事 务 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) 事 体 shì tǐ things / affairs / decorum 情 况 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] 状 态 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 商 务 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 财 务 cái wù financial affairs 军 事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military 人 事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life 民 事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 人 文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 外 交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 政 务 zhèng wù government affairs 领 导 小 组 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group 红 尘 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs 外 交 部 Wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 出 世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs 世 事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world 涉 外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 入 世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 医 务 yī wù medical affairs 希 尔 Xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 事 态 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs 处 事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters 外 长 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 民 政 局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs 家 事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework 内 政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 外 事 wài shì foreign affairs 国 事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics 民 政 部 Mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC 海 事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea 情 场 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 独 立 自 主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs 党 务 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 政 事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs 听 命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs 外 交 部 长 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 总 务 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge 军 务 jūn wù military affairs 内 务 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 世 情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world 与 世 无 争 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs 矿 务 局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau 民 政 厅 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 国 台 办 Guó tái bàn Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]) 国 务 guó wù affairs of state 当 家 作 主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs 洋 务 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning 内 务 部 Nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 外 务 wài wù foreign affairs 俗 事 sú shì everyday routine / ordinary affairs 陆 委 会 Lù wěi huì Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會|大陆委员会 法 制 晚 报 Fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 送 终 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 咨 文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state 内 部 事 务 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs 内 廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc 外 办 wài bàn foreign affairs office 越 俎 代 庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands 军 机 处 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty) 国 务 院 台 湾 事 务 办 公 室 Guó wù yuàn Tái wān Shì wù Bàn gōng shì Taiwan Affairs Office 拨 冗 bō rǒng to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs 外 事 处 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 事 势 shì shì state of affairs 沈 国 放 Shěn Guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) 档 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] 桩 zhuāng stump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc 戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs 不 安 其 室 bù ān qí shì (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful / to have extramarital affairs 偷 鸡 摸 狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs 民 权 主 义 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state) 不 在 其 位 不 谋 其 政 bù zài qí wèi bù mòu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius) 允 文 允 武 yǔn wén yǔn wǔ equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs 档 子 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc 外 交 大 臣 wài jiāo dà chén Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 外 交 学 院 Wài jiāo Xué yuàn China Foreign Affairs University, located in Beijing 亚 洲 周 刊 Yà zhōu Zhōu kān Asiaweek (current affairs magazine) 亞 洲 週 刊 yà zhōu zhōu kān variant of 亞洲周刊|亚洲周刊, Asiaweek (current affairs magazine) 先 天 下 之 忧 而 忧 , 后 天 下 之 乐 而 乐 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1]) 冗 务 rǒng wù miscellaneous affairs 国 务 院 法 制 局 Guó wù yuàn Fǎ zhì jú State Council Legislative Affairs Bureau (PRC) 国 务 院 港 澳 事 务 办 公 室 Guó wù yuàn Gǎng Aò Shì wù Bàn gōng shì Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council 外 交 事 务 wài jiāo shì wù foreign affairs 外 务 部 Wài wù bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qing Dynasty 奉 公 fèng gōng to pursue public affairs 家 和 万 事 兴 jiā hé wàn shì xīng if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom) 对 外 联 络 部 duì wài lián luò bù CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office) 戎 事 róng shì military affairs 戎 行 róng háng troops / military affairs 政 理 zhèng lǐ politics / government affairs 救 灾 救 济 司 jiù zāi jiù jì sī emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部) 法 制 办 公 室 Fǎ zhì Bàn gōng shì Legislative Affairs Office, LAO (PRC) 策 论 cè lùn essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old) 米 夫 Mǐ fū Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges 印 度 洋 海 事 合 作 会 议 Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation Conference 听 事 tīng shì to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in 理 事 会 事 务 干 事 Council Affairs Officer 安 全 理 事 会 事 务 司 Security Council Affairs Division 外 交 与 国 际 合 作 部 大 臣 Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 政 制 事 务 干 事 Constitutional Affairs Officer