平衡 píng héng balance / equilibrium syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 权衡 權衡 quán héng to consider / to weigh (a matter) / to balance (pros and cons) syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 平衡木 píng héng mù beam (gymnastics) / balance beam 余额 餘額 yú é balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 借贷 借貸 jiè dài to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 调剂 調劑 tiáo jì to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescription syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 制衡 zhì héng to check and balance (power) / checks and balances 差额 差額 chā é balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up / to offset / to counterbalance syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn 鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 结余 結餘 jié yú balance / cash surplus syn 借方 jiè fāng borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet) syn 均势 均勢 jūn shì equilibrium of forces / balance of power 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 贷方 貸方 dài fāng credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender syn 结存 結存 jié cún balance / cash in hand syn 算帐 算帳 suàn zhàng to reckon (accounting) / to balance an account / fig. to settle an account / to get one's revenge 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 逆差 nì chā adverse trade balance / trade deficit 资产负债表 資產負債表 zī chǎn fù zhài biǎo balance sheet 国际收支 國際收支 guó jì shōu zhī balance of payments 生态平衡 生態平衡 shēng tài píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 扯平 chě píng to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits syn 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 杆秤 桿秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance) 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 抵 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 秤 chèng steelyard balance / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 出超 chū chāo trade surplus / favorable balance of trade 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 试算表 試算表 shì suàn biǎo spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy) 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 弹簧秤 彈簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance 秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm 秤盘 秤槃 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 劳逸结合 勞逸結合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 自然平衡 zì rán píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 生物平衡 shēng wù píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt 咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh 盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir 细盐 細鹽 xì yán refined salt / table salt 官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid) 私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 水盐平衡 水鹽平衡 shuǐ yán píng héng water-salt balance 尾欠 wěi qiàn balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt syn 国际收支与国际投资头寸手册 國際收支與國際投資頭寸手冊 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition / Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 潟 xì saline land / salt marsh 酸式盐 酸式鹽 suān shì yán acid salt 内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河 再制盐 再製鹽 zài zhì yán refined salt 察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai 斥卤 斥鹵 chì lǔ saline marsh / salt 柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 石盐 石鹽 shí yán rock salt 镁盐 鎂鹽 měi yán magnesium salt 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 餐桌盐 餐桌鹽 cān zhuō yán table salt 碱式盐 鹼式鹽 jiǎn shì yán alkali salt (soda, lye, calcium carbonate etc) 盐坨子 鹽坨子 yán tuó zi open-air salt heap 