释放 釋放 shì fàng to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge syn 犯人 fàn rén convict / prisoner / criminal syn 囚犯 qiú fàn prisoner / convict syn 拘留 jū liú to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody syn 探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn 战俘 戰俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 战俘营 戰俘營 zhàn fú yíng prisoner-of-war camp / POW camp 囚徒 qiú tú prisoner syn 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 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 追缉 追緝 zhuī jī to pursue / to be after / to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc) 保外就医 保外就醫 bǎo wài jiù yī to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner) 就擒 jiù qín to be taken prisoner 囚 qiú prisoner syn 开释 開釋 kāi shì to release (a prisoner) syn 虏 虜 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave syn 俘 fú to take prisoner / prisoner of war syn 槛 檻 jiàn banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart syn 缧 縲 léi (literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner 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 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 政见 政見 zhèng jiàn political views 分析家 fēn xī jiā (political) analyst 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 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 政治经济学 政治經濟學 zhèng zhì jīng jì xué political economy 中国政法大学 中國政法大學 zhōng guó zhèng fǎ dà xué China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海淀區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 Qu1] 政治思想 zhèng zhì sī xiǎng political thought / ideology 政治素质 政治素質 zhèng zhì sù zhì political quality (in ideological education) 自民党 自民黨 zì mín dǎng Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party) 政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn 宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 政治人物 zhèng zhì rén wù political figure / politician / statesman 政教 zhèng jiào church and state / government and education / political education 