联邦 聯邦 lián bāng federal / federation / commonwealth / federal union / federal state / union syn 苏联 蘇聯 sū lián Soviet Union, 1922-1991 / abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2] 工会 工會 gōng huì labor union / trade union / CL:個|个[ge4] 经济基础 經濟基礎 jīng jì jī chǔ socio-economic base / economic foundation 会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 联盟 聯盟 lián méng alliance / union / coalition syn 社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization 学生会 學生會 xué sheng huì student union 欧盟 歐盟 ōu méng European Union / EU 连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn 戈尔巴乔夫 戈爾巴喬夫 gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev / Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995 信用社 xìn yòng shè credit union syn 丐帮 丐幫 gài bāng beggars' union / a group of beggars 欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 前苏联 前蘇聯 qián sū lián former Soviet Union 独联体 獨聯體 dú lián tǐ Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体 王明 wáng míng Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 原苏联 原蘇聯 yuán sū lián former Soviet Union 欧盟成员国 歐盟成員國 ōu méng chéng yuán guó EU member states / countries of the European Union 妇女联合会 婦女聯合會 fù nǚ lián hé huì women's union 欧洲联盟 歐洲聯盟 ōu zhōu lián méng European Union (EU) 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 经济界 經濟界 jīng jì jiè economic circles 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 融为一体 融為一體 róng wéi yī tǐ to fuse together (idiom) / hypostatic union (religion) syn 盟 méng oath / pledge / union / to ally / league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia syn 缔 締 dì (archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union / to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc) 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 欧洲共同体 歐洲共同體 ōu zhōu gòng tóng tǐ European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟[Ou1 meng2] 科摩罗 科摩羅 kē mó luó Union of Comoros 经济地理学 經濟地理學 jīng jì dì lǐ xué economic 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟 sū wéi āi shè huì zhǔ yì gòng hé guó lián méng Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991 / abbr. to 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2] Soviet Union 刚果爱国者联盟 gāng guǒ ài guó zhě lián méng Union des patriotes congolais / Union of Congolese Patriots 联合国工作人员工会 聯合國工作人員工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 职工会 職工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 关于建立联盟国家的条约 關於建立聯盟國家的條約 Treaty on the Establishment of a Union State / Union Treaty 联盟条约 聯盟條約 Treaty on the Establishment of a Union State / Union Treaty 国际自然及自然资源保护联盟 國際自然及自然資源保護聯盟 guó jì zì rán jí zì rán zī yuán bǎo hù lián méng International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources / International Union for Conservation of Nature 国际自然保护联盟 國際自然保護聯盟 guó jì zì rán bǎo hù lián méng International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources / International Union for Conservation of Nature 联合国外勤人员工会 聯合國外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 外勤人员工会 外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 国际保护工业产权联盟 國際保護工業產權聯盟 International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property / Paris Union 巴黎联盟 巴黎聯盟 International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property / Paris Union 中部非洲经济联盟 Central African Economic Union 经济和货币同盟 Economic and Monetary Union 西非经济和货币联盟 西非經濟和貨幣聯盟 West African Economic and Monetary Union 西非关税和经济联盟 西非關稅和經濟聯盟 West African Customs and Economic Union 关税联盟和单一经济区条约 關稅聯盟和單一經濟區條約 Treaty on the Customs Union and Unified Economic Space 世界工会裁军的社会和经济方面会议 世界工會裁軍的社會和經濟方面會議 World Trade Union Conference on Social and Economic Aspects of Disarmament 中部非洲关税和经济联盟 中部非洲關稅和經濟聯盟 Central African Customs and Economic Union 泛非经济和货币同盟 泛非經濟和貨幣同盟 Pan-African Economic and Monetary Union 