事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 政审 政審 zhèng shěn examine sb's political record / political investigation 军机处 軍機處 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty) 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs) / to work syn 财务 財務 cái wù financial affairs 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 医务 醫務 yī wù medical affairs 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn 处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters syn 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn 党派 黨派 dǎng pài political party / faction 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 说客 說客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4] 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 政党 政黨 zhèng dǎng political party / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 政见 政見 zhèng jiàn political views 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 分析家 fēn xī jiā (political) analyst 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 指导员 指導員 zhǐ dǎo yuán instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA) 保守党 保守黨 bǎo shǒu dǎng conservative political parties 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) syn 海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 政局 zhèng jú political situation syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 政委 zhèng wěi political commissar (within the army) 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 时局 時局 shí jú current political situation syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn 政治性 zhèng zhì xìng political 反对党 反對黨 fǎn duì dǎng opposition (political) party 转危为安 轉危為安 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert a danger (esp. political or medical) syn 政务 政務 zhèng wù government affairs syn 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 总务 總務 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge syn 与世无争 與世無爭 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs syn 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 青年团 青年團 qīng nián tuán youth corps / youth wing of a political party 国务 國務 guó wù affairs of state syn 政敌 政敵 zhèng dí political opponent 咨文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state syn 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 政论 政論 zhèng lùn political commentary 党徽 黨徽 dǎng huī political party emblem 积极分子 積極份子 jī jí fèn zǐ enthusiast / (political) activist syn 世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 事体 事體 shì tǐ things / affairs / decorum syn 