上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school / to attend school syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 改造 gǎi zào to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold syn 小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school / primary school syn 改革 gǎi gé reform / CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4] / to reform syn 入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child 开学 開學 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term syn 正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine syn 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 改良 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system) syn 再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life / to reconstruct / to reform / to rework / to recycle / to reproduce (copies, or offspring) / restoration / restructuring syn 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) syn 狂飙 狂飆 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force syn 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 整改 zhěng gǎi to reform / to rectify and improve syn 维新 維新 wéi xīn (political) reform / revitalization / modernization syn 体校 體校 tǐ xiào sports school / physical education school (abbr. for 體育學校|体育学校[ti3yu4 xue2xiao4]) 卫校 衛校 wèi xiào medical school / nursing school 土地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform 中专 中專 zhōng zhuān vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn 工读生 工讀生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student 土改 tǔ gǎi land reform (abbr. for 土地改革[tu3di4 gai3ge2]) 改革开放 改革開放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 发改委 發改委 fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 学风 學風 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions 医改 醫改 yī gǎi reform of the medical system 梁启超 梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 金融改革 jīn róng gǎi gé financial reform 康有为 康有為 kāng yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 自新 zì xīn to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew 高职院校 高職院校 gāo zhí yuàn xiào professional school / higher vocational school 干校 幹校 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4] 心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2]) 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 移风易俗 移風易俗 yí fēng yì sú (idiom) to reform habits and customs syn 读 讀 dú to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn 改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 革 gé animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) syn 悛 quān to reform 显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought 国家计划委员会 國家計劃委員會 guó jiā jì huà wěi yuán huì PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 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 学校 學校 xué xiào school / CL:所[suo3] syn 毕业 畢業 bì yè graduation / to graduate / to finish school syn 姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn 年级 年級 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn 作业 作業 zuò yè school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL:個|个[ge4] / to operate syn 学院 學院 xué yuàn college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:所[suo3] syn 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book / to study / to attend school syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn 年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 学位 學位 xué wèi academic degree / place in school 医学院 醫學院 yī xué yuàn medical school syn 法学院 法學院 fǎ xué yuàn law school 幼儿园 幼兒園 yòu ér yuán kindergarten / nursery school syn 教书 教書 jiāo shū to teach (in a school) syn 高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student 退学 退學 tuì xué to quit school 公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital) syn 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2]) syn 念书 念書 niàn shū to read / to study / to attend school syn 私立 sī lì privately-run / private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally syn 研究所 yán jiū suǒ research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL:個|个[ge4] 军校 軍校 jūn xiào military school / military academy 成绩单 成績單 chéng jì dān school report or transcript 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 校服 xiào fú school uniform 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 转学 轉學 zhuǎn xué (of a student) to change schools / to transfer from one school to another 就读 就讀 jiù dú to go to school 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc) 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 分校 fēn xiào branch of a school 积分 積分 jī fēn integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme 小学生 小學生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student / schoolchild / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / (fig.) beginner 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn 派别 派別 pài bié group / sect / clique / faction / school syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 专科 專科 zhuān kē specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school syn 补习 補習 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 留级 留級 liú jí to repeat a year in school 倡导 倡導 chàng dǎo to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) syn 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn 少林 shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school 