内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 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) 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 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 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn 延年益寿 延年益壽 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life syn 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom) 死中求生 sǐ zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life 生命的遗迹 生命的遺跡 shēng mìng de yí jì trace of life / vestige of life 年寿 年壽 nián shòu length of life / life span 浮生六记 浮生六記 fú shēng liù jì Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808 无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom 寿命周期分析 life cycle assessment / life cycle analysis 生命肢体急救手术 life- and limb-saving surgical intervention / life- and limb-saving procedure 生命网倡议 生命網倡議 shēng mìng wǎng chàng yì Life Web Initiative / Life Web 有效寿命 有效壽命 useful life component / useful life 命途坎坷 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life 寿考 壽考 shòu kǎo long life / life span 起居作息 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life 夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life 威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn - mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life / one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order 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 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 财务 財務 cái wù financial affairs 军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 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 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 政务 政務 zhèng wù government 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 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 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 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 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]) 医务 醫務 yī wù medical affairs 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters syn 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 民政局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 民政部 mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC 海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea syn 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 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 党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 总务 總務 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge syn 军务 軍務 jūn wù military affairs 世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn 与世无争 與世無爭 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs syn 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]) 国务 國務 guó wù affairs of state 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 