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干
幹
gan4
 
- tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar)
 
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巴尔干
巴爾幹
ba1 er3 gan1
 
- Balkan
 
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巴尔干半岛
巴爾幹半島
ba1 er3 gan1 ban4 dao3
 
- Balkan Peninsula
 
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才干
才幹
cai2 gan4
 
- ability; competence
 
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词干
詞幹
ci2 gan4
 
- word stem (in linguistics)
 
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词干启动
詞幹啟動
ci2 gan4 qi3 dong4
 
- stem priming
 
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大干
大幹
da4 gan4
 
- to go all out; to work energetically
 
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单干
單幹
dan1 gan4
 
- to work on one's own; to work single-handed; individual farming
 
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调干
調幹
diao4 gan4
 
- to reassign a cadre; to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
 
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调干生
調幹生
diao4 gan4 sheng1
 
- worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
 
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对着干
對著幹
dui4 zhe5 gan4
 
- to adopt confrontational posture; to meet head-on; to compete
 
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费尔干纳盆地
費爾幹納盆地
fei4 er3 gan4 na4 pen2 di4
 
- the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan
 
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干部
幹部
gan4 bu4
 
- cadre; official; officer; manager
 
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干材
幹材
gan4 cai2
 
- ability; capable
 
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干才
幹才
gan4 cai2
 
- ability; capable
 
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干道
幹道
gan4 dao4
 
- arterial road; main road; main watercourse
 
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干掉
幹掉
gan4 diao4
 
- to get rid of
 
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干活
幹活
gan4 huo2
 
- to work; to be employed; manual labor
 
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干活儿
幹活兒
gan4 huo2 er5
 
- to work; manual labor
 
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干架
幹架
gan4 jia4
 
- (dialect) to come to blows; to have a row
 
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干将
幹將
gan4 jiang4
 
- capable person
 
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干劲
幹勁
gan4 jin4
 
- enthusiasm for doing sth
 
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干警
幹警
gan4 jing3
 
- police; police cadres
 
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干练
幹練
gan4 lian4
 
- capable and experienced
 
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干流
幹流
gan4 liu2
 
- main stream (of a river)
 
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干么
幹麼
gan4 ma2
 
- see 幹嘛|干嘛
 
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干吗
幹嗎
gan4 ma2
 
- see 幹嘛|干嘛
 
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干嘛
幹嘛
gan4 ma2
 
- what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?
 
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干渠
幹渠
gan4 qu2
 
- trunk canal
 
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干群
幹群
gan4 qun2
 
- cadres and masses; party officials and ordinary people
 
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干啥
幹啥
gan4 sha2
 
- do what?
 
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干什么
幹甚麼
gan4 shen2 me5
 
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
 
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干事
幹事
gan4 shi5
 
- administrator; executive secretary
 
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干事长
幹事長
gan4 shi5 zhang3
 
- secretary-general
 
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干细胞
幹細胞
gan4 xi4 bao1
 
- stem cell
 
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干线
幹線
gan4 xian4
 
- main line; trunk line
 
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干校
幹校
gan4 xiao4
 
- school for cadres; May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校
 
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干仗
幹仗
gan4 zhang4
 
- to quarrel (dialect)
 
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高干
高幹
gao1 gan4
 
- high cadre; top party member
 
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公干
公幹
gong1 gan4
 
- public business; official work
 
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骨干
骨幹
gu3 gan4
 
- diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
 
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骨干网路
骨幹網路
gu3 gan4 wang3 lu4
 
- backbone network
 
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贵干
貴幹
gui4 gan4
 
- (polite) your business; what brings you?
 
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间充质干细胞
間充質幹細胞
jian1 chong1 zhi4 gan4 xi4 bao1
 
- mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
 
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精干
精幹
jing1 gan4
 
- crack (troops); special (forces); highly capable
 
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精干高效
精幹高效
jing1 gan4 gao1 xiao4
 
- top-notch efficiency
 
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精明能干
精明能幹
jing1 ming2 neng2 gan4
 
- able and efficient
 
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精明强干
精明強幹
jing1 ming2 qiang2 gan4
 
- intelligent and capable (idiom)
 
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苦干
苦幹
ku3 gan4
 
- to work hard
 
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埋头苦干
埋頭苦幹
mai2 tou2 ku3 gan4
 
- to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
 
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蛮干
蠻幹
man2 gan4
 
- to act rashly; to act precipitously regardless of the consequences; reckless; foolhardy; daredevil
 
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猛干
猛幹
meng3 gan4
 
- to tie in to
 
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脑干
腦幹
nao3 gan4
 
- brain stem
 
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能干
能幹
neng2 gan4
 
- capable; competent
 
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强干
強幹
qiang2 gan4
 
- competent; capable
 
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巧干
巧幹
qiao3 gan4
 
- to work resourcefully; to apply intelligence
 
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躯干
軀幹
qu1 gan4
 
- trunk; torso
 
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撒马尔干
撒馬爾幹
sa3 ma3 er3 gan4
 
- Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan; also written 撒馬爾罕|撒马尔罕
 
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审干
審幹
shen3 gan4
 
- to examine the cadres; same as 審查幹部|审查干部
 
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实干
實幹
shi2 gan4
 
- to work industriously; to get things done
 
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实干家
實幹家
shi2 gan4 jia1
 
- sb who gets things done; doer
 
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树干
樹幹
shu4 gan4
 
- tree trunk
 
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提干
提幹
ti2 gan4
 
- to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
 
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五七干部学校
五七幹部學校
wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4
 
- May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校
 
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五七干校
五七幹校
wu3 qi1 gan4 xiao4
 
- May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校
 
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洗手不干
洗手不幹
xi3 shou3 bu4 gan4
 
- to totally stop doing something; to reform one's ways
 
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新干线
新幹線
xin1 gan4 xian4
 
- Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
 
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硬干
硬幹
ying4 gan4
 
- by brute strength; rashly and forcefully; bull-headed; to work tenaciously with no fear of hardship
 
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有才干
有才幹
you3 cai2 gan4
 
- capable
 
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有何贵干
有何貴幹
you3 he2 gui4 gan4
 
- What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?
 
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造血干细胞
造血幹細胞
zao4 xue4 gan4 xi4 bao1
 
- blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
 
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主干
主幹
zhu3 gan4
 
- trunk; main; core
 
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主干网路
主幹網路
zhu3 gan4 wang3 lu4
 
- core network; backbone network
 
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主干网络
主幹網絡
zhu3 gan4 wang3 luo4
 
- core network
 
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主干线
主幹線
zhu3 gan4 xian4
 
- trunk line (of road, network etc); backbone (cable)
 
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转干
轉幹
zhuan3 gan4
 
- to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
 
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总干事
總幹事
zong3 gan4 shi5
 
- secretary-general