骨肉天亲 | gǔròu tiān qīn
This chengyu from Xi Jinping's speech on January 2, 2019 conveys love and closeness between family relations. Xi used this phrase to evoke…
五谷丰登、六畜兴旺 | wǔgǔ fēngdēng, liùchù xīngwàng
This week's phrase from Xi Jinping's New Years speech harkens back to China's agricultural past to convey the good life. 五谷丰登 describes a…
积土成山 | jī tǔ chéng shān
On August 27, Xi Jinping gave a speech in Beijing about the last five years' progress on the Belt and Road Initiative. He…
奔腾不息 | bēn téng bù xī
In his speech to BRICS leaders in Johannesburg on July 26, Xi Jinping used this suyu to stress the message he was sending…
敲锣打鼓 | qiāo luó dǎ gǔ
In a speech on May 2 at Peking University, Xi Jinping used this 成语 to tell students that China's development and rejuvenation cannot…
蓄势待发 | xù shì dài fā
On April 13, Xi Jinping gave a speech in Hainan, congratulating Hainan on the 30-year anniversary of its becoming a province and establishment…
因势利导 | yīn shì lì dǎo
On Nov. 11, while everyone else in China was online shopping for Singles Day, Xi Jinping was giving a speech at the 25th…
一往无前 | yī wǎng wú qián
In the same Oct. 31 speech highlighted last week, Xi emphasized that the Party must retain focus on its historical mission, stay connected to…
耐人寻味 | nài rén xún wèi
On Oct. 31, a number of the new Party leadership, led by Xi, took a symbolic trip from Beijing to Shanghai and Jiaxing,…