约会 約會 yuē huì appointment / engagement / date / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] / to arrange to meet syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 预约 預約 yù yuē booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment syn 约定 約定 yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 永久 yǒng jiǔ everlasting / perpetual / lasting / forever / permanent syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn 任命 rèn mìng to appoint / (job) appointment / CL:紙|纸[zhi3] syn 持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn 永久性 yǒng jiǔ xìng permanent syn 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 赴约 赴約 fù yuē to keep an appointment syn 定型 dìng xíng to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing) syn 相约 相約 xiāng yuē to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment 常驻 常駐 cháng zhù resident / permanent (representative) 特派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission syn 失约 失約 shī yuē to miss an appointment syn 根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 推辞 推辭 tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) syn 常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) 守约 守約 shǒu yuē to keep an appointment / to keep one's word 固化 gù huà to solidify / to harden / (fig.) to make permanent / to become fixed 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 常任 cháng rèn permanent syn 聘书 聘書 pìn shū letter of appointment / contract syn 密约 密約 mì yuē secret appointment 常设 常設 cháng shè (of an organization etc) standing or permanent syn 任人唯贤 任人唯賢 rèn rén wéi xián to appoint people according to their merits (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 常任理事国 常任理事國 cháng rèn lǐ shì guó permanent member state (of the UN Security Council) 永磁 yǒng cí permanent magnetism 考试院 考試院 kǎo shì yuàn Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board 挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn 约 約 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise syn 在编 在編 zài biān to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff 爽约 爽約 shuǎng yuē to miss an appointment syn 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 常备军 常備軍 standing force / standing army / permanent force 弹冠相庆 彈冠相慶 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) 记号笔 記號筆 jì hao bǐ (permanent) marker (pen) 委任书 委任書 wěi rèn shū letter of appointment 恒牙 恆牙 héng yá permanent tooth (as opposed to deciduous tooth 乳牙) / adult tooth 任贤使能 任賢使能 rèn xián shǐ néng to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 常驻代表委员会 Permanent Representatives Committee / Committee of Permanent Representatives 常驻代表团 cháng zhù dài biǎo tuán Permanent Mission to the United Nations / Permanent Mission 土著问题常设论坛 土著問題常設論壇 tǔ zhù wèn tí cháng shè lùn tán Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues / UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 重大活动期间安全措施国际常设观察机构 重大活動期間安全措施國際常設觀察機構 International Permanent Observatory on Security Measures during Major Events / International Permanent Observatory 任事 rèn shì appointment to an important post 居官 jū guān to secure a position / to take an official appointment 特任 tè rèn special appointment 轮任 輪任 lún rèn rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU) 起叙一级的任用 appointment at the entry level 限期任用 xiàn qī rèn yòng appointment of limited duration 临时任用 lín shí rèn yòng temporary appointment 定期任用 dìng qī rèn yòng fixed-term appointment 任用条件 rèn yòng tiáo jiàn terms of appointment 终身任用 zhōng shēn rèn yòng career appointment 非终身任用 非終身任用 fēi zhōng shēn rèn yòng non-career appointment 联合任用和升级委员会 聯合任用和升級委員會 Joint Appointment and Promotion Board 总部任用和升级委员会 總部任用和升級委員會 Headquarters Appointment and Promotion Board 连续任用 連續任用 lián xù rèn yòng continuing appointment / continuing contract 连续合同 連續合同 lián xù hé tòng continuing appointment / continuing contract 司法咨询委员会 司法咨詢委員會 Advisory Judicial Commission on the Appointment and Removal from Office of Judges and Prosecutors / Advisory Judicial Commission 无限期任用 無限期任用 indefinite appointment / indefinite contract 无限期合同 無限期合同 indefinite appointment / indefinite contract 任用书 任用書 letter of appointment 任命状 任命狀 rèn mìng zhuàng certificate of appointment (to government office) 固定虚拟连接 固定虛擬連接 gù dìng xū nǐ lián jiē Permanent Virtual Connection / PVC 永久虚电路 永久虛電路 yǒng jiǔ xū diàn lù Permanent Virtual Circuit / PVC 常务次官 常務次官 cháng wù cì guān permanent 十常侍 shí cháng shì Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption 常务理事 常務理事 cháng wù lǐ shì permanent member of council 永久居民 yǒng jiǔ jū mín permanent resident / person with the right to live in a country or territory 永久磁铁 永久磁鐵 yǒng jiǔ cí tiě a permanent magnet 稳恒 穩恆 wěn héng steady / stable and permanent / constant / steady-state 稳恒态 穩恆態 wěn héng tài steady state / stable and permanent attitude 终年积雪 終年積雪 zhōng nián jī xuě permanent snow cover 常设仲裁法院 常設仲裁法院 cháng shè zhòng cái fǎ yuàn Permanent Court of Arbitration 永久居留权 永久居留權 yǒng jiǔ jū liú quán permanent residency 常设秘书处 permanent secretariat 固定样地 permanent plot 南太平洋常设委员会 Permanent Commission for the South Pacific 关于巴拿马运河永久中立和营运的条约 Treaty concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal 电脑化永久选民名单 computerized permanent voters' list 亚太地理信息系统基础设施常设委员会 Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific 常驻联合国代表国际协会 International Association of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 公路会议常设国际协会 Permanent International Association of Road Congresses 常设中央鸦片委员会 Permanent Central Opium Board 常设中央委员会 Permanent Central Board 椰子技术常设小组 Permanent Panel on Coconut Technology 印度河常设委员会 Permanent Indus Commission 尼罗河流域常设联合技术委员会 Permanent Joint Technical Commission for Nile Waters 设立萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会公约 Convention establishing the Permanent Inter-State Drought Control Committee for the Sahel 阿拉伯常设人权委员会 Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights 伊斯兰团结基金常设理事会 Permanent Council of the Islamic Solidarity Fund 人权常设大会 Permanent Assembly for Human Rights 常设协商框架 cháng shè xié shāng kuàng jià Permanent Consultative Framework 常设国际法院 常設國際法院 cháng shè guó jì fǎ yuàn Permanent Court of International Justice 拉丁美洲和加勒比经济体系常设秘书处 拉丁美洲和加勒比經濟體系常設秘書處 Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System 