行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center 临时工 臨時工 lín shí gōng temporary worker / temp / temporary work syn 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 零工 líng gōng temporary job / odd job syn 暂定 暫定 zàn dìng temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative 划时代 劃時代 huà shí dài epoch-marking syn 暂住证 暫住證 zàn zhù zhèng temporary residence permit 行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence 短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 挂职 掛職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post 约法 約法 yuē fǎ temporary law / provisional constitution 标线 標線 biāo xiàn marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 借读 借讀 jiè dú to attend school on a temporary basis 板房 bǎn fáng temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 寄存处 寄存處 jì cún chù warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room 便桥 便橋 biàn qiáo temporary bridge 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 絜 xié marking line / pure / to regulate 敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 蹔 zhàn temporary / fleeting / ephemeral 拆东补西 拆東補西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient syn 火器标识 firearm marking / weapon marking / marking 二级标记 二級標記 secondary marking / back-up marking / covert marking 后备标记 後備標記 secondary marking / back-up marking / covert marking 直升机着陆处标志套件 helicopter landing site marking set / helisite marking set 批标识 批標識 batch marking / marking in batches 临时助理人员职位 lín shí zhù lǐ rén yuán zhí wèi general temporary assistance position / temporary assistance position 临时派任 lín shí pài rèn temporary duty assignment / temporary assignment 板鼓 bǎn gǔ small drum for marking time 标桩 標樁 biāo zhuāng (marking) stake 更楼 更樓 gēng lóu watch tower / drum tower marking night watches 更鼓 gēng gǔ drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper 标柱 標柱 biāo zhù distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack 浅滩指示浮标 淺灘指示浮標 qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú biāo bar buoy / buoy marking shallows or sandbar 萨噶达娃节 薩噶達娃節 sà gá dá wá jié Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday 地雷标志 mine marking 雷场标志用品 léi chǎng biāo zhì yòng pǐn minefield marking stores 高度指示雷达 gāo duó zhǐ shì léi dá altitude marking radar 渔船标志专家协商 yú chuán biāo zhì zhuān jiā xié shāng Expert Consultation on Fishing Vessel Marking 危险标志系统 危險標志系統 wēi xiǎn biāo zhì xì tǒng hazard marking system 渔船标志和识别标准说明 漁船標誌和識別標準說明 Standard Specifications for the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels 武器标识 武器標識 arms marking 已清通道标志系统 已清通道標志系統 yǐ qīng tòng dào biāo zhì xì tǒng Cleared Lane Marking System 标志射击 標志射擊 biāo zhì shè jī marking fire 指示射击 指示射擊 zhǐ shì shè jī marking fire 航运的重大包裹标明重量公约 航運的重大包裹標明重量公約 Convention concerning the Marking of the Weight on Heavy Packages Transported by Vessels 道路标志组 道路標志組 dào lù biāo zhì zǔ route-marking group 识别标志 識別標誌 identification mark / identifying marking 小武器标记、追踪、记录公约 小武器標記、追蹤、記錄公約 convention on marking, tracing, record-keeping of small arms 人工置放雷场标志装置 人工置放雷場標志裝置 rén gōng zhì fàng léi chǎng biāo zhì zhuāng zhì Hand-Emplaced Minefield-Marking Set 实地标界 實地標界 physical demarcation / marking 设立标志 設立標志 shè lì biāo zhì physical demarcation / marking 设置雷场标志 設置雷場標誌 minefield marking 安全通道标志 安全通道標誌 safe-lane marking 标志带 標誌帶 marking tape / mine tape 长期雷区标志 長期雷區標誌 long-term marking 地雷标志队 地雷標誌隊 mine-marking team 型号标准 型號標準 model marking standards / model standards 进口标识 進口標識 import marking 标识包括成分 標識包括成分 marking inclusion / inclusion 周边标志 周邊標誌 perimeter marking 制造后标识 制造後標識 post-manufacture marking 双重标记 雙重標記 double marking 复制标识 複制標識 duplicate marking 标志组 標誌組 marking party 除掉标记 除掉標記 marking sanitization / weapon sanitization / sanitization 锥形地雷标志 錐形地雷標誌 mine-marking cone / signal cone 微型点阵标记 微型點陣標記 microdot matrix marking 弹药标记 彈藥標記 ammunition marking 巡更 xún gēng to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs 怛罗斯之战 怛羅斯之戰 dá luó sī zhī zhàn Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River 塔拉斯河[Ta3 la1 si1 He2], in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion 假吏 jiǎ lì acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times) 搭盖 搭蓋 dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 防城各族自治县 防城各族自治縣 fáng chéng gè zú zì zhì xiàn Fangcheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Guangxi (temporary name during 1950s for Fangcheng district 防城區|防城区[Fang2 cheng2 qu1] of Fangchenggang city) 临时措施 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure 北草坪暂建楼 běi cǎo píng zàn jiàn lóu Temporary North Lawn Building / North Lawn Building 临时安全区 lín shí ān quán qū Temporary Security Zone 临时国际机制 lín shí guó jì jī zhì Temporary International Mechanism 暂行特别措施 temporary special measures 临时任用 lín shí rèn yòng temporary appointment 临时空缺通知 temporary vacancy announcement 临时检查站 mobile checkpoint / temporary checkpoint 货物凭A.T.A.报关单证册暂时进口的海关公约 貨物憑A.T.A.報關單證冊暫時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention A.T.A.公约 A.T.A.公約 Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention 