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Definitions
- 1. to hit (the mark)
- 2. to be hit by
- 3. to suffer
- 4. to win (a prize, a lottery)
Example Sentences
1 shown我們 18 歲高 中 畢業。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 中
Wuzhong district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[sū zhōu shì], Jiangsu
entrance exam for senior middle school
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
earthquake epicenter
Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
technical middle school
Yuzhong (or central Chongqing) district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市[tái běi shì] or Keelung 基隆市[jī lóng shì]
to fall in a trap
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
pertinent; apropos
to know what's going on
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
inhibited enzyme
Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000
middle ranking officer in Chinese army
a thorn in one's eye
to be embarrassingly short of money
China cymbal (drum kit component)
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
middle ear
zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank)
(bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable The Wolf of Zhongshan 中山狼傳|中山狼传[zhōng shān láng zhuàn]
Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[sūn zhōng shān]
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
to hit the target with a single shot
middling
the Sermon on the Mount
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
state within a state
center of projection
Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
Sino-European
NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes
Human Rights in China (New York-based expatriate PRC organization)
doctrine of the mean
to make progress while ensuring stability
Bazhong prefecture in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
participant
minibus
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
to find to one's taste
central city district
(bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
transit hub
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
ChinaNews (China News Service)
medium pressure tube
Sinocentrism
Chinese painting
fetus dies in the belly
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
to be possessed; to be bewitched
alley-oop (basketball)
agency
command center
to monitor secretly
Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia
Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[zhèng hé] in 1405 AD
septum (anatomy)
(phonetics) medial
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
to change (train or plane)
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
a person in the know
China Geological Survey (CGS)
decentralization
Chinese English parallel texts
in one's eyes
China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan
mid-term exam
neutrino (particle physics)
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
arsenic poisoning
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
small or medium size enterprise (SME)
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
medium sized enterprise
GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
(spoken) Chinese language
Taichung city in central Taiwan
(bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)
bathing and recreation center
mean value theorem (in calculus)
Beijing World Financial Center, skyscraper
concentrator
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
to embezzle
Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works
Chinese dress
middle third of a month
impartiality
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
Zhongli or Chungli city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
China Construction Bank
doctor (Chinese medicine)
to stop halfway
(perfumery) middle note
to come down in the world (idiom)
medium-sized
cerebral stroke
a conservative
China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)
Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
centralized state power
China-Africa (relations)
qualified word
delayed neutron
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits
(share trading) mid-cap
concentration camp
Töv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia
relay station
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)
general middle school education
Central News Agency (Taiwan)
Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015
Suizhong county in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning
Taichung or Taizhong County in central Taiwan
center forward (soccer position)
medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)
median
Japan-China
not to one's liking
central finance
China Education and Research Network (CERNET)
North Korea-China
dead center
double glazing
China Consumers' Association (CCA)
China Telecom (Chinese company providing mobile phone service)
Yuzhong (or central Chongqing) district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
central
in the sky
Huzhong district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang
all-purpose flour
medieval
of the utmost importance
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
Sino-Japanese relations
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
made in China
Central and Western district of Hong Kong
to hit (a target etc)
Renmin University of China
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
lieutenant
democratic centralism
positioned between (two parties)
Hopkins-Nanjing Center
China, Japan and Korea
neutron star
the middle stretches of a river
mesopause
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
China Democratic League
to compromise
neutron capture
to come as no surprise
in the movie
China-Nepal
senior high school student
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
Museum of Chinese History
China-Russia
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
in a dream
communications center
Yangzhong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu
as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
Chinese restaurant syndrome
to hit (a target)
to ask for mediation
medium-density fiberboard (MDF)
Chinese tunic suit
Chinese-English parallel texts
pleasure center
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
to pass a test
imperfect neutrality
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
Sino-Korean
botulism
Chinatown
to be hit by a gun
senior high school
real estate agent
to hit with the first shot (idiom)
thermal neutron
Bazhong prefecture-level city in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan
middle section; middle period; middle area; mid-
Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan
repeater
Chinese remainder theorem (math.)
neutron
Central, Hong Kong Island
pleasant to the eye
Chinese agriculture
to have no idea
mesosphere
middle
to win a ballot; to draw a lucky number
(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
China (alternate formal name)
Indochina
centered alignment (typography)
middle finger
lit. like a turtle in a jar
methyl alcohol poisoning
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
China watcher
Chinese style
Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
East China sea
made in China
middle-aged and elderly people
China National Petroleum Corporation
the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[sì shū]
the middle; the inside
middle and elementary school
to choose
China Business (a Beijing newspaper)
Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower
neutralism
kindred spirit
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
to guess correctly
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
toxic pulmonary edema
Sino-Turkish
among
person of no particular talent
China-Pakistan (relations)
gunship (aircraft)
frame relay (telecommunications)
Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
Chinese restaurant
Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[xí jìn píng]
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan)
general middle school
multiport repeater
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
mid- (e.g. mid-century)
China and the West
to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC)
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
therein
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
not impressed by
viola
in the dark
to make administration service-oriented
Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
to win a prize at a lottery
Central Java, province of Indonesia
axis
Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Madhya Pradesh, central Indian state
traditional Chinese medicine
the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle
the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)
Zhongfang county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
middle-aged
to suppose correctly
junior high student
New Democracy Party of China, a short-lived party founded in 2007 by human rights activist Guo Quan, who was jailed in 2009
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
China Airlines (Taiwan)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
to have a preference for
pilot test (in product development etc)
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
to hit the target with one's throw
air traffic controller
Hanzhong prefecture-level city in Shaanxi
reclaimed water
(sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)
Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong
mid-top (shoes)
food poisoning
North University of China (Shanxi)
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
moderato
to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí]
to receive oral sex from a prostitute
midwest
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
midstream
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Chinese rural dog
mid-Atlantic ridge
Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
exactly what one wants
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
Suizhong county in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[chāng píng], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[hǎi diàn qū]
Independent Chinese PEN center
Zhangyang county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
diameter
In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁[shǐ jǐng qiān]
Chinese person
Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist
to make the best of a bad job
(as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate
China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (CAAPA)
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
China Radio International
sth that is expected or wished for
scenic area near Xiangyang 襄陽|襄阳[xiāng yáng] in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[zhū gě liàng] lived as a young man
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
inside
to float in the air
centralized autocratic rule
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)
Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991
China Eastern Airlines
business center
centered alignment (typography)
Zizhong county in Neijiang 內江|内江[nèi jiāng], Sichuan
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
central nervous system, CNS
China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
Chinese Academy of Engineering
imperceptibly
a giant among men (idiom)
consolidated cargo (transportation)
within the range of a bow and arrow
Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
to hijack (a plane)
vocational secondary school
to hit the nail on the head
(Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down; (fig.) to be unfairly targeted
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)
senior high school enrollment
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
one's mind
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China
moderate; appropriate; suitable
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
Zhongmou county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan
Chinese Thanksgiving, another name for 蛋炒飯節|蛋炒饭节[dàn chǎo fàn jié]
Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu
ethnocentrism
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Chinese style
in the unseen world of spirits
China Unicom
Hang Seng China affiliated index
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
interneuron
hanging gardens (Babylon etc)
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
China state radio regulation committee SRRC
(bird species of China) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni)
dogfight (of planes)
frame relay
within the year
Central African Republic
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
to turn out just as one predicted or feared
All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
central processing unit (CPU)
air traffic control
vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages
to win (a prize in a lottery)
university and high school students
Zhongliao or Chungliao Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down
rollerball pen
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
middle game (in go or chess)
Center for Disease Control (US)
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
noon
central government
Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)
CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
to have one's words prove to be prophetic
to extradite to mainland China
Yangzhong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu
central district (of a city)
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
(bird species of China) Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)
stroke
China and Taiwan
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党
a thorn in one's side
Zhangyang county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Chinese cuisine
to slander; to defame
intermediate filament
mess hall for mid-level cadres
poisoning route
trapeze artist
(statistics) central moment
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
Sino-German clinic
infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression
China CITIC Bank
metadata
China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)
neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell)
(military) flyover
Zhongli or Chungli city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom)
see 布袋戲|布袋戏[bù dài xì]
third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
Central America
People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
mesosphere
International Medical Center
Mesolithic Era
Chinese Super League (soccer)
courtyard
PRC Maritime Safety Agency
ordinary
China Association for Promoting Democracy
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
Zoomflight Telecom (Chinese company)
distributor
to create something from nothing (idiom)
People's Bank of China
neutrino (particle physics)
border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
China Law Society
the Chinese nation
Liaozhong county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
thalassemia (medicine)
tour group assembly and dispatch center
village within a city
the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC)
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Central Asian grasslands
medium-range
National Museum of China
novella
The Wolf of Zhongshan, fable by Ma Zhongxi 馬中錫|马中锡[mǎ zhōng xī]
to hit (a target)
amusement park
Sino-Russian relations
Middle East
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
transfer desk
middleware
centrist
Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
China National People's Congress
lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)
earthquake epicenter
to be possessed; to be bewitched
Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
middle distance race
Communist Youth League of China
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局[zhōng guó dì zhèn jú]
China-Australia (relations)
research center
room constructed within an existing room
to fall into a trap; to be taken in
to have a win in the lottery
(Hong Kong) secondary school that uses English as a medium of instruction (\EMI school\)
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Central Military Committee (CMC)
World Financial Center (New York City)
harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
at one's convenience
trade center
Hanzhong prefecture, Shaanxi
one China and one Taiwan (policy)
at all times and in all places (idiom)
Huangzhong county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
center
Bank of China (BoC)
to shock the whole world
China Ornithological Society
(TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphragm and the navel, including the spleen and stomach)
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
interim
good-looking and intelligent (idiom)
central China
poisonous
neutron radiography
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
China Earthquake Administration (CEA)
Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
middleman and guarantor
middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
European Central Bank
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
Communist Party of China
neutral country
COMAC (Chinese aeronautics company)
Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)
blood poisoning
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
pendente lite
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
to hit with a piercing blow
Zhongjiang county in Deyang 德陽|德阳[dé yáng], Sichuan
Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
stewardess
Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Auschwitz concentration camp
half-way line
to be poisoned
middle-school student
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
medium sized
China Post (Chinese postal service)
middle age
trichothecenes toxicosis
China-France (cooperation); Sino-French
Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia
Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Central Academy of Drama
neutralizing agent; neutralizer
short- or medium-term loan
Central Asia
(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress
fovea centralis (depression in the macula retina, most sensitive optic region)
student of a senior high school
to be ambushed
developing
China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC)
China Travel Service (CTS), state-owned travel company
China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)
one's words carry barbs
moderate
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
to part one's hair in the middle
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
China
acute cyanide poisoning
Central Committee
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
China Democratic National Construction Association
middle class
centriole
one-China policy
dichloroethane poisoning
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
metadata
Chinese (i.e. of Chinese nationality)
to hit the target
conforming with the norms of society
Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
senior high school
to be chosen; to be selected
Chinese style
Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia
hollow
Tianzhong or Tienchung Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
China Disabled Persons' Federation
PRC and Hong Kong
Sino-Cuban
Hanzhong prefecture-level city in Shaanxi
China Securities Journal
middle level (in a hierarchy)
Central Conservatory of Music
traditional Chinese medical science
Zhongzhan district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[jiāo zuò shì], Henan
the contents of the cup
midfielder
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters
Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable
airline steward
China Daily (an English language newspaper)
baritone
China News Service
Sino-Italian
shopping center
to suffer a paralyzing stroke
to cease
Airbus (aerospace company)
Battle of Midway, June 1942
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
go-between
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
useful
China Air Transport Association (CATA)
to concentrate
Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
Chinese language
Zhongliao or Chungliao Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia
China-USA
attached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school
middle road (in politics)
a commonplace thing
philtrum
lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
culmination (astronomy)
Central Executive Committee
Greater China
technical middle school education
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)
Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China
midway
lunch
intermediary
bag-in-box (packaging)
housing agent
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
midpoint
among
(of a bee, jellyfish etc) to sting (sb)
two-China (policy)
median strip
junior high school
central business district (e.g. CBD of Beijing)
(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
lunch
small and medium enterprise
