消费者保护 消費者保護 xiāo fèi zhě bǎo hù (law) consumer protection
Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)
Virtue is easily sullied. (idiom)
worker in science and technology
1. volunteer2. voluntary worker
"land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
记者招待会 記者招待會 jì zhě zhāo dài huì press conference
超级传播者 超級傳播者 chāo jí chuán bō zhě super spreader (epidemiology)
大男子主义者 大男子主義者 dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì zhě male chauvinist
持不同政见者 持不同政見者 chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn zhě (political) dissident
满口之乎者也 滿口之乎者也 mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě 1. mouth full of literary phrases2. to spout the classics
胜者王侯败者寇 勝者王侯敗者寇 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu 1. the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)2. history is written by the victors
杀君马者道旁儿 殺君馬者道旁兒 shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér 1. lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion)2. fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
犹太复国主义者 猶太復國主義者 yóu tài fù guó zhǔ yì zhě a Zionist
顺我者昌逆我者亡 順我者昌逆我者亡 shùn wǒ zhě chāng nì wǒ zhě wáng submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
仁者见仁，智者见智 仁者見仁，智者見智 rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì 1. The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.2. Different views are admissible. (idiom)
来者不善，善者不来 來者不善，善者不來 lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái 1. He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).2. Be careful not to trust foreigners.3. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
前无古人，后无来者 前無古人，後無來者 qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě 1. there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)2. never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future3. peerless
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
智者千虑，必有一失 智者千慮，必有一失 zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
当局者迷，旁观者清 當局者迷，旁觀者清 dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
知人者智，自知者明 zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng those who understand others are intelligent, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德经[dào dé jīng])
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅 qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
言者无意，听者有心 言者無意，聽者有心 yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
言者无罪，闻者足戒 言者無罪，聞者足戒 yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
近朱者赤，近墨者黑 jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi 1. those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)2. you are the product of your environment
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
前不见古人，后不见来者 前不見古人，後不見來者 qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě 1. unique2. unprecedented (idiom)
人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑 rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò 1. Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?2. We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韩愈[hán yù])
士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
胜者王侯败者贼 勝者王侯敗者賊 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéi see 胜者王侯败者寇[shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu]
成者为王，败者为寇 成者為王，敗者為寇 chéng zhě wéi wáng , bài zhě wéi kòu see 成則為王，成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng bài zé wéi kòu]
(literary) follower; attendant