Bipartisan is what news people say when two political parties work together, especially two that usually fight. In US English this almost always means Democrats and Republicans both backing the same law or committee.

Bipartisan is what news people sayBipartisan是新聞用語，when two political parties work together指兩個政黨一起合作，especially two that usually fight尤其是平常互相對抗的兩黨。In US English this almost always means Democrats and Republicans both backing the same law or committee在美式英文裡，這幾乎都是指民主黨和共和黨一起支持同一項法案或委員會。

The word sounds warm, like “everybody agreed,” but it still usually leaves out smaller parties, independents, and people who vote for no one. You hear it in newspapers, TV, and speeches — not around the dinner table.

The word sounds warm, like "everybody agreed,"這個詞聽起來很溫暖，好像「大家都同意了」，but it still usually leaves out smaller parties, independents, and people who vote for no one但它通常還是不包括小黨、無黨籍，還有不投票的人。You hear it in newspapers, TV, and speeches你會在報紙、電視，和演講裡聽到它，not around the dinner table而不是在餐桌上的閒聊裡。

Writers sometimes stretch it to mean “both sides in a fight,” even when those sides are not parties at all; that is looser than the careful sense.

Writers sometimes stretch it to mean "both sides in a fight,"有些作者會延伸使用，拿它來說「爭執中的雙方」，even when those sides are not parties at all就算那兩方根本不是政黨；that is looser than the careful sense這比嚴謹的意思鬆散一點。

In Taiwan, English news uses it a lot about America; for our own politics, people more often say the Chinese.

In Taiwan, English news uses it a lot about America在台灣，講到美國時，英文新聞很常用這個詞；for our own politics但講到我們自己的政治，people more often say the Chinese大家比較常直接說中文。