门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn 思想 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn 着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] syn 念头 念頭 niàn tou thought / idea / intention syn 思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn 迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) syn 观念 觀念 guān niàn notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions syn 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn 思绪 思緒 sī xù train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling syn 意念 yì niàn idea / thought syn 浮现 浮現 fú xiàn (of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge syn 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc) 发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought syn 谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought / unexpectedly syn 文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing syn 倡导 倡導 chàng dǎo to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) syn 流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn 学派 學派 xué pài school of thought 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 发人深省 發人深省 fā rén shēn xǐng to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking syn 奋不顾身 奮不顧身 fèn bù gù shēn to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils syn 置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard syn 出神 chū shén spellbound / entranced / lost in thought syn 心路 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas syn 耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought syn 思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn 鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn 精神 jīng shén spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 毛泽东思想 毛澤東思想 máo zé dōng sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 代表人物 dài biǎo rén wù representative individual (of a school of thought) 回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought) 隽永 雋永 juàn yǒng meaningful / thought-provoking / significant syn 百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others 政审 政審 zhèng shěn examine sb's political record / political investigation 孰料 shú liào who would have thought? / who could have imagined? / unexpectedly 思想体系 思想體系 sī xiǎng tǐ xì system of thought / ideology 发人深思 發人深思 fā rén shēn sī (idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought syn 妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn 抽象思维 抽象思維 chōu xiàng sī wéi abstract thought / logical thinking 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully syn 浮想 fú xiǎng passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection 舍生忘死 捨生忘死 shě shēng wàng sǐ bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / risking life and limb / undaunted by perils syn 显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought 刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn 慝 tè evil thought 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 