锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn 充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge 演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills syn 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals syn 登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) syn 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 尚武 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 基本技能 basic skills 不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn 红客 紅客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest 扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era 三脚猫 三腳貓 sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) 面试技巧 miàn shì jì qiǎo interviewing skills 花拳绣腿 花拳繡腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery 传艺 傳藝 chuán yì to impart skills / to pass on one's art 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 大放异彩 大放異彩 dà fàng yì cǎi to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill 用武之地 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom) 杂七杂八 雜七雜八 zá qī zá bā an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills) syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 人员 人員 rén yuán staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 调度 調度 diào dù to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer / to give advice syn 全员 全員 quán yuán all personnel / the whole staff syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn 用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 总参谋部 總參謀部 zǒng cān móu bù (military) General Staff Headquarters 年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 教职工 教職工 jiào zhí gōng teaching and administrative staff syn 五线谱 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff / stave 工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member 技术人员 技術人員 jì shù rén yuán technical staff 导购 導購 dǎo gòu shopper's guide / shop assistant / sales staff 科技人员 科技人員 kē jì rén yuán scientific and technical staff 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn 在编 在編 zài biān to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff 不减当年 不減當年 bù jiǎn dāng nián (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever syn 教职员工 教職員工 jiào zhí yuán gōng teaching and administrative staff 下半旗 xià bàn qí half mast / half staff 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn 人财两空 人財兩空 rén cái liǎng kōng (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well / to get burned both romantically and financially 高参 高參 gāo cān senior staff officer / staff officer of great talent 储备基金 儲備基金 chú bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund 联合国工作人员条例和工作人员细则 Staff Regulations of the United Nations and Staff Rules 长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff 全秘书处工作人员－管理当局联合机构 Secretariat-wide joint staff-management body / joint staff-management body 工作人员安全支出 gōng zuò rén yuán ān quán zhī chū expenditures for staff security / staff security expenditures 必要工作人员 必要工作人員 essential staff / critical staff 准备基金 准備基金 zhǔn bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund 联合国工作人员工会 聯合國工作人員工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 职工会 職工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 日内瓦办事处工作人员协调理事会 日內瓦辦事處工作人員協調理事會 United Nations Office at Geneva Staff Coordinating Council / Staff Coordinating Council 工作人员协调理事会 工作人員協調理事會 United Nations Office at Geneva Staff Coordinating Council / Staff Coordinating Council 办公室主任办公室 - 办公室主任直属办公室 辦公室主任辦公室 - 辦公室主任直屬辦公室 Office of the Chief of Staff – Direct Office of the Chief of Staff 直线参谋制 直線參謀制 staff and line organization / line and staff structure 直线参谋组织结构 直線參謀組織結構 staff and line organization / line and staff structure 工作人员和工作人员发展工作组 工作人員和工作人員發展工作組 Working Group on Staff and Staff Development 联合国外勤人员工会 聯合國外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 外勤人员工会 外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 联合国工作人员秘鲁地震灾民救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯地震災民救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru 联合国工作人员秘鲁救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru 骨干人员 骨幹人員 skeletal staff / skeleton staff 外交手腕 wài jiāo shǒu wàn diplomatic skills 做功夫 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills) 做工夫 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills) 小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater 打把势 打把勢 dǎ bǎ shi drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off 西艺 西藝 xī yì Western skills / in Qing times, refers to Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how 语文能力 language skills 代表技巧培训 dài biǎo jì qiǎo péi xùn representational skills 转用技能 transfer of skills 