革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn 安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady / stable / sedate / calm / (of sleep) sound / (of a transition) smooth syn 过渡 過渡 guò dù to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration) syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 转型 轉型 zhuǎn xíng to undergo fundamental change / to transition / to transform / to update (to a new model of product) 湖泊 hú pō lake syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune syn 天鹅湖 天鵝湖 tiān é hú Swan Lake 改朝换代 改朝換代 gǎi cháo huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime syn 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake 继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn 直通车 直通車 zhí tōng chē "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao) 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 洞庭湖 dòng tíng hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 青海湖 qīng hǎi hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon) 湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England 滇池 diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 鄱阳湖 鄱陽湖 pó yáng hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 洱海 ěr hǎi Erhai Lake 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 白洋淀 白洋澱 bái yáng diàn Baiyang Lake in Hebei 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 过渡时期 過渡時期 guò dù shí qī transition period 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 雷峰塔 léi fēng tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) 喀纳斯湖 喀納斯湖 kā nà sī hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang 顿挫 頓挫 dùn cuò a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting) 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 跃迁 躍遷 yuè qiān transition / jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 湖 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] syn 泊 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2] syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 淀山湖 澱山湖 diàn shān hú Dianshan Lake in Shanghai 王夫之 wáng fū zhī Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition 赛里木湖 賽里木湖 sài lǐ mù hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang 博斯腾湖 博斯騰湖 bó sī téng hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 元好问 元好問 yuán hào wèn Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition 鄱 pó name of a lake 澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li 湖滨 湖濱 hú bīn lake front 西湖 xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan 伊利湖 yī lì hú Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 bèi jiā ěr hú Lake Baikal, Russia 休伦湖 休倫湖 xiū lún hú Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 人工湖 rén gōng hú artificial lake 草海 cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou 承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 转型经济体 轉型經濟體 economies in transition / transition economies 大陆地壳和海洋地壳过渡区 大陸地殼和海洋地殼過渡區 continent / ocean crust transition / continent-ocean transition 堰塞湖 yàn sè hú barrier lake / landslide dam / dammed lake 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 富营养湖 富營養湖 fù yíng yǎng hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 沃化湖 wò huà hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 布莱德湖 布萊德湖 bù lái dé hú Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled 邵伯湖 shào bó hú Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 周勃 zhōu bó Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han 孟思诚 孟思誠 mèng sī chéng Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom 改朝 gǎi cháo to transition to a new dynasty 王岱舆 王岱輿 wáng dài yú Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition 过渡金属 過渡金屬 guò dù jīn shǔ transition metal (chemistry) 陈忱 陳忱 chén chén Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传 冯武 馮武 féng wǔ Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮竇伯|冯窦伯[Feng2 Dou4 bo2] 冯窦伯 馮竇伯 féng dòu bó Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮武|冯武[Feng2 Wu3] 黄宗羲 黃宗羲 huáng zōng xī Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition 齿更 齒更 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) 过渡阶段 過渡階段 guò dù jiē duàn transition phase 能源转变 energy transition 全国过渡联合小组 quán guó guò dù lián hé xiǎo zǔ Joint National Transition Team 国际支持过渡委员会 International Committee for Support to the Transition 包容各方的全面协定 Comprehensive and All-Inclusive Agreement on the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / All-Inclusive Agreement / Global and All-Inclusive Agreement 促进转型经济体开发面向市场的煤气业 促進轉型經濟體開發面向市場的煤氣業 Promotion and Development of Market-Based Gas Industries in Economies in Transition 处境不利的转型经济体 處境不利的轉型經濟體 disadvantaged economies in transition 中欧和东欧转型经济体 中歐和東歐轉型經濟體 Central and Eastern European transition economies 援助转型国家信托基金 援助轉型國家信托基金 Trust Fund For Assistance to Countries in Transition 驻伊拉克多国安全过渡部队 駐伊拉克多國安全過渡部隊 zhù yī lā kè duō guó ān quán guò dù bù duì Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq 联合国过渡时期援助团培训信托基金 聯合國過渡時期援助團培訓信托基金 lián hé guó guò dù shí qī yuán zhù tuán péi xùn xìn tuō jī jīn United Nations Trust Fund for training for the United Nations Transition Assistance Group 转型经济体可持续发展国际会议 轉型經濟體可持續發展國際會議 International Conference on the Sustainable Development of the Economies in Transition 