联邦 聯邦 lián bāng federal / federation / commonwealth / federal union / federal state / union syn 苏联 蘇聯 sū lián Soviet Union, 1922-1991 / abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2] 工会 工會 gōng huì labor union / trade union / CL:個|个[ge4] 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 联盟 聯盟 lián méng alliance / union / coalition syn 社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization 学生会 學生會 xué sheng huì student union 欧盟 歐盟 ōu méng European Union / EU 连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn 戈尔巴乔夫 戈爾巴喬夫 gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev / Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995 信用社 xìn yòng shè credit union syn 丐帮 丐幫 gài bāng beggars' union / a group of beggars 欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 前苏联 前蘇聯 qián sū lián former Soviet Union 独联体 獨聯體 dú lián tǐ Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体 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 原苏联 原蘇聯 yuán sū lián former Soviet Union 欧盟成员国 歐盟成員國 ōu méng chéng yuán guó EU member states / countries of the European Union 欧洲联盟 歐洲聯盟 ōu zhōu lián méng European Union (EU) 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 女装 女裝 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes 女权 女權 nǚ quán women's rights 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 妇女节 婦女節 fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 小可爱 小可愛 xiǎo kě ài cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) syn 红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 融为一体 融為一體 róng wéi yī tǐ to fuse together (idiom) / hypostatic union (religion) syn 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 盟 méng oath / pledge / union / to ally / league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia syn 淑 shū (bound form) (of women) gentle / kind / lovely / admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody 缔 締 dì (archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union / to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc) 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 欧洲共同体 歐洲共同體 ōu zhōu gòng tóng tǐ European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟[Ou1 meng2] 科摩罗 科摩羅 kē mó luó Union of Comoros 娅 婭 yà (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names) syn 帼 幗 guó cap worn by women / feminine 軿 píng curtained carriage used by women / to gather together / to assemble 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) 三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn 偷鸡摸狗 偷雞摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs syn 沉湎酒色 chén miǎn jiǔ sè to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom) / overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher 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. 红颜薄命 紅顏薄命 hóng yán bó mìng beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) 酒色之徒 jiǔ sè zhī tú follower of wine and women / dissolute person 秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful 男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom) 绿惨红愁 綠慘紅愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu (of women) grieved appearance (idiom) / sorrowful mien 全球妇女环境大会 全球婦女環境大會 Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment / Global Women's Assembly on Environment 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 女足 nǚ zú women's soccer / women's football / women's soccer team 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟 sū wéi āi shè huì zhǔ yì gòng hé guó lián méng Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991 / abbr. to 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2] Soviet Union 刚果爱国者联盟 gāng guǒ ài guó zhě lián méng Union des patriotes congolais / Union of Congolese Patriots 联合国工作人员工会 聯合國工作人員工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 职工会 職工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union 关于建立联盟国家的条约 關於建立聯盟國家的條約 Treaty on the Establishment of a Union State / Union Treaty 联盟条约 聯盟條約 Treaty on the Establishment of a Union State / Union Treaty 国际自然及自然资源保护联盟 國際自然及自然資源保護聯盟 guó jì zì rán jí zì rán zī yuán bǎo hù lián méng International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources / International Union for Conservation of Nature 国际自然保护联盟 國際自然保護聯盟 guó jì zì rán bǎo hù lián méng International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources / International Union for Conservation of Nature 联合国外勤人员工会 聯合國外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 外勤人员工会 外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union 国际保护工业产权联盟 國際保護工業產權聯盟 International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property / Paris Union 巴黎联盟 巴黎聯盟 International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property / Paris Union 欧洲妇女联合会 European Union of Women 巴基斯坦妇女总联合会 General Union of Palestinian Women 越南妇女联盟 越南婦女聯盟 yuè nán fù rǔ lián méng Viet Nam Women's Union 伊拉克妇女总联合会 伊拉克婦女總聯合會 General Union of Iraqi Women 俄罗斯妇女联盟 俄羅斯婦女聯盟 Women's Union of Russia 