大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 比例尺 bǐ lì chǐ scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale syn 台秤 檯秤 tái chèng platform scale / (dialect) counter scale / bench scale syn 刻度 kè dù marked scale / graduated scale 小规模渔业 xiǎo guī mú yú yè small-scale commercial fisheries / small-scale fisheries 给养发放表 給養發放表 ration scale / ration scales / scale of issue for rations 图解比例尺 圖解比例尺 linear scale / graphical scale (of a map or chart) 案秤 àn chèng counter scale / bench scale syn 大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 规模 規模 guī mó scale / scope / extent / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 比例 bǐ lì proportion / scale syn 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 小型 xiǎo xíng small scale / small size syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 尺度 chǐ dù scale / yardstick syn 大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale syn 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 攀登 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger syn 规模化 規模化 guī mó huà going to scale 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 摊子 攤子 tān zi booth / vendor's stall / (fig.) organizational structure / scale of operations syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 按比例 àn bǐ lì to scale (adj.) 粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale syn 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale syn 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1] 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 规模经济 規模經濟 guī mó jīng jì economies of scale 小水电 xiǎo shuǐ diàn small-scale hydropower 里氏 lǐ shì (seismology) Richter (scale) 过磅 過磅 guò bàng to weigh (on a scale) syn 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 小打小闹 小打小鬧 xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào small-scale syn 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 扩大再生产 擴大再生產 kuò dà zài shēng chǎn to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 震级 震級 zhèn jí degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale) 攀越 pān yuè to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount 商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 温标 溫標 wēn biāo temperature scale 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 徵 zhēng 4th note in pentatonic scale 徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol 小惩大诫 小懲大誡 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition 摄氏温标 攝氏溫標 shè shì wēn biāo Celsius (centigrade) temperature scale 案称 案稱 àn chèng counter scale 八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker 八级工资制 八級工資制 bā jí gōng zī zhì eight grade wage scale (system) 大范围 大範圍 dà fàn wéi large-scale 百团大战 百團大戰 bǎi tuán dà zhàn Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists 体重计 體重計 tǐ zhòng jì weighing scale 七声 七聲 qī shēng tones of the musical scale 七声音阶 七聲音階 qī shēng yīn jiē heptatonic scale 五声音阶 五聲音階 wǔ shēng yīn jiē pentatonic scale 人肉搜索引擎 rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang) 做大 zuò dà arrogant / to put on airs / (business etc) to expand / to enlarge / to do sth on a big scale 列氏温标 列氏溫標 liè shì wēn biāo Réaumur temperature scale 古登堡 gǔ dēng bǎo Gutenberg (name) / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale 合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la 地质年代表 地質年代表 dì zhì nián dài biǎo geological time scale 地质年表 地質年表 dì zhì nián biǎo geological time scale 奏鸣曲式 奏鳴曲式 zòu míng qǔ shì sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music) 宫商角徵羽 宮商角徵羽 gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la 小范围 小範圍 xiǎo fàn wéi small-scale / local / to a limited extent 建三江 jiàn sān jiāng Jiansanjiang, large-scale agricultural development in Sanjiang river plain in Heilongjiang 东鳞西爪 東鱗西爪 dōng lín xī zhǎo lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom) syn 标度 標度 biāo dù scale 润格 潤格 rùn gé (old) scale of fees charged by a painter or calligrapher 热力学温标 熱力學溫標 rè lì xué wēn biāo thermodynamic temperature scale (in degrees Kelvin, measured above absolute zero) 登峰 dēng fēng to climb a mountain / to scale a peak / mountain climbing / mountaineering 芮氏 ruì shì (Tw) (seismology) Richter (scale) 芮氏规模 芮氏規模 ruì shì guī mó (Tw) (seismology) Richter scale 变徵之声 變徵之聲 biàn zhǐ zhī shēng modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale 赖昌星 賴昌星 lài chāng xīng Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008 里克特 lǐ kè tè Richter (name) / Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named 里氏震级 里氏震級 lǐ shì zhèn jí (seismology) Richter scale 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 