"the public purse" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
腰包 yāo bāo waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag syn
国库 國庫 guó kù public purse / state treasury / national exchequer
公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security
公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest
检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn
人设 人設 rén shè the design of a character (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定) / (fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public / public persona
钱包 錢包 qián bāo purse / wallet syn
包包 bāo bāo bag or purse etc / small bump or pimple / hillock
皱起 皺起 zhòu qǐ to purse / to pucker (up)
荷包 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc / purse / pocket (in clothing) syn
钱袋 錢袋 qián dài purse / wallet
私房钱 私房錢 sī fáng qián secret purse / secret stash of money syn
荠菜 薺菜 jì cài shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
解囊 jiě náng lit. to loosen one's purse / fig. to give generously to help others syn
náng sack / purse / pocket (for money) syn
革囊 gé náng leather purse / fig. human body
朽木不可雕 xiǔ mù bù kě diāo lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
撒玛利亚基金会 Samaritan's Purse
西中太平洋围网渔业管理帕劳协议 西中太平洋圍網漁業管理帕勞協議 Palau Arrangement for the Management of the Purse Seine Fishery in the Western and Central Pacific / Palau Arrangement
世界金枪鱼围网组织 世界金槍魚圍網組織 World Tuna Purse Seine Organization
深海围网 深海圍網 shēn hǎi wéi wǎng purse-seine net (fishing)
玉荷包 yù hé bāo jade purse, a cultivar of lychee
拎包党 拎包黨 līn bāo dǎng (coll.) purse snatcher
内帑 內帑 nèi tǎng (historical) imperial privy purse / palace treasury
公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn
亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn
公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification
公用 gōng yòng public / for public use
民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will syn
口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn
公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility
公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable
众怒 眾怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage syn
gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn
损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn
公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn
奉公克己 奉公剋己 fèng gōng kè jǐ self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
舍己为公 捨己為公 shě jǐ wèi gōng to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited syn
是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
一卡通 yī kǎ tōng the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
公共经济学和公共行政司 Division for Public Economics and Public Administration
公共培训 gōng gòng péi xùn public training programme / public training
代间公益物 代間公益物 intergenerational public goods / transgenerational public goods
联合国塞萨洛尼基公务员专业化中心 聯合國塞薩洛尼基公務員專業化中心 United Nations Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism / Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism
塞萨洛尼基公务员专业化中心 塞薩洛尼基公務員專業化中心 United Nations Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism / Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism
公众参与和获得信息及正义的原则 公眾參與和獲得信息及正義的原則 principle of public participation and access to information and justice / public participation principle
公众参与原则 公眾參與原則 principle of public participation and access to information and justice / public participation principle
国际公法工作小组 國際公法工作小組 Public International Law Working Group / Council Working Group on Public International Law;
三公经费 三公經費 sān gōng jīng fèi "three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles
告谕 告諭 gào yù (literary) to inform (the public) / to give clear instructions / public announcement (from higher authorities)
上不得台盤 上不得臺盤 shàng bù dé tái pán too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role
PA P A public area attendant (tasked with cleaning the public areas of a hotel) / marketing assistant / sales assistant
开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn
酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn
阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine / (of personality) upbeat / energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny) syn
公布 公佈 gōng bù to announce / to make public / to publish syn
兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn
人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn
广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza
公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn
作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn
国有 國有 guó yǒu nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned syn
财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public) / financial
公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL:座[zuo4] syn
曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn
公众 公眾 gōng zhòng public syn
公务员 公務員 gōng wù yuán civil servant / public servant syn
公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn
大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn
公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1]
披露 pī lù to reveal / to publish / to make public / to announce syn
治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn
公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
公安机关 公安機關 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau
事业单位 事業單位 shì yè dān wèi public institution / (Tw) business enterprise / company / firm
舆论 輿論 yú lùn public opinion syn
民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
知名度 zhī míng dù reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness syn
公交车 公交車 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle / town bus / CL:輛|辆[liang4]
公关 公關 gōng guān public relations
小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
国立 國立 guó lì national / state-run / public syn
张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn
公安部 gōng ān bù Ministry of Public Security syn
注册会计师 註冊會計師 zhù cè kuài jì shī certified public accountant
政府采购 政府采購 public procurement
露面 lòu miàn to show one's face / to appear (in public) syn
节假日 節假日 jié jià rì public holiday syn
公道 gōng dào justice / fairness / public highway syn
当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn
报告会 報告會 bào gào huì public lecture (with guest speakers etc)
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
公共场所 公共場所 gōng gòng chǎng suǒ public place
上榜 shàng bǎng to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
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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