three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
新浪
Xīn làng
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
国语
Guó yǔ
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3], Chinese Communist Party
中医
Zhōng yī
traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
三国
Sān guó
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 / as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
成语
chéng yǔ
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
华侨
Huá qiáo
overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
生肖
shēng xiào
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac
易趣
yì qù
EachNet, Chinese e-commerce company (formerly owned by eBay and branded as eBay EachNet)
近代
jìn dài
the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
春运
chūn yùn
(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
孔子
Kǒng zǐ
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
primal chaos / formless mass before creation in Chinese mythology / muddled / innocent as a baby
字典
zì diǎn
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
五笔
wǔ bǐ
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983
毛主席
Máo Zhǔ xí
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
邓小平理论
Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùn
Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
麒麟
qí lín
qilin (mythical Chinese animal) / kylin / Chinese unicorn / commonly mistranslated as giraffe
贴吧
tiē bā
Baidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc.
Baosteel, Chinese steel maker formed in a 1998 merger, then merged to form Baowu 寶武鋼鐵|宝武钢铁[Bao3 wu3 Gang1 tie3] in 2016
党内
dǎng nèi
within the party (esp. Chinese communist party)
香格里拉
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location) / Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan / formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
搜狗
Sōu gǒu
Sogou, Chinese tech company known for its search engine, www.sogou.com
Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
中山大学
Zhōng shān Dà xué
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
琵琶
pí pa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
玉女
yù nu:3
beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu