zhèng zhì
politics; political affairs
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我对政治不感兴趣。
Wǒ duì zhèngzhì bù gǎnxìngqù.
I'm not interested in politics.
他很关心政治。
Tā hěn guānxīn zhèngzhì.
He is very concerned about politics.
我们应该关心政治。
Wǒmen yīnggāi guānxīn zhèngzhì.
We should care about politics.
政事 (zhèngshì)
political affairs
国事 (guóshì)
state affairs
民主 (mínzhǔ)
democracy
无政府主义 (wúzhèngfǔzhǔyì)
anarchism
The Chinese word 政治 (zhèngzhì) for "politics" is composed of two characters: 政 (zhèng) and 治 (zhì). The character 政 originally meant "to rectify" or "to govern," and it is composed of the radical 攵 (pū), which indicates an action related to the hand, and the character 正 (zhèng), which means "correct" or "upright." The character 治 originally meant "to order" or "to put in order," and it is composed of the radical 宀 (mián), which indicates a roof or shelter, and the character 止 (zhǐ), which means "to stop" or "to cease." Together, the two characters 政 and 治 form the word 政治, which refers to the art or science of governing a country or state.
