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Strategic lexicography delivered at the speed of relevance. echtralex.com Maryland, USA Joined May 2019-
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From today's MoFA PC: 防弹衣/flak jacket 关税战/tariff war 躺平政策/relaxed policy 群体免疫/herd immunity 自然免疫/natural immunity 人民至上，生命至上/putting people and their lives first 集束炸弹/cluster bomb 未爆炸/unexploded ordnance Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/2p876sfy
Our newest "Chinese-English Dictionary of Current Events" is now available as a free download for non-commercial use: echtralex.com/PRC-MoFA.html
More from Wang Yi's recent PC: 小院高墙/small yards with high fences 远亲不如近邻/close neighbors are better than distant relatives 战略对接/strategic synergy 制度性对手/systemic rival 中国+中亚五国 / China plus Central Asia Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/89h27wrj
From Wang Yi's recent PC: 安全通道/safe passage 紧急撤侨/emergency evacuation 六点倡议/Six-Point Initiative (to prevent humanitarian crisis in Ukraine) 四轮驱动/4-wheel drive (political, economic, cultural and maritime cooperation) Read in parallel:tinyurl.com/89h27wrj
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From this morning's PRC MFA PC: 分裂地区 / separatist region 国主权平等 / sovereign equality 合理安全关切 / legitimate security concern 顿涅茨克人民共和国 / Donetsk People’s Republic 卢甘斯克人民共和国 / Lugansk People’s Republic Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/2k7syuzx
Our initial calculations as part of our Red List project suggest there may be as many as 300 scripts currently in use to some extent. Still checking!
Terms from the MoFA PC for 2.17. 2022 大棒/big stick 低收入国家/low-income country 缓债/debt relief 暂缓最贫困国家债务偿付倡议/Debt Service Suspension Initiative for Poorest Countries 重债穷国/heavily indebted poor country Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/b5hy5cd6
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Terms of note from today's PRC MoFa PC: 海洋排放 / ocean discharge 集团对抗 / bloc confrontation 人道危机 / humanitarian crisis 数字走廊 / digital corridor 行政令 / executive order 攸关方 / stakeholder 暗中支持 / tacit support Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/5n72p8fa
There was some real color in this morning's PRC MFA PC. 带上这顶帽子/the (coercion) hat 不择手段/went all out 经济胁迫/economic coercion Read in parallel here: tinyurl.com/mrpxxnka Download our new book: tinyurl.com/5n72p8fa
Echtralex is proud to offer the latest version of its Chinese-English "Current Events" Dictionary as a free download. Get it here: echtralex.com/S&T.html
Today's PRC MoFA PC had phrases to note: 北约扩张 NATO expansion 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 you reap what you sow 星链卫星 Starlink satellite 避碰 collision avoidance 紧急碰撞标准下限 emergency collision criteria 航天大国 space power Read in parallel here:echtralex.com/Foreign%20Mini…
Different kinds of zero at today's MFA PC: 零容忍/zero tolerance 零关税待遇/zero tariff treatment 合成阿片类药物/synthetic opioids 列管/scheduled 自己生病却让别人吃药/telling others to take the medicine for one’s own illness Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/2p96czme
From today's MFA PC: 耀武扬威/freedom of trespassing 投资黑名单/investment blacklist 优等生/doing a great job 二等公民/second-class citizen 泥人禁不起雨打，谎言禁不起调查/as a clay figurine cannot stand the rain, lies cannot bear scrutiny Read in parallel:tinyurl.com/yn782kuh
From today's PRC MFA PC: 民生项目/people's livelihood project 交接仪式/handover ceremony 致命性自主武器系统/lethal autonomous weapon systems 智能向善/AI for Good 清算的一天/day of reckoning Read in parallel: tinyurl.com/kn9k8v93
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From a recent MID briefing: район ответственности/area of responsibility резкое снижение высоты/steep descent in altitude пересекать установленный маршрут движения/to cross an established route of travel без предоставления планов полета/without filing any flight plan
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