左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left / the left side / to the left of syn 参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics / participation in politics 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 落单 落單 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 政法 zhèng fǎ politics and law 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 淡出 dàn chū to fade out (cinema) / to withdraw from (politics, acting etc) / to fade from (memory) syn 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits syn 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 地缘 地緣 dì yuán geographic situation / geo-(politics etc) 粉墨登场 粉墨登場 fěn mò dēng chǎng to make up and go on stage (idiom) / to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime) syn 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 议政 議政 yì zhèng to discuss politics 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 权位 權位 quán wèi power and position (politics) syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 三十六计 三十六計 sān shí liù jì The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 下议院议员 下議院議員 xià yì yuàn yì yuán Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics) 中间路线 中間路線 zhōng jiān lù xiàn middle road (in politics) 乱政 亂政 luàn zhèng to corrupt politics 可操作的艺术 可操作的藝術 kě cāo zuò de yì shù the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics) 四清运动 四清運動 sì qīng yùn dòng the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party 国政 國政 guó zhèng national politics / archaic rank, "Minister of State" / common given name syn 政理 zhèng lǐ politics / government affairs 本土派 běn tǔ pài local faction / pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics) 极右翼 極右翼 jí yòu yì extreme right (politics) 民主派 mín zhǔ pài (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats 玩手腕 wán shǒu wàn to play tricks / to play at politics 先军政治 先軍政治 xiān jūn zhèng zhì Songun Jongchi / military first politics 亚太妇女参与政治中心 亞太婦女參與政治中心 Centre for Asia / Pacific Women in Politics 认同政治 認同政治 identity politics 全球就业的政治与经济问题会议 全球就業的政治與經濟問題會議 Conference on the Politics and Economics of Global Employment 国家发展、认同政治和女权运动概念会议 國家發展、認同政治和女權運動概念會議 Conference on National Development, Identity Politics and Concepts of Feminism 政治、防务和安全机关 政治、防務和安全機關 Organ on Politics, Defence and Security 国际从政妇女知识网络 國際從政婦女知識網絡 International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics 国际移民政治研究所 國際移民政治研究所 International Research Institute for Immigration and Emigration Politics 摇摆州 搖擺州 yáo bǎi zhōu swing state (US politics) 党鞭 黨鞭 dǎng biān (politics) whip 政经 政經 zhèng jīng politics and the economy (from 政治[zheng4 zhi4] and 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]) / political and economic 法政 fǎ zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 键政 鍵政 jiàn zhèng (slang) to discuss politics online 干政 gān zhèng to interfere in state affairs / to meddle in politics 左右 zuǒ yòu left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence syn 剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over syn 提取 tí qǔ to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine syn 左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side syn 残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted / nearly depleted / practically nothing left syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 左岸 zuǒ àn Left Bank (in Paris) 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 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 左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left 左面 zuǒ miàn left side syn 哑口无言 啞口無言 yǎ kǒu wú yán dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 无计可施 無計可施 wú jì kě shī no strategy left to try (idiom) / at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless syn 不甘寂寞 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out syn 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around syn 左上 zuǒ shàng upper left 王明 wáng míng Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 汪精卫 汪精衛 wāng jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator 无依无靠 無依無靠 wú yī wú kào no one to rely on (idiom) / on one's own / orphaned / left to one's own devices syn 左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-hander 左首 zuǒ shǒu left-hand side syn 潜台词 潛臺詞 qián tái cí unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer / subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material left over 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 博古 bó gǔ Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash 鸡犬不宁 雞犬不寧 jī quǎn bù níng lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium syn 左倾 左傾 zuǒ qīng left-leaning / progressive 不到黄河心不死 不到黃河心不死 bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left syn 鳏寡孤独 鰥寡孤獨 guān guǎ gū dú lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on syn 茬口 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity 