"Affairs" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)
 shì tǐ things / affairs / decorum
 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
 zhuàng tài state of affairs / state / mode / situation / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business
 cái wù financial affairs
 jūn shì military affairs / military matters / military
 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture
 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhèng wù government affairs
 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
 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs
 Wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs
 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world
 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs
 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])
 yī wù medical affairs
 Xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs
 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs
 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with
 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs
 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework
 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country)
 wài shì foreign affairs
 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics
 Mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC
 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea
 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship
 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party
 zhèng shì politics / government affairs
 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs
 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge
 jūn wù military affairs
 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world
 yǔ shì wú zhēng to stand aloof from worldly affairs
 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau
 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs
 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])
 guó wù affairs of state
 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs
 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning
 Nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs
 wài wù foreign affairs
 sú shì everyday routine / ordinary affairs
 Lù wěi huì Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會|大陆委员会
 Fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019
 zī wén official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state
 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs
 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
 wài bàn foreign affairs office
 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
 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty)
 Guó wù yuàn Tái wān Shì wù Bàn gōng shì Taiwan Affairs Office
 bō rǒng to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs
 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department
 shì shì state of affairs
 Shěn Guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
 dàng official records / grade (of goods) / file / records / shelves / slot / gap / crosspiece / classifier for crosspieces / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs
 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
 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)
 bù zài qí wèi bù mòu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
 yǔn wén yǔn wǔ equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs
 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc
 wài jiāo dà chén Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
 Wài jiāo Xué yuàn China Foreign Affairs University
 Yà zhōu Zhōu kān Asiaweek (current affairs magazine)
 yà zhōu zhōu kān variant of 亞洲周刊|亚洲周刊, Asiaweek (current affairs magazine)
 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 / by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
 rǒng wù miscellaneous affairs
 Guó wù yuàn Fǎ zhì jú State Council Legislative Affairs Bureau (PRC)
 Guó wù yuàn Gǎng Aò Shì wù Bàn gōng shì Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
 wài jiāo shì wù foreign affairs
 Wài wù bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qing Dynasty
 fèng gōng to pursue public affairs
 jiā hé wàn shì xīng if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom)
 duì wài lián luò bù CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
 róng shì military affairs
 róng háng troops / military affairs
 zhèng lǐ politics / government affairs
 jiù zāi jiù jì sī emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部)
 Fǎ zhì Bàn gōng shì Legislative Affairs Office, LAO (PRC)
 cè lùn essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old)
 Mǐ fū Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
  Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation Conference
 tīng shì to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in
  Council Affairs Officer
  Security Council Affairs Division
  Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
  Constitutional Affairs Officer
  Constitutional Affairs Officer
  Director of UNRWA Affairs
  Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade
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