谈判 談判 tán pàn to negotiate / negotiation / talks / conference / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 讯息 訊息 xùn xī information / news / message / text message / SMS syn 启发 啟發 qǐ fā to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation syn 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 原文 yuán wén original text syn 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 宝典 寶典 bǎo diǎn canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom) 疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text) syn 分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author 上文 shàng wén preceding part of the text 涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid) syn 短讯 短訊 duǎn xùn SMS / text message 错字 錯字 cuò zì incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text) 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 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 删节 刪節 shān jié to abridge / to cut a text down to size for publication syn 全文 quán wén entire text / full text syn 译文 譯文 yì wén translated text 正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) syn 课文 課文 kè wén text / CL:篇[pian1] 专著 專著 zhuān zhù monograph / specialized text 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 要旨 yào zhǐ the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points syn 审校 審校 shěn jiào to proof-read / to review (a text) syn 三藏 sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries 拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn 短信 duǎn xìn text message / SMS 本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book syn 控件 kòng jiàn (computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc) 发短信 發短信 fā duǎn xìn to text / to send SMS messages 键入 鍵入 jiàn rù to key in / to input / to enter (some text) 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 文本框 wén běn kuàng (computing) text box 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 换行 換行 huàn háng to wrap (text) / line feed (computing) 纯文字 純文字 chún wén zì text-only (webpage, slide etc) 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 加粗 jiā cū to make text bold 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD) 词话 詞話 cí huà form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn 经籍 經籍 jīng jí religious text syn 栏 欄 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data) syn 祷文 禱文 dǎo wén litany (text of a prayer) syn 括 kuò (bound form) to tie up / to tighten up / (bound form) to include / to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1] syn 顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 祷词 禱詞 dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer) 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 