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"single-candidate election" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
等额选举 等額選舉 děng é xuǎn jǔ non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election
Chinese Pinyin Translation
面试 面試 miàn shì to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office
人选 人選 rén xuǎn choice of person / candidate syn
选举 選舉 xuǎn jǔ to elect / election / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] syn
候选人 候選人 hòu xuǎn rén candidate / CL:名[ming2] syn
海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
录取 錄取 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate) syn
站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website syn
大选 大選 dà xuǎn general election
候补 候補 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring syn
参选 參選 cān xuǎn to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote
候选 候選 hòu xuǎn candidate (attributive)
单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn
落选 落選 luò xuǎn to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election syn
初选 初選 chū xuǎn primary election
预选 預選 yù xuǎn preselection / short-listing / primary election
推举 推舉 tuī jǔ to nominate as a worthy candidate / to recommend / to elect / to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press syn
分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent
胜出 勝出 shèng chū to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory syn
进士 進士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate
背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn
考生 kǎo shēng exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
博士生 bó shì shēng PhD student / doctoral candidate
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
重点 重點 chóng diǎn to recount (e.g. results of election) / to re-evaluate syn
一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
第二轮 第二輪 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election)
第一轮 第一輪 dì yī lún first round (of match, or election)
买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level
探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
博导 博導 bó dǎo supervisor of a PhD candidate
直选 直選 zhí xuǎn direct election
榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
无党派 無黨派 wú dǎng pài politically unaffiliated / independent (candidate)
二轮 二輪 èr lún second round (of a match or election)
选举委员会 選舉委員會 xuǎn jǔ wěi yuán huì Election Committee (Hong Kong)
补选 補選 bǔ xuǎn by-election
贿选 賄選 huì xuǎn to buy votes (in an election) syn
桑德斯 sāng dé sī Sanders (name) / Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont and 2016 Presidential candidate
孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
直接选举 直接選舉 zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ direct election
解元 jiè yuán first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
参选人 參選人 cān xuǎn rén election participant / candidate
候选国 候選國 candidate country
童生 tóng shēng candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
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
一呼百应 一呼百應 yī hū bǎi yìng a hundred answers to a single call (idiom) / to respond en masse syn
统一体 統一體 tǒng yī tǐ whole / single entity syn
旗开得胜 旗開得勝 qí kāi dé shèng lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom) / fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move syn
单击 單擊 dān jī (computing) to single-click / to click
单眼皮 單眼皮 dān yǎn pí single eyelid
单日 單日 dān rì on a single day syn
单行本 單行本 dān xíng běn single volume edition / offprint
单相 單相 dān xiàng single phase (elec.)
单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
一步 yī bù (single) step
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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