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全国 quán guó whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national
国立 guó lì national / state-run / public
全国性 quán guó xìng national
对内 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy)
国 guó country / nation / state / national / CL:個|个[ge4]
人大 Rén dà (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4]) / Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])
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
全国人大 Quán guó Rén Dà abbr. for 全國人大會議|全国人大会议[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 Da4 hui4 yi4], National People's Congress (NPC)
国土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land
国家队 guó jiā duì the national team
黄金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
国民经济 guó mín jīng jì national economy
清华大学 Qīng huá Dà xué Tsinghua or Qinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
国防 guó fáng national defense
发改委 Fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
国家安全 guó jiā ān quán national security
国庆 Guó qìng National Day
两会 Liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
国债 guó zhài national debt / government debt
民族团结 mín zú tuán jié national unity
少数民族 shǎo shù mín zú national minority / ethnic group
国足 guó zú national soccer team
国道 guó dào national highway
交通大学 Jiāo tōng Dà xué abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 / Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 / Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 / National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
常务委员会 cháng wù wěi yuán huì standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress)
国防部 Guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense
环保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection
五四 wǔ sì fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
国家统计局 Guó jiā Tǒng jì jú (China) National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
危及 wēi jí to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
大计 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit
国大 Guó Dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
国宝 guó bǎo national treasure
国学 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
国库 guó kù public purse / state treasury / national exchequer
三中全会 Sān Zhōng Quán huì third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
全国人民代表大会 Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì (Chinese) National People's Congress / abbr. to 人大[Ren2 da4]
国庆节 Guó qìng jié PRC National Day (October 1st)
广电总局 Guǎng diàn Zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first 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 parity between China and the great powers) / racism
国歌 guó gē national anthem
国界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries
国策 guó cè a national policy
中海油 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation
国都 guó dū national capital
和服 hé fú kimono / Japanese: traditional national clothing, as opposed to Western clothing 洋服
联大 Lián Dà abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会[Lian2 he2 guo2 Da4 hui4], United Nations General Assembly / abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学[Guo2 li4 Xi1 nan2 Lian2 he2 Da4 xue2], National Southwest Combined University
国法 guó fǎ national law
中油 Zhòng yóu CNPC, China National Petroleum Corporation (abbr.)
阿巴斯 A1 bā sī Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
国家公园 guó jiā gōng yuán national park
国境 guó jìng national border / frontier
国手 guó shǒu (sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
民族英雄 mín zú yīng xióng national hero
全国代表大会 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
台湾大学 Tái wān Dà xué National Taiwan University / abbr. to 臺大|台大[Tai2 Da4]
故宫博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
国粹 guó cuì national essence / quintessence of national culture
国色天香 guó sè tiān xiāng national grace, divine fragrance (idiom) / an outstanding beauty
国民生产总值 guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí gross national product (GNP)
国徽 guó huī national emblem / national coat of arms
国史 guó shǐ national history / dynastic history
五四运动 Wǔ sì Yùn dòng May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
国民收入 guó mín shōu rù measures of national income and output
国家图书馆 guó jiā tú shū guǎn national library
国耻 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
青年节 Qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
国威 guó wēi national prestige
红客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
回良玉 Huí Liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013
国家安全局 Guó jiā An1 quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA)
国书 guó shū credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
像章 xiàng zhāng badge / insignia / lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)
国花 guó huā national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China)
国乐 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music
郎平 Láng Píng Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005
六一儿童节 Liù Yī Er2 tóng jié Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
国体 guó tǐ state system (i.e. form of government) / national prestige
植树节 Zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]
勿忘国耻 wù wàng guó chǐ Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
国庆日 guó qìng rì national day
田汉 Tián Hàn Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
国民革命军 Guó mín Gé mìng jūn National Revolutionary Army
四个现代化 sì gè xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
四个现代化 sì ge xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4]
国家发展计划  national development plan
全国运动会 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959
张自忠 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
三江源 Sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River
蔡锷 Cài E4 Cai E (1882-1916), originator of the National protection army of 1915
国防委员会  National Defence Commission
国家安全委员会  National Security Council
国民警卫队 Guó mín Jǐng wèi duì National Guard (United States)
美宇航局 Měi Yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA / abbr. for 美國宇航局|美国宇航局
民族解放运动  national liberation movement
张治中 Zhāng Zhì zhōng Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
农运会 Nóng yùn huì China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)
九宫山 Jiǔ gōng shān Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei
中国海洋石油总公司 Zhōng guó Hǎi yáng Shí yóu Zǒng gōng sī CNOOC / China National Offshore Oil Corporation
迟浩田 Chí Hào tián Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
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