#413 台灣的政治制度 Taiwan’s Political System

政治 zhèng zhì – politics

制度 zhì dù – system; structure

民主 mín zhǔ – democracy; democratic

五權分立 wǔ quán fēn lì – five-branch system of government (Taiwan’s political system)

三權分立 sān quán fēn lì – separation of powers (executive, legislative, judicial)

機構 jī gòu – organization; institution

互相制衡 hù xiāng zhì héng – to check and balance each other

行政權 xíng zhèng quán – executive power

行政院 xíng zhèng yuàn – Executive Yuan (executive branch of Taiwan’s government)

執行 zhí xíng – to carry out; to implement

立法權 lì fǎ quán – legislative power

立法院 lì fǎ yuàn – Legislative Yuan

立法委員 lì fǎ wěi yuán – legislator; member of parliament

制定 zhì dìng – to formulate; to establish (laws or rules)

通過 tōng guò – to pass; to approve

司法權 sī fǎ quán – judicial power

犯法 fàn fǎ – to break the law; to commit a crime

民法 mín fǎ – civil law

刑法 xíng fǎ – criminal law

司法院 sī fǎ yuàn – Judicial Yuan

考試權 kǎo shì quán – examination power

監察權 jiān chá quán – supervisory power

考試院 kǎo shì yuàn – Examination Yuan

技術人員 jì shù rén yuán – technical personnel

考績 kǎo jī – performance evaluation

保障 bǎo zhàng – protection; guarantee

任用 rèn yòng – to appoint; to employ (officially)

監察院 jiān chá yuàn – Control Yuan

彈劾 tán hé – to impeach

行使 xíng shǐ – to exercise (power or authority)

糾正權 jiū zhèng quán – corrective power

審計權 shěn jì quán – auditing power

監督 jiān dū – to supervise; to oversee

行政機關 xíng zhèng jī guān – administrative agency

貪汙 tān wū – corruption; embezzlement

腐敗 fǔ bài – corruption; moral decay

行政院長 xíng zhèng yuàn zhǎng – Premier (head of the Executive Yuan)

政黨 zhèng dǎng – political party

推派 tuī pài – to nominate; to assign

名單 míng dān – list; roster

國民黨 guó mín dǎng – Kuomintang (KMT)

民進黨 mín jìn dǎng – Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)

民眾黨 mín zhòng dǎng – Taiwan People’s Party (TPP)

縣市 xiàn shì – counties and cities

議員 yì yuán – councilor; local legislator

質詢 zhì xún – to question; to interpellate (in a council or parliament)

權益 quán yì – rights and interests

稅金 shuì jīn – taxes; tax money

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