声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) 形旁 xíng páng semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4]) 意符 yì fú semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4]) 文职人员 文職人員 wén zhí rén yuán civilian component / civil component 文职部分 文職部分 civilian component / civil component 民政管理局 Civil Administration Component / Civil Administration component 声符 聲符 shēng fú phonetic component of a Chinese character (e.g. the component 青[qing] in 清[qing1]) 形符 xíng fú semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4]) 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn 有用 yǒu yòng useful syn 有益 yǒu yì useful / beneficial / profitable syn 好用 hǎo yòng useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use 神器 shén qì magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool 管用 guǎn yòng efficacious / useful syn 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 鸡鸣狗盗 雞鳴狗盜 jī míng gǒu dào crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents syn 顶事 頂事 dǐng shì useful / fitting syn 兴利除弊 興利除弊 xīng lì chú bì to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom) syn 卸磨杀驴 卸磨殺驢 xiè mò shā lǘ lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful syn 大有裨益 dà yǒu bì yì bringing great benefits (idiom) / very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well 坐吃享福 zuò chī xiǎng fú vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful 用得上 yòng de shàng needed / to come in useful 开创基础教育适用教学战略 開創基礎教育適用教學戰略 Pioneering Useful and Learning Strategies in Basic Education 中用 zhōng yòng useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4] syn 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn 延年益寿 延年益壽 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life syn 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom) 死中求生 sǐ zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life 生命的遗迹 生命的遺跡 shēng mìng de yí jì trace of life / vestige of life 年寿 年壽 nián shòu length of life / life span 浮生六记 浮生六記 fú shēng liù jì Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808 无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom 寿命周期分析 life cycle assessment / life cycle analysis 生命肢体急救手术 life- and limb-saving surgical intervention / life- and limb-saving procedure 生命网倡议 生命網倡議 shēng mìng wǎng chàng yì Life Web Initiative / Life Web 命途坎坷 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life 寿考 壽考 shòu kǎo long life / life span 起居作息 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life 夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life 威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn - mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life / one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order 配件 pèi jiàn component / part / fitting / accessory / replacement part syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 插件 chā jiàn plug-in (software or hardware) / to plug in a component 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 组件 組件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly syn 元件 yuán jiàn element / component syn 零件 líng jiàn part / component syn 部件 bù jiàn part / component syn 组成部分 組成部分 zǔ chéng bù fèn part / component / ingredient / constituent syn 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 零部件 líng bù jiàn spare part / component syn 器件 qì jiàn device / component syn 替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement 元器件 yuán qì jiàn component syn 分量 fēn liàng (vector) component syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) 构件 構件 gòu jiàn member / component / part syn 电子元器件 電子元器件 diàn zǐ yuán qì jiàn electronic component 螺栓 luó shuān bolt (male component of nut and bolt) 电子元件 電子元件 diàn zǐ yuán jiàn electronic component syn 主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component 螺母 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) syn 谐音 諧音 xié yīn homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound) 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 机件 機件 jī jiàn component (mechanics) syn 分 fèn part / share / ingredient / component syn 拼成 pīn chéng to put sth together from component parts 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 偏旁 piān páng component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) syn 螺帽 luó mào nut (female component of nut and bolt) 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 件 jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc syn 高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance 旁 páng one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) syn 乇 zhé "blade of grass" component in Chinese characters 不一致字 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component) 