右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics / participation in politics 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right syn 优先承购权 優先承購權 yōu xiān chéng gòu quán prior purchase right / right of first refusal (ROFR) / preemptive right to purchase 人道主义干预权 right of interference / right to intervene in humanitarian crises / right of intervention on humanitarian grounds 劈头 劈頭 pī tóu straight away / right off the bat / right on the head / right in the face syn 勒庞 勒龐 lè páng Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician 极右分子 極右份子 jí yòu fèn zǐ an extreme right-winger 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right 右翼 yòu yì the right flank / (politically) right-wing syn 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist syn 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 不是味儿 不是味兒 bù shì wèi r not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset syn 适逢其会 適逢其會 shì féng qí huì (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time syn 对症发药 對症發藥 duì zhèng fā yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. 知人善任 zhī rén shàn rèn (idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities / to put the right people in the right places 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 良图 良圖 liáng tú good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí (idiom) everything will turn out all right / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night 可转让发展权利 transferable development right / tradeable development right 落实发展权问题高级别工作队 high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development / High-Level Task Force on the Right to Development 获得饮水的权利 獲得飲水的權利 right to have access to drinking water / right to water 饮水权 飲水權 yǐn shuǐ quán right to have access to drinking water / right to water 适足食物权作为一项人权问题特别报告员 適足食物權作為一項人權問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate food as a human right 使发展权成为一项人权全球协商 使發展權成為一項人權全球協商 Global Consultation on the Right to Development as a Human Right 集体权利 集體權利 group right / collective right 团体权利 團體權利 group right / collective right 外手 wài shǒu right-hand side (of a machine) / right-hand side (passenger side) of a vehicle syn 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent syn 眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment 被选举权 被選舉權 bèi xuǎn jǔ quán the right to be elected / the right to stand for election 灯下黑 燈下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses 政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 政法 zhèng fǎ politics and law 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 淡出 dàn chū to fade out (cinema) / to withdraw from (politics, acting etc) / to fade from (memory) syn 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits syn 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 地缘 地緣 dì yuán geographic situation / geo-(politics etc) 粉墨登场 粉墨登場 fěn mò dēng chǎng to make up and go on stage (idiom) / to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime) syn 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 议政 議政 yì zhèng to discuss politics 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 权位 權位 quán wèi power and position (politics) syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 三十六计 三十六計 sān shí liù jì The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 下议院议员 下議院議員 xià yì yuàn yì yuán Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics) 中间路线 中間路線 zhōng jiān lù xiàn middle road (in politics) 乱政 亂政 luàn zhèng to corrupt politics 可操作的艺术 可操作的藝術 kě cāo zuò de yì shù the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics) 四清运动 四清運動 sì qīng yùn dòng the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party 国政 國政 guó zhèng national politics / archaic rank, "Minister of State" / common given name syn 政理 zhèng lǐ politics / government affairs 本土派 běn tǔ pài local faction / pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics) 民主派 mín zhǔ pài (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats 玩手腕 wán shǒu wàn to play tricks / to play at politics 先军政治 先軍政治 xiān jūn zhèng zhì Songun Jongchi / military first politics 亚太妇女参与政治中心 亞太婦女參與政治中心 Centre for Asia / Pacific Women in Politics 认同政治 認同政治 identity politics 全球就业的政治与经济问题会议 全球就業的政治與經濟問題會議 Conference on the Politics and Economics of Global Employment 国家发展、认同政治和女权运动概念会议 國家發展、認同政治和女權運動概念會議 Conference on National Development, Identity Politics and Concepts of Feminism 政治、防务和安全机关 政治、防務和安全機關 Organ on Politics, Defence and Security 国际从政妇女知识网络 國際從政婦女知識網絡 International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics 国际移民政治研究所 國際移民政治研究所 International Research Institute for Immigration and Emigration Politics 摇摆州 搖擺州 yáo bǎi zhōu swing state (US politics) 党鞭 黨鞭 dǎng biān (politics) whip 政经 政經 zhèng jīng politics and the economy (from 政治[zheng4 zhi4] and 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]) / political and economic 法政 fǎ zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 键政 鍵政 jiàn zhèng (slang) to discuss politics online 干政 gān zhèng to interfere in state affairs / to meddle in politics 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn 极限 極限 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary syn 极端 極端 jí duān extreme syn 极点 極點 jí diǎn extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates) syn 心碎 xīn suì heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow syn 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 