政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 鞭子 biān zi whip / CL:根[gen1] syn 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 鞭打 biān dǎ to whip / to lash / to flog / to thrash syn 抽打 chōu dǎ to whip / to flog / to thrash syn 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits syn 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics / participation in politics 鞭笞 biān chī to flog / to lash / to whip / to urge or goad along syn 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 粉墨登场 粉墨登場 fěn mò dēng chǎng to make up and go on stage (idiom) / to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime) syn 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 政法 zhèng fǎ politics and law 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 地缘 地緣 dì yuán geographic situation / geo-(politics etc) 议政 議政 yì zhèng to discuss politics 扬鞭 揚鞭 yáng biān to whip on / to raise a whip / by ext. to swagger 权位 權位 quán wèi power and position (politics) syn 鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biān cháng mò jí lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom) / beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 淡出 dàn chū to fade out (cinema) / to withdraw from (politics, acting etc) / to fade from (memory) syn 策马 策馬 cè mǎ to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 搒 榜 pèng to whip / Taiwan pr. [beng4] 鞭 biān whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food) syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 挞 撻 tà (bound form) to whip / to flog / (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. [ta3]) 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 极右翼 極右翼 jí yòu yì extreme right (politics) 三十六计 三十六計 sān shí liù jì The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 鞭痕 biān hén welt / whip scar / lash mark 出份子 chū fèn zi to club together (to offer a gift) / to hold a whip-round 榜笞 bàng chī to beat / to flog / to whip 笞挞 笞撻 chī tà to flog / to whip 笞棰 chī chuí to beat with a bamboo whip 笞骂 笞罵 chī mà to whip and revile 笞背 chī bèi to flog or whip the back 笞臀 chī tún to whip the buttocks 笞辱 chī rǔ to whip and insult 搅打 攪打 jiǎo dǎ to beat / to whisk / to whip (eggs, cream etc) 垂直鞭状天线 垂直鞭狀天線 vertical whip antenna 磁座鞭状天线 磁座鞭狀天線 magnetic mount whip antenna 下议院议员 下議院議員 xià yì yuàn yì yuán Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics) 中间路线 中間路線 zhōng jiān lù xiàn middle road (in politics) 乱政 亂政 luàn zhèng to corrupt politics 可操作的艺术 可操作的藝術 kě cāo zuò de yì shù the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics) 四清运动 四清運動 sì qīng yùn dòng the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party 国政 國政 guó zhèng national politics / archaic rank, "Minister of State" / common given name syn 政理 zhèng lǐ politics / government affairs 本土派 běn tǔ pài local faction / pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics) 民主派 mín zhǔ pài (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats 玩手腕 wán shǒu wàn to play tricks / to play at politics 先军政治 先軍政治 xiān jūn zhèng zhì Songun Jongchi / military first politics 亚太妇女参与政治中心 亞太婦女參與政治中心 Centre for Asia / Pacific Women in Politics 认同政治 認同政治 identity politics 全球就业的政治与经济问题会议 全球就業的政治與經濟問題會議 Conference on the Politics and Economics of Global Employment 国家发展、认同政治和女权运动概念会议 國家發展、認同政治和女權運動概念會議 Conference on National Development, Identity Politics and Concepts of Feminism 政治、防务和安全机关 政治、防務和安全機關 Organ on Politics, Defence and Security 国际从政妇女知识网络 國際從政婦女知識網絡 International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics 国际移民政治研究所 國際移民政治研究所 International Research Institute for Immigration and Emigration Politics 摇摆州 搖擺州 yáo bǎi zhōu swing state (US politics) 政经 政經 zhèng jīng politics and the economy (from 政治[zheng4 zhi4] and 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]) / political and economic 法政 fǎ zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 键政 鍵政 jiàn zhèng (slang) to discuss politics online 干政 gān zhèng to interfere in state affairs / to meddle in politics 