朱绂 朱紱 zhū fú (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official 官 guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn 人设 人設 rén shè the design of a character (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定) / (fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public / public persona 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 外国电影 外國電影 wài guó diàn yǐng foreign film / foreign movie 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas 洋腔洋调 洋腔洋調 yáng qiāng yáng diào to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom) 外交和外贸部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 众议院外交事务委员会 眾議院外交事務委員會 House Committee on Foreign Affairs / House Foreign Affairs Committee 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 官方外汇储备 guān fāng wài huì chǔ bèi official foreign reserve 改善外国官方人员住房安排基金会 改善外國官方人員住房安排基金會 Foundation for the Improvement of Housing Arrangements for Official Foreign Personnel, Inc. 保护外国官员和美国官方客人法 保護外國官員和美國官方客人法 Act for the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official Guests of the United States 裸官 luǒ guān Communist Party official whose wife and children have left China to reside in a foreign country 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing 差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 高级官员 高級官員 gāo jí guān yuán high ranking official / high level official 关文 關文 guān wén official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times) 正式承认土着语言委员会 正式承認土著語言委員會 Commission for the Official Recognition of Indigenous Languages / Official Recognition Commission 联合国指定的安全官员 聯合國指定的安全官員 United Nations Designated Security Official / Designated Official 轩冕 軒冕 xuān miǎn (literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official) / (fig.) dignitaries / (literary) to hold an official post 驻节 駐節 zhù jié (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting 贬官 貶官 biǎn guān to demote an official / a demoted official 从吏 從吏 cóng lì minor official / to be an official 檄文 xí wén (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation syn 檄书 檄書 xí shū (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation syn 白手套 bái shǒu tào white glove / (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations / proxy who acts on behalf of an official in corrupt dealings (to keep the official's involvement secret) 取消外国公文认证要求的公约 取消外國公文認證要求的公約 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents / Apostille Convention 确认书公约 確認書公約 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents / Apostille Convention 苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1] 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business / official work syn 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association 狄 dí low ranking public official (old) 史臣 shǐ chén official in charge of public records 食俸 shí fèng salary of a public official / to be in government service 食禄 食祿 shí lù to draw government pay / to be in public service / salary of an official 官威 guān wēi the haughty demeanor of a government official / high-and-mighty attitude towards the public 公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification 公用 gōng yòng public / for public use 民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will syn 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn 公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 众怒 眾怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn 奉公克己 奉公剋己 fèng gōng kè jǐ self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly 舍己为公 捨己為公 shě jǐ wèi gōng to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited syn 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. 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 一卡通 yī kǎ tōng the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan) 公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn 公共经济学和公共行政司 Division for Public Economics and Public Administration 公共培训 gōng gòng péi xùn public training programme / public training 代间公益物 代間公益物 intergenerational public goods / transgenerational public goods 联合国塞萨洛尼基公务员专业化中心 聯合國塞薩洛尼基公務員專業化中心 United Nations Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism / Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism 塞萨洛尼基公务员专业化中心 塞薩洛尼基公務員專業化中心 United Nations Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism / Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism 公众参与和获得信息及正义的原则 公眾參與和獲得信息及正義的原則 principle of public participation and access to information and justice / public participation principle 公众参与原则 公眾參與原則 principle of public participation and access to information and justice / public participation principle 国际公法工作小组 國際公法工作小組 Public International Law Working Group / Council Working Group on Public International Law; 三公经费 三公經費 sān gōng jīng fèi "three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles 告谕 告諭 gào yù (literary) to inform (the public) / to give clear instructions / public announcement (from higher authorities) 上不得台盤 上不得臺盤 shàng bù dé tái pán too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role PA P A public area attendant (tasked with cleaning the public areas of a hotel) / marketing assistant / sales assistant 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 外资 外資 wài zī foreign investment 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 外商 wài shāng foreign businessman 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn 