报喜不报忧 報喜不報憂 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet 中国新闻社 中國新聞社 zhōng guó xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China 弫 zhěn (of a bow) impactful / powerful 靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor) 利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive 噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / sad news syn 凶信 xiōng xìn fateful news / news of sb's death syn 报料 報料 bào liào to provide information to a news organization / to tip off / information provided to a news organization / a tip-off 悲报 悲報 bēi bào sad news / bad news 信息 xìn xī information / news / message syn 新闻 新聞 xīn wén news / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] syn 媒体 媒體 méi tǐ media, esp. news media syn 消息 xiāo xi (piece of) news / information / message / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 报道 報道 bào dào to report (news) / report / CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4] syn 通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 采访 採訪 cǎi fǎng to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover syn 传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive syn 新华网 新華網 xīn huá wǎng Xinhua News Network 新闻网 新聞網 xīn wén wǎng news agency 消耗 xiāo hào to consume / to use up / to deplete / to expend / (old) news / mail / message syn 新华社 新華社 xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party 发布会 發布會 fā bù huì news conference / briefing 获悉 獲悉 huò xī to learn of sth / to find out / to get news syn 晚报 晚報 wǎn bào evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News 讯息 訊息 xùn xī information / news / message / text message / SMS syn 听取 聽取 tīng qǔ to hear (news) / to listen to syn 报导 報導 bào dǎo to report (in the media) / (news) report syn 上报 上報 shàng bào to report to one's superiors / to appear in the news / to reply to a letter syn 新闻发布会 新聞發布會 xīn wén fā bù huì news conference 花絮 huā xù bits of news / interesting sidelights 风声 風聲 fēng shēng sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation syn 福音 fú yīn good news / glad tidings / gospel syn 中新网 中新網 zhōng xīn wǎng ChinaNews (China News Service) 确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 新京报 新京報 xīn jīng bào Beijing news (newspaper) 播报 播報 bō bào to announce / to read (the news) syn 头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn 无声无息 無聲無息 wú shēng wú xī wordless and uncommunicative (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn / not providing any news syn 喜讯 喜訊 xǐ xùn good news / glad tidings syn 灵通 靈通 líng tōng fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective syn 听闻 聽聞 tīng wén to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard 中新社 zhōng xīn shè China News Service (CNS) (abbr. for 中國新聞社|中国新闻社[Zhong1guo2 Xin1wen2she4]) 路透社 lù tòu shè Reuters News Agency 惊爆 驚爆 jīng bào unexpected / staggering (news etc) 简讯 簡訊 jiǎn xùn newsletter / the news in brief / (Tw) SMS message 通讯社 通訊社 tōng xùn shè a news service (e.g. Xinhua) 闻讯 聞訊 wén xùn to receive news (of) syn 外电 外電 wài diàn reports from foreign news agencies 音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters / mail / news / messages / correspondence syn 主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor / (program) host / (Internet) streamer 法新社 fǎ xīn shè Agence France Presse / AFP news agency 分社 fēn shè subdivision or branch of an organization / news bureau 中国新闻网 中國新聞網 zhōng guó xīn wén wǎng website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社[Zhong1guo2 Xin1wen2she4] (chinanews.com) 文汇报 文彙報 wén huì bào Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong newspaper) / Wenhui News (Shanghai newspaper) 中央社 zhōng yāng shè Central News Agency (Taiwan) 传开 傳開 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around syn 猛料 měng liào hot news item / awesome 北京晚报 北京晚報 běi jīng wǎn bào Beijing Evening News 趣闻 趣聞 qù wén funny news item / interesting anecdote 佳音 jiā yīn good news syn 联合报 聯合報 lián hé bào United Daily News, Taiwan newspaper 报喜 報喜 bào xǐ to announce good news / to report success 听信 聽信 tīng xìn to listen to information / to get the news / to believe what one hears syn 分析员 分析員 fēn xī yuán analyst (e.g. of news) syn 华商报 華商報 huá shāng bào China Business News (newspaper) 新民晚报 新民晚報 xīn mín wǎn bào Xinmin Evening News 黑板报 黑板報 hēi bǎn bào blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc) 大喜过望 大喜過望 dà xǐ guò wàng overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom) syn 死讯 死訊 sǐ xùn news of sb's death syn 见报 見報 jiàn bào to appear in the news / in the papers syn 环球时报 環球時報 huán qiú shí bào Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]) 路透 lù tòu Reuters (news agency) 插播 chā bō to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc / to put a call on hold 时讯 時訊 shí xùn news / current events 共同社 gòng tóng shè Kyōdō, Japanese news agency 闻风丧胆 聞風喪膽 wén fēng sàng dǎn hear the wind and lose gall (idiom) / terror-stricken at the news syn 华商晨报 華商晨報 huá shāng chén bào China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报) 奔走相告 bēn zǒu xiāng gào to spread the news (idiom) 喜报 喜報 xǐ bào announcement of joyful news / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 成报 成報 chéng bào Sing Pao Daily News 半岛电视台 半島電視台 bàn dǎo diàn shì tái Al Jazeera (Arabic news network) 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 捎来 捎來 shāo lái to bring sth to sb (news etc) 参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper) 东方日报 東方日報 dōng fāng rì bào Oriental Daily News 闻风而动 聞風而動 wén fēng ér dòng to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news 旧闻 舊聞 jiù wén outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times syn 杳无音信 杳無音信 yǎo wú yīn xìn to have no news whatever syn 采制 採制 cǎi zhì to gather and process (herbs etc) / (of a reporter) to gather material and put together (a recorded news item) 风 風 fēng wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] syn 息 xī breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 珍闻 珍聞 zhēn wén oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item 闻 聞 wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn 讯 訊 xùn (bound form) to ask / to inquire / (bound form) to interrogate / to question / (bound form) news / information syn 媒 méi medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media syn 耗 hào to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally syn 喜从天降 喜從天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng joy from heaven (idiom) / overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event syn 