major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
政协
Zhèng Xié
CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) / abbr. of 中國人民政治協商會議|中国人民政治协商会议[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Zheng4 zhi4 Xie2 shang1 Hui4 yi4]
a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company
分子
fèn zǐ
members of a class or group / political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists) / part
政委
zhèng wěi
political commissar (within the army)
游说
yóu shuì
to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc)
中国政法大学
Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xué
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 qu1]
to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
政治委员
zhèng zhì wěi yuán
political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)
Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty)
匪帮
fěi bāng
gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
孟德斯鸠
Mèng dé sī jiū
Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
走资派
zǒu zī pài
capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong (abbr. for 民主建港協進聯盟|民主建港协进联盟[Min2 zhu3 Jian4 gang3 Xie2 jin4 Lian2 meng2])
奥康纳
Aò kāng nà
O'Connor (name) / Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929), Irish journalist and nationalist political leader
thousands of horses, all mute (idiom) / no-one dares to speak out / an atmosphere of political oppression
脱党
tuō dǎng
to leave a political party / to give up party membership
中国致公党
Zhōng guó Zhì gōng dǎng
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
三教九流
sān jiào jiǔ liú
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom) / fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations
册府元龟
Cè fǔ yuán guī
Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 / and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
商鞅变法
Shāng Yāng biàn fǎ
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 / of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
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