内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 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 军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) 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 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 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 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 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 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 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 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs 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 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 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 国务 國務 guó wù affairs of state syn 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 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 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 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 军务 軍務 jūn wù military affairs 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 民政局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 民政部 mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC 党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 国台办 國臺辦 guó tái bàn Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]) 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 俗事 sú shì everyday routine / ordinary affairs 陆委会 陸委會 lù wěi huì Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會|大陆委员会 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 内部事务 內部事務 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs 内廷 內廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 军机处 軍機處 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty) 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 桩 樁 zhuāng stump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc syn 档子 檔子 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc syn 拨冗 撥冗 bō rǒng to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs syn 外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs syn 国务院台湾事务办公室 國務院台灣事務辦公室 guó wù yuàn tái wān shì wù bàn gōng shì Taiwan Affairs Office 事势 事勢 shì shì state of affairs 沈国放 沈國放 shěn guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) 不安其室 bù ān qí shì (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful / to have extramarital affairs 偷鸡摸狗 偷雞摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs syn 民权主义 民權主義 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state) 不在其位不谋其政 不在其位不謀其政 bù zài qí wèi bù mòu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius) 允文允武 yǔn wén yǔn wǔ equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs 政法委 zhèng fǎ wěi Political and Legal Affairs Commission (may refer to the national-level Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, responsible for overseeing law enforcement, judicial affairs and domestic security, or a corresponding body at a lower administrative level) 听事 聽事 tīng shì to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in 加沙妇女事务中心 Women's Affairs Center - Gaza Women's Affairs Center 人道主义事务股 人道主義事務股 rén dào zhǔ yì shì wù gǔ Humanitarian Affairs Unit / Humanitarian Affairs Office 联合国裁军事务厅 聯合國裁軍事務廳 lián hé guó cái jūn shì wù tīng United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs / Office for Disarmament Affairs 裁军事务厅 裁軍事務廳 cái jūn shì wù tīng United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs / Office for Disarmament Affairs 外层空间事务厅 外層空間事務廳 United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs / Office for Outer Space Affairs 法律事务及海洋法和海洋事务厅 法律事務及海洋法和海洋事務廳 Office of Legal Affairs and Law of the Sea and Ocean Affairs 主管对外事务和联合国事务副行长 主管對外事務和聯合國事務副行長 Vice-President for External Affairs and United Nations Affairs 众议院外交事务委员会 眾議院外交事務委員會 House Committee on Foreign Affairs / House Foreign Affairs Committee 巴勒斯坦解放组织谈判事务部 巴勒斯坦解放組織談判事務部 Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department / PLO Negotiations Affairs Department 外交学院 外交學院 wài jiāo xué yuàn China Foreign Affairs University, located in Beijing 亚洲周刊 亞洲周刊 yà zhōu zhōu kān Asiaweek (current affairs magazine) 亞洲週刊 yà zhōu zhōu kān variant of 亞洲周刊|亚洲周刊, Asiaweek (current affairs magazine) 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1]) 