团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 科学界 科學界 kē xué jiè world of science / scientific circles syn 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 学界 學界 xué jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 体育界 體育界 tǐ yù jiè sports circles / the sporting world 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 学术界 學術界 xué shù jiè academic circles / academia syn 报界 報界 bào jiè the press / journalistic circles / the journalists 影坛 影壇 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 金融界 jīn róng jiè banking circles / the world of finance 体坛 體壇 tǐ tán sporting circles / the world of sport 文坛 文壇 wén tán literary circles syn 教育界 jiào yù jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 经济界 經濟界 jīng jì jiè economic circles 知识界 知識界 zhī shi jiè intellectual circles / intelligentsia syn 画坛 畫壇 huà tán painting world / painting circles 艺坛 藝壇 yì tán art circles / art world syn 足坛 足壇 zú tán soccer circles / soccer world 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 文联 文聯 wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) syn 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 政审 政審 zhèng shěn examine sb's political record / political investigation 中国文联 中國文聯 zhōng guó wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) 诗坛 詩壇 shī tán poetry circles / poetry world syn 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 转来转去 轉來轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth syn 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn 党派 黨派 dǎng pài political party / faction 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 说客 說客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4] 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 政党 政黨 zhèng dǎng political party / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 政见 政見 zhèng jiàn political views 分析家 fēn xī jiā (political) analyst 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 指导员 指導員 zhǐ dǎo yuán instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA) 保守党 保守黨 bǎo shǒu dǎng conservative political parties 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) syn 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 政局 zhèng jú political situation syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 政委 zhèng wěi political commissar (within the army) 时局 時局 shí jú current political situation syn 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 政治性 zhèng zhì xìng political 反对党 反對黨 fǎn duì dǎng opposition (political) party 转危为安 轉危為安 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert a danger (esp. political or medical) syn 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 青年团 青年團 qīng nián tuán youth corps / youth wing of a political party 政敌 政敵 zhèng dí political opponent 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 政论 政論 zhèng lùn political commentary 党徽 黨徽 dǎng huī political party emblem 积极分子 積極份子 jī jí fèn zǐ enthusiast / (political) activist syn 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 维新 維新 wéi xīn (political) reform / revitalization / modernization syn 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist syn 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 政绩 政績 zhèng jì (political) achievements / track record 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 政治部 zhèng zhì bù political division / cadre department 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 民盟 mín méng China Democratic League (political party) / abbr. for 中國民主同盟|中国民主同盟 脱胎 脫胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware) 政治委员 政治委員 zhèng zhì wěi yuán political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions) 孙膑 孫臏 sūn bìn Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) 退党 退黨 tuì dǎng to withdraw from a political party 政协 政協 zhèng xié CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) / abbr. of 中國人民政治協商會議|中国人民政治协商会议[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Zheng4 zhi4 Xie2 shang1 Hui4 yi4] 入党 入黨 rù dǎng to join a political party (esp. the Communist Party) 党校 黨校 dǎng xiào (political) party school 党性 黨性 dǎng xìng the spirit or character of a political party 为人民服务 為人民服務 wèi rén mín fú wù Serve the People!, CCP political slogan 分子 份子 fèn zǐ members of a class or group / political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists) / part syn 