公投
gōng tóu
Pinyin

Definition

公投
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gōng tóu
  1. referendum
  2. abbr. for 公民投票[gōng mín tóu piào]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 CL:家[jiā]
投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
不公
bù gōng
  1. 1 unjust
  2. 2 unfair
主人公
zhǔ rén gōng
  1. 1 hero (of a novel or film)
  2. 2 main protagonist
公
gōng
  1. 1 public
  2. 2 collectively owned
  3. 3 common
  4. 4 international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. 5 make public
  6. 6 fair
  7. 7 just
  8. 8 Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  9. 9 honorable (gentlemen)
  10. 10 father-in-law
  11. 11 male (animal)
公主
gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
公交
gōng jiāo
  1. 1 public transportation
  2. 2 mass transit
  3. 3 abbr. for 公共交通[gōng gòng jiāo tōng]
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 CL:輛|辆[liàng]
公仔
gōng zǎi
  1. 1 doll
  2. 2 cuddly toy
公布
gōng bù
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to publish
公元
gōng yuán
  1. 1 CE (Common Era)
  2. 2 Christian Era
  3. 3 AD (Anno Domini)
公公
gōng gong
  1. 1 husband's father
  2. 2 grandpa
  3. 3 eunuch
公共
gōng gòng
  1. 1 public
  2. 2 common
  3. 3 communal
公分
gōng fēn
  1. 1 centimeter
  2. 2 gram
公务员
gōng wù yuán
  1. 1 functionary
  2. 2 office-bearer
公告
gōng gào
  1. 1 post
  2. 2 announcement
公园
gōng yuán
  1. 1 park (for public recreation)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],座[zuò]
公婆
gōng pó
  1. 1 husband's parents
  2. 2 parents-in-law
公子
gōng zǐ
  1. 1 son of an official
  2. 2 son of nobility
  3. 3 your son (honorific)

Idioms (20)

五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公之于众
gōng zhī yú zhòng
  1. 1 to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
  2. 2 to let the world know
公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn
  1. 1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
公诸于世
gōng zhū yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
因公殉职
yīn gōng xùn zhí
  1. 1 to die as in the line of duty (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
天公地道
tiān gōng dì dào
  1. 1 absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
奉公克己
fèng gōng kè jǐ
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
对簿公堂
duì bù gōng táng
  1. 1 public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. 2 legal confrontation
  3. 3 to take sb to court
  4. 4 to sue
情投意合
qíng tóu yì hé
  1. 1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
  2. 2 to find each other congenial
愚公移山
yú gōng yí shān
  1. 1 the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way

Sample Sentences

没错，同时据有关报导啊，关于英国脱欧的提议早在几年前就出现了，没想到今年真的通过公投实施了这个决定。
méicuò ，tóngshí jù yǒuguān bàodǎo ā ，guānyú Yīngguótuōōu de tíyì zǎozài jǐnián qián jiù chūxiàn le ，méixiǎngdào jīnnián zhēnde tōngguò gōngtóu shíshī le zhè ge juédìng 。
That's right, and, according to reports on the matter, suggestions for the UK to leave the EU began to appear several years ago. However, nobody expected that this year they would really go through with the decision by way of a referendum.
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说到全球瞩目啊，就不得不提，英国通过公投决定脱离欧盟这一事件。
shuōdào quánqiú zhǔmù ā ，jiù bùdébù bùtí ，Yīngguó tōngguò gōngtóu juédìng tuōlí Ōuméng zhè yī shìjiàn 。
Talking of events of global concern, we would be remiss not to mention the UK decision to leave the EU in a referendum.
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你不知道，上个星期英国脱欧公投结束，脱欧派赢了，这几天英镑大跌，人人都在买英镑，这时候去英国旅游最划得来了！
nǐ bù zhīdào ，shàng ge xīngqī Yīngguó tuōōu gōngtóu jiéshù ，tuōōu pài yíng le ，zhè jǐ tiān yīngbàng dà diē ，rénrén dōu zài mǎi yīngbàng ，zhèshíhòu qù Yīngguó lǚyóu zuì huàdélái le ！
Don't you know, last week was the UK referendum on European Union membership and the Brexit camp won. The pound has fallen dramatically over the last few days, so everyone is buying up sterling. So it's really good value to travel in the UK now!
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只看眼前的话，当然会觉得这是个很冷血的条件，希腊政府大概也不愿意接受，所以才叫人民公投吧。
zhī kàn yǎnqián dehuà ，dāngrán huì juéde zhè shì gè hěn lěngxiě de tiáojiàn ，xīlà zhèngfǔ dàgài yě bù yuànyì jiēshòu ，suǒyǐ cái jiào rénmín gōngtóu ba 。
If you just look at the here and now of it, of course they look like very cold-blooded conditions. The Greek government was probably unwilling to accept too, so that's why they called for a public referendum.
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