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All the following words can be conveniently downloaded as a flashcard study set to pleco at this link - https://www.plecoforums.com/threads/serious-chinese-conversation-%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%A7%E5%85%9A%E5%91%98%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E6%98%AF%E5%95%A5.6805/ 共产党员 CPC member gong4 chan3 dang3 yuan2弟 little brother di4入党 join the CPC ru4 dang3提交 submit ti2 jiao1申请 apply for shen1 qing3申请书 written applicationn shen1 qing3 shu1党费 party membership fee dang3 fei4范围 scope fan4 wei2政府 government zheng4 fu3单位 work place dan1 wei4优势 advantage you1 shi4政策 policy zheng4 ce4丢掉 lose/discard diu1 diao4万一 what if... ; just in case wan4 yi1签个到 sign in qian1 ge dao4强国 powerful nation qiang2 guo2富强 prosperous and strong (of a country) and one of the 12 communist pillars of China fu4 qiang2限制 restriction; limit xian4 zhi4弊端 pitfall; disadvantage bi4 duan1大舅妈 Great aunt (wife of mother's brother) da4 jiu4 ma1组织 organise zu3 zhi1浓重 strong (of colours, accent, flavour etc) nong2 zhong4色彩 characteristic se4 cai3洗脑 brainwash xi3 nao3间谍 a spy jian4 die2发表 publish (a statement, article etc. but not a book) fa1 biao3集体 collective ji2 ti3思想 mentality; idealogy si1 xiang3杭州 Hangzhou (a place about an hr train from Shanghai) hang2 zhou1书记 secretary shu1 ji4排除 get rid of pai2 chu2惩罚 punish; penalise cheng2 fa2拘留 detention; detain ju1 liu2党籍 party membership dang3 ji2政治学家 politician zheng4 zhi4 xue2 jia1认同 approval; acknowledgement ren4 tong2多多少少 to some extent; more or less duo1 duo1 shao3 shao3背景 background (both physical eg. scenery and abstract eg. nationality) bei4 jing3主意 idea zhu3 yi5哪怕 even if; even though na3 pa4场合 occasion; situation chang3 he2几率 probablity; chance ji1 lv4端正 correct eg. correct thinking / posture; to rectify duan1 zheng4名额限制 person limit ming2 e2 xian4 zhi4电瓶车 electric vesper (main way of getting around in China) dian4 ping2 che1限速 speed limit xian4 su4交通事故 traffic accident jiao1 tong1 shi4 gu4概率 probability gai4 lv4过滤 to filter (abstract and physical) guo4 lv4媒体 media mei2 ti3观点 point of view guan1 dian3志愿者 volunteer zhi4 yuan4 zhe3对应 corresponding; equivalent to dui4 ying4


