好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:股[gu3] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 有效 yǒu xiào effective / in effect / valid syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect syn 因果 yīn guǒ karma / cause and effect syn 危害 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 效应 效應 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon) syn 特技 tè jì special effect / stunt 生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect syn 并发症 併發症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 起因 qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect) syn 成效 chéng xiào effect / result syn 特效 tè xiào specially good effect / special efficacy / (cinema etc) special effects syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 施行 shī xíng to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect syn 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 见效 見效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect syn 推行 tuī xíng to put into effect / to carry out syn 隔热 隔熱 gé rè to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc) 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 疗效 療效 liáo xiào healing efficacy / healing effect 药性 藥性 yào xìng medicinal effect 根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 毛毛雨 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect syn 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure 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 会师 會師 huì shī to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction syn 余韵 餘韻 yú yùn pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc) syn 实效 實效 shí xiào actual effect / practical result / efficacy syn 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function 温室效应 溫室效應 wēn shì xiào yìng greenhouse effect 显效 顯效 xiǎn xiào to show an effect / to produce an effect / a conspicuous effect 效验 效驗 xiào yàn (desired) effect / (expected) result / effective syn 施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn 效 xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate syn 星星之火 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect syn 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 思前想后 思前想後 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection syn 拟音 擬音 nǐ yīn to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language 倒果为因 倒果為因 dào guǒ wéi yīn to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart syn 光化作用 guāng huà zuò yòng photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well 规则化 規則化 guī zé huà regularity 规则性 規則性 guī zé xìng regularity 亚词规则 亞詞規則 yà cí guī zé sub-word regularity 合规性审计 hé guī xìng shěn jì regularity audit 骨牌效应 骨牌效應 gǔ pái xiào yìng domino effect / ripple effect 贸易创造效应 trade creating effect / trade creation effect 不利效应 adverse effect / unwanted effect 不利影响 bù lì yǐng xiǎng adverse effect / unwanted effect 有害作用 yǒu hài zuò yòng adverse effect / unwanted effect 无效应线 無效應線 no-effect line / nil-effect line 抗逆病毒作用 antiretroviral effect / antiviral effect / antiviral activity 壁效应 壁效應 bì xiào yìng wall effect 重复启动效应 重複啟動效應 chóng fù qǐ dòng xiào yìng repetition priming effect 词长效应 詞長效應 cí cháng xiào yìng word length effect 词频效应 詞頻效應 cí pín xiào yìng word frequency effect (psych.) 词相似效应 詞相似效應 cí xiāng sì xiào yìng word similarity effect 词优效应 詞優效應 cí yōu xiào yìng word superiority effect 辐射直接效应 輻射直接效應 fú shè zhí jiē xiào yìng direct effect of radiation 公园小径效应 公園小徑效應 gōng yuán xiǎo jìng xiào yìng garden path effect 核爆炸效应 核爆炸效應 hé bào zhà xiào yìng nuclear explosion effect 剂量效应 劑量效應 jì liàng xiào yìng dose effect 邻近词频率效果 鄰近詞頻率效果 lín jìn cí pín lǜ xiào guǒ neighborhood frequency effect 确定效应 確定效應 què dìng xiào yìng deterministic effect 随机效应 隨機效應 suí jī xiào yìng stochastic effect 位置效应 位置效應 wèi zhì xiào yìng position effect 误入歧途效应 誤入歧途效應 wù rù qí tú xiào yìng garden path effect 氧效应 氧效應 yǎng xiào yìng oxygen effect 一致性效应 一致性效應 yī zhì xìng xiào yìng consistency effect 语境效应 語境效應 yǔ jìng xiào yìng context effect 早期效应 早期效應 zǎo qī xiào yìng early effect 光电效应 光電效應 guāng diàn xiào yìng photoelectric effect 光影效 guāng yǐng xiào lighting effect 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) 厄尔尼诺現象 厄爾尼諾现象 è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean 及时处理，事半功倍 及時處理，事半功倍 jí shí chǔ lǐ , shì bàn gōng bèi timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine 多普勒效应 多普勒效應 duō pǔ lè xiào yìng the Doppler effect 后效 後效 hòu xiào after-effect 慢性疾病 màn xìng jí bìng chronic illness / disease that takes effect slowly 星星之火，可以燎原 xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect 