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- to support
- to sustain
- to erect
- to raise
- branch
- division
- to draw money
- classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
- (banking) to overdraw
- to take out an overdraft
- an overdraft
- to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
- (old) to draw one's wage in advance
- (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)
- to damage a natural resource through overuse
- the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1])
Trad. 開支
- expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4])
- to spend money
- (coll.) to pay wages
- support
- stand
- trivet
- (cooking utensil) gridiron
- (variant of 梔子|栀子[zhi1 zi5]) cape jasmine
- to support terrorism
- abbr. for 支持恐怖主義|支持恐怖主义[zhi1 chi2 kong3 bu4 zhu3 yi4]
- the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
- sexagenary cycle
- program bringing education to underdeveloped areas
- to work in such a program
Trad. 支書
- branch secretary
- secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League
- abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记
- trestle; support; stand; frame
- (medicine) stent
- to prop up
- to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
- phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory
Trad. 支開
- to send (sb) away
- to change the subject
- to open (an umbrella etc)
Trad. 紗支
- (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
- the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
Trad. 支原體
- Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall)
Trad. 無支祁
- a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey
Trad. 寅支卯糧
- see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]
- the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
- to break even
- balance between income and expenditure
Trad. 印支半島
- Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島|印度支那半岛[Yin4 du4 zhi1 na4 Ban4 dao3])
- (now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3])
Trad. 印支綠鵲
- (bird species of China) Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca)
Trad. 樂不可支
- overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
Trad. 轉移支付
- transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)
Trad. 左支右絀
- to be in straitened circumstances
Trad. 一木難支
- lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- fig. one is helpless alone
Trad. 支吾其詞
- (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
- evasive
- to hem and haw
- to stall
- to stammer
- to mumble
- to falter
Trad. 精簡開支
- to reduce spending
- to cut spending
Trad. 支與流裔
- lit. branches and descendants
- of a similar kind
- related
- (medicine) vascular stent; stent (used to keep a blood vessel open)
Trad. 空頭支票
- bounced check; bad check
- (idiom) empty promise
Trad. 四肢支撐式
- low plank (yoga pose)
Trad. 支原體肺炎
- Mycoplasma pneumonia
Trad. 印度支那半島
- Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period)
- now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3]