How to say [X] in Chinese

"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows

communication

四害

sì hài

"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52

communication

三反运动

sān fǎn yùn dòng

"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52

communication

三反

sān fǎn

"Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China

communication

黄石公三略

huáng shí gōng sān lüè

"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund

communication

三包

sān bāo

"to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted

communication

得气

dé qì

"universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally

social

兼爱

jiān ài

"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old

communication

冻容

dòng róng

a

communication

一个

yí gè

a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]

communication

永不生锈的螺丝钉

yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng

a big wok

communication

大锅

dà guō

a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches)

communication

搭扣

dā kòu

a building of two or more stories

communication

楼房

lóu fáng

a close friend over many years

social

故知

gù zhī

a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours")

communication

关系户

guān xì hù

a couple engaged in an illicit love affair

social

狗男女

gǒu nán nǚ

a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen

communication

单非

dān fēi

a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens

communication

双非

shuāng fēi

a daughter who is an only child

communication

独女

dú nǚ

a daughter who is an only child

communication

独生女

dú shēng nǚ

a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom)

communication

狗仗人势

gǒu zhàng rén shì

A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels

communication

红楼梦

hóng lóu mèng

a family bereaved of its only child

social

失独家庭

shī dú jiā tíng

a family tree

social

家族树

jiā zú shù