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- (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey
- (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards
- to devote attention to
Trad. 致謝
- expression of gratitude
- to give thanks
- a thank-you note
- acknowledgement
Trad. 羅致
- to employ
- to recruit (talented personnel)
- to gather together (a team)
Trad. 致辭
- to express in words or writing
- to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc)
- to address (an audience)
- same as 致詞|致词
- difference (usu. follows 無|无[wu2] as in 毫無二致|毫无二致[hao2 wu2 er4 zhi4] or 別無二致|别无二致[bie2 wu2 er4 zhi4])
- to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1])
- word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
Trad. 馬致遠
- Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1]
- (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)
- consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2], 遙|遥[yao2] and 謠|谣[yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
Trad. 楊致遠
- Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo
Trad. 致命傷
- mortal wound
- (fig.) fatal weakness
- Achilles' heel
Trad. 雅人深緻
- refined pleasure of poetic minds
Trad. 別無二致
- (idiom) without the slightest difference
- (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)
Trad. 推陳致新
- see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]
- (idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
Trad. 興致勃勃
- to become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits
- full of zest
Trad. 傷心致死
- to grieve to death
- to die of a broken-heart
Trad. 和氣致祥
- (idiom) amiability leads to harmony
Trad. 錯落有致
- in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect
Trad. 致癌物質
- carcinogen
- cancer causing substance
Trad. 此致敬禮
- respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
Trad. 專心致志
- (idiom) single-minded; fully focused
Trad. 做張做致
- see 做張做智|做张做智[zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4]
Trad. 學以致用
- to study sth in order to apply it
Trad. 寧靜致遠
- tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study
- cf Still waters run deep.
Trad. 團結一致
- see 團結一心|团结一心[tuan2 jie2 yi1 xin1]
- to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
Trad. 脫貧致富
- to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)
- poverty alleviation
Trad. 淋漓盡致
- lit. extreme saturation (idiom)
- fig. vividly and thoroughly
- in great detail
- without restraint
- (of a performance) brilliant
Trad. 毫無二致
- (idiom) without the slightest difference
Trad. 中國致公黨
- (PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
Trad. 一致性效應
- consistency effect
Trad. 過失致死罪
- (law) negligent homicide