中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see / to catch sight of syn 内 內 nèi inside / inner / internal / within / interior syn 间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn 聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent / clever / bright / acute (of sight and hearing) syn 中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn 之内 之內 zhī nèi inside / within syn 体内 體內 tǐ nèi within the body / in vivo (vs in vitro) / internal to 视线 視線 shì xiàn line of sight 目光 mù guāng gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn 从中 從中 cóng zhōng from within / therefrom syn 视觉 視覺 shì jué sight / vision / visual 景象 jǐng xiàng scene / sight (to behold) syn 壮观 壯觀 zhuàng guān spectacular / magnificent sight 以内 以內 yǐ nèi within / less than syn 怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 一见钟情 一見鍾情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) syn 方圆 方圓 fāng yuán perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ... syn 内奸 內奸 nèi jiān undiscovered traitor / enemy within one's own ranks syn 规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 局限 jú xiàn to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries syn 力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom) / to the best of one's ability / within one's powers syn 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn 台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ (idiom) very close / almost within reach / close at hand syn 在握 zài wò (fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp syn 隐患 隱患 yǐn huàn a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 其间 其間 qí jiān in between / within that interval / in the meantime 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 稳操胜券 穩操勝券 wěn cāo shèng quàn grasp it and victory is assured / to have success within one's grasp (idiom) syn 遏制 è zhì to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain syn 奇观 奇觀 qí guān spectacle / impressive sight 分寸 fēn cun propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms syn 党内 黨內 dǎng nèi within the party (esp. Chinese communist party) 在望 zài wàng within view / visible / (fig.) in the offing / around the corner / soon to materialize syn 熟视无睹 熟視無睹 shú shì wú dǔ to pay no attention to a familiar sight / to ignore syn 人大 rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4]) 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn 政委 zhèng wěi political commissar (within the army) 触目惊心 觸目驚心 chù mù jīng xīn lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) / shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight syn 夹带 夾帶 jiā dài to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam 一晃 yī huǎng (of passing time) in an instant / (of a sight) in a flash syn 一见如故 一見如故 yī jiàn rú gù familiarity at first sight syn 准星 準星 zhǔn xīng front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard syn 官能 guān néng organic function / physical faculty / sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc) 策反 cè fǎn to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp) syn 金碧辉煌 金碧輝煌 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) syn 可望而不可及 kě wàng ér bù kě jí (idiom) in sight but beyond reach / unattainable / inaccessible syn 奇景 qí jǐng wonderful scenery / amazing sight / (fig.) marvel 轮岗 輪崗 lún gǎng to rotate jobs within an organization syn 功败垂成 功敗垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory syn 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 望而却步 望而卻步 wàng ér què bù lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred syn 量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can. 顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other 秘传 祕傳 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc 矫治 矯治 jiǎo zhì to correct (e.g. sight or hearing) / to rectify / to cure 法号 法號 fǎ hào name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) 包工 bāo gōng to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means. 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē wielding the halberd within the household (idiom) / internecine strife syn 玄之又玄 xuán zhī yòu xuán mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] syn 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom) / major trouble hidden within 时间内 時間內 shí jiān nèi within (a period of time) 在华 在華 zài huá within China / during one's visit to China 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 旅游景点 旅遊景點 lǚ yóu jǐng diǎn tourist attraction / travel sight 第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight 不好看 bù hǎo kàn unattractive / sore sight 期房 qī fáng forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 所及 suǒ jí to reach as far as / within reach 档期 檔期 dàng qī slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc) 党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 境内外 境內外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad 中纪委 中紀委 zhōng jì wěi Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 不日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time syn 内中 內中 nèi zhōng within it / among them syn 城中村 chéng zhōng cūn village within a city / shantytown / ghetto 户内 戶內 hù nèi indoors / within the home 凄迷 qī mí dreary and fuzzy (sight) 龙芯 龍芯 lóng xīn Loongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China) 政教处 政教處 zhèng jiào chǔ political education office (within a school) (PRC) 双规 雙規 shuāng guī shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong 法名 fǎ míng name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4] 株距 zhū jù spacing / distance between plants (within a row) 量入为出 量入為出 liàng rù wéi chū to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom) / to live within one's means / You can only spend what you earn. syn 尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to syn 