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民族工业
mín zú gōng yè
Pinyin
Definition
民族工业
-
mín zú gōng yè
national industry
industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese
Character Decomposition
民
巳
㇂
一
族
方
丿
一
矢
工
工
业
丷
一
Related Words
(20)
人民
rén mín
1
the people
2
CL:個|个[gè]
公民
gōng mín
1
citizen
员工
yuán gōng
1
staff
2
personnel
3
employee
家族
jiā zú
1
family
2
clan
工作
gōng zuò
1
to work
2
(of a machine) to operate
3
job
4
work
5
task
6
CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
工具
gōng jù
1
tool
2
instrument
3
utensil
4
means (to achieve a goal etc)
工资
gōng zī
1
wages
2
pay
3
CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]
市民
shì mín
1
city resident
特工
tè gōng
1
secret service
2
special service
3
secret service agent
4
special agent
一族
yī zú
1
social group
2
subculture
3
family
4
clan
5
see also 族[zú]
上班族
shàng bān zú
1
office workers (as social group)
人工
rén gōng
1
artificial
2
manpower
3
manual work
人民币
rén mín bì
1
Renminbi (RMB)
2
Chinese Yuan (CNY)
人民网
Rén mín wǎng
1
online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Rén mín Rì bào]
做工
zuò gōng
1
to work with one's hands
2
manual work
3
workmanship
全民
quán mín
1
entire population (of a country)
分工
fēn gōng
1
to divide up the work
2
division of labor
加工
jiā gōng
1
to process
2
processing
3
working (of machinery)
务工
wù gōng
1
to work as a laborer
化工
huà gōng
1
chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
2
chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
Idioms
(20)
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
1
love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
1
for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
1
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
2
jerry-building
3
sloppy work
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
1
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
1
demotion to commoner (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
1
poor people (idiom)
2
those who live from hand to mouth
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
1
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
2
blue blood
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
1
the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
1
the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
1
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
工欲善其事,必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
1
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
1
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
残民害物
cán mín hài wù
1
to harm people and damage property (idiom)
民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
1
The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
2
no way of getting by
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
1
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.
2
Food first, ethical niceties second
民怨沸腾
mín yuàn fèi téng
1
seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
民怨鼎沸
mín yuàn dǐng fèi
1
seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
民生凋敝
mín shēng diāo bì
1
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
1
the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
民脂民膏
mín zhī mín gāo
1
lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
2
the people's blood, sweat and tears
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