端倪
duān ní
Pinyin

Definition

端倪
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duān ní
  1. boundary
  2. clue
  3. indication
  4. to obtain clues
  5. to infer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

客户端
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
端
duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 extremity
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 port
  5. 5 to hold sth level with both hands
  6. 6 to carry
  7. 7 regular
极端
jí duān
  1. 1 extreme
无端
wú duān
  1. 1 for no reason at all
无端端
wú duān duān
  1. 1 for no reason

Idioms (6)

一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
不可端倪
bù kě duān ní
  1. 1 impossible to get even an outline (idiom)
  2. 2 unfathomable
  3. 3 not a clue
百端待举
bǎi duān dài jǔ
  1. 1 a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
  2. 2 numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
诡计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous
  2. 2 full of craft and cunning
连锅端
lián guō duān
  1. 1 to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
  2. 2 to clean out
  3. 3 to wipe out

Sample Sentences

你说得没错。其实，这种人才储备的关键性也已经初见端倪。中国已经从前几年提供低端服务逐渐过渡到可以提供较为高端、产业利润也较高的服务。而且发包商和服务商也在不断尝试多样化、多层次的合作，中国软件外包服务产业整体市场现在已经呈现出“发包市场结构集中化”和“区域市场结构分散化”的趋势。
nǐ shuō de méicuò 。qíshí ，zhèzhǒng réncái chǔbèi de guānjiànxìng yě yǐjīng chūjiànduānní 。Zhōngguó yǐjīng cóng qián jǐ nián tígōng dīduān fúwù zhújiàn guòdù dào kěyǐ tígōng jiàowéi gāoduān 、chǎnyè lìrùn yě jiàogāo de fúwù 。érqiě fābāoshāng hé fúwùshāng yě zài bùduàn chángshì duōyànghuà 、duōcéngcì de hézuò ，Zhōngguó ruǎnjiàn wàibāo fúwù chǎnyè zhěngtǐ shìchǎng xiànzài yǐjīng chéngxiàn chū “fābāo shìchǎng jiégòu jízhōnghuà ”hé “qūyù shìchǎng jiégòu fēnsànhuà ”de qūshì 。
That's true. Actually, the importance of accumulating this kind of talent has already started to become apparent. China has already gradually shifted from providing low-end services to higher end service, with higher profits. And, the outsourcers and the service providers are also constantly trying different kinds of diversification, multi-layered cooperation. The Chinese software services outsourcing industry is already showing trends toward ''consolidation of the outsourcers' market structures" and ''regional separation of the market structures."
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