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在野

zàiyě
verb #30,286

Meanings

  1. 1 to be out of (political) office
  2. 2 to be in opposition
  3. 3 to not hold government power

Examples

HSK 5
他从在朝到在野，地位发生了巨大变化。
Tā cóng zàicháo dào zàiyě, dìwèi fāshēng le jùdà biànhuà.
Going from in office to out of office, his status changed dramatically.
HSK 7-9
目前自由党在野。
Mùqián Zìyóudǎng zàiyě.
Currently the Liberal Party is in opposition.
HSK 7-9
在野党批评了政府的政策。
Zàiyědǎng pīpíng le zhèngfǔ de zhèngcè.
The opposition party criticized the government's policy.

Tips

history
Comes from the imperial pair 在朝 / 在野 - "at court" vs. "in the wilds." 朝 was the imperial court (those serving in government); 野 was the countryside (those without office). Modern usage maps cleanly onto "in government" vs. "in opposition."
usage
在野党 = opposition party; 执政党 = ruling party. The pair shows up constantly in news coverage of multi-party democracies (Japan, Taiwan, UK, etc.).

Stroke Order

在 zài
野 yě