社 会 问 题 shè huì wèn tí social 社 会 性 shè huì xìng social 交 流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) 关 注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention 身 后 shēn hòu posthumous / one's social background / behind the body 成 分 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / CL:個|个[ge4] 秩 序 zhì xù order (orderly) / order (sequence) / social order / the state (of society) / CL:個|个[ge4] 大 事 dà shì 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] 各 界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles 一 族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2] 小 人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character 阶 层 jiē céng hierarchy / stratum / social class 成 份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 制 服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 社 会 科 学 shè huì kē xué social sciences 同 等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status 社 会 保 障 shè huì bǎo zhàng social security 身 价 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) 孔 子 Kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3] 萎 缩 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) 人 情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn 交 际 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse 社 交 shè jiāo interaction / social contact 上 班 族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 风 俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] 社 会 保 险 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security / abbr. to 社保 应 酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement 社 保 shè bǎo social insurance / abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险 社 科 shè kē social science (abbr.) 社 会 团 体 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization 弱 势 群 体 ruò shì qún tǐ disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) / the economically and politically marginalized / the dispossessed 社 会 环 境 shè huì huán jìng milieu / social environment 大 潮 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change 社 群 shè qún community / social grouping 丛 生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 社 会 福 利 shè huì fú lì social welfare 社 科 院 Shè kē yuàn (Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 公 益 事 业 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 社 会 关 系 shè huì guān xì social relation 中 国 社 会 科 学 院 Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 公 德 gōng dé public ethics / social morality 社 会 服 务 shè huì fú wù social security (pensions, medical insurance) 良 药 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 门 路 mén lù way of doing sth / the right social connection 社 会 活 动 social event 四 维 sì wéi the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional 快 手 Kuài shǒu Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app 社 会 工 作 shè huì gōng zuò social work 联 欢 会 lián huān huì social gathering / party 贵 贱 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 自 动 升 级 zì dòng shēng jí social promotion 礼 数 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status 独 尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant 分 房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing 社 工 shè gōng social work / social worker 门 当 户 对 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match 路 数 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / movement (martial arts) / social connections / (sb's) background story 高 攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 社 会 阶 层 shè huì jiē céng social hierarchy / stratum in society / social status 门 楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status 平 步 青 云 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) 风 土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions 八 面 玲 珑 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) 孔 夫 子 Kǒng fū zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3] 尊 卑 zūn bēi superior and subordinate / social ranking 边 缘 人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 贱 民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 富 农 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 条 条 框 框 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions 攀 附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing 交 谊 舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing 洋 相 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4] 同 侪 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group 人 文 社 科 rén wén shè kē (abbr.) humanities and social sciences 群 体 性 事 件 qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns) 地 利 人 和 dì lì rén hé favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom) / good location and the people satisfied 世 态 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior 天 时 地 利 人 和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war 社 民 党 Shè mín dǎng Social Democratic party 严 复 Yán Fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 变 乱 biàn luàn turmoil / social upheaval 崩 坏 bēng huài crash / breakdown (of social values etc) / burst / to crumble / to collapse 种 姓 zhǒng xìng caste (traditional Indian social division) 趋 炎 附 势 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing 同 乐 会 tóng lè huì social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc) 浊 流 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends 社 会 工 作 者 shè huì gōng zuò zhě caseworker / social worker 策 源 地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) 歪 风 邪 气 wāi fēng xié qì noxious winds, evil influences (idiom) / malignant social trends 族 race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) 交 际 舞 jiāo jì wǔ social dance / ballroom dance 茅 以 升 Máo Yǐ shēng Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist 未 来 派 Wèi lái pài Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century) 社 会 总 需 求 shè huì zǒng xū qiú aggregate social demand / total requirement of society 社 会 民 主 主 义 shè huì mín zhǔ zhǔ yì social democracy 夤 缘 攀 附 yín yuán pān fù to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing 天 崩 地 裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval 攀 高 结 贵 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom) / to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful / social climbing 杯 酒 解 怨 bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom) / a few drinks can ease social interaction 礼 义 廉 耻 lǐ yì lián chǐ sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
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