地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn 时局 時局 shí jú current political situation syn 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture 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 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 步 bù a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation syn 情 qíng (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition syn 困难 困難 kùn nan difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation syn 状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 条件 條件 tiáo jiàn condition / circumstance / term / factor / requirement / prerequisite / qualification / situation / state / condition / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands 政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation 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 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 处境 處境 chǔ jìng situation (of a person) syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 情形 qíng xing circumstances / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 局面 jú miàn aspect / phase / situation syn 场面 場面 chǎng miàn scene / spectacle / occasion / situation syn 手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 情景 qíng jǐng scene / spectacle / circumstances / situation syn 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 形势 形勢 xíng shì circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 随机 隨機 suí jī according to the situation / pragmatic / random syn 解救 jiě jiù to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation 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 台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn 知情 zhī qíng to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation syn 实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation / the truth syn 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn 现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn 搭讪 搭訕 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion 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 身处 身處 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by syn 危急 wēi jí critical / desperate (situation) syn 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn 风云 風雲 fēng yún weather / unstable situation syn 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation / military intelligence 谜团 謎團 mí tuán riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters 凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad syn 光明正大 guāng míng zhèng dà (of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly / (of a situation) out in the open syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 真情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth syn 对策 對策 duì cè countermeasure for dealing with a situation syn 全局 quán jú overall situation syn 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded 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 实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn 进退两难 進退兩難 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation syn 党派 黨派 dǎng pài political party / faction 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 失态 失態 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation) 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 知足 zhī zú content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness) syn 自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation syn 近况 近況 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 政党 政黨 zhèng dǎng political party / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 情势 情勢 qíng shì situation / circumstance syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 行情 háng qíng market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation syn 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 疫情 yì qíng epidemic situation 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 陷于 陷於 xiàn yú caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc) syn 窘境 jiǒng jìng awkward situation / predicament syn 随机应变 隨機應變 suí jī yìng biàn to change according to the situation (idiom) / pragmatic syn 政见 政見 zhèng jiàn political views 战况 戰況 zhàn kuàng battlefield situation / battle progress 病入膏肓 bìng rù gāo huāng lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) / fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless syn 大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn 况 況 kuàng moreover / situation syn 推移 tuī yí (of time) to elapse or pass / (of a situation) to develop or evolve syn 分析家 fēn xī jiā (political) analyst 苗头 苗頭 miáo tou first signs / development (of a situation) syn 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 