任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 传达室 傳達室 chuán dá shì reception office / janitor's office syn 罢官 罷官 bà guān to dismiss from office / to resign from office syn 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 监察局 監察局 jiān chá jú inspection office / supervisory office 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 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 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 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 合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization 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 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn 专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial) 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 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 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] 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 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 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) 法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections 法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services 法律网 法律網 Legal 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 外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4] 法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice 法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law 江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 法律委员会 法律委員會 fǎ lǜ wěi yuán huì Legal Committee 代书 代書 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 宣誓 xuān shì to swear an oath (of office) / to make a vow syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office 检察院 檢察院 jiǎn chá yuàn prosecutor's office / procuratorate syn 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 上任 shàng rèn to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn 参选 參選 cān xuǎn to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 办事处 辦事處 bàn shì chù office / agency 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 票房 piào fáng box office 东山再起 東山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback syn 总署 總署 zǒng shǔ general office 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off syn 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 人事部 rén shì bù personnel office / human resources (HR) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 研究室 yán jiū shì Office of Research 维奇 維奇 wéi qí Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555) / phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names 解职 解職 jiě zhí to dismiss from office / to discharge / to sack syn 售票处 售票處 shòu piào chù ticket office 分公司 fēn gōng sī subsidiary company / branch office syn 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 公职 公職 gōng zhí civil service / public office / government job 