"Social" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shè huì wèn tí social
 shè huì xìng social
 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention
 shēn hòu posthumous / one's social background / behind the body
 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhì xù order (orderly) / order (sequence) / social order / the state (of society) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 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]
 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles
 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
 jiē céng hierarchy / stratum / social class
 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分
 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]
 shè huì kē xué social sciences
 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status
 shè huì bǎo zhàng social security
 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc)
 Kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn
 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse
 shè jiāo interaction / social contact
 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group)
 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security / abbr. to 社保
 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement
 shè bǎo social insurance / abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险
 shè kē social science (abbr.)
 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization
 ruò shì qún tǐ disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) / the economically and politically marginalized / the dispossessed
 shè huì huán jìng milieu / social environment
 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change
 shè qún community / social grouping
 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
 shè huì fú lì social welfare
 Shè kē yuàn (Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility
 shè huì guān xì social relation
 Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
 gōng dé public ethics / social morality
 shè huì fú wù social security (pensions, medical insurance)
 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
 mén lù way of doing sth / the right social connection
  social event
 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
 Kuài shǒu Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
 shè huì gōng zuò social work
 lián huān huì social gathering / party
 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
 zì dòng shēng jí social promotion
 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status
 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant
 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing
 shè gōng social work / social worker
 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / movement (martial arts) / social connections / (sb's) background story
 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class
 shè huì jiē céng social hierarchy / stratum in society / social status
 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status
 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions
 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
 Kǒng fū zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
 zūn bēi superior and subordinate / social ranking
 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)
 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
 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]
 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions
 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing
 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing
 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]
 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group
 rén wén shè kē (abbr.) humanities and social sciences
 qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns)
 dì lì rén hé favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom) / good location and the people satisfied
 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior
 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war
 Shè mín dǎng Social Democratic party
 Yán Fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
 biàn luàn turmoil / social upheaval
 bēng huài crash / breakdown (of social values etc) / burst / to crumble / to collapse
 zhǒng xìng caste (traditional Indian social division)
 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing
 tóng lè huì social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc)
 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
 shè huì gōng zuò zhě caseworker / social worker
 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement)
 wāi fēng xié qì noxious winds, evil influences (idiom) / malignant social trends
 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
 jiāo jì wǔ social dance / ballroom dance
 Máo Yǐ shēng Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
 Wèi lái pài Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
 shè huì zǒng xū qiú aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
 shè huì mín zhǔ zhǔ yì social democracy
 yín yuán pān fù to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing
 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
 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
 bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom) / a few drinks can ease social interaction
 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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