相门庶女:中国日报摩登英语词汇

China daily vocabulary list ( Chinese-English)              中国日报单词表（汉英）updated March 24, 2002

A

 "爱国者"导弹 Patriot missile

 AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch

 A股市场 A share market

 《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q

 奥委会 Olympic Committee

 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul

 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch

 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace

 爱心工程` Loving Care Project

 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week

 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)

 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages

 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front

 安理会 Security Council

 安乐死 euthanasia

 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.

 安全岛 safety strip

 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit

 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project

 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance

 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost

 按揭贷款 mortgage loan

 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house

 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority

 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly

 暗箱操作 black case work

B

 B to B (B2B) business to business

 B to C (B2C) business to consumer

 BP 机 beeper, pager

 B超 type-B ultrasonic

 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention

 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.

 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household

 半拉子工程 uncompleted project

 半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work

 半边天 half the sky

 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products

 半决赛 semifinals

 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse

 巴勒斯坦民族解放运动，简称 FATEH

 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process

 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war

 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization

 把握大局 grasp the overall situation

 把关 guard a pass

 棒球运动记者 scribe

 霸权主义 hegemonism

 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty

 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.

 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle

 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances

 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance

 摆架子 put on airs

 包销人 underwriter

 拜年 pay New Year call

 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers

 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle

 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)

 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house for exclusive use

 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash

 包干到户 work contracted to households

 包工包料 contract for labor and materials

 包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell

 包机 to charter a plane; a chartered plane

 拜金主义 money worship

 版权法 copyright law

 版税率 royalty rate

 白马王子 Prince Charming

 白领犯罪 white-collar crime

 白领工人 white-collar worker

 白手起家 starting from scratch

 白色行情表 white sheet

 白色污染 white pollution

 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"

 白色农业 white agriculture

 白雪公主 Snow White

 白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace

 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags

 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off

 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody

 斑马线 zebra stripes

 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer

 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)

 便当 fast food

 标书 bidding documents

 比上不足，比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst"

 比基尼 bikini

 比较经济学 comparative economics

 表面文章 lip service; surface formality

 表演赛 demonstration match

 毕业生分配制度 assignment of graduates

 表见代理 agency by estoppel

 闭门羹 given cold-shoulder

 闭关政策 closed-door policy

 闭卷 closed-book exam

 冰雕 ice sculpture

 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"

 避税 evade tax

 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives

 变相涨价 disguised inflation

 变相涨价 disguised inflation

 蹦迪 disco dancing

 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping

 薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales

 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume

 保理业务 factoring business

 保龄球 bowling

 保释 on bail

 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area

 保税区 tax-protected zone

 保税仓库 bonded warehouse

 保质期 guarantee period

 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas

 保证金 margins, collateral

 保证金帐户 margin account

 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate

 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy

 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy

 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares

 保兑银行 confirming bank

 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment

 保护伞 protective umbrella

 保护主义 protectionism

 保护关税 protective duty/tariff

 保护价格 protective price

 保健食品 health-care food

 保健按摩 therapeutic massage

 报销 apply for reimbursement

 报复性关税 retaliatory duty

 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project

 报关员 declarant

 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)

 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up

 北约 NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank

 背投屏幕 rear projection screen

 背黑锅 to become a scapegoat

 备件 spare parts

 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking

 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life

 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches

 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip

 本票 cashier's cheque

 本本主义 bookishness

 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures

 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals

 边缘科学 boundary science

 边缘科学 borderline science

 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas

 边际效益 marginal benefit

 边际薪酬 marginal salaries

 边际报酬 marginal return

 并网发电 combined to the grid

 博士生 Ph.D candidate

 博士后 post-doctoral

 博彩（业） lottery industry

 博导 tutor of a Ph.D. student

 伯乐 a good judge of talent (a name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)

 补缺选举 by-election

 补偿贸易 compensatory trade

 不买帐 not take it; not go for it

 不良贷款 non-performing loan

 不眠之夜 white night　

 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)

 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.

 不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

 不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency

 不正当竞争 unfair competition

 不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

 不败记录 clean record, spotless record

 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force

 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "

 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result

 不管部部长 minister without portfolio

 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　

 不记名投票 secret ballot

 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement

 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources

 不可抗力 force majeure

 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system

 布达拉宫 Potala Palace

 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass

 步行街 pedestrian street

 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position

 部长级会议 ministerial meeting

C

 禅 dhyana

 重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects

 《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals

 擦网球 net ball

 擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"

 层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting

 拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition

 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program

 采取措施前 ex ante

 采取措施后 ex post

 采取高姿态 show magnanimity

 菜鸟，新手 green hand

 茶道 sado

 查房 make/go the rounds of the wards

 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs

 参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine

 差额投票 differentail voting

 差额选举 competitive election

 差额拨款 balance allocation

 参股者 equity participant

 参股公司 joint stock company

 搀水股票 water-down stocks (ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a business at a cost lower that their face value)

