瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 贩毒 販毒 fàn dú to traffic narcotics / drugs trade / opium trade 宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 鸦片 鴉片 yā piàn opium (loanword) syn 烟枪 煙槍 yān qiāng opium pipe 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 有备无患 有備無患 yǒu bèi wú huàn Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom) 禁烟 禁煙 jìn yān to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729) 大烟 大煙 dà yān opium syn 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 不吝 bù lìn not to stint / to be generous (with praise etc) / to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc) syn 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) 墨汁 mò zhī prepared Chinese ink syn 中成药 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) 鸦片战争 鴉片戰爭 yā piàn zhàn zhēng the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 生鲜 生鮮 shēng xiān fresh produce and freshly prepared foods syn 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down syn 林则徐 林則徐 lín zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 好吃懒做 好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give syn 阿片 ā piàn opium (loanword) syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 以防万一 以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom) / just in case / prepared for any eventualities syn 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves 客饭 客飯 kè fàn cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal syn 脱稿 脫稿 tuō gǎo (of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech) syn 烟土 煙土 yān tǔ raw opium syn 吞云吐雾 吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke 隐君子 隱君子 yǐn jūn zi recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict syn 枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle syn 厚积薄发 厚積薄發 hòu jī bó fā lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared 针尖对麦芒 針尖對麥芒 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) 鸦片馆 鴉片館 opium den / opium divan 侅 gāi to give / prepared for included in / embraced in 中成葯 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 以备不测 以備不測 yǐ bèi bù cè to be prepared for accidents 兵精粮足 兵精糧足 bīng jīng liáng zú elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom) / well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state 熟丝 熟絲 shú sī silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap) 特别设计或配备的 especially designed or prepared 待命飞行器 aircraft prepared for service 备用任务 備用任務 bèi yòng rèn wù be-prepared mission 眼里容不得沙子 眼裡容不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye 不怕一万，就怕万一 不怕一萬，就怕萬一 bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case 加料钢琴 加料鋼琴 jiā liào gāng qín prepared piano 有备而来 有備而來 yǒu bèi ér lái to come prepared syn 分灶吃饭 分竈吃飯 fēn zào chī fàn "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC 周备 周備 zhōu bèi thorough / carefully prepared 筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them) 舍不得孩子套不住狼 捨不得孩子套不住狼 shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things 穷家富路 窮家富路 qióng jiā fù lù (idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend 精神鸦片 精神鴉片 jīng shén yā piàn opium 五口通商 wǔ kǒu tōng shāng the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海 亚罗号 亞羅號 yà luó hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War) 亚罗号事件 亞羅號事件 yà luó hào shì jiàn the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War) 南京条约 南京條約 nán jīng tiáo yuē Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain 大沽炮台 大沽砲臺 dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 阿芙蓉 ā fú róng opium 黑籍冤魂 hēi jí yuān hún Black Register of Lost Souls, long novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥 about the destructive influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909 国际鸦片公约 國際鴉片公約 International Opium Convention 常设中央鸦片委员会 Permanent Central Opium Board 多谱段罂粟探测系统 duō pǔ duàn yīng sù tàn cè xì tǒng Multispectral Opium Poppy Sensor System 鸦片酊 tincture of opium 年度罂粟调查 年度罌粟調查 Annual Opium Poppy Survey 鸦片铲除方桉 鴉片鏟除方案 opium eradication programme 取缔吸食鸦片协定 取締吸食鴉片協定 Agreement Concerning the Suppression of Opium-Smoking 生鸦片 生鴉片 raw opium 拉丁美洲非法种植罂粟问题技术协商会议 拉丁美洲非法種植罌粟問題技術協商會議 Technical Consultation on Illicit Opium Poppy Cultivation in Latin America 鸦片烟 鴉片煙 smoking opium 内销鸦片 內銷鴉片 excise opium 鸦片烟卷 鴉片煙卷 opium joint 国家鸦片机关 國家鴉片機關 national opium agencies 海牙鸦片会议 海牙鴉片會議 Hague Opium Conference 鸦片片 鴉片片 opium tablet 鸦片当量 鴉片當量 opium equivalent 吸食鸦片 吸食鴉片 opium smoking 消除古柯和罂粟战略 消除古柯和罌粟戰略 Strategy for Coca and Opium Poppy Elimination 阿片生物碱类 阿片生物堿類 opium alkaloids 大沽口炮台 大沽口砲臺 dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 东亚病夫 東亞病夫 dōng yà bìng fū (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars) 鸦片枪 鴉片槍 yā piàn qiāng opium pipe 