贫困 貧困 pín kùn impoverished / poverty syn 沦落 淪落 lún luò to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging) syn 穷困 窮困 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 寒酸 hán suān wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) syn 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 林则徐 林則徐 lín zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 运作 運作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 防腐 fáng fǔ rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 抗癌 kàng ái anti-cancer 经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business syn 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun 排外 pái wài xenophobic / anti-foreigner syn 防锈 防銹 fáng xiù rust prevention / anti-corrosion 反潜 反潛 fǎn qián anti-submarine / antisubmarine 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist 抗震 kàng zhèn anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 反倾销 反傾銷 fǎn qīng xiāo anti-dumping 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 反腐 fǎn fǔ anti-corruption 窝点 窩點 wō diǎn lair / den (of illegal activities) 公益活动 公益活動 gōng yì huó dòng charity event / public service activities 反战 反戰 fǎn zhàn anti-war 自由活动 自由活動 zì yóu huó dòng free time (between organized activities) 反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan 反美 fǎn měi anti-American 课外活动 課外活動 extracurricular activities 反政府 fǎn zhèng fǔ anti-government (protest) 反坦克 fǎn tǎn kè anti-tank 防空导弹 防空導彈 anti-aircraft missile 反垄断 反壟斷 fǎn lǒng duàn to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust 反华 反華 fǎn huá anti-Chinese 防毒软件 防毒軟件 fáng dú ruǎn jiàn anti-virus software 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 打黑 dǎ hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime 反渗透 反滲透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 反洗钱 反洗錢 anti-money-laundering 消炎药 消炎藥 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine 反舰导弹 反艦導彈 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile 反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] 反贪局 反貪局 Anti-Corruption Agency 反帝 fǎn dì to be anti-imperialist 偷天换日 偷天換日 tōu tiān huàn rì to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously syn 反右 fǎn yòu anti-rightist / abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[Fan3 you4 pai4 Dou4 zheng1] 丁玲 dīng líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party 反兴奋剂 反興奮劑 fǎn xīng fèn jì (sports) anti-doping 停摆 停擺 tíng bǎi (of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout 反党 反黨 fǎn dǎng anti-party 反分裂法 fǎn fēn liè fǎ anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan) 抗锯齿 抗鋸齒 kàng jù chǐ anti-aliasing 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 青蒿素 qīng hāo sù Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu 反锯齿 反鋸齒 fǎn jù chǐ anti-aliasing 反坦克炮 anti-tank gun 防暴队 fáng bào duì anti-riot squad 念 niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) syn 抗 kàng to resist / to fight / to defy / anti- syn 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 陆 陸 liù six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 叁 參 sān three (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 马苏德 馬蘇德 mǎ sū dé Massoud (name) / Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader 玖 jiǔ black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 仟 qiān thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 肆 sì four (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / unrestrained / wanton / (literary) shop syn 壹 yī one (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 佰 bǎi hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 