 产粮大省 granary province

 产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management "

 产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order

 产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing

 产业的升级换代 upgrading of industies

 产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure

 产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)

 产品结构 product mix

 产品科技含量 technological element of a product

 草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass)

 财政收入 fiscal revenue

 仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket

 沉没成本 sunk cost

 城市中年雅皮士 muppie （一批中年专业人士，附庸风雅，矫揉造作cutesification，崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification，攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风，由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成）

 城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning

 城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas

 承销商 underwriter

 承包 contract with

 成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized/ technical school for adults

 抽杀成功 hit through

 成本分摊 sharing costs

 成份指数 component index

 成吉思汗 Genghis Khan

 成组技术 group technology

 筹备委员会 preparatory committee

 筹划指导委员会 steering committee

 筹资 raised capital/proceeds

 痴迷者 addict

 吃大锅饭 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"" "

 吃皇粮 "receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government"

 充值卡 rechargeable card

 出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go

 出气筒 punching bag

 出风头 show off;in the limelight

 出家 pravrajana; cloister

 出口卖方信贷 seller's credit on exports

 出口退税率 export rebate rate

 出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate

 出口押汇 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill

 出口创汇型产业 export-oriented industry

 出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports

 出口加工区 export processing zones

 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports

 常务理事 executive member of the council

 长途电话 distant calls

 长线产品 product in excessive supply

 长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 "long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe "

 长二捆 LM-2E

 长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta

 长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River

 敞蓬轿车 open-topped limousine

 畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project

 唱高调 mouth high-sounding words

 超前消费 "pre-mature consumption, overconsuming, excessive consumption "

 超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer

 炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)

 彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force

 尘云 dust clouds

 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.

 次新股 sub-new stock

 从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy

 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy

 磁悬浮列车 "Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train "

 存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits

 存款单 Certificates of Deposits

 存款准备金制度 reserve against deposit system

 粗放式管理 extensive management

 粗放经营 extensive operation

 传销 pyramid sales; multi-level marketing

 船务公司 shipping service company

 窗口行业 various service trades

 创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park

 创建卫生城市 build a nationally advanced clean city

 吹风会 (advanced) briefing

 春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program

 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival

 春运 passenger transport around the Chinese lunar new year

D

 "东突"恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist

 "豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project

 （解决争端）调查结果 findings

 答谢宴会 return banquet

 达标活动 target hitting activities

 大满贯 grand slam

 大力扣杀 hammer

 大路货 staple goods

 大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series

 大事化小，小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

 大胜 white wash

 打顺手 "find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove"

 大卫教 ranch Davidian

 大腕 top notch

 大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking

 呆帐 dead account

 大昭寺 Jokhang Temple.

 大要案 major and serious criminal cases

 大排档 sidewalk snack booth; large stall

 打破僵局 break the deadlock

 打包贷款 packing credit (loan)

 打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home

 大包干 all-round responsibility system

 打白条 issue IOU

 大病统筹 comprehensive arrangement for serious disease

 大藏经 Tripitaka

 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering

 大轰动 blockbuster

 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods

 打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products

 大款 tycoon

 打口碟 cracked CD

 大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

 大专生 junior college student

 大专文凭 associate degree

 代职 function in an acting capacity

 待业 job-waiting

 待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting"

 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits

 带薪假期 paid holiday

 点球 penalty kick

 盗用公款 embezzlement

 德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education "

 盗版VCD pirated VCD

 盗打 （电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means

 点子公司 consultancy company

 电信运营商 telecom operators

 电视直销 TV home shopping

 电视会议 video conference

 电脑迷 mouse potato

 电脑盲 computer illiterate

 电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number

 电话会议 teleconference

 电子商务认证 e-business certification

 邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts

 等外品 "off-grade goods, rejects"

 低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)

 吊球 drop shot

 吊销执照 revoke license

 吊带衫 sun-top

 第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector

 第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile

 第一双打 first pair

 第一发球权 first inning

 第一发球员 first server

 第二上市 secondary listing

 第二产业 secondary industry

 垫付 "advancement, payment on account"

 抵免 offset

 单循环制 single round-robin system

 单边主义 unilateralism

 单刀赴会 start a solo run

 党群关系 Party-masses relationship

 党政机关 Party and government organizations

 捣浆糊 give the runaround

 倒爷 profiteer

 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets

 倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring

 倒计时 countdown

 地球村 global village

 地区差异 regional disparity

 地市级城市 prefecture-level city

 地热资源 geothermal resources

 地方保护主义 regional protectionism

 地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances

 独立董事 independent director

 独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise)

 多媒体 multimedia

 多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS)

 独生子女 the only child in one's family

 多头账户 long account

 多种经营 diversified economy

 多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power

 夺冠 take the crown

 多功能性(农业) multifunctionality

 端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival

 渡假外交 holiday-making diplomacy

 短期债务 floating debt

 短期放款 money at call and short notice

 断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)

 对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ...

