联赛 聯賽 lián sài (sports) league / league tournament 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 国联 國聯 guó lián abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟[Guo2 ji4 Lian2 meng2], League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN 英超 yīng chāo Premier League / England Premier Soccer League 一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn 民盟 mín méng China Democratic League (political party) / abbr. for 中國民主同盟|中国民主同盟 共青团 共青團 gòng qīng tuán the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团[Gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 Qing1 nian2 tuan2] 意甲 yì jiǎ Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system 西甲 xī jiǎ La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system 积分榜 積分榜 jī fēn bǎng table of scores (in exams or sports league) 入团 入團 rù tuán to enroll in the Communist Youth League 支书 支書 zhī shū branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记 王建民 wáng jiàn mín Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball 中国共产主义青年团 中國共產主義青年團 zhōng guó gòng chǎn zhǔ yì qīng nián tuán Communist Youth League of China / China Youth League 阿盟 ā méng Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia (abbr. for 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2]) 盟员 盟員 méng yuán league member / ally 少年先锋队 少年先鋒隊 shào nián xiān fēng duì Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队 盟 méng oath / pledge / union / to ally / league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia syn 中国民主同盟 中國民主同盟 zhōng guó mín zhǔ tóng méng China Democratic League 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 防腐 fáng fǔ rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 抗癌 kàng ái anti-cancer 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun 排外 pái wài xenophobic / anti-foreigner syn 防锈 防銹 fáng xiù rust prevention / anti-corrosion 反潜 反潛 fǎn qián anti-submarine / antisubmarine 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist 抗震 kàng zhèn anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant 满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 反倾销 反傾銷 fǎn qīng xiāo anti-dumping 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 反腐 fǎn fǔ anti-corruption 反战 反戰 fǎn zhàn anti-war 反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan 反美 fǎn měi anti-American 反政府 fǎn zhèng fǔ anti-government (protest) 反坦克 fǎn tǎn kè anti-tank 防空导弹 防空導彈 anti-aircraft missile 反垄断 反壟斷 fǎn lǒng duàn to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust 反华 反華 fǎn huá anti-Chinese 防毒软件 防毒軟件 fáng dú ruǎn jiàn anti-virus software 反渗透 反滲透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 反洗钱 反洗錢 anti-money-laundering 林则徐 林則徐 lín zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 消炎药 消炎藥 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine 反舰导弹 反艦導彈 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile 反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] 反贪局 反貪局 Anti-Corruption Agency 反帝 fǎn dì to be anti-imperialist 反右 fǎn yòu anti-rightist / abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[Fan3 you4 pai4 Dou4 zheng1] 丁玲 dīng líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party 反兴奋剂 反興奮劑 fǎn xīng fèn jì (sports) anti-doping 反党 反黨 fǎn dǎng anti-party 反分裂法 fǎn fēn liè fǎ anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan) 抗锯齿 抗鋸齒 kàng jù chǐ anti-aliasing 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 青蒿素 qīng hāo sù Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu 反锯齿 反鋸齒 fǎn jù chǐ anti-aliasing 反坦克炮 anti-tank gun 防暴队 fáng bào duì anti-riot squad 念 niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) syn 抗 kàng to resist / to fight / to defy / anti- syn 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 陆 陸 liù six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 叁 參 sān three (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 马苏德 馬蘇德 mǎ sū dé Massoud (name) / Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader 玖 jiǔ black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 仟 qiān thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 肆 sì four (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / unrestrained / wanton / (literary) shop syn 多伦 多倫 duō lún Duolun County in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia 壹 yī one (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 佰 bǎi hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 萨德 sà dé THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), US Army anti-ballistic missile system 贰 貳 èr two (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / to betray syn 柒 qī seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 排名表 pái míng biǎo league table / roll of honor 反走私 fǎn zǒu sī to oppose smuggling / anti-contraband (measures, policy etc) 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 安全鞋 ān quán xié safety shoes / mine shoes / protective boots / anti-mine boots 防龋 防齲 fáng qǔ to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries 陈天华 陳天華 chén tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 捌 bā eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / split syn 国际联盟 國際聯盟 guó jì lián méng League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN 三反 sān fǎn "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 三反运动 三反運動 sān fǎn yùn dòng "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 防起雷装置 防起雷裝置 fáng qǐ léi zhuāng zhì anti-lift device / anti-lifting device / anti-lift fuse 道德和诽谤问题训练联合倡议 道德和誹謗問題訓練聯合倡議 Joint Initiative for Training in Ethics and Defamation 