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鑑別jiàn biéto differentiate; to distinguish餞別jiàn biéto give a farewell dinner簡筆畫jiǎn bǐ huàsimple drawing; sketch兼併jiān bìngto annex; to take over; to acquire劍柄jiàn bǐngsword hilt堅冰jiān bīngice; (fig.) frosty relationship煎餅jiān bǐngjianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake; CL:張|张[zhang1]肩並肩jiān bìng jiānshoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side兼並與收購jiān bìng yǔ shōu gòumergers and acquisitions (M&A)堅壁清野jiān bì qīng yěto fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader; scorched earth policy儉薄jiǎn bómeager; poor檢波jiǎn bōto detect (e.g. radio waves)肩膊jiān bóshoulder翦伯贊Jiǎn Bó zànJian Bozan (1898-1968), Chinese Marxist historian and vice-president of Bejing University 1952-1968箭步jiàn bùsudden big stride forward肩部jiān bùshoulder; shoulder area見不得jiàn bu dénot fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see見不得人jiàn bu dé rénshameful堅不可摧jiān bù kě cuī(idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable間不容髮jiān bù róng fà(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state; on the brink of crisis; very close (to happening); Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]健步如飛jiàn bù rú fēirunning as fast as flying剪彩jiǎn cǎito cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)剪綵jiǎn cǎito cut the ribbon (at an opening)剪裁jiǎn cáito tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)建材jiàn cáibuilding materials見財起意jiàn cái qǐ yìseeing riches provokes evil designs鍵槽jiàn cáo(engineering) keyway; key slot剪草除根jiǎn cǎo chú gēnsee 斬草除根|斩草除根[zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1]剪草機jiǎn cǎo jīlawnmower尖草坪Jiān cǎo píngsee 尖草坪區|尖草坪区[Jian1 cao3 ping2 Qu1]尖草坪區Jiān cǎo píng QūJiancaoping, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi檢測jiǎn cèto test; to detect監測jiān cèto monitor簡冊jiǎn cèbooklet; brochure; (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)檢測器jiǎn cè qìdetector檢測儀jiǎn cè yísensor; detector檢察jiǎn cháto inspect; (law) to prosecute; to investigate檢查jiǎn cháinspection; to examine; to inspect; CL:次[ci4]監察jiān cháto supervise; to control監查jiān cháto supervise; to audit; to monitor監察部Jiān chá bùMinistry of Supervision (MOS)檢察官jiǎn chá guānpublic prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)兼差jiān chāito moonlight; side job監察局jiān chá júinspection office; supervisory office減產jiǎn chǎnto produce less; to reduce output; lower yield建昌Jiàn chāngsee 建昌縣|建昌县[Jian4 chang1 Xian4]見長jiàn chángto excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长[yi3 yan2 jiu1 jian4 chang2] to be known for one's research)建昌縣Jiàn chāng XiànJianchang, a county in Huludao City 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[Hu2 lu2 dao3 Shi4], Liaoning煎炒jiān chǎoto lightly fry監察人jiān chá rénsupervisor; monitor; watchdog檢查哨jiǎn chá shàoinspection post; checkpoint檢察院jiǎn chá yuànprosecutor's office; procuratorate檢查員jiǎn chá yuáninspector監察院Jiān chá yuànControl Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan監查員jiān chá yuánsupervisor; monitor檢查站jiǎn chá zhàncheckpoint檢察總長jiǎn chá zǒng zhǎng(Tw) Prosecutor-General檻車jiàn chēcart with cage, used to escort prisoner奸臣jiān chéna treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state僭稱jiàn chēngto give sb or sth a title one has no authority to give兼程jiān chéngto travel at double speed; to make all haste剪成jiǎn chéngcut into堅稱jiān chēngto claim; to insist建成jiàn chéngto establish; to build