内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall syn 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn 军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs) / to work syn 财务 財務 cái wù financial affairs 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 医务 醫務 yī wù medical affairs 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn 处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters syn 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn 专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial) 海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 政务 政務 zhèng wù government affairs syn 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 总务 總務 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge syn 与世无争 與世無爭 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs syn 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 国务 國務 guó wù affairs of state syn 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 咨文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state syn 正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3] 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence 世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 事体 事體 shì tǐ things / affairs / decorum syn 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 维权 維權 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 军务 軍務 jūn wù military affairs 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 民政局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 法律顾问 法律顧問 fǎ lǜ gù wèn Legal Adviser 法定代表人 fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc) 民政部 mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC 法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections 党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services 矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau 法律网 法律網 Legal 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 法律地位 legal status 法律基础 法律基礎 legal basis 