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"miscellaneous affairs" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
冗务 冗務 rǒng wù miscellaneous affairs
Chinese Pinyin Translation
什 shí ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous syn
内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
杂货 雜貨 zá huò groceries / miscellaneous goods syn
杂务 雜務 zá wù odd jobs / miscellaneous tasks
杂项 雜項 zá xiàng miscellaneous
杂事 雜事 zá shì miscellaneous tasks / various chores syn
杂家 雜家 zá jiā Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
芜杂 蕪雜 wú zá miscellaneous / mixed and disorderly (of writing) / disordered and confusing / mixed-up and illogical syn
杂 雜 zá mixed / miscellaneous / various / to mix syn
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
状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 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
军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military 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
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)
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
内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country)
外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
民政部 mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC
党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party
矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau
民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs
国台办 國臺辦 guó tái bàn Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4])
洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn
俗事 sú shì everyday routine / ordinary affairs
陆委会 陸委會 lù wěi huì Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會|大陆委员会
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
内部事务 內部事務 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs
内廷 內廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn
军机处 軍機處 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty)
档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn
桩 樁 zhuāng stump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc syn
档子 檔子 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc syn
拨冗 撥冗 bō rǒng to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs syn
外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs syn
国务院台湾事务办公室 國務院台灣事務辦公室 guó wù yuàn tái wān shì wù bàn gōng shì Taiwan Affairs Office
事势 事勢 shì shì state of affairs
沈国放 沈國放 shěn guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
不安其室 bù ān qí shì (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful / to have extramarital affairs
偷鸡摸狗 偷雞摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs syn
民权主义 民權主義 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
不在其位不谋其政 不在其位不謀其政 bù zài qí wèi bù mòu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
允文允武 yǔn wén yǔn wǔ equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs
政法委 zhèng fǎ wěi Political and Legal Affairs Commission (may refer to the national-level Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, responsible for overseeing law enforcement, judicial affairs and domestic security, or a corresponding body at a lower administrative level)
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
冗繁 rǒng fán miscellaneous
琐记 瑣記 suǒ jì fragmentary recollections / miscellaneous notes
杂件 雜件 zá jiàn miscellaneous goods
杂件儿 雜件兒 zá jiàn r miscellaneous goods
杂税 雜稅 zá shuì miscellaneous duties / various taxes
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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