规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 既定 jì dìng already fixed / set / established 立足 lì zú to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous / to become notorious syn 离经叛道 離經叛道 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy / to depart from established practices syn 五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China 入籍 rù jí to become naturalized / to become a citizen 专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture 老字号 老字號 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn 恒生 恆生 héng shēng Hang Seng (the name of a bank in Hong Kong and of the stock market index the bank established) 羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn 初创 初創 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc) / newly established syn 太学 太學 tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 迷上 mí shàng to become fascinated with / to become obsessed with 渐趋 漸趨 jiàn qū to become more and more / to gradually become 交恶 交惡 jiāo è to become enemies / to become hostile towards syn 蔚然成风 蔚然成風 wèi rán chéng fēng to have become common practice (idiom) / to become a general trend syn 曹魏 cáo wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 董仲舒 dǒng zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty 万元户 萬元戶 wàn yuán hù household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) syn 海基会 海基會 hǎi jī huì Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan 积弊 積弊 jī bì age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition) syn 根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 老三篇 lǎo sān piān Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established 知道 zhī dào to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5] syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 发现 發現 fā xiàn to notice / to become aware of / to discover / to find / to detect / a discovery syn 成 chéng to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth syn 变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 成为 成為 chéng wéi to become / to turn into syn 变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn 加入 jiā rù to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in syn 入 rù to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 出名 chū míng well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) syn 破产 破產 pò chǎn to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy syn 堕落 墮落 duò luò to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace syn 察觉 察覺 chá jué to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect syn 发觉 發覺 fā jué to become aware / to detect / to realize / to perceive syn 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn 上瘾 上癮 shàng yǐn to get into a habit / to become addicted syn 变形 變形 biàn xíng to become deformed / to change shape / to morph 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn 灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate syn 疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement syn 成名 chéng míng to make one's name / to become famous syn 入伙 rù huǒ to join a group / to become a member syn 失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness syn 明亮 míng liàng bright / shining / glittering / to become clear syn 硬化 yìng huà to harden / (medicine) sclerosis / (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions / to ossify 失调 失調 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc) syn 受孕 shòu yùn to become pregnant / to conceive syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 沉醉 chén zuì to become intoxicated syn 破损 破損 pò sǔn to become damaged syn 骚动 騷動 sāo dòng disturbance / uproar / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] / to become restless syn 显露 顯露 xiǎn lù to become visible / to reveal syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time syn 发炎 發炎 fā yán to become inflamed / inflammation 觉醒 覺醒 jué xǐng to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware syn 发霉 發霉 fā méi to become moldy syn 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 作废 作廢 zuò fèi to become invalid / to cancel / to delete / to nullify 发愁 發愁 fā chóu to worry / to fret / to be anxious / to become sad syn 蠢蠢欲动 蠢蠢欲動 chǔn chǔn yù dòng to begin to stir (idiom) / to get restless / to become threatening syn 晕船 暈船 yùn chuán to become seasick 翻脸 翻臉 fān liǎn to fall out with sb / to become hostile syn 打成一片 dǎ chéng yī piàn to merge / to integrate / to become as one / to unify together syn 露脸 露臉 lòu liǎn to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine syn 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 腐化 fǔ huà to rot / to decay / to become corrupt syn 升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost 出列 chū liè (military) to leave one's place in the ranks / to fall out / (fig.) to emerge / to become prominent 致富 zhì fù to become rich syn 和好 hé hǎo to become reconciled / on good terms with each other syn 化作 huà zuò to change into / to turn into / to become syn 现形 現形 xiàn xíng to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature syn 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 变本加厉 變本加厲 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify syn 贬值 貶值 biǎn zhí to become devaluated / to devaluate / to depreciate syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 开化 開化 kāi huà to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw syn 复杂化 複雜化 fù zá huà to complicate / to become complicated 怀胎 懷胎 huái tāi to become pregnant / to carry a child in the womb syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 做鬼 zuò guǐ to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost syn 幻灭 幻滅 huàn miè (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish / to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned / disillusionment syn 病友 bìng yǒu a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate 