明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 明智 míng zhì sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious syn 忠告 zhōng gào to give sb a word of advice / advice / counsel / a wise word syn 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn 高明 gāo míng brilliant / superior / wise syn 决策 決策 jué cè strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision / to determine policy syn 睿智 ruì zhì wise and farsighted syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 英明 yīng míng wise / brilliant syn 世故 shì gu sophisticated / worldly-wise syn 高见 高見 gāo jiàn wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific) syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 高招 gāo zhāo wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas syn 哲人 zhé rén wise man syn 至理名言 zhì lǐ míng yán wise saying / words of wisdom syn 新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn 明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn 益友 yì yǒu helpful friend / wise companion syn 贤明 賢明 xián míng wise and capable / sagacious syn 贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles 有道 yǒu dào to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just 人杰 人傑 rén jié outstanding talent / wise and able person / illustrious individual syn 资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls 先哲 xiān zhé the wise and learned individuals of the past syn 练达 練達 liàn dá experienced / sophisticated / worldly-wise syn 识时务者为俊杰 識時務者為俊傑 shí shí wù zhě wèi jùn jié Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances. 智 zhì (literary) wise / wisdom syn 哲 喆 zhé wise / a sage syn 老于世故 老於世故 lǎo yú shì gù experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated syn 事后诸葛亮 事後諸葛亮 shì hòu zhū gě liàng person who is wise after the event 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 政策 zhèng cè policy / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方针 方針 fāng zhēn policy / guidelines / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 保险单 保險單 bǎo xiǎn dān insurance policy (document) 出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn 奉行 fèng xíng to pursue (a course, a policy) syn 大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn 扰民 擾民 rǎo mín (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 透明度 tòu míng dù transparency / (policy of) openness 阶段性 階段性 jiē duàn xìng specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased 对内 對內 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy) 国策 國策 guó cè a national policy syn 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) 对华 對華 duì huá (policy etc) towards China 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 政策措施 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure 对美 對美 duì měi (policy etc) towards America 对日 對日 duì rì (policy etc) towards Japan 投保人 tóu bǎo rén policy holder / insured person syn 财政政策 財政政策 cái zhèng zhèng cè fiscal policy 对台 對臺 duì tái (policy etc) towards Taiwan 外交政策 wài jiāo zhèng cè foreign policy 公共政策 gōng gòng zhèng cè public policy 群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 就业政策 就業政策 employment policy 保户 保戶 bǎo hù insurance policy holder syn 仁政 rén zhèng benevolent policy / humane government syn 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) syn 鸵鸟政策 鴕鳥政策 tuó niǎo zhèng cè ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) 坚壁清野 堅壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom) / to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy syn 反走私 fǎn zǒu sī to oppose smuggling / anti-contraband (measures, policy etc) 总方针 總方針 zǒng fāng zhēn general policy / overall guidelines 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 筴 cè policy / scheme 哲人其萎 zhé rén qí wěi a wise man has passed away (idiom) 大智如愚 dà zhì rú yú the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / a genius not appreciated in his own time 敬老尊贤 敬老尊賢 jìng lǎo zūn xián to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom) / to honor the great and the good 百鸟朝凤 百鳥朝鳳 bǎi niǎo cháo fèng lit. all birds paying looking up to the phoenix / fig. peace under a wise ruler 礼贤下士 禮賢下士 lǐ xián xià shì respect for the wise syn 老成持重 lǎo chéng chí zhòng old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable syn 闻一知十 聞一知十 wén yī zhī shí lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom) / fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise 见贤思齐 見賢思齊 jiàn xián sī qí see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects) / emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher. 郢书燕说 郢書燕說 yǐng shū yān shuō lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise" 好汉不吃眼前亏 好漢不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom) 满腹经纶 滿腹經綸 mǎn fù jīng lún full of political wisdom (idiom) / politically astute / with encyclopedic experience of state policy syn 空室清野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy 大政方针 大政方針 dà zhèng fāng zhēn major policy of the national government 八字方针 八字方針 bā zì fāng zhēn a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[Li3 Fu4chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve" 门户开放 門戶開放 mén hù kāi fàng open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel 三光政策 sān guāng zhèng cè Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII 叁年期全面政策审查 三年期全面政策審查 triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system / triennial comprehensive policy review 联合国大学学术出版政策 聯合國大學學術出版政策 United Nations University Policy on Scholarly Publishing / policy on scholarly publishing 欧洲安全和防卫政策 歐洲安全和防衛政策 European Security and Defence Policy / Common European Security and Defence Policy 欧洲共同安全和防卫政策 歐洲共同安全和防衛政策 European Security and Defence Policy / Common European Security and Defence Policy 社会政策、卫生政策和死亡率前景讨论会 社會政策、衛生政策和死亡率前景討論會 Seminar on Social Policy, Health Policy and Mortality Prospects 大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team 欧洲安全和防卫政策法治特派团 歐洲安全和防衛政策法治特派團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 安全防卫团 安全防衛團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 伤病员后送待运政策 傷病員後送待運政策 holding policy / evacuation policy 联合国全球政策模型 聯合國全球政策模型 United Nations Global Policy Model / Global Policy Model 三位博士 sān wèi bó shì the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story 事后聪明 事後聰明 shì hòu cōng ming wise after the event (idiom) / with hindsight, one should have predicted it 仁者见仁，智者见智 仁者見仁，智者見智 rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom. / Different views are admissible. (idiom) 大勇若怯，大智若愚 dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / the general public may not recognize great talent 尊贤爱物 尊賢愛物 zūn xián ài wù to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people 