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
入门
rù mén
entrance door / to enter a door / introduction (to a subject) / to learn the basics of a subject
to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
征文
zhēng wén
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
国企
guó qǐ
state-owned enterprise / (Tw) abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理, international business management (as a subject of study)
在那儿
zài na r
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
军训
jūn xùn
military practice, esp. for reservists or new recruits / military training as a (sometimes compulsory) subject in schools and colleges / drill
refer to the title or subject (in an online forum)
撞车
zhuàng chē
to crash (into another car) / (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash / (of subject matter) to be the same
本题
běn tí
the subject under discussion / the point at issue
古文
gǔ wén
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
深入浅出
shēn rù qiǎn chū
to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand
工科
gōng kē
engineering as an academic subject
融会贯通
róng huì guàn tōng
to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas
隐情
yǐn qíng
sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided
陪衬
péi chèn
to enhance by contrast / to set off / to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance / to serve as a prop / a foil
高数
gāo shù
further math / advanced mathematics (school subject, abbr. for 高等數學|高等数学)
画龙点睛
huà lóng diǎn jīng
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
溥仪
Pǔ yí
Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor
打岔
dǎ chà
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
取保候审
qǔ bǎo hòu shěn
release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
照猫画虎
zhào māo huà hǔ
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信)
大题小作
dà tí xiǎo zuò
to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
业精于勤
yè jīng yú qín
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
略知皮毛
lu:è zhī pí máo
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
风花雪月
fēng huā xuě yuè
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
点睛之笔
diǎn jīng zhī bǐ
the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
不为已甚
bù wéi yǐ shèn
refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject
five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信 / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) / five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
介之推
Jiè Zhī tuī
Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
Gestalt psychology (concerned with treating a subject as a coherent whole)
揪斗
jiū dòu
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
杨业
Yáng yè
famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 / and defended the Song / the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将
浣纱记
Huàn shā jì
Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 / from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
转科
zhuǎn kē
to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
writing style in which the main subject is not introduced initially / opposite of 破題|破题[po4 ti2]
破题
pò tí
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题[mao4 ti2]
封王
fēng wáng
to win the championship / (of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject
初心
chū xīn
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
双一流
Shuāng Yī liú
Double First-Class University Plan, Chinese government project to develop both a group of Chinese universities and a group of subject disciplines to be world-class by 2050, implemented from 2017
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