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) 太平洋 tài píng yáng Pacific Ocean 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 亚裔 亞裔 yà yì of Asian descent 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 汤加 湯加 tāng jiā Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom 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) 厄尔尼诺 厄爾尼諾 è ěr ní nuò El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific 黄沙 黃沙 huáng shā Asian 国泰 國泰 guó tài Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline) 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 所罗门群岛 所羅門群島 suǒ luó mén qún dǎo Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific 亚太 亞太 yà tài Asia-Pacific 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 西太平洋 xī tài píng yáng the western Pacific Ocean 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) 秋刀鱼 秋刀魚 qiū dāo yú Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) 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 麦克阿瑟 麥克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 鲱 鯡 fēi Pacific herring 国贼 國賊 guó zéi traitor to the nation syn 瓦努阿图 瓦努阿圖 wǎ nǔ ā tú Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean 马里亚纳群岛 馬里亞納群島 mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo Mariana Islands in the Pacific 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) 瑙鲁 瑙魯 nǎo lǔ Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific 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) 鲐 鮐 tái mackerel / Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus) 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 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 帕劳 帕勞 pà láo Republic of Palau or Belau (Pacific island 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 亚太经济合作组织 亞太經濟合作組織 yà tài jīng jì hé zuò zǔ zhī Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization / APEC 亚太区 亞太區 yà tài qū Asian area / the Far East / Asia Pacific region 东南亚和太平洋地区证卷公司 South-East Asian and Pacific Area Securities 亚洲及太平洋会计师联合会 Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants 亚太国际人权问题的司法行政官员讲习班 Asian-Pacific Workshop for Administrators of Justice on international human rights issues 亚太非政府组织妇女参与发展专题讨论会 Asian and Pacific Symposium of Non-Governmental Organizations on Women in Development 亚太康复会议 Asian and Pacific Convention on Rehabilitation 全国亚太裔美国妇女论坛 quán guó yà tài yì měi guó fù rǔ lùn tán National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum 亚洲及太平洋区域农业信贷协会 Asian and Pacific Regional Agricultural Credit Association 亚太劳工管理项目 yà tài láo gōng guǎn lǐ xiàng mù Asian and Pacific Project for Labour Administration 