我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 门槛 門檻 mén kǎn doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) syn 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 阈值 閾值 yù zhí threshold 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 起征点 起征點 qǐ zhēng diǎn tax threshold 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 槛 檻 kǎn door sill / threshold syn 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 阈 閾 yù threshold 阃 閫 kǔn threshold / inner appartments / woman / wife (honorific) syn 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] syn 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn 入境 rù jìng to enter a country 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 乔治亚 喬治亞 qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state / (Tw) Georgia (country) 乡间 鄉間 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn 本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 越野 yuè yě cross country 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 贵国 貴國 guì guó your distinguished country 过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory / transit syn 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 出逃 chū táo to run away / to flee (the country) syn 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn 境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 发展中国家 發展中國家 fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā developing country 离境 離境 lí jìng to leave a country (or place) syn 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 开国 開國 kāi guó to found a state / to open a closed country syn 国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity syn 邻国 鄰國 lín guó neighboring country syn 天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn 山河 shān hé mountains and rivers / the whole country syn 故土 gù tǔ native country / one's homeland syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 他国 他國 tā guó another country 立国 立國 lì guó to found a country syn 村姑 cūn gū village girl / country bumpkin syn 死难者 死難者 sǐ nàn zhě victim of an accident / casualty / martyr for one's country syn 举国上下 舉國上下 jǔ guó shàng xià the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file syn 卖国 賣國 mài guó to betray one's country syn 治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country syn 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 成员国 成員國 chéng yuán guó member country 格鲁吉亚 格魯吉亞 gé lǔ jí yà Georgia (country) 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country syn 北国 北國 běi guó the northern part of the country / the North syn 报国 報國 bào guó to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 故国 故國 gù guó country with an ancient history 奋发图强 奮發圖強 fèn fā tú qiáng to work energetically for prosperity (of the country) syn 邻邦 鄰邦 lín bāng neighboring country syn 走江湖 zǒu jiāng hú to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer) syn 穷国 窮國 qióng guó poor country 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 中立国 中立國 zhōng lì guó neutral country 五湖四海 wǔ hú sì hǎi all parts of the country syn 