Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
海选
hǎi xuǎn
(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
星宿
xīng xiù
constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
Hundred Flowers Awards, flim prize awarded since 1962
郎平
Láng Píng
Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005
全国运动会
quán guó yùn dòng huì
National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959
旷古
kuàng gǔ
since the dawn of time / from the year dot
氧化钙
yǎng huà gài
calcium oxide, CaO / (slang) (used as a substitute for 肏[cao4], since CaO resembles cào)
赵紫阳
Zhào Zǐ yáng
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
天演
tiān yǎn
natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)
农运会
Nóng yùn huì
China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)
Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age)
重庆市
Chóng qìng shì
Chongqing city, formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝[Yu2]
第三纪
dì sān jì
third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
南平地区
Nán píng dì qū
Nanping district (old term) / since 1983, Nanping, county-level city, Fujian
周一岳
Zhōu Yī yuè
York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004
城市运动会
chéng shì yùn dòng huì
National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
宿草
sù cǎo
grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
尼米兹号
Ní mǐ zī Hào
Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
屈原纪念馆
Qū Yuán Jì niàn guǎn
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
希拉里·克林顿
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009
广西省
Guǎng xī Shěng
Guangxi province in south China / since 1959, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], location of the Zhuang ethnic group, abbr. 桂[Gui4], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2]
political training office (during Chinese revolution, since renamed political division 政治部)
既来之，则安之
jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
晋江地区
Jìn jiāng dì qū
Jinjiang county (old term) / since 1983, Jinjiang, county-level city, Fujian
Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952) / Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan since 1954)
茅盾文学奖
Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎng
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
莆田地区
Pú tián dì qū
Putian prefecture (old term) / since 1983, Putian, prefecture-level city, Fujian
萨克洛夫奖
Sà kè luò fū Jiǎng
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988
萨哈罗夫奖
Sà hǎ luó fū jiǎng
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)
阿诺德·施瓦辛格
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
显生代
Xiǎn shēng dài
Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago
显生宙
Xiǎn shēng zhòu
Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago
飞鸽
Fēi Gē
Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)
龙岩地区
Lóng yán dì qū
Longyan district (old term) / since 1983, Longyan, county-level city, Fujian
前南斯拉夫问题国际刑事法庭
qián nán sī lā fú wèn tí guó jì xíng shì fǎ tíng
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 / International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / Internati
新字体
xīn zì tǐ
shinjitai, simplified Japanese character used since 1946
前南问题国际刑事法庭规约
Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 / Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for th
market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
大外宣
dà wài xuān
(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)
湘妃竹
xiāng fēi zhú
same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death
韩国瑜
Hán Guó yú
Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018
遗存
yí cún
historical remains / things that have survived since ancient times / (of such things) to survive
zì