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 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 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 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 义肢 義肢 yì zhī artificial limb / prosthesis 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 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 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 外骨骼假肢 exoskeletal prosthesis / crustacean prosthesis 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 内骨骼假肢 endoskeletal prosthesis 斋浦尔假肢 齋浦爾假肢 Jaipur limb / Jaipur foot / Jaipur prosthesis 假肢工厂 假肢工廠 prosthesis workshop / orthopaedic workshop 膝下假肢 below-knee prosthesis 膝上假肢 above-knee prosthesis 模块组合假肢 模塊組合假肢 modular assembly prosthesis 假体 假體 jiǎ tǐ (medicine) prosthesis / implant 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 关于暂准进口的公约 關於暫準進口的公約 Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention 伊斯坦布尔公约 伊斯坦布爾公約 Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention 临时排除产品清单 臨時排除產品清單 Temporary Exclusion List 临时社会委员会 臨時社會委員會 Temporary Social Commission 关于商用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 關於商用公路車輛臨時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 关于私用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 關於私用公路車輛臨時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 临时就业系统 臨時就業系統 Temporary Employment System 一般临时人员 一般臨時人員 general temporary assistance 暂行休会 暫行休會 temporary adjournment of a session 临时员额 臨時員額 temporary post 临时多国部队 臨時多國部隊 temporary multinational force 希布伦临时国际驻留人员 希布倫臨時國際駐留人員 Temporary International Presence in Hebron 特别临时任务工作人员 特別臨時任務工作人員 staff on special temporary assignment 临时标志 臨時標誌 temporary marking 庶吉士 shù jí shì title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院[Han4 lin2 yuan4] conferred on meritorious candidates until the next examination 粉板 fěn bǎn blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen 劳务人员 勞務人員 láo wù rén yuán laborer / service worker (typically employed on a contractual or temporary basis) 临时保姆 臨時保姆 lín shí bǎo mǔ temporary caregiver / babysitter 工房 gōng fáng workshop / temporary housing for workers / workers' living quarters 涨停 漲停 zhǎng tíng (of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock) 工棚 gōng péng temporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation) 