国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 全国 全國 quán guó whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national syn 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 国民 國民 guó mín nationals / citizens / people of a nation syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 合众国 合眾國 hé zhòng guó federated nation / the United States syn 威尔士 威爾士 wēi ěr shì Wales, constituent nation of UK 加盟 jiā méng (of a nation) to join an alliance / (of an athlete) to join a sports team / (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise / (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie / (of a recording artist) to sign with a label syn 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 岛国 島國 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) 国父 國父 guó fù father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) 同盟国 同盟國 tóng méng guó allied nation / ally / confederation syn 发达国家 發達國家 fā dá guó jiā developed nation 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 举国上下 舉國上下 jǔ guó shàng xià the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file syn 国力 國力 guó lì a nation's power 亡国 亡國 wáng guó (of a nation) to be destroyed / to be subjugated / a fallen nation syn 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 国运 國運 guó yùn fate of the nation 民风 民風 mín fēng popular customs / folkways / the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) 会员国 會員國 huì yuán guó member nation 八国联军 八國聯軍 bā guó lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 国号 國號 guó hào official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc) 职场 職場 zhí chǎng workplace / workforce (of a nation or industry etc) / job market 中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn 各族人民 gè zú rén mín people of all ethnic groups / the peoples (of a nation) 救国 救國 jiù guó to save the nation syn 亚洲国家 亞洲國家 yà zhōu guó jiā Asian country / Asian nation 精神领袖 精神領袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader 励精图治 勵精圖治 lì jīng tú zhì (of a ruler) to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous (idiom) syn 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising 救亡 jiù wáng to save from extinction / to save the nation syn 御敌 禦敵 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest 最惠国 最惠國 zuì huì guó most-favored nation (trade status) 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 最惠国待遇 最惠國待遇 zuì huì guó dài yù most favored nation 邦 bāng (bound form) country / nation / state syn 缔 締 dì (archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union / to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc) 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 亚裔 亞裔 yà yì of Asian descent 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 亚运会 亞運會 yà yùn huì Asian Games 早操 zǎo cāo morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) 黄沙 黃沙 huáng shā Asian 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 东洋 東洋 dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries syn 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 亚洲杯 亞洲盃 yà zhōu bēi Asian Cup 亚足联 亞足聯 yà zú lián Asian Football Confederation (abbr. for 亞洲足球聯合會|亚洲足球联合会[Ya4zhou1 Zu2qiu2 Lian2he2hui4]) 黄鳝 黃鱔 huáng shàn Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条[tiao2]) syn 亚运 亞運 yà yùn Asian Games 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) 西戎 xī róng the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards / Xionites (Central Asian nomads) 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 国贼 國賊 guó zéi traitor to the nation syn 民脂民膏 mín zhī mín gāo lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom) / the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears syn 普氏 pǔ shì Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870 金毛狗 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM) 黄祸 黃禍 huáng huò yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations) 他山之石可以攻玉 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom) / to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively 以身报国 以身報國 yǐ shēn bào guó to give one's body for the nation (idiom) / to spend one's whole life in the service of the country 多难兴邦 多難興邦 duō nàn xīng bāng much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom) / calamity that prompts renewal 揽辔澄清 攬轡澄清 lǎn pèi chéng qīng to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation (idiom) 民穷财尽 民窮財盡 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom) / to drive the nation to bankruptcy syn 首善之区 首善之區 shǒu shàn zhī qū (idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city) 富可敌国 富可敵國 fù kě dí guó having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom) / extremely wealthy 亚太国家 亞太國家 yà tài guó jiā Asian-Pacific country / Asian-Pacific nation 香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance 亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery 国际和平年亚太和西亚区域讨论会 國際和平年亞太和西亞區域討論會 Asian and Pacific and Western Asian Regional Seminar for the International Year of Peace 亚洲公路网政府间协定 亞洲公路網政府間協定 Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network / Asian Highway Agreement 亚洲公路协定 亞洲公路協定 yà zhōu gōng lù xié dìng Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network / Asian Highway Agreement 发达国 發達國 fā dá guó developed nation 发展的国家 發展的國家 fā zhǎn de guó jiā developing country / developing nation 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom) 匡扶社稷 kuāng fú shè jì (of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country 危而不持 wēi ér bù chí national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects) / the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue 国字 國字 guó zì Chinese character (Hanzi) / the native script used to write a nation's language 国家兴亡，匹夫有责 國家興亡，匹夫有責 guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 天下興亡，匹夫有責 tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. 帕劳 帕勞 pà láo Republic of Palau or Belau (Pacific island nation) 庚子国变 庚子國變 gēng zǐ guó biàn the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion 抗日救亡团体 抗日救亡團體 kàng rì jiù wáng tuán tǐ Save the Nation anti-Japanese organization 抗日救亡运动 抗日救亡運動 kàng rì jiù wáng yùn dòng the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 文明小史 wén míng xiǎo shǐ Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] 新兴经济国家 新興經濟國家 xīn xīng jīng jì guó jiā developing economic state / developing nation 治大国若烹小鲜 治大國若烹小鮮 zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention 瓦德西 wǎ dé xī Waldersee (name) / Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] 番邦 fān bāng (old) foreign land / alien nation 贸易国 貿易國 mào yì guó trading nation 第一民族 dì yī mín zú First Nation 来源国 來源國 lái yuán guó source country / source nation 米撒尔·阿洛西伊拉克国家阵线 Mithal al-Aloosi List for the Iraqi Nation 刚果民族联盟 gāng guǒ mín zú lián méng Union pour la nation congolaise 莫霍克族 mò huò kè zú Mohawk Nation 国家民族建设 guó jiā mín zú jiàn shè nation-building 梅提斯族 méi tí sī zú Métis Nation 远洋捕鱼国 yuàn yáng bǔ yú guó distant water fishing nation 部队派遣国 bù duì pài qiǎn guó troop-contributing country / troop contributor (UN) / troop-contributing nation (Can., NATO) 