综合症 綜合症 zōng hé zhèng syndrome 萨斯 薩斯 sà sī SARS / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 综合征 綜合徵 zōng hé zhēng syndrome 岗哨 崗哨 gǎng shào lookout post / sentry post / sentry syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 非典 fēi diǎn atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS 救灾 救災 jiù zāi to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims 重灾区 重災區 zhòng zāi qū area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area 非典型肺炎 fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS 症候群 zhèng hòu qún syndrome 调职 調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away 抽动症 抽動症 chōu dòng zhèng Tourette syndrome 干眼症 乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post 邮汇 郵匯 yóu huì to remit by post / remittance sent by post syn 难 難 nàn disaster / distress / to scold syn 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 邮件 郵件 yóu jiàn mail / post / email 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 灾难 災難 zāi nàn disaster / catastrophe syn 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 幸存 xìng cún to survive (a disaster) syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 公告 gōng gào post / announcement 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 复职 復職 fù zhí to resume a post 幸灾乐祸 幸災樂禍 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster syn 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 邮报 郵報 yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper) 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 邮寄 郵寄 yóu jì to mail / to send by post syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 祸害 禍害 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck syn 张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster / calamity syn 惹祸 惹禍 rě huò to stir up trouble / to invite disaster syn 自然灾害 自然災害 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster syn 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 在职 在職 zài zhí to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 灾害 災害 zāi hài calamity / disaster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 灾祸 災禍 zāi huò disaster syn 梵高 fán gāo Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter 出任 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 殃及 yāng jí to bring disaster to 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 离队 離隊 lí duì to leave one's post 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 化险为夷 化險為夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert disaster syn 邮递 郵遞 yóu dì to mail / to deliver (through the post) syn 叶利钦 葉利欽 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 患儿 患兒 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child syn 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) 灾区 災區 zāi qū disaster area / stricken region 免职 免職 miǎn zhí to relieve sb of his post / to sack / to demote / dismissal / sacking syn 调任 調任 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post 殉难 殉難 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster syn 心惊肉跳 心驚肉跳 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster syn 受灾 受災 shòu zāi disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity syn 天灾 天災 tiān zāi natural disaster syn 晨报 晨報 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post 标杆 標杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 兼任 jiān rèn to hold a concurrent post / part-time / (in academia) adjunct syn 后怕 後怕 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress syn 首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post syn 罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post / to dismiss syn 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 走马上任 走馬上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn (idiom) to take office / to assume a post syn 罹难 罹難 lí nàn to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed syn 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 防灾 防災 fáng zāi disaster prevention / to protect against natural disasters 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 祸事 禍事 huò shì disaster / doom syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 成灾 成災 chéng zāi disastrous / to turn into a disaster syn 灾民 災民 zāi mín victim (of a disaster) syn 在岗 在崗 zài gǎng to be at one's post 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 