Newspaper Terms (2) - Chinese

领袖

lǐngxiù - leader

全球

quánqiú - global

选举

xuǎnjǔ - election; elect

政治

Zhèngzhì - politics

赢

yíng - to win

领导人

lǐngdǎo rén - leader

政党

Zhèngdǎng - political party

议会

yìhuì - parliament

选民

xuǎnmín - voters

民粹

míncuì - populist

政治运动

Zhèngzhì yùndòng - political movement

执政

zhízhèng - to govern

保守党

Bǎoshǒu dǎng - Conservative Party

遭遇惨败

Zāoyù cǎnbài - suffer a disastrous defeat

国家

guójiā - nation

当权

Dāngquán - in power

强烈信号

qiángliè xìnhào - Strong Signal

发出

fāchū - put forward; raise

至少

zhìshǎo - at least

现状

xiànzhuàng - Status quo

进行

jìnxíng - carry out; conduct

改革

gǎigé - to reform

总理

zǒnglǐ - prime minister

支持

zhīchí - to support; to back

支持者

Zhīchí zhě - supporters

多数席位

duōshù xíwèi - majority

连任

liánrèn - re-election

强人

Qiángrén - strongman

失去

shīqù - lose

遇挫

Yù cuò - setback

洗牌

Xǐ pái - shuffle

席位

Xíwèi - seats

南非

Nán fěi - South Africa

种族隔离

zhǒng zú gé lí - apartheid / racial segregation

遭到

zāodào - suffer

教训

jiàoxùn - lesson; moral

颠覆

diānfù - to subvert / to topple / to undermine

主义

zhǔyì - doctrine / -ism

共同点

gòng tóng diǎn - common point / common ground

即使

jíshǐ - even, even if

大清洗

Dà qīngxǐ - big purge

致意

zhìyì - send one's greetings / salute

向

xiàng - towards, to

奖励

jiǎnglì - to award

扳倒

bān dǎo - bring down

根深蒂固

gēnshēndìgù - deep-seated / entrenched

建制

jiànzhì - establishment

派

pài - to send, to dispatch, to assign

力量

lìliàng - power / strength

总统

zǒngtǒng - president (of a country)

继任

jìrèn - successor

钦点

qīn diǎn - hand picked

气候科学

Qìhòu kēxué - climate scientist

当选

dāng xuǎn - to be elected, to be selected

优势

yōushì - superiority; advantage

压倒

yādǎo - to overwhelm; to overpower

随着

suí zhe - along with; in the wake of

亿

yì - 100 million

投票

tóupiào - polling station

析人士

Xī rénshì - analysts

民主

mínzhǔ - democratic

制度

zhìdù - systems

民主制度

mínzhǔ zhìdù - democratic system

致命

zhì mìng - fateful / crucial

构成

gòuchéng - to constitute; to form

败下

Bài xià - defeated

阵来

Zhèn lái - arrival

多年来

duō nián lái - over the years

削弱

xuēruò - to weaken / to undermine

播下

Bō xià - to sow

怀疑

huáiyí - to suspect, to doubt, suspicion

合法

héfǎ - legal, legitimacy

社交媒体

shè jiāo méi tǐ - social media

虚假

xūjiǎ - false; phony; pretense; deceit

阴谋论

yīnmóulùn - conspiracy theory

淹没

yānmò - to submerge, to flood