提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance syn 转变 轉變 zhuǎn biàn to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 值班 zhí bān to work a shift / on duty syn 夜班 yè bān night shift syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn 当班 當班 dāng bān to work one's shift syn 换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job 轮班 輪班 lún bān shift working syn 转折 轉折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation syn 转入 轉入 zhuǎn rù to change over to / to shift to / to switch to 早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift 翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 白班 bái bān day shift syn 变速 變速 biàn sù to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed 游移 yóu yí to wander / to shift around / to waver / to vacillate syn 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 交接班 jiāo jiē bān to change shift 移师 移師 yí shī to move troops to / (fig.) to move to / to shift to 自动挡 自動擋 zì dòng dǎng automatic transmission / auto gear shift 嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute / to shift the blame onto someone else 手动挡 手動擋 shǒu dòng dǎng manual gear change / shift stick 班 bān team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles syn 倒手 dǎo shǒu to shift from one hand to the other / to change hands (of merchandise) syn 三班倒 sān bān dǎo three-shift system (work rostering) 变速杆 變速桿 biàn sù gǎn gear lever / stick shift 日班 rì bān day shift syn 转移视线 轉移視線 zhuǎn yí shì xiàn to shift one's eyes / (fig.) to shift one's attention / to divert attention 大夜班 dà yè bān graveyard shift / late night shift 小夜班 xiǎo yè bān evening shift / early night shift 白班儿 白班兒 bái bān r day shift 半日制学校 半日制學校 bàn rì zhì xué xiào half-day (or double-shift) school 红移 紅移 hóng yí red shift (astronomy) 二部制 èr bù zhì two shift system (in schools) 以邻为壑 以鄰為壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) syn 倒休 dǎo xiū to shift holidays, taking a weekday off 挹注 yì zhù to shift resources into areas of need / to inject funds / to balance resources 搬出去 bān chū qù to move out (vacate) / to shift sth out 瓜代 guā dài a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season 移情别恋 移情別戀 yí qíng bié liàn change of affection, shift of love (idiom) / to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else 蓝移 藍移 lán yí blue shift (astronomy) 转变立场 轉變立場 zhuǎn biàn lì chǎng to change positions / to shift one's ground 频移键控 pín yí jiàn kòng frequency-shift-keying 两班制 liǎng bān zhì double-shift system 分班制 shift system 基准变换 基准變換 jī zhǔn biàn huàn datum shift / datum transformation / geodetic transformation / datum conversion / datum reduction 避免-改换-改进 避免-改換-改進 Avoid-Shift-Improve 行业间变化 行業間變化 interindustry shift 调挡 調擋 tiáo dǎng gear shift 甩锅 甩鍋 shuǎi guō (neologism c. 2017) to shift the blame / to pass the buck 卸责 卸責 xiè zé to avoid responsibility / to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement) 早早班 zǎo zǎo bān preschool group for kids aged three or less / (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak 撬动 撬動 qiào dòng to shift sth with a crowbar etc / (fig.) to influence by applying leverage 晚班 wǎn bān night shift 