定位 dìng wèi to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche syn 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ 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 头寸 頭寸 tóu cùn (finance) cash position / position 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 把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 位置 wèi zhi position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) 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 处于 處於 chǔ yú to be in (some state, position, or condition) syn 姿势 姿勢 zī shì posture / position 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 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 立场 立場 lì chǎng position / standpoint / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地位 dì wèi position / status / place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 提升 提昇 tí shēng to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve syn 培养 培養 péi yǎng to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology) 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 到位 dào wèi to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done) syn 方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn 得以 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view syn 分歧 fēn qí divergent / difference (of opinion, position) / disagreement / (math.) bifurcation syn 置于 zhì yú to place in / to put in (a position) syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 主张 主張 zhǔ zhāng to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 表态 表態 biǎo tài to declare one's position / to say where one stands 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 晋升 晉升 jìn shēng to promote to a higher position syn 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front 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 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 应聘 應聘 yìng pìn to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position 前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) 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 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position syn 说客 說客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4] 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old) syn 阐述 闡述 chǎn shù to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) syn 架势 架勢 jià shi attitude / position (on an issue etc) syn 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 政党 政黨 zhèng dǎng political party / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 前沿 qián yán (military) forward position / frontier / cutting-edge / forefront syn 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 政见 政見 zhèng jiàn political views 攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) syn 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank 跳槽 tiào cáo to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere 分析家 fēn xī jiā (political) analyst 下风 下風 xià fēng leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 指导员 指導員 zhǐ dǎo yuán instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA) 居高临下 居高臨下 jū gāo lín xià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude syn 任教 rèn jiào to hold a teaching position syn 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 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it syn 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 眺望 tiào wàng to survey the scene from an elevated position syn 政局 zhèng jú political situation syn 交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 自白 zì bái confession / to make clear one's position or intentions / to brag 提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 革职 革職 gé zhí to sack / to remove from a position / to depose 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 上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn 