加 jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn 使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn 申请 申請 shēn qǐng to apply for sth / application form (CL:份[fen4]) syn 运 運 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn 着 著 zhé to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn 着 著 zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn 报名 報名 bào míng to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist syn 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn 实用 實用 shí yòng to apply in practice / practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science) syn 付诸 付諸 fù zhū to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc) syn 报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn 应聘 應聘 yìng pìn to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position 予以 yǔ yǐ to give / to impose / to apply syn 应征 應徵 yìng zhēng to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement syn 生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically syn 涂抹 塗抹 tú mǒ to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate syn 着色 著色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint syn 硬碰硬 yìng pèng yìng to meet force with force / painstaking syn 浓妆艳抹 濃妝艷抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup syn 沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn 画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) syn 推力 tuī lì driving force / impetus / thrust (of a boat or airplane engine) / repelling force 学以致用 學以致用 xué yǐ zhì yòng to study sth in order to apply it 施肥 shī féi to spread manure / to apply fertilizer syn 套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn 习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise 向心力 xiàng xīn lì centripetal force / (fig.) cohering force / cohesion / team spirit 冷敷 lěng fū to apply a cold compress 动因 動因 dòng yīn motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent 热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress 投考 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position) syn 外敷 wài fū to apply externally syn 申办 申辦 shēn bàn to apply for / to bid for 申领 申領 shēn lǐng to apply (for license, visa etc) 活用 huó yòng to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective) syn 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat 施治 shī zhì to apply a treatment / to undertake a therapy 涂饰 塗飾 tú shì to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer syn 报帐 報帳 bào zhàng to render an account / to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement syn 油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning syn 擦 cā to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) syn 施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 膏 gào to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink syn 搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn 傅 fù (bound form) instructor / (literary) to instruct / to attach / to apply (makeup etc) syn 常备军 常備軍 standing force / standing army / permanent force 横征暴敛 橫征暴斂 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom) / to screw taxes out of the people by force syn 巧干 巧幹 qiǎo gàn to work resourcefully / to apply intelligence 马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn 力量 lì lia4ng power / force / strength syn 力 lì power / force / strength / ability / strenuously syn 暴力 bào lì violence / force / violent syn 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 强迫 強迫 qiǎng pò to compel / to force syn 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force) / bandit / robber / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 吸引力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness syn 勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 占领 佔領 zhàn lǐng to capture / to seize / to occupy by force syn 强制 強制 qiáng zhì to force / to compel / to coerce / forced / compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4] syn 后援 後援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force syn 强行 強行 qiáng xíng to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2] syn 迫使 pò shǐ to force / to compel syn 武力 wǔ lì military force syn 引力 yǐn lì gravitation (force) / attraction syn 暴风 暴風 bào fēng windstorm / (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind) syn 示威 shì wēi to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 逼迫 bī pò to force / to compel / to coerce syn 警力 jǐng lì police force / police officers syn 胁迫 脅迫 xié pò to coerce / to compel / to force syn 牛顿 牛頓 niú dùn newton (SI unit of force) 强加 強加 qiáng jiā to impose / to force upon syn 劳力 勞力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force syn 流亡 liú wáng to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile syn 霸占 霸佔 bà zhàn to occupy by force / to seize / to dominate syn 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 破门 破門 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 冲击力 衝擊力 chōng jī lì force of impact or thrust 迫降 pò xiáng to force sb to surrender 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 绝技 絕技 jué jì consummate skill / supreme feat / tour-de-force / stunt syn 风力 風力 fēng lì wind force / wind power 弹力 彈力 tán lì elasticity / elastic force / spring / rebound / bounce 磁力 cí lì magnetic force / magnetic syn 勒令 lè lìng to order / to force syn 劳动力 勞動力 láo dòng lì labor force / manpower syn 收缴 收繳 shōu jiǎo to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy syn 联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) 赶跑 趕跑 gǎn pǎo to drive away / to force out / to repel syn 惯性 慣性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 