团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 科学界 科學界 kē xué jiè world of science / scientific circles syn 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 学界 學界 xué jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 体育界 體育界 tǐ yù jiè sports circles / the sporting world 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 学术界 學術界 xué shù jiè academic circles / academia syn 报界 報界 bào jiè the press / journalistic circles / the journalists 影坛 影壇 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 金融界 jīn róng jiè banking circles / the world of finance 体坛 體壇 tǐ tán sporting circles / the world of sport 文坛 文壇 wén tán literary circles syn 教育界 jiào yù jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 经济基础 經濟基礎 jīng jì jī chǔ socio-economic base / economic foundation 知识界 知識界 zhī shi jiè intellectual circles / intelligentsia syn 画坛 畫壇 huà tán painting world / painting circles 艺坛 藝壇 yì tán art circles / art world syn 足坛 足壇 zú tán soccer circles / soccer world 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 文联 文聯 wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) syn 中国文联 中國文聯 zhōng guó wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) 诗坛 詩壇 shī tán poetry circles / poetry world syn 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 转来转去 轉來轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth syn 经济 經濟 jīng jì economy / economic syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 复苏 復蘇 fù sū variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1] / to recover (health, economic) / to resuscitate / anabiosis syn 泡沫 pào mò foam / (soap) bubble / (economic) bubble syn 制裁 zhì cái to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic) syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 卡萨布兰卡 卡薩布蘭卡 kǎ sà bù lán kǎ Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital) 拉动 拉動 lā dòng to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth) syn 经济危机 經濟危機 jīng jì wēi jī economic crisis syn 粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 经济效益 經濟效益 jīng jì xiào yì economic 经济特区 經濟特區 jīng jì tè qū special economic zone 外向型 wài xiàng xíng export-oriented (economic model) 大跃进 大躍進 dà yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies 经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development 经济增长 經濟增長 jīng jì zēng zhǎng economic growth 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 社会经济 社會經濟 shè huì jīng jì socio-economic 经济合作 經濟合作 jīng jì hé zuò economic co-operation 经济体制 經濟體制 jīng jì tǐ zhì economic system 中国特色社会主义 中國特色社會主義 zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era 泰达 泰達 tài dá TEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area) 信报 信報 xìn bào abbr. for 信報財經新聞|信报财经新闻, Hong Kong Economic Journal 经济状况 經濟狀況 jīng jì zhuàng kuàng economic situation 经济问题 經濟問題 jīng jì wèn tí economic problem 经济一体化 經濟一體化 jīng jì yī tǐ huà economic integration 淮海 huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces 生产关系 生產關係 shēng chǎn guān xì relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations 经合 經合 jīng hé Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) / abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织 syn 负增长 負增長 fù zēng zhǎng negative growth / economic recession 经济论坛 jīng jì lùn tán Economic Forum 社会经济发展 socio-economic development 经济增长率 經濟增長率 jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜ economic growth rate 经济犯罪 經濟犯罪 jīng jì fàn zuì economic crime 新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生產建設兵糰 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 金砖 金磚 jīn zhuān BRIC / BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) 经济委员会 經濟委員會 Economic Committee 经合组织 經合組織 jīng hé zǔ zhī Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD / abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织 经济分析 經濟分析 economic analysis 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 经济周期 經濟週期 jīng jì zhōu qī economic cycle 国家经济贸易委员会 國家經濟貿易委員會 guó jiā jīng jì mào yì wěi yuán huì State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 专属经济区 專屬經濟區 zhuān shǔ jīng jì qū exclusive economic zone 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 达沃斯 達沃斯 dá wò sī Davos (Swiss ski resort) / Davos world economic forum (WEF) 经济部 經濟部 jīng jì bù Economic Department 经济地理学 經濟地理學 jīng jì dì lǐ xué economic 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles 中国文学艺术界联合会 中國文學藝術界聯合會 zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) / abbr. to 文聯|文联 剧坛 劇壇 jù tán the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles 棒坛 棒壇 bàng tán baseball circles / baseball world 武坛 武壇 wǔ tán martial arts circles 绕来绕去 繞來繞去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom) / to go around in circles and never get anywhere 金融风暴 金融風暴 jīn róng fēng bào banking crisis / storm in financial circles 银坛 銀壇 yín tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 银海 銀海 yín hǎi moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 圆晕 圓暈 yuán yùn concentric circles / circular ripples 反贼 反賊 fǎn zéi (imperial China) rebel / traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state / counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) 经济前途 經濟前途 jīng jì qián tú economic future / economic outlook 环渤海湾地区 環渤海灣地區 huán bó hǎi wān dì qū Bohai Economic Rim (economic region including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong) 经济情况 經濟情況 jīng jì qíng kuàng economic situation / one's socio-economic status 长三角经济区 長三角經濟區 cháng sān jiǎo jīng jì qū Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu) 