神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 活跃 活躍 huó yuè active / lively / excited / to enliven / to brighten up syn 热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement / lively syn 活泼 活潑 huó po lively / vivacious / brisk / active / (chemistry) reactive syn 生动 生動 shēng dòng vivid / lively syn 火爆 huǒ bào fiery (temper) / popular / flourishing / prosperous / lively syn 欢快 歡快 huān kuài cheerful and lighthearted / lively syn 火势 火勢 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 活蹦乱跳 活蹦亂跳 huó bèng luàn tiào to leap and frisk about (idiom) / lively / healthy and active syn 生龙活虎 生龍活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively syn 轻快 輕快 qīng kuài light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe syn 党内 黨內 dǎng nèi within the party (esp. Chinese communist party) 有说有笑 有說有笑 yǒu shuō yǒu xiào talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively syn 同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization / member of the same party or organization / (derog.) confederate / accomplice syn 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 叛党 叛黨 pàn dǎng to betray one's party / to defect (from the communist party) / renegade faction 七嘴八舌 qī zuǐ bā shé lively discussion with everybody talking at once syn 精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio syn 热络 熱絡 rè luò intimate / friendly / warm / active / lively (interaction, participation etc) 甲方 jiǎ fāng party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方[yi3fang1], party B) 乙方 yǐ fāng party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方[jia3fang1], party A) 执政党 執政黨 zhí zhèng dǎng ruling party / the party in power 清朗 qīng lǎng clear and bright / unclouded / clear and sonorous (voice) / clear and lively (narrative) syn 党龄 黨齡 dǎng líng party standing / age of service to the Party 入党 入黨 rù dǎng to join a political party (esp. the Communist Party) 国共 國共 guó gòng Chinese Nationalist Party 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3] syn 党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 中央党校 中央黨校 zhōng yāng dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933 自民党 自民黨 zì mín dǎng Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party) 党代会 黨代會 dǎng dài huì party congress (of the Communist Party of China) syn 十五大 shí wǔ dà 1 5th Party Congress (of Chinese Communist Party) 鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers 绘声绘色 繪聲繪色 huì shēng huì sè vivid and colorful (idiom) / true to life / lively and realistic syn 翩跹 翩躚 piān xiān spry and lively (of dancing and movements) syn 党纲 黨綱 dǎng gāng (political) party platform / party program 张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 脱党 脫黨 tuō dǎng to leave a political party / to give up party membership 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 派对 派對 pài duì (loanword) party 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 聚会 聚會 jù huì party / gathering / to meet / to get together syn 对方 對方 duì fāng the other person / the other side / the other party syn 舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance / ball / party / CL:場|场[chang3] 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 共 gòng common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party 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 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 当事人 當事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair) syn 晚会 晚會 wǎn huì evening party / CL:個|个[ge4] 党 黨 dǎng party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 宴会 宴會 yàn huì banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4] syn 狂欢 狂歡 kuáng huān party / carousal / hilarity / merriment / whoopee / to carouse 晚宴 wǎn yàn banquet / dinner party / soiree 共和党 共和黨 gòng hé dǎng Republican Party 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 请客 請客 qǐng kè to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner syn 民主党 民主黨 mín zhǔ dǎng Democratic Party 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) syn 共产党 共產黨 gòng chǎn dǎng Communist Party syn 联谊会 聯誼會 lián yì huì association / club / society / party / get-together 酒会 酒會 jiǔ huì drinking party / wine reception syn 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 党派 黨派 dǎng pài political party / faction 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 政党 政黨 zhèng dǎng political party / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 越共 yuè gòng Communist Party of Vietnam / Viet Cong 党员 黨員 dǎng yuán party member 茶会 茶會 chá huì tea party syn 女方 nǚ fāng the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities 一行 yī xíng party / delegation syn 饭局 飯局 fàn jú dinner party / banquet 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 共产党人 共產黨人 gòng chǎn dǎng rén Communist party members 下放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside syn 茶话会 茶話會 chá huà huì tea party syn 共产党员 共產黨員 gòng chǎn dǎng yuán Communist Party member 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 毛泽东 毛澤東 máo zé dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935-1976 欢聚 歡聚 huān jù to get together socially / to celebrate / party / celebration syn 欢送会 歡送會 huān sòng huì farewell party 联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party 反对党 反對黨 fǎn duì dǎng opposition (political) party 先遣队 先遣隊 xiān qiǎn duì (military) advance party syn 日方 rì fāng the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc) 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 收拢 收攏 shōu lǒng to draw to oneself / to gather up / to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people) syn 青年团 青年團 qīng nián tuán youth corps / youth wing of a political party 改革派 gǎi gé pài the reformist party 雷锋 雷鋒 léi fēng Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards 社会党 社會黨 shè huì dǎng socialist party 党徽 黨徽 dǎng huī political party emblem 国民党 國民黨 guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT) / Nationalist Party 总书记 總書記 zǒng shū ji general secretary (of the Communist Party) 