 对外招商 attract foreign investment

 对冲基金 hedge fund

 队长袖标(足球） skipper's armband

 对讲机 talkie and walkie

 杜鲁门主义 Truman Doctrine

 钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project

 定向培训 training for specific posts

 东盟自由贸易区 ASEAN Free Trade Area

 东南亚国家联盟 ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations)

 动迁户 households to be relocated

 动感 dynamic

 毒枭 drug trafficker

E

 (把…当成)耳旁风 Like water off (on) a duck's back

 鳄鱼的眼泪 crocodile tears

 恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation

 恶性循环 vicious circle

 厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino phenomenon

 二流选手 "scrub, second-rater"

 二手房 second-hand house

 二元经济 dual economy

 二板市场; 创业板市场 growth enterprise board; second board; hi-tech board

 二次创业 start a new undertaking

 二级市场 secondary market

 二进宫 "to enter the palace a second time (people with a past criminal record again commits a crime, and is convicted and put into a correctional institution)"

F

 汎士通轮胎 Firestone tires

 《浮士德》 Faust

 （产品）分销 "subunderwriting, distribution"

 封圣 "canonization of ""Saints"""

 封杀出局 force out

 防伪标志 anti-fake label

 访谈式竞选 （候选人在电视访谈节目中亮相进行的竞选） talk-show campaign

 封闭式基金 close-ended fund

 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system)

 防盗门 burglarproof door; antitheft door

 防洪工程 flood-prevention project

 非商标(非专利)产品 generic products

 风险投资 venture capital; risk investment

 风险基金 VC funds

 风险准备金 loan loss provision, provisions of risk

 非配额产品 quota-free products

 非洲、加勒比和太平洋国家集团（洛美协定） ACP(African, Caribbean and Pacific Group)

 非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL)

 飞毛腿（导弹） Scud missile

 飞行药检 spot check

 疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)

 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes

 粉领族 "pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)"

 放行单 release permit

 放下架子 to relinguish haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs

 放高球 lob

 锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash

 分流 reposition of redundant personnel

 分税制 system of tax distribution

 分业经营 divided operation

 management

 分期付款 installment payment

 扶贫 poverty alleviation

 扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office

 分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market.

 发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan

 发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance.

 Development is the absolute need.

 发展不平衡 disparate development

 发案率 incidence (of criminal cases)

 法律硕士 juris master (jm)

 法人股 corporate shares

 法治国家 a country under the rule of law

 法制国家 a state with an adequate legal system

 翻两番 quadruple

 反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against …

 反败为胜 "bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire"

 反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means

 反弹道导弹条约 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)

 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government

 房权证 property right certificate

 房产证 property ownership certificate

 房产估价师 real estate evaluator

 房管 real estate management

 浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages

 福利彩票 welfare lotteries

 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system

 覆盖率 coverage rate

 复式住宅 duplex apartment; compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the storey building)

 复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent

 附加意外险 supplemental accident insurance

 个人演唱会 solo concert

 (公路）隔离带 median

 (精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek

 皈依三宝 become a Buddhist

G

 《国际先驱论坛报》 International Herald Tribune

 感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well as someone's guest)

 感到不妙 I smell a rat.

 干细胞 stem cell

 干部队伍革命化、年轻化、知识化、专业化 " make the ranks of cadres more revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and professionally more competent "

 格列佛游记 Gulliver's Travels

 港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong

 港务局 port office; harbor authority

 岗位培训 on-the-job training　

 港澳台 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

 根本政治制度 fundamental political system

 跟踪审计 follow-up auditing

 更快、更高、更强 Citius, Altius, Fortius

 改制上市 An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so that it will get listed on the stock market.

 个人收入应税申报制度 the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment

 个人所得税 personal income tax

 个人自扫门前雪， 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one's own potatoes

 个体工商户 privately or individually-owned business

 高清晰度 high definition

 高新技术产业开发区 high and new technology industrial development zone

 高手 master hand, expert

 高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness

 高难度动作 stunner, stunt

 高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue

 高产优质 high yield and high quality

 高等教育自学考试 self-study higher education examination

 高度自治 high degree of autonomy

 高峰 peak time

 高峰论坛 summit (forum)

 高杠杆交易机构 highly-leveraged institutions(HLI)

 高官会 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM)

 高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road

 高级商务师 Certified Business Executive

 高科技板块 high-tech sector

 高考 (university) entrance examination

 各大菜系 major styles of cooking

 各就位 " ""On your marks!"""

 各尽所能 let each person do his best; from each according to his ability

 光通讯 photo-communication; optical communication

 广域网 wide area network (WAN)

 光盘