消灭 消滅 xiāo miè to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory) syn 量子场论 量子場論 liàng zǐ chǎng lùn quantum field theory 量子沫 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction) 量子色动力学 量子色動力學 liàng zǐ sè dòng lì xué quantum chromodynamics (particle physics) 量子纠缠 量子糾纏 liàng zǐ jiū chán quantum entanglement (physics) 量子阱 liàng zǐ jǐng (physics) quantum well 日心说 日心說 rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe 玄理 xuán lǐ profound theory / philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 sect 动力学理论 dòng lì xué lǐ lùn dynamic theory / dynamical theory 太阳理论 tài yáng lǐ lùn solar theory / sunspot theory 经济管制论 經濟管制論 jīng jì guǎn zhì lùn economic theory of regulation / capture theory 捕获论 捕獲論 bǔ huò lùn economic theory of regulation / capture theory 权变理论 權變理論 quán biàn lǐ lùn contingency theory (theory of leadership) 场论 場論 chǎng lùn field theory (physics) 传热学 傳熱學 zhuàn rè xué theory of heat / heat transmission (physics) 结构理论 結構理論 jié gòu lǐ lùn structural theory (physics) 弦理论 弦理論 xián lǐ lùn string theory (physics) 弦论 弦論 xián lùn string theory (in theoretical physics) 经典场论 經典場論 jīng diǎn chǎng lùn classical field theory (physics) 核弹头核心组件 核彈頭核心組件 core physics package / physics package 国际理论物理中心 國際理論物理中心 Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics / International Centre for Theoretical Physics 等离子物理和受控核聚变国际会议 等離子物理和受控核聚變國際會議 International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research / Conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 量子 liàng zǐ quantum 量子力学 量子力學 liàng zǐ lì xué quantum mechanics 跃迁 躍遷 yuè qiān transition / jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) 卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects) 态叠加 態疊加 tài dié jiā superposition of states (quantum mechanics) 波函数 波函數 bō hán shù wave function (in quantum mechanics) 波粒二象性 bō lì èr xiàng xìng wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics 量子电动力学 量子電動力學 liàng zǐ diàn dòng lì xué quantum electrodynamics QED 零点能 零點能 líng diǎn néng zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect) 轨域 軌域 guǐ yù (Tw) (quantum mechanics) orbital 理论 理論 lǐ lùn theory / CL:個|个[ge4] / to argue / to take notice of syn 理念 lǐ niàn idea / concept / philosophy / theory syn 说法 說法 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation syn 原理 yuán lǐ principle / theory syn 验证 驗證 yàn zhèng to inspect and verify / experimental verification / to validate (a theory) / to authenticate syn 实务 實務 shí wù practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical 理论上 理論上 lǐ lùn shàng in theory / theoretically 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 学说 學說 xué shuō theory / doctrine syn 哲理 zhé lǐ philosophic theory / philosophy 基本理论 基本理論 jī běn lǐ lùn basic theory 交集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection syn 劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past 相对论 相對論 xiāng duì lùn theory of relativity 进化论 進化論 jìn huà lùn theory of evolution / (esp.) Darwinism syn 色度 sè dù saturation (color theory) 认识论 認識論 rèn shi lùn epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things) 民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) 漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom) syn 历史唯物主义 歷史唯物主義 lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì historical materialism (Marx's theory of history) syn 乐理 樂理 yuè lǐ music theory 复杂度 複雜度 fù zá dù complexity theory 数论 數論 shù lùn number theory (math.) 博弈论 博弈論 bó yì lùn game theory 论 論 lùn opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc) syn 奴隶社会 奴隸社會 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory) 资产阶级革命 資產階級革命 zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìng bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) 成说 成說 chéng shuō accepted theory or formulation 剥削阶级 剝削階級 bō xuē jiē jí exploiting class (in Marxist theory) 控制论 控制論 kòng zhì lùn control theory (math.) / cybernetics 著书立说 著書立說 zhù shū lì shuō to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom) syn 广义相对论 廣義相對論 guǎng yì xiāng duì lùn general relativity / Einstein's theory of gravity 图论 圖論 tú lùn graph theory (math.) 图论 圖論 tú lún graph theory (math.) 信息论 信息論 xìn xī lùn information theory 合作化 hé zuò huà collectivization (in Marxist theory) 驳倒 駁倒 bó dǎo to refute / to demolish (an argument, theory etc) syn 性善 xìng shàn the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good 阴谋论 陰謀論 yīn móu lùn conspiracy theory 道尔顿 道爾頓 dào ěr dùn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory 集合论 集合論 jí hé lùn set theory (math.) 天演论 天演論 tiān yǎn lùn the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) 农业合作化 農業合作化 nóng yè hé zuò huà collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory) 原子论 原子論 yuán zǐ lùn atomic theory 虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 坐而论道 坐而論道 zuò ér lùn dào to sit and pontificate / to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom) syn 破绽百出 破綻百出 pò zhàn bǎi chū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom) syn 自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story 超弦理论 超弦理論 chāo xián lǐ lùn (super-) string theory 复变函数论 複變函數論 fù biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a complex variable 建构正义理论 建構正義理論 jiàn gòu zhèng yì lǐ lùn constructivist theory 码字 碼字 mǎ zì to type (with a keyboard) / (coding theory) codeword 模块化理论 模塊化理論 mó kuài huà lǐ lùn modularity theory 群论 群論 qún lùn group theory (math.) 实变函数论 實變函數論 shí biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a real variable 突变理论 突變理論 tū biàn lǐ lùn (math.) catastrophe theory 稳态理论 穩態理論 wěn tài lǐ lùn the steady-state theory (cosmology) 最低限度理论 最低限度理論 zuì dī xiàn dù lǐ lùn minimalist theory 作用理论 作用理論 zuò yòng lǐ lùn interactive theory 都会传奇 都會傳奇 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇 燃素说 燃素說 rán sù shuō phlogiston theory 七情 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations 三十六字母 sān shí liù zì mǔ thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory 代数函数论 代數函數論 dài shù hán shù lùn algebraic function theory (math.) 