系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 商务部 商務部 shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 美国国防部 美國國防部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall syn 部门 部門 bù mén department / branch / section / division / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 司 sī to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry) syn 合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 国防部 國防部 guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 司法部 sī fǎ bù Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc) 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 国务院 國務院 guó wù yuàn (PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department 小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy syn 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 神经科 神經科 shén jīng kē neurology department 合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn 妇产科 婦產科 fù chǎn kē department of gynecology and obstetrics / birth clinic syn 商城 shāng chéng shopping center / department store syn 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 税务局 稅務局 shuì wù jú Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong) syn 眼科 yǎn kē (department of) ophthalmology 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 产科 產科 chǎn kē maternity department / maternity ward / obstetrics 农业部 農業部 nóng yè bù Ministry of Agriculture / Department of Agriculture 百货店 百貨店 bǎi huò diàn bazaar / department store / general store syn 法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn 交通部 jiāo tōng bù Department of Transportation / (PRC) Ministry of Transport 专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial) 行政部门 行政部門 xíng zhèng bù mén administrative department / administration / executive (government branch) 厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 律政司 lǜ zhèng sī Department of Justice (Hong Kong) 化学系 化學系 huà xué xì department of chemistry 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn 业务部 業務部 yè wù bù Department of Operations 百货大楼 百貨大樓 bǎi huò dà lóu department store 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3] 宣传部 宣傳部 xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 维权 維權 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights 人事处 人事處 rén shì chù human resources department 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn 门市部 門市部 mén shì bù retail department / section of a retail store syn 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 政治部 zhèng zhì bù political division / cadre department 裁撤 cái chè to dissolve (a department etc) / to eliminate (positions) syn 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 法律顾问 法律顧問 fǎ lǜ gù wèn Legal Adviser 法定代表人 fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc) 中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college) 卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections 警局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 财务部 財務部 cái wù bù Finance Department 规划局 規劃局 guī huà jú planning department 处级 處級 chù jí (administrative) department-level 统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 中宣部 zhōng xuān bù Publicity Department of the CCP (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]) 农业厅 農業廳 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture 美国国务院 美國國務院 měi guó guó wù yuàn US Department of State 法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services 法律网 法律網 Legal 卫生署 衛生署 wèi shēng shǔ health bureau (or office, or department, or agency) 中组部 中組部 zhōng zǔ bù (CCP) Organization Department (abbr. for 中共中央組織部|中共中央组织部[Zhong1gong4 Zhong1yang1 Zu3zhi1bu4]) 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 法律地位 legal status 法律基础 法律基礎 legal basis 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 消防局 xiāo fáng jú fire department 金成 金晟 jīn chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office 