雪藏 xuě cáng to keep sth in cold storage / (fig.) to suspend a performer or sports player (as punishment) / to keep sb or sth out of sight until the right moment (e.g. a key player on a sports team) 单放机 單放機 dān fàng jī tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 体彩 體彩 tǐ cǎi sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. for 體育彩票|体育彩票[ti3 yu4 cai3 piao4]) 替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement 播放机 播放機 bō fàng jī player (e.g. CD player) 加索尔 加索爾 jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player 李娜 lǐ nà Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles) 替补队员 替補隊員 tì bǔ duì yuán substitute player / reserve player 球员 球員 qiú yuán (ball sports) player / team member 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 暂停 暫停 zàn tíng to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player) syn 佣兵 傭兵 yōng bīng (military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country 换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc) / substitution 摘牌 zhāi pái to delist (a traded security) / (sports) to accept a transfer-listed player from another club 处子秀 處子秀 chǔ zǐ xiù debut (by a male performer or sports player) 洋将 洋將 yáng jiàng (Tw) (sports) foreign player / import 球手 qiú shǒu (ball sports) player 新星 xīn xīng (astronomy) nova / (fig.) new star / rising star syn 参宿七 參宿七 shēn xiù qī Rigel (star) / lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation 孙悦 孫悅 sūn yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star 蒭藁增二 chú gǎo zēng èr same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days 球星 qiú xīng sports star (ball sport) syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn 希腊共和国体育总秘书处欧洲体育会议 希臘共和國體育總秘書處歐洲體育會議 European Sports Conference of the General Secretariat for Sports of the Hellenic Republic 玩家 wán jiā player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) 游客 遊客 yóu kè traveler / tourist / (online gaming) guest player syn 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 彩民 cǎi mín lottery player 出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment) 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 棋手 qí shǒu chess player syn 快进 快進 kuài jìn fast-forward (media player) 麦迪 麥迪 mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player 王治郅 wáng zhì zhì Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player 范志毅 fàn zhì yì Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player 琵琶行 pí pa xíng Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4] 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 影碟机 影碟機 yǐng dié jī DVD player 纳达尔 nà dá ěr Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 小虾米 小蝦米 xiǎo xiā mi shrimp / fig. small fry / minor player 郎平 láng píng Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach 张伯伦 張伯倫 zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player 邓亚萍 鄧亞萍 dèng yà píng Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner 琴师 琴師 qín shī player of a stringed instrument syn 头家 頭家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 电唱机 電唱機 diàn chàng jī gramophone / record player syn 喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn 竞赛者 競賽者 jìng sài zhě player 姚明 yáo míng Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 邓加 鄧加 dèng jiā Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player 郝海东 郝海東 hǎo hǎi dōng Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player 吉他手 jí tā shǒu guitar player 李昌镐 李昌鎬 lǐ chāng hào Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player 罗纳尔多 羅納爾多 luó nà ěr duō Ronaldo (name) / Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player 聂卫平 聶衛平 niè wèi píng Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player 乔红 喬紅 qiáo hóng Qiao Hong (1968-), former PRC female table tennis player 森喜朗 sēn xǐ lǎng MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes 王励勤 王勵勤 wáng lì qín Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist 王楠 wáng nán Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist 吴清源 吳清源 wú qīng yuán Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player 杨维 楊維 yáng wéi Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist 张宁 張寧 zhāng níng Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist 张怡宁 張怡寧 zhāng yí níng Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist 肇俊哲 zhào jùn zhé Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player 种子选手 種子選手 zhǒng zi xuǎn shǒu seeded player 倒带 倒帶 dào dài rewind (media player) 吹竽手 chuī yú shǒu player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument) 局中人 jú zhōng rén participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair) 帽子戏法 帽子戲法 mào zi xì fǎ hat trick (when one player scores three goals) 快退 kuài tuì fast-rewind (media player) 扬科维奇 揚科維奇 yáng kē wéi qí Jankovic / Yankovic / Yankovich / Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player 易建联 易建聯 yì jiàn lián Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA) 本因坊秀策 běn yīn fāng xiù cè Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player 森·喜朗 SenXilang MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes 猜枚 cāi méi drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand 王叔文 wáng shū wén Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新[Yong3 zhen1 Ge2 xin1] of 805 玩者 wán zhě player 琴手 qín shǒu player of a stringed instrument 石田芳夫 shí tián fāng fū Ishida Yoshio (1948-), Japanese Go player 耶莱娜·扬科维奇 耶萊娜·揚科維奇 YelainuoYangkeweiqi Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player 詹姆斯 zhān mǔ sī James (name) / LeBron James (1984-), NBA player 退片 tuì piàn to eject (media player) 电唱 電唱 diàn chàng gramophone / record player 电唱盘 電唱盤 diàn chàng pán gramophone / record player 森・喜朗 sēn · xǐ lǎng MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes 耶莱娜・扬科维奇 耶萊娜・揚科維奇 yé lái nuó · yáng kē wéi qí Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player 迈克尔・乔丹 邁克爾・喬丹 mài kè ěr · qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player 齐内丁・齐达内 齊內丁・齊達內 qí nèi dīng · qí dá nèi Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player 上家 shàng jiā preceding player (in a game) 林书豪 林書豪 lín shū háo Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA) 球友 qiú yǒu (ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc) C罗 C羅 C luó nickname of Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo 耶莱娜·扬科维奇 耶萊娜·揚科維奇 yé lái nuó · yáng kē wéi qí Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player 迈克尔·乔丹 邁克爾·喬丹 mài kè ěr · qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player 齐内丁·齐达内 齊內丁·齊達內 qí nèi dīng · qí dá nèi Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player 