to rehearse (a performance) syn 提神 tí shén to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic syn 感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) 首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing 细腻 細膩 xì nì (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous syn 公演 gōng yǎn to perform in public / to give a performance syn 争气 爭氣 zhēng qì to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short syn 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 义演 義演 yì yǎn benefit performance / charity show 终场 終場 zhōng chǎng end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations syn 挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn 专场 專場 zhuān chǎng special performance 绩效 績效 jì xiào performance / results / achievement 自强 自強 zì qiáng to strive for self-improvement syn 演播 yǎn bō broadcast performance / televised or podcast lecture 长足 長足 cháng zú remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc) syn 高性能 gāo xìng néng high performance 场次 場次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance 合演 hé yǎn to act together / to put on a joint performance 丑态 醜態 chǒu tài shameful performance / disgraceful situation 自强不息 自強不息 zì qiáng bù xī to strive unremittingly / self-improvement syn 插科打诨 插科打諢 chā kē dǎ hùn to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom) / to jest / buffoonery syn 柔术 柔術 róu shù jujitsu / contortion (performance art) syn 见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn 依然如故 yī rán rú gù back to where we were (idiom) / absolutely no improvement / Things haven't changed at all. syn 汇演 匯演 huì yǎn joint performance syn 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera) 文艺演出 文藝演出 wén yì yǎn chū theatrical performance / CL:場|场[chang3] 可圈可点 可圈可點 kě quān kě diǎn remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise 书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance syn 开锣 開鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance 转好 轉好 zhuǎn hǎo improvement / turnaround (for the better) 听书 聽書 tīng shū to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话[ping2hua4] / to listen to an audiobook 票 piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn 试演 試演 shì yǎn audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run syn 瘟 wēn epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster syn 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 吴下阿蒙 吳下阿蒙 wú xià ā méng General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 开台锣鼓 開臺鑼鼓 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance 出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance 白安居 bái ān jū B&Q (DIY and home improvement retailer) 联合自强 聯合自強 lián hé zì qiáng to combine together for self-improvement / joint movement for self-strengthening 自强自立 自強自立 zì qiáng zì lì to strive for self-improvement 土壤改良 改良土壤 gǎi liáng tǔ rǎng soil improvement 管理改进处 Management Improvement Office 加速改善民事登记和生命统计系统战略 Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems Tumbasson改良协会 Tumbasson Improvement Association 管理改进和监督支助办公室 Office for Management Improvement and Oversight Support 财务管理改善方案 cái wù guǎn lǐ gǎi shàn fāng àn Financial Management Improvement Programme 改善营养行动纲领 Programme of Action for the Improvement of Nutrition 国际玉米小麦改良中心 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre 大都会环境改善项目 Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Project 助理秘书长兼提高秘书处妇女地位协调员 Assistant Secretary-General, Coordinator for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat 改进务农妇女统计工作讲习班 gǎi jìn wù nóng fù rǔ tǒng jì gōng zuò jiǎng xí bān Workshop on Improvement of Statistics on Women in Agriculture 综合系统改良项目 zōng hé xì tǒng gǎi liáng xiàng mù Integrated Systems Improvement Project 非洲改良高粱和黍谷合作计划 African Cooperative Programme for the Improvement of Sorghums and Millets 提高秘书处妇女地位指导委员会 提高秘書處婦女地位指導委員會 Steering Committee for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat 联合国改善管理和系统发展信托基金 聯合國改善管理和系統發展信托基金 United Nations Trust Fund for Management Improvement and Systems Development 种子改良和开发方桉 種子改良和開發方案 Seed Improvement and Development Programme 改进供水协会 改進供水協會 Water Supply Improvement Association 港口现代化 港口現代化 gǎng kǒu xiàn dài huà port improvement / port modernization 国际水稻试验和改良方桉 國際水稻試驗和改良方案 International Rice Testing and Improvement Programme 改良香蕉和大蕉国际网 改良香蕉和大蕉國際網 International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain 国家统计改进委员会 國家統計改進委員會 Committee on Improvement of National Statistics 国家提高能源效益减少温室气体方桉 國家提高能源效益減少溫室氣體方案 National Programme for Energy Efficiency Improvement and Greenhouse Gas Reduction 提高妇女在秘书处地位协调专员办事处 提高婦女在秘書處地位協調專員辦事處 Office of the Coordinator for the Improvement of the Status of Women the Secretariat 改善达尔富尔人道主义局势议定书 改善達爾富爾人道主義局勢議定書 gǎi shàn dá ěr fù ěr rén dào zhǔ yì jú shì yì dìng shū Protocol on the Improvement of the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur 改进小组委员会的工作工作组 改進小組委員會的工作工作組 Working Group on the improvement of the work of the Subcommission 改进社会福利人员训练工作专家组会议 改進社會福利人員訓練工作專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on Improvement of Training and Social Welfare Personnel 贫民区改建工作 貧民區改建工作 slum improvement / slum rehabilitation 欧洲改善生活和工作条件基金会 歐洲改善生活和工作條件基金會 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 改进小型工业和家庭工业数据工作组 改進小型工業和家庭工業數據工作組 Working Group on Improvement of Data on Small Scale and Household Industries 大都会环境改善方桉 大都會環境改善方案 Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Programme 电子改进事务司 電子改進事務司 Electronic Improvement Services Division 巴纳纳凯利社区改良协会 巴納納凱利社區改良協會 Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association 基础教育服务的改进 基礎教育服務的改進 Improvement of Basic Education Services 改善外国官方人员住房安排基金会 改善外國官方人員住房安排基金會 Foundation for the Improvement of Housing Arrangements for Official Foreign Personnel, Inc. 改善工作条件和环境国际方桉 改善工作條件和環境國際方案 International Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment 改善生命统计世界方桉 改善生命統計世界方案 World Programme for the Improvement of Vital Statistics