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
老总
lǎo zǒng
boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
状元
zhuàng yuán
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
良性
liáng xìng
positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
吴三桂
Wú Sān guì
Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
前脚
qián jiǎo
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
一蹶不振
yī jué bù zhèn
one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch
女将
nu:3 jiàng
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü / Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
陈炯明
Chén Jiǒng míng
Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
公孙龙
Gōng sūn Lóng
Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
捻军
Niǎn jūn
Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
as if drunk or entranced (idiom) / leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor
艰苦朴素
jiān kǔ pǔ sù
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
福田
fú tián
field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
退居二线
tuì jū èr xiàn
to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
军品出口领导小组
jūn pǐn chū kǒu lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ
Military Products Leading Small Group
李鹏
Lǐ Péng
Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
失之毫厘，谬以千里
shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差之千里
shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差以千里
shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
tóu