跳绳 跳繩 tiào shéng to jump rope / to skip / a skipping rope / a jump rope 三级跳 三級跳 sān jí tiào triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 三级跳远 三級跳遠 sān jí tiào yuǎn triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 偷跑 tōu pǎo to sneak off / to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun / to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun / to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 常委 cháng wěi standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員會|常务委员会[chang2wu4 wei3yuan2hui4]) / member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員|常务委员[chang2wu4 wei3yuan2]) 常备军 常備軍 standing force / standing army / permanent force 战后和灾后重建与恢复机构间常设委员会 戰後和災後重建與恢複機構間常設委員會 Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Post-War and Disaster Reconstruction and Rehabilitation / Inter-Agency Standing Committee 机构间常设委员会 機構間常設委員會 Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Post-War and Disaster Reconstruction and Rehabilitation / Inter-Agency Standing Committee 跳远 跳遠 tiào yuǎn long jump (athletics) 沙池 shā chí sandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc) / sandbox 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute syn 苦大仇深 kǔ dà chóu shēn great bitterness, deep hatred (idiom) / deeply ingrained long-standing resentment syn 夙敌 夙敵 sù dí old foe / long-standing enemy syn 夙嫌 sù xián old grudge / long-standing resentment syn 夙诺 夙諾 sù nuò old promise / long-standing commitment 宿债 宿債 sù zhài long-standing debt syn 宿弊 sù bì long-standing abuse / continuing fraud syn 苦大仇深 kǔ dà - chóu shēn (idiom) great bitterness and deep hatred / deeply ingrained long-standing resentment syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ nán shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! syn 放长线钓大鱼 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns 宿见 宿見 sù jiàn long-held opinion / long-cherished view 异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship 蟏蛸 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae) 远劳 遠勞 yuǎn láo (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place) 长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now / long since 远途 遠途 yuǎn tú long-distance / long-haul 长臂吊车 long-reach crane / long-reach boom 长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff 国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies 水下远程导弹系统 水下遠程導彈系統 undersea long-range missile system / underwater long-range missile system 分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing 豅 lóng long and wide valley 兔子尾巴长不了 兔子尾巴長不了 tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long syn 跳出 tiào chū to jump out / fig. to appear suddenly 跳跃 跳躍 tiào yuè to jump / to leap / to bound / to skip syn 跳动 跳動 tiào dòng to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump about syn 踊跃 踴躍 yǒng yuè to leap / to jump / eager / enthusiastically syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 跳过 跳過 tiào guò to jump over / to skip (a step, chapter etc) 跳进 跳進 tiào jìn to plunge into / to jump into 弹跳 彈跳 tán tiào to bounce / to jump / to leap syn 乱跳 亂跳 luàn tiào to jump about / (of the heart) to beat wildly 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 跃升 躍升 yuè shēng to leap to (a higher position etc) / to jump / (of a plane) to ascend syn 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 跳高 tiào gāo (athletics) high jump 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 蹦跳 bèng tiào to hop / to jump 赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) syn 脱轨 脫軌 tuō guǐ to leave the rails / to derail / to jump the track 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 抢跑 搶跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun / to make a false start 跳级 跳級 tiào jí to jump a year (at college) 跃迁 躍遷 yuè qiān transition / jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) 腾越 騰越 téng yuè to jump over / to vault / to soar over syn 单脚跳 單腳跳 dān jiǎo tiào to hop / to jump on one leg 跳 tiào to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate syn 跃 躍 yuè to jump / to leap syn 逾 yú to exceed / to go beyond / to transcend / to cross over / to jump over syn 蹦 bèng to jump / to bounce / to hop syn 趵 bào jump / leap 躜 躦 zuān to jump 隃 yú exceed / jump over 趯 tì to jump / way of stroke in calligraphy 趯 yuè to jump 妄生穿凿 妄生穿鑿 wàng shēng chuān záo a forced analogy (idiom) / to jump to an unwarranted conclusion 从井救人 從井救人 cóng jǐng jiù rén to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom) / fig. to help others at the risk to oneself syn 狗急跳墙 狗急跳牆 gǒu jí tiào qiáng a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action syn 趒 tiáo to jump / to climb over / to leap / to posture / a gangway 狘 yuè jump 一跃而起 一躍而起 yī yuè ér qǐ to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound 加塞儿 加塞兒 jiā sāi r to push into a line out of turn / to cut in line / to jump the queue syn 喜跃 喜躍 xǐ yuè to jump for joy 堕楼 墮樓 duò lóu to jump to one's death 妄断 妄斷 wàng duàn to jump to an unfounded conclusion 尤尔钦科 尤爾欽科 yóu ěr qīn kē Yurchenko (name) / Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast / Yurchenko, a type of jump-off for vaulting 