连环 連環 lián huán chain 瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 连锁 連鎖 lián suǒ to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc) syn 链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 连锁店 連鎖店 lián suǒ diàn chain store 铁链 鐵鏈 tiě liàn iron chain 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 枷锁 枷鎖 jiā suǒ stocks and chain / in fetters syn 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 牵强 牽強 qiān qiǎng far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning) syn 希尔顿 希爾頓 xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 分店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex syn 链条 鏈條 liàn tiáo chain / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn 连锁反应 連鎖反應 lián suǒ fǎn yìng chain reaction syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks syn 一条龙 一條龍 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process syn 列岛 列島 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 麦德龙 麥德龍 mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German) 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 产业链 產業鏈 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 手链 手鏈 shǒu liàn chain bracelet / CL:條|条[tiao2] 新华书店 新華書店 xīn huá shū diàn Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain 供应链管理 供應鏈管理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 价值链 價值鏈 supply chain / value chain 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain 好又多 hǎo yòu duō Trust-Mart (supermarket chain) 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 喜来登 喜來登 xǐ lái dēng Sheraton (hotel chain) 易初莲花 易初蓮花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain) 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 大润发 大潤發 dà rùn fā RT Mart (supermarket chain) 绵亘 綿亙 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) syn 生物链 生物鏈 shēng wù liàn food chain 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 炼 鍊 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] syn 安第斯 ān dì sī the Andes mountain chain 马莎 馬莎 mǎ shā Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name) 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 安第斯山脉 安第斯山脈 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America 吉野家 jí yě jiā Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain) 冷链 lěng liàn cold chain 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 锚链 錨鏈 máo liàn anchor chain 链环 鏈環 liàn huán chain link 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 锒 鋃 láng chain / ornament 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单身 單身 dān shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 一次性 yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods) 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 单人 單人 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc) syn 一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn 一身 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes syn 独身 獨身 dú shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families syn 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 单一 單一 dān yī single / only / sole syn 专一 專一 zhuān yī single-minded / concentrated syn 一心一意 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently syn 单个 單個 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one syn 不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 一鸣惊人 一鳴驚人 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity syn 摇身一变 搖身一變 yáo shēn yī biàn to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life syn 单细胞 單細胞 dān xì bāo (of an organism) single-celled / unicellular 专心致志 專心致志 zhuān xīn zhì zhì (idiom) single-minded / fully focused syn 纹丝不动 紋絲不動 wén sī bù dòng to not move a single jot (idiom) syn 独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path 潜心 潛心 qián xīn to concentrate fully on sth / single-minded syn 寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation syn 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success syn 单项 單項 dān xiàng single-item 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 一锤定音 一錘定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision syn 一元 yī yuán (math.) single-variable / univariate 擂台赛 擂臺賽 lèi tái sài single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated) 单人床 單人床 dān rén chuáng single bed / CL:張|张[zhang1] 悉数 悉數 xī shù all / every single one / the entire sum syn 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 鸦雀无声 鴉雀無聲 yā què wú shēng lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom) / not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence syn 缺一不可 quē yī bù kě not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either syn 单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn 