Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦军[qín jūn] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
公平审判权 公平審判權 gōng píng shěn pàn quán the right to a fair trial
城镇化水平 城鎮化水平 chéng zhèn huà shuǐ píng urbanization level (of a city or town)
太平洋潜鸟 太平洋潛鳥 tài píng yáng qián niǎo (bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
太平洋周边 太平洋週邊 tài píng yáng zhōu biān Pacific Rim
(computing) platform as a service (PaaS)
1. trouble appearing from nowhere2. unforeseen situation
the mean value theorem (in calculus)
(finance) dollar cost averaging
inverse square law (physics)
平方平均数 平方平均數 píng fāng píng jūn shù 1. root mean square (RMS)2. quadratic root
平行六面体 平行六面體 píng xíng liù miàn tǐ (math.) parallelepiped
战争与和平 戰爭與和平 zhàn zhēng yǔ hé píng War and Peace by Tolstoy 托尔斯泰
收支平衡点 收支平衡點 shōu zhī píng héng diǎn break-even point
昼夜平分点 晝夜平分點 zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn the equinox
Linköping University, Sweden
移动平均线 移動平均線 yí dòng píng jūn xiàn moving average (in financial analysis)
算术平均数 算術平均數 suàn shù píng jūn shù arithmetic mean
调和平均数 調和平均數 tiáo hé píng jūn shù harmonic mean
太平天国起义 太平天國起義 tài píng tiān guó qǐ yì Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全[hóng xiù quán], who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天国[tài píng tiān guó], resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
平方反比定律 píng fāng fǎn bǐ dìng lǜ inverse-square law (physics)
日经平均指数 日經平均指數 rì jīng píng jūn zhǐ shù Nikkei 225 stock market index
东太平洋海隆 東太平洋海隆 dōng tài píng yáng hǎi lóng East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
东太平洋隆起 東太平洋隆起 dōng tài píng yáng lóng qǐ East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
汉语水平考试 漢語水平考試 hàn yǔ shuǐ píng kǎo shì HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
国际和平基金会 國際和平基金會 guó jì hé píng jī jīn huì international peace foundation
基本多文种平面 基本多文種平面 jī běn duō wén zhǒng píng miàn basic multilingual plane (BMP)
太平洋联合铁路 太平洋聯合鐵路 tài píng yáng lián hé tiě lù Union Pacific Railroad
普通话水平测试 普通話水平測試 pǔ tōng huà shuǐ píng cè shì Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
环太平洋地震带 環太平洋地震帶 huán tài píng yáng dì zhèn dài Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
环太平洋火山带 環太平洋火山帶 huán tài píng yáng huǒ shān dài Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
索尔兹伯里平原 索爾茲伯里平原 suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ píng yuán Salisbury plain
加拿大太平洋铁路 加拿大太平洋鐵路 jiā ná dà tài píng yáng tiě lù Canadian Pacific Railway
和平共处五项原则 和平共處五項原則 hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé 1. Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence2. 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ 1. before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved2. many twists and turns to a story3. one thing after another
新平彝族傣族自治县 新平彝族傣族自治縣 xīn píng yí zú dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市[yù xī shì], Yunnan
祖国和平统一委员会 祖國和平統一委員會 zǔ guó hé píng tǒng yī wěi yuán huì Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)
路见不平，拔刀相助 路見不平，拔刀相助 lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù 1. lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)2. fig. to rush to the rescue3. to play the white knight
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo 1. (lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb)2. (fig.) to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic
金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县 金平苗族瑤族傣族自治縣 jīn píng miáo zú yáo zú dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州[hóng hé hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng 1. He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.2. Rest with a clear conscience.
鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 魚生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 yú shēng huǒ , ròu shēng tán , qīng cài dòu fu bǎo píng ān fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
see 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县[jīn píng miáo zú yáo zú dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn]
太平洋周边 太平洋周邊 tài píng yáng zhōu biān variant of 太平洋周边[tài píng yáng zhōu biān], Pacific Rim