经济 經濟 jīng jì economy / economic syn 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 节约 節約 jié yuē to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal syn 经济舱 經濟艙 jīng jì cāng economy class 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 景气 景氣 jǐng qì (of economy, business etc) flourishing / prosperous syn 市场经济 市場經濟 shì chǎng jīng jì market economy 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 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 国民经济 國民經濟 guó mín jīng jì national economy 计划经济 計劃經濟 jì huà jīng jì planned economy 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 世界经济 世界經濟 shì jiè jīng jì global economy / world economy 循环经济 循環經濟 xún huán jīng jì circular economy 知识经济 知識經濟 zhī shì jīng jì knowledge economy 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 政治经济学 政治經濟學 zhèng zhì jīng jì xué political economy 集体经济 集體經濟 jí tǐ jīng jì collective economy 商品经济 商品經濟 shāng pǐn jīng jì commodity economy 经济制度 經濟制度 jīng jì zhì dù economy 看淡 kàn dàn to regard as unimportant / to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc) / (of an economy or a market) to slacken 主要经济指标 fundamentals of the economy 泡沫经济 泡沫經濟 pào mò jīng jì bubble economy 土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche syn 厉行节约 厲行節約 lì xíng jié yuē to practice strict economy (idiom) syn 荣毅仁 榮毅仁 róng yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 当地 當地 dāng dì local syn 本地 běn dì local / this locality syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 局部 jú bù part / local syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product / (regional) specialty 地痞 dì pǐ bully / local ruffian syn 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 组胺 組胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty syn 地头蛇 地頭蛇 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss syn 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 风土人情 風土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs (idiom) syn 地区性 地區性 dì qū xìng regional / local 局域网 局域網 jú yù wǎng local area network (LAN) 土产 土產 tǔ chǎn produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) syn 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand 随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn 德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals) 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances syn 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2]) 采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn 乡音 鄉音 xiāng yīn local accent / accent of one's native place syn 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant syn 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 在地 zài dì (Tw) local / native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) 地方政府 dì fāng zhèng fǔ local government 民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated syn 当地时间 當地時間 dāng dì shí jiān local time 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 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 地方性 dì fāng xìng local 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 接入网 接入網 access network / local loop 无线接入 無線接入 wú xiàn jiē rù wireless access / wireless local loop 方志 fāng zhì local chronicles / district records syn 风土 風土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions syn 黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) 本币 本幣 běn bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币 小气候 小氣候 xiǎo qì hòu microclimate / fig. local situation syn 地方戏 地方戲 dì fāng xì local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do 地方官 dì fāng guān local official syn 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 豪绅 豪紳 háo shēn local despot syn 土货 土貨 tǔ huò local produce syn 土音 tǔ yīn local accent syn 土豪劣绅 土豪劣紳 tǔ háo liè shēn local bosses, shady gentry (idiom) / dominant local mafia syn 自然经济 自然經濟 zì rán jīng jì natural economy (exchange of goods by bartering not involving money) 地方主义 地方主義 dì fāng zhǔ yì regionalism / favoring one's local region 强龙不压地头蛇 強龍不壓地頭蛇 qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom) / fig. a local gangster who is above the law 逢场作戏 逢場作戲 féng chǎng zuò xì lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom) / to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions syn 锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn 电子经济 e-economy / net economy / network economy 她经济 她經濟 tā jīng jì "she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution / euphemism for prostitution-based economy 灰色经济 灰色經濟 huī sè jīng jì informal economy / informal sector / grey economy 地下经济 地下經濟 shadow economy / non-observed economy 非正规经济部门 非正規經濟部門 informal economy / informal sector / grey economy 当地居民 當地居民 dāng dì jū mín a local person / the local population 当地货币轨道养恤金数额 local currency track pension amount / local currency track amount 