"Constant" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù duàn unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
 yī guàn consistent / constant / from start to finish / all along / persistent
 bù biàn constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant
 cháng shù a constant (math.)
 héng jiǔ constant / persistent / long-lasting / eternal
 héng dìng constant
 bù yú constant / unchanging / abiding / faithful
 cháng liàng a constant (physics, math.)
 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny
 cháng always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant
 shǒu jié faithful (to the memory of betrothed) / constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
 héng cháng constant / constantly
 wěn héng steady / stable and permanent / constant / steady-state
 héng wēn constant temperature
 rì xīn in constant progress
 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes / constant permutation
 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / fig. constant busy circulation of people
 jī láo chéng jí to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom) / to fall ill from constant overwork
 zhōng zhēn bù yú unswerving in one's loyalty (idiom) / faithful and constant
 děng wēn constant temperature / equal temperature
穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
穿 dī shuǐ chuān shí dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
 bù biàn jià gé fixed price / constant price
 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信)
 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
 chù dòu mán zhēng constant bickering and fighting (idiom) / constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain
 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle
 bù biàn zī běn constant capital
 jiè diàn cháng shù dielectric constant
 wǔ cháng five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信 / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) / five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
 dìng cháng tài constant state / fixed state
 cháng xiàng constant term (in a math expression)
 héng lì constant force
 héng jiā sù dù constant acceleration
 héng sù lu:4 constant velocity
 nǐ qiú (math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature
 Pǔ lǎng kè cháng shù (physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ / joule.seconds
 liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
穿 dī shuǐ shí chuān dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
 jī fēn cháng shù constant of integration (math.)
 děng yā constant pressure / equal pressure
 yǔ rì jù jìn every day sees new developments (idiom) / to make constant progress
 dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
 tài yáng cháng shù solar constant
  Manual on National Accounts at Constant Prices
  constant pressure chart
  Hubble constant
  constant depth error / constant error
  constant depth error / constant error
  ionization constant
  neutron multiplication factor / multiplication constant
  constant source-receiver offset / constant offset
 héng dìng piān yí constant source-receiver offset / constant offset
线  line of constant bearing / loxodrome
  constant elasticity models
  constant current DC supply
  Working Group on National Accounts at Constant Prices
  dried to constant weight
 yī xī shù jīng one scare after another (idiom) / in a constant state of tension
&pi Pài rì World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant &pi / on March 14 each year
西 sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
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