科学家 科學家 kē xué jiā scientist / CL:個|个[ge4] 富兰克林 富蘭克林 fù lán kè lín Franklin (name) / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author 伽利略 jiā lì lüè Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist 马拉 馬拉 mǎ lā Marat (name) / Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician 李开复 李開復 lǐ kāi fù Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009 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 沈括 shěn kuò Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] 波义耳 波義耳 bō yì ěr Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist 道尔顿 道爾頓 dào ěr dùn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory 赫胥黎 hè xū lí Huxley (name) / Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin / Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist 吴孟超 吳孟超 wú mèng chāo Wu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and gallbladder disorders 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 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 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 总政治部 總政治部 zǒng zhèng zhì bù (military) General Political Department syn 中国人民政治协商会议 中國人民政治協商會議 zhōng guó rén mín zhèng zhì xié shāng huì yì CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) 政教处 政教處 zhèng jiào chǔ political education office (within a school) (PRC) 法家 fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist syn 正当性 正當性 zhèng dàng xìng (political) legitimacy 九三学社 九三學社 jiǔ sān xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP 苏秦 蘇秦 sū qín Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) 王震 wáng zhèn Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure 军机处 軍機處 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty) 官运亨通 官運亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom) syn 孟德斯鸠 孟德斯鳩 mèng dé sī jiū Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher 