"to prevent epidemics" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
防疫	fáng yì	to prevent epidemics

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
阻止	zǔ zhǐ	to prevent / to block	syn
避免	bì miǎn	to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from	syn
锁定鎖定	suǒ dìng	to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
防止	fáng zhǐ	to prevent / to guard against / to take precautions	syn
预防預防	yù fáng	to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic	syn
灭口滅口	miè kǒu	to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb	syn
免受	miǎn shòu	to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment	syn
以防	yǐ fáng	(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case	syn
免除	miǎn chú	to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit	syn
避暑	bì shǔ	to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke
滞留滯留	zhì liú	(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving) / to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain / to linger	syn
防治	fáng zhì	to prevent and cure / prevention and cure
防不胜防防不勝防	fáng bù shèng fáng	(idiom) virtually impossible to prevent
扣压扣壓	kòu yā	to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)	syn
防控	fáng kòng	to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
反垄断反壟斷	fǎn lǒng duàn	to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust
浸种浸種	jìn zhǒng	to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)
扣发扣發	kòu fā	to deprive / to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
卧轨臥軌	wò guǐ	to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
遮断遮斷	zhē duàn	to cut off / to interrupt / to prevent access
防	fáng	to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent	syn
枚	méi	classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個\|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy	syn
杜	dù	birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict	syn
毖	bì	careful / to prevent	syn
防患未然	fáng huàn wèi rán	to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud	syn
惩前毖后懲前毖後	chéng qián bì hòu	lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again	syn
防龋防齲	fáng qǔ	to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries
楗	jiàn	material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
小惩大诫小懲大誡	xiǎo chéng dà jiè	lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
投鼠忌器	tóu shǔ jì qì	lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom) / to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
万死不辞萬死不辭	wàn sǐ bù cí	ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom) / ready to risk life and limb to help out	syn
防患未萌	fáng huàn wèi méng	to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom) / to nip sth in the bud
却病卻病	què bìng	to prevent or treat a disease
俭以防匮儉以防匱	jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì	frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
力阻	lì zǔ	to block / to prevent by force	syn
既来之，则安之既來之，則安之	jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī	Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
祛邪除灾祛邪除災	qū xié chú zāi	to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)
防暑降温防暑降溫	fáng shǔ jiàng wēn	to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature
防杜	fáng dù	to prevent
雍阏雍閼	yōng è	to intercept / to prevent the arrival of sth
防堵	fáng dǔ	to prevent / to combat / to counter
美洲国家间避免或防止冲突条约		Treaty to Avoid or Prevent Conflicts between the American States / Gondra Treaty
美洲防止和惩处酷刑公约		Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
卡纳纳斯基斯原则卡納納斯基斯原則		Principles to prevent terrorists, or those that harbour them, from gaining access to weapons or materials of mass destruction / Kananaskis Principles
小武器行动纲领小武器行動綱領		Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Programme of Action on Small Arms
2006年小武器审查会议 2006年小武器審查會議		United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Small Arms Review Conference
预防、打击、消除恐怖主义利马宣言預防、打擊、消除恐怖主義利馬宣言		Declaration of Lima to Prevent, Combat and Eliminate Terrorism
预防和打击越界犯罪合作协定預防和打擊越界犯罪合作協定		Agreement on Cooperation to Prevent and Combat Transborder Crime
破财免灾破財免災	pò cái miǎn zāi	a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
纸火锅紙火鍋	zhǐ huǒ guō	paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
曲突徙薪	qū tū xǐ xīn	lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures	syn
糊名	hú míng	(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
暗桩暗樁	àn zhuāng	submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy
止滑	zhǐ huá	to prevent slipping / anti-slip
一夫当关，万夫莫开一夫當關，萬夫莫開	yī fū - dāng guān , wàn fū - mò kāi	(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
安全裤安全褲	ān quán kù	safety shorts (worn under a skirt or dress to prevent accidental exposure)
杀人灭口殺人滅口	shā rén - miè kǒu	(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
防伪防偽	fáng wěi	to prevent counterfeiting / anti-counterfeiting
保胎	bǎo tāi	to take measures to prevent miscarriage

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"to prevent epidemics" Chinese-English Dictionary

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