Eyes on China 3

PiB 2026

软实力

soft power (ruǎn shílì)

军事

military (jūnshì)

力量

strength/ability/power/physical (lìliàng)

硬实力

hard power/militarya nd economic power (yìng shílì)

强大

powerful/strong (qiángdà)

电视剧

TV show/TV series (diànshì jù)

饮食

cuisine/food and drink (yǐnshí)

服装

clothing/costume (fúzhuāng)

引领

to lead/eg the trend (yǐnlǐng)

时尚

fashion/fashionable (shíshàng)

直接

direct (zhíjiē)

感受

experience/feeling (gǎnshòu)

日常生活

daily life (rìcháng shēnghuó)

千千万万

thousands upon thousands (qiānqiān wànwàn)

牛仔裤

jeans (niúzǎi kù)

换句话说

in other words (huànjùhuàshuō)

不知不觉

unconsciously (bùzhībùjué)

认同

to identify with (rèntóng)

价值观

values (jiàzhí guān)

影响力

influence/clout (yǐngxiǎnglì)

大炮

cannon/artillery (dàpào)

征服

to conquer/to subdue (zhēngfú)

土地

land/territory (tǔdì)

人心

the will of the people/public feeling (rénxīn)

顾虑

concern (gùlǜ)

有效

effective (yǒuxiào)

对策

the way to deal with a situation (duìcè)

防止

prevent (fángzhǐ)

无处不在

be everywhere/ubiquitous (wúchù búzài)

西化

to Westernize/Westernization (xīhuà)

建议

to suggest/to propose (jiànyì)

提倡

to advocate/to promote (tíchàng)

应对

to respond/to a change (yìngduì)

清明节

Tomb Sweeping Day (Qīngmíng jié)

端午节

the Dragon Boat Festival (Duānwǔ jié)

节日

festival (jiérì)

定为

to establish as/to recognize as (dìngwéi)

法定假日

official holidays (fǎdìng jiàrì)

复古

to revert to or restore old/ancient ways (fùgǔ)

倾向

tendency/inclination (qīngxiàng)

书法

calligraphy (shūfǎ)

茶道

tea ceremony (chádào)

剪纸

papercutting/traditional Chinese folk art form (jiǎnzhǐ)

中国结

Chinese knots/traditional Chinese folk art form (zhōngguó jié)

介绍

to introduce/introduction (jièshào)

占

to take up/to occupy (zhàn)

消失

to disappear (xiāoshī)

感兴趣

be interested in (gǎnxìngqu)

世界各地

all parts of the world/all over the world (shìjiè gèdì)

成立

to establish/an organization (chénglì)

孔子学院

Confucius Institute (Kǒngzǐ Xuéyuàn)

旅游

traveling/tourism (lǚyóu)

文学

literature (wénxué)

艺术

art (yìshù)

杂技

acrobatics (zájì)

资源

resources (zīyuán)

欣赏

to appreciate or enjoy/art/literature/acrobatics (xīnshǎng)