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"social actions" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
社会行动 社會行動 shè huì xíng dòng social actions
Chinese Pinyin Translation
转 轉 zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions syn
自找 zì zhǎo to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) syn
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn
风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn
流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn
言行 yán xíng words and actions / what one says and what one does
粗野 cū yě insolent / boorish / rough (in actions) syn
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn
身不由己 shēn bù yóu jǐ (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself) syn
咎由自取 jiù yóu zì qǔ (idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions syn
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit / to do good / to give to charity / virtuous actions syn
高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class
吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn
谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) syn
擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
过火 過火 guò huǒ to go too far / to go overboard (in words or actions) / over the top / excessive / burned syn
社工 shè gōng social work / social worker
善行 shàn xíng good actions
边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
遍 biàn everywhere / all over / classifier for actions: one time syn
股 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn
番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn
干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around syn
身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn
追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn
关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn
交流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
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]
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
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn
社交 shè jiāo interaction / social contact syn
成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn
福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn
圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn
好友 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn
小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn
交际 交際 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse syn
阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn
社保 shè bǎo social insurance (abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险[she4hui4 bao3xian3])
阶层 階層 jiē céng social class
身价 身價 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) syn
萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn
不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn
武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles
交谊舞 交誼舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing
门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth / the right social connection syn
风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn
良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn
社会保险 社會保險 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security (abbr. to 社保[she4bao3])
条条框框 條條框框 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions syn
贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn
上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group)
各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn
社会关系 社會關係 shè huì guān xì social relation
低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn
洋相 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4] syn
大潮 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change syn
礼数 禮數 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status syn
公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society
丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
孔子 kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party
分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing
八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) syn
社会科学 社會科學 shè huì kē xué social sciences syn
门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn
攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn
脉络 脈絡 mài luò arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context syn
公德 gōng dé public ethics / social morality
社会活动 社會活動 social event
社会性 社會性 shè huì xìng social
独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn
路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn
世态 世態 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior syn
贴图 貼圖 tiē tú sticker (social messaging) (Tw)
一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
社会保障 社會保障 shè huì bǎo zhàng social security
社科 shè kē social science (abbr.)
社会团体 社會團體 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization
弱势群体 弱勢群體 ruò shì qún tǐ disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) / the economically and politically marginalized / the dispossessed
社会环境 社會環境 shè huì huán jìng social environment / milieu
社会问题 社會問題 shè huì wèn tí social
社群 shè qún community / social grouping
社会福利 社會福利 shè huì fú lì social welfare
社科院 shè kē yuàn (Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility
中国社会科学院 中國社會科學院 zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
社会服务 社會服務 shè huì fú wù social services
朋友圈 péng you quān Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信[Wei1 xin4])
四维 四維 sì wéi the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional
快手 kuài shǒu Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app syn
社会工作 社會工作 shè huì gōng zuò social work
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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