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"China-Africa (relations)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
中非 zhōng fēi China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic
Chinese Pinyin Translation
南非 nán fēi South Africa / Southern Africa
邦交 bāng jiāo relations between two countries / diplomatic relations syn
中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
生产关系 生產關係 shēng chǎn guān xì relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations
金砖 金磚 jīn zhuān BRIC / BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
外交关系 外交關係 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations
中澳 zhōng ào China-Australia (relations)
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)
中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn
性关系 性關係 xìng guān xi sexual relations / sexual contact / intercourse
公关 公關 gōng guān public relations
融洽 róng qià harmonious / friendly relations / on good terms with one another syn
交情 jiāo qing friendship / friendly relations syn
过往 過往 guò wǎng to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous syn
和睦 hé mù peaceful relations / harmonious syn
交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse syn
人缘 人緣 rén yuán relations with other people syn
斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
决裂 決裂 jué liè to rupture / to burst open / to break / to break off relations with / a rupture
绝迹 絕跡 jué jì to be eradicated / to vanish / extinct / to break off relations syn
绝交 絕交 jué jiāo to break off relations / to break with sb syn
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
建构 建構 jiàn gòu to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture
八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) syn
融融 róng róng in harmony / happy / warm relations syn
通商 tōng shāng (of nations) to have trade relations / to engage in trade syn
建交 jiàn jiāo to establish diplomatic relations
天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn
公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
唐山 táng shān see 唐山市[Tang2shan1 Shi4] / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)
正常化 zhèng cháng huà normalization (of diplomatic relations etc) syn
在华 在華 zài huá within China / during one's visit to China
大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
驻华 駐華 zhù huá stationed in China / located in China
海归 海歸 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
中日关系 中日關係 zhōng rì guān xì Sino-Japanese relations
公共关系 公共關係 gōng gòng guān xì public relations
血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin
国际关系 國際關係 guó jì guān xì international relations
中越 zhōng yuè Sino-Vietnam (relations)
两国关系 兩國關係 liǎng guó guān xì bilateral relations
发生关系 發生關係 fā shēng guān xi to have sexual relations with sb / to have dealings with
巴以 bā yǐ Palestinian-Israeli (relations)
泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
决绝 決絕 jué jué to sever all relations with sb / determined / decisive
朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
破冰 pò bīng (fig.) to break the ice / to begin to restore amicable relations
多尔衮 多爾袞 duō ěr gǔn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4]
两性关系 兩性關係 liǎng xìng guān xì gender relations
冰释 冰釋 bīng shì to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc) / to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion) / thaw (in relations) syn
汪道涵 wāng dào hán Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
交欢 交歡 jiāo huān to have cordial relations with each other / to have sexual intercourse
苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) 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)
中国银联 中國銀聯 zhōng guó yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
中国传媒大学 中國傳媒大學 zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
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
中俄关系 中俄關系 zhōng é guān xì Sino-Russian relations
苟合 gǒu hé illicit sexual relations syn
非洲 fēi zhōu Africa / abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
曼德拉 màn dé lā Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999
北非 běi fēi North Africa
西非 xī fēi West Africa
开普敦 開普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa)
东非 東非 dōng fēi East Africa
阿特拉斯 ā tè lā sī Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology) / Atlas mountains of north Africa
尼日尔 尼日爾 ní rì ěr Niger (African state) / Niger River, West Africa
你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) syn
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
乱 亂 luàn in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary syn
字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
中国 中國 zhōng guó China syn
史 shǐ history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China syn
南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn
宰 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn
幢 chuáng banner / pennant (in ancient China) syn
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
杉 shān China fir / Cunninghamia lanceolata / also pr. [sha1] syn
院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4]
参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn
墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn
北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn
邮差 郵差 yóu chāi postman / mailman (dated in mainland China) syn
监 監 jiàn (bound form) supervisor / supervisory office (in imperial China) syn
南京 nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
臣 chén state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 syn
剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) syn
札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
麋鹿 mí lù Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered syn
庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn
进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
八哥 bā gē (bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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