政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 作弊 zuò bì to practice fraud / to cheat / to engage in corrupt practices syn 堕落 墮落 duò luò to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace syn 麻醉 má zuì anesthesia / to anesthetize / (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind) / to enervate / to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) syn 清洗 qīng xǐ to wash / to rinse / to clean / (fig.) to purge / to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) syn 腐烂 腐爛 fǔ làn to rot / to putrefy / (fig.) corrupt syn 腐败 腐敗 fǔ bài corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 毒害 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence syn 贪污 貪污 tān wū to be corrupt / corruption / to embezzle 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 败坏 敗壞 bài huài to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine syn 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits syn 腐化 fǔ huà to rot / to decay / to become corrupt syn 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 保护伞 保護傘 bǎo hù sǎn protective umbrella / fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt) syn 弊端 bì duān systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) syn 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics / participation in politics 陋习 陋習 lòu xí corrupt practice / bad habits / malpractice syn 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 灯红酒绿 燈紅酒綠 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment syn 贪官 貪官 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin syn 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 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 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 政法 zhèng fǎ politics and law 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 地缘 地緣 dì yuán geographic situation / geo-(politics etc) 议政 議政 yì zhèng to discuss politics 权位 權位 quán wèi power and position (politics) syn 两袖清风 兩袖清風 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom) / having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices 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 淡出 dàn chū to fade out (cinema) / to withdraw from (politics, acting etc) / to fade from (memory) syn 黑哨 hēi shào (soccer etc) corrupt officiating / dubious call 教坏 教壞 jiāo huài to misguide / to corrupt (sb) 颓败 頹敗 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 浊流 濁流 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends syn 积弊 積弊 jī bì age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition) syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] 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 贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 污 wū dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth syn 营私 營私 yíng sī to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest syn 贪官污吏 貪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption syn 极右翼 極右翼 jí yòu yì extreme right (politics) 赃官污吏 贓官污吏 zāng guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption 邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty 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. 卷地皮 juǎn dì pí to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice 奸官污吏 jiān guān wū lì traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom) / abuse and corruption 汙 wū variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth 汚 wū variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth 污吏 wū lì a corrupt official 蛀蚀 蛀蝕 zhù shí to corrupt / to erode 蠹吏 dù lì corrupt officials 蠹弊 dù bì malpractice / abuse / corrupt practice 道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). 钻谋 鑽謀 zuān móu to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul syn 赵高 趙高 zhào gāo Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty 腐败行为 腐敗行為 corrupt practices 贪渎 貪瀆 tān dú (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty 窳败 窳敗 yǔ bài to ruin / corrupt syn 白手套 bái shǒu tào white glove / (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations / proxy who acts on behalf of an official in corrupt dealings (to keep the official's involvement secret) 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) 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) 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 