"Counter" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 àn zi long table / counter / case / law case / legal case / judicial case
 kàng héng to compete with / to vie with / to counter
 jì shù qì counter / register
 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
 mǎ zi number (e.g. page or house number) / numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral) / code sign / plus or minus sound / counter / chip (e.g. in gambling games) / price tag / ready cash at one's disposal (old)
 jì shù guǎn counter
 jì shù zhě counter
 mǎ zì numeral / digit / counter
 huà yuán fáng shǒu to counter (a stroke in fencing)
 chóu zi chip / counter
 fáng dǔ to prevent / to combat / to counter
 fǎn zhì to take countermeasures against / to hit back / to counter
 fáng zhì (Tw) to combat (bullying, money laundering etc) / to counter
 hòu mén the back door / fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) / anus
 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
 zhǎn tái display counter / stand / booth
 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk
 bā tái counter of a bar (pub)
 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to
 huò guì counter for the display of goods / (Tw) container (for freight transport)
 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business
 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
 jī dú to counter narcotics trafficking / drug enforcement
 zǒu hòu mén lit. to enter by the back door / fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels / back door or under the counter connections
 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter
 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door
 hé fǎn jī nuclear counter strike
 shōu kuǎn tái checkout counter / cashier's desk
 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
 fú to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to
 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter
 àn chèng counter scale
 Gài gé jì shù qì Geiger counter
 Nà zhǐ NASDAQ / National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
 fǎn chì dào liú equatorial counter current
 liú lǐ tái kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw)
 dēng jī shǒu xù guì tái check-in counter
 bǔ piào chù additional ticket desk / stand-by counter
 chì dào nì liú equatorial counter current
 wéi nì to disobey / to defy an edict / to violate / to go against / to run counter to
 yàn chāo qì money counter and counterfeit detection machine
 miàn dàng noodle stall or counter
 jì suàn guǎn counter tube
  spent fuel bundle counter
  Counter Narcotics Trust Fund
  Minister of Counter Narcotics
  Center on Policies to Counter the Appeal of Terrorism
  Strategy for Partnerships between States and Businesses to Counter Terrorism
 shǎn shuò tàn cè qì scintillation detector / scintillation counter / scintillometer
  scintillation detector / scintillation counter / scintillometer
  Working Group on Counter Terrorism
  frequency counter and power meter
  Counter Narcotics Tribunal
  counter rocket, artillery, and mortar
  counter force attack
  mine counter measures
 jiān zhāo chāi zhāo to counter every move / to be full of tricks
 lán guì sales counter / inquiry desk
 yǒu wéi to run counter to
 jiàn zhāo chāi zhāo to counter every move / to be full of tricks
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