National Art Museum of China
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
vermilion
(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
to act as intermediary
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
tetraethyl lead poisoning
Indochina
Sino-foreign
China-Japan
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
Zhongjiang county in Deyang 德陽|德阳[dé yáng], Sichuan
China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
middle (of a period of time)
PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)
General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee
Zhongmu county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan
secondary education
middle
lieutenant (navy)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
China News Service website (chinanews.com)
hot
party of compromise
prompt neutron
city central district
to win a prize (in a lottery etc)
commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
China United Airlines
Chinese tunic suit
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
neutron source
Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
Central Committee of the CCP
to pass the imperial examinations
resurgence
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
middleweight (boxing etc)
to cut short
Zhongzhan district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[jiāo zuò shì], Henan
medium
central district
to slander viciously
to slander maliciously
(bird species of China) whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
(PRC) Central Military Commission
Sino-British
traditional Chinese medicine
see 心中無數|心中无数[xīn zhōng wú shù]
gems
lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom)
Zizhong county in Neijiang 內江|内江[nèi jiāng], Sichuan
Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan
Chinese Academy of Science
middle of month
call center
China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net
The Export-Import Bank of China (state-owned bank)
to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
south central region
systemic agent
Hong Kong Cultural Center
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
neutral
see 短中抽長|短中抽长[duǎn zhōng chōu cháng]
city center
Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
Russia, China and North Korea
Central University for Nationalities
nasal septum
China Writers Association (CWA)
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
fast neutrons
to sinicize
en route
to pass an exam
see 強中自有強中手|强中自有强中手[qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu]
center
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
middle-ranking
center dash console
Chinese-Western fusion
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]
Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西[shān xī]
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
Central Asia
to run aground in mid-course
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
neutron bomb
Bazhong prefecture-level city in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan
China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)
Chinese herbal medicine
Lanzhong, county-level city in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan
to be beclouded
to leave in the middle of the play
Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[zhèng zhōu shì], Henan
inflammation of middle ear
PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)
to relay
lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
carbon neutrality
within it
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese \chūnibyō\)
All-China Sports Federation
neutron number
(idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger
to hit the target
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲[lǐ zhé] (656-710), reigned 705-710
central axis (line)
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)
to stuff one's pockets
Taichung, city in central Taiwan
Chinese capital
mid-to-low-range
Mediterranean Sea
lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
China-South Korea
China Times (newspaper)
unfit for anything
plenary session of the Central Committee
centrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC)
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
Central Daily News
to take a liking for
Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
central air conditioning
Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西[shān xī]
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
square brackets [ ] (math.)
stroke
decreed by fate (idiom)
developing country
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
hit rate
middle name
Chinglish
center
medical center
Yuzhong county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[lán zhōu], Gansu
middle class
Chinese and Western medicine
accidentally
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Russia-China
US-China-Taiwan
Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company
in one's eyes
core
Chinese Geophysical Society
activity center
Food court
quick witted in an emergency
Agricultural Bank of China
(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo], Florida
Midway Islands
Huzhong district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
Huangzhong county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai
central point
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
China Communications Construction Company
center-embedded relative clauses
(bird species of China) intermediate egret (Egretta intermedia)
to win a tender; to win a bid
to suffer heat exhaustion
impressive-looking but useless
a thorn in one's side
weekday
midway
lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
Wuzhong district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[sū zhōu shì], Jiangsu
fast asleep
in midair
Kim Woo-jung (1936-), Korean businessman and founder of the Daewoo Group
Lanzhong, county-level city in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan
China-India
ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking
lobby
middle school
Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan
vocational high school
Air China Ltd.
CITIC
Yuzhong county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[lán zhōu], Gansu
middle game (in go or chess)
Liaozhong county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
USA-China
World Trade Center
sweetheart
specialized middle school
Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
Chinese-Polish
China Everbright Bank
one's words carry an implicit meaning
Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
neutralizing antibody
Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
middle part
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969
middleman
China University of Geosciences
Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
space center
party discipline committee
alcoholism
mainstay
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
according with one's wish or expectation
China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
neutral
Chinese traditional medicine
ambiversion
north central area
a thorn in one's flesh
Chinese University of Hong Kong