约定 約定 yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation syn 援助条件 援助條件 terms of aid / terms of assistance 约会 約會 yuē huì appointment / engagement / date / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] / to arrange to meet syn 预约 預約 yù yuē booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment syn 任命 rèn mìng to appoint / (job) appointment / CL:紙|纸[zhi3] syn 相约 相約 xiāng yuē to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn 推辞 推辭 tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) syn 特派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission syn 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 赴约 赴約 fù yuē to keep an appointment syn 考试院 考試院 kǎo shì yuàn Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board 失约 失約 shī yuē to miss an appointment syn 聘书 聘書 pìn shū letter of appointment / contract syn 守约 守約 shǒu yuē to keep an appointment / to keep one's word 任人唯贤 任人唯賢 rèn rén wéi xián to appoint people according to their merits (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 密约 密約 mì yuē secret appointment 约 約 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise syn 弹冠相庆 彈冠相慶 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) 挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn 任贤使能 任賢使能 rèn xián shǐ néng to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 任事 rèn shì appointment to an important post 居官 jū guān to secure a position / to take an official appointment 爽约 爽約 shuǎng yuē to miss an appointment syn 特任 tè rèn special appointment 轮任 輪任 lún rèn rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU) 起叙一级的任用 appointment at the entry level 限期任用 xiàn qī rèn yòng appointment of limited duration 临时任用 lín shí rèn yòng temporary appointment 定期任用 dìng qī rèn yòng fixed-term appointment 终身任用 zhōng shēn rèn yòng career appointment 非终身任用 非終身任用 fēi zhōng shēn rèn yòng non-career appointment 联合任用和升级委员会 聯合任用和升級委員會 Joint Appointment and Promotion Board 总部任用和升级委员会 總部任用和升級委員會 Headquarters Appointment and Promotion Board 连续任用 連續任用 lián xù rèn yòng continuing appointment / continuing contract 连续合同 連續合同 lián xù hé tòng continuing appointment / continuing contract 司法咨询委员会 司法咨詢委員會 Advisory Judicial Commission on the Appointment and Removal from Office of Judges and Prosecutors / Advisory Judicial Commission 无限期任用 無限期任用 indefinite appointment / indefinite contract 无限期合同 無限期合同 indefinite appointment / indefinite contract 任用书 任用書 letter of appointment 长期任用 長期任用 permanent appointment 委任书 委任書 wěi rèn shū letter of appointment 任命状 任命狀 rèn mìng zhuàng certificate of appointment (to government office) 型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) 优惠 優惠 yōu huì privilege / favorable (terms) / preferential (treatment) / discount (price) syn 而言 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned / speaking in terms of ... 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn 科普 kē pǔ popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1xue2 pu3ji2]) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms syn 不和 bù hé not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord syn 妥协 妥協 tuǒ xié to compromise / to reach terms / a compromise syn 三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能) 小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 为数 為數 wéi shù in numerical terms (typically followed by 不少[bu4 shao3] or 不多[bu4 duo1] or a number) 大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn 融洽 róng qià harmonious / friendly relations / on good terms with one another syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 爱美 愛美 ài měi to pay attention to one's appearance / to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms 情话 情話 qíng huà terms of endearment / words of love 相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn 和好 hé hǎo to become reconciled / on good terms with each other syn 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 深入浅出 深入淺出 shēn rù qiǎn chū to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand syn 从优 從優 cóng yōu preferential treatment / most favored terms syn 冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn 大体上 大體上 dà tǐ shàng overall / in general terms syn 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn 简单明了 簡單明瞭 jiǎn dān míng liǎo clear and simple / in simple terms 夏至 xià zhì Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July syn 白露 bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September 立春 lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January 不欢而散 不歡而散 bù huān ér sàn to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 结算方式 結算方式 jié suàn fāng shì settlement terms (accountancy, law) 春分 chūn fēn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April 简言之 簡言之 jiǎn yán zhī in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly syn 谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May 立秋 lì qiū Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August 立夏 lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May 大寒 dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February 惊蛰 驚蟄 jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March 打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn 立冬 lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 寒露 hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October syn 规约 規約 guī yuē terms (of an agreement) syn 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms syn 秋分 qiū fēn Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October 霜降 shuāng jiàng Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November syn 丧权辱国 喪權辱國 sàng quán rǔ guó to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) / to surrender territory under humiliating terms syn 芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June 大暑 dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August syn 阿 ā prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4] syn 擦边 擦邊 cā biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality) 小暑 xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn 