国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 村姑 cūn gū village girl / country bumpkin syn 平天下 píng tiān xià to pacify the country 举国上下 舉國上下 jǔ guó shàng xià the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file syn 祸国殃民 禍國殃民 huò guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) syn 异邦 異邦 yì bāng foreign country syn 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 全国各地 全國各地 quán guó gè dì every part of the country 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn 本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 发展中国家 發展中國家 fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā developing country 佣兵 傭兵 yōng bīng (military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 入境 rù jìng to enter a country 越野 yuè yě cross country 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country syn 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 成员国 成員國 chéng yuán guó member country 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 山河 shān hé mountains and rivers / the whole country syn 京师 京師 jīng shī capital of a country (literary) syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 统考 統考 tǒng kǎo unified examination (e.g. across the country) 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn 兴国 興國 xīng guó to invigorate the country syn 过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory / transit syn 乡间 鄉間 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral syn 邻国 鄰國 lín guó neighboring country syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 本地人 běn dì rén native person (of a country) syn 北国 北國 běi guó the northern part of the country / the North syn 卫国 衛國 wèi guó to defend one's country 眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn 开国 開國 kāi guó to found a state / to open a closed country syn 国别 國別 guó bié nationality / country-specific (history, report etc) 报国 報國 bào guó to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 出逃 chū táo to run away / to flee (the country) syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 亚洲国家 亞洲國家 yà zhōu guó jiā Asian country / Asian nation 国家一级 guó jiā yī jí country level 社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn 古国 古國 gǔ guó ancient country 一国两制 一國兩制 yī guó liǎng zhì one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) 他国 他國 tā guó another country 南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country) 乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 举国 舉國 jǔ guó the entire country syn 五湖四海 wǔ hú sì hǎi all parts of the country syn 立国 立國 lì guó to found a country syn 天南地北 tiān nán dì běi distant places / all over the country / (to talk) about this and that syn 故土 gù tǔ native country / one's homeland syn 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 格鲁吉亚 格魯吉亞 gé lǔ jí yà Georgia (country) 国手 國手 guó shǒu (sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country syn 贵国 貴國 guì guó your distinguished country 青山绿水 青山綠水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ lit. green hills and clear waters / pleasant country scene (idiom) syn 科教兴国 科教興國 kē jiào xīng guó to invigorate the country through science and education 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 闯荡江湖 闖蕩江湖 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú to travel around the country syn 域外 yù wài outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial syn 