小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ... / what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called 俄国 俄國 é guó Russia 俄罗斯 俄羅斯 é luó sī Russia 神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case syn 莫斯科 mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 乡巴佬 鄉巴佬 xiāng bā lǎo (derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 货色 貨色 huò sè goods / (derog.) stuff / trash syn 棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 车臣 車臣 chē chén Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia / Chechen 废料 廢料 fèi liào waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) syn 苏俄 蘇俄 sū é Soviet Russia 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 厮混 廝混 sī hùn (derog.) to hang out (with sb) / to mix (things) together 锦上添花 錦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off 野种 野種 yě zhǒng (derog.) illegitimate child / bastard 圣彼得堡 聖彼得堡 shèng bǐ dé bǎo Saint Petersburg (city in Russia) 御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler 抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lòu miàn to show your face in public (derog.) syn 叶利钦 葉利欽 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself syn 有过之而无不及 有過之而無不及 yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse syn 戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer / actor syn 拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort syn 同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization / member of the same party or organization / (derog.) confederate / accomplice syn 女流 nǚ liú (derog.) woman syn 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 拐子 guǎi zi crutch / (derog.) lame person / kidnapper syn 乌拉尔 烏拉爾 wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia 黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 沙俄 shā é Tsarist Russia / abbr. for 沙皇俄國|沙皇俄国[Sha1 huang2 E2 guo2] 小日本 xiǎo rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap 中俄 zhōng é China-Russia 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 阿三 ā sān (derog.) an Indian 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 金砖 金磚 jīn zhuān BRIC / BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) 心猿意马 心猿意馬 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable syn 美国佬 美國佬 měi guó lǎo an American (derog.) / a Yankee 秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk 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) 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways syn 彼得堡 bǐ dé bǎo Petersburg (place name) / Saint Petersburg, Russia 和事佬 hé shì lǎo peacemaker / mediator / (derog.) fixer 图瓦 圖瓦 tú wǎ Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia 州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 狗崽子 gǒu zǎi zi (coll.) puppy / (derog.) son of a bitch syn 老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard 倭 wō dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) syn 塔斯社 tǎ sī shè TASS / Information Telegraph Agency of Russia 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 七国集团 七國集團 qī guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 俄罗斯族 俄羅斯族 é luó sī zú Russian ethnic group (of northeast China and Xinjiang etc) / Russian nationality / Russians (of Russia) 三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) syn 普京 pǔ jīng Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia 格罗兹尼 格羅茲尼 gé luó zī ní Grozny, capital of Chechen Republic, Russia 贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 bèi jiā ěr hú Lake Baikal, Russia 叶卡捷琳娜 葉卡捷琳娜 yè kǎ jié lín nà Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia 表功 biǎo gōng to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.) 俄罗斯联合国协会 俄羅斯聯合國協會 United Nations Association of Russia / UNA Russia 俄中 é zhōng Russia-China 访俄 訪俄 fǎng é visit Russia 堪察加半岛 堪察加半島 kān chá jiā bàn dǎo Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia 千岛群岛 千島群島 qiān dǎo qún dǎo Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia 印古什 yìn gǔ shí Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia 卡西莫夫 kǎ xī mò fū Kasimov (town in Russia) 纳霍德卡 納霍德卡 nà huò dé kǎ Nakhodka (city in Russia) 日俄战争 日俄戰爭 rì é zhàn zhēng the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan 索契 suǒ qì Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia) 新西伯利亚 新西伯利亞 xīn xī bó lì yà Novosibirsk (city in Russia) 七大工业国集团 七大工業國集團 qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 中俄伊犁条约 中俄伊犁條約 zhōng é yī lí tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights 中俄北京条约 中俄北京條約 zhōng é běi jīng tiáo yuē the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia 中俄尼布楚条约 中俄尼布楚條約 zhōng é ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia 中俄改订条约 中俄改訂條約 zhōng é gǎi dìng tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights 亚速海 亞速海 yà sù hǎi Sea of Azov in southern Russia 人民公社化 rén mín gōng shè huà collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s) 俄中朝 é zhōng cháo Russia, China and North Korea 克拉斯诺达尔 克拉斯諾達爾 kè lā sī nuò dá ěr Krasnodar (city in Russia) 克拉斯金诺 克拉斯金諾 kè lā sī jīn nuò Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border 勘察加 kān chá jiā Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia) 勘察加半岛 勘察加半島 kān chá jiā bàn dǎo Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia 堪察加 kān chá jiā Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia) 天津条约 天津條約 tiān jīn tiáo yuē Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China 宇宙号 宇宙號 yǔ zhòu hào Kosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia 尼布楚条约 尼布楚條約 ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia 工业七国集团 工業七國集團 gōng yè qī guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 帝俄 dì é Tsarist Russia 改订伊犁条约 改訂伊犁條約 gǎi dìng yī lí tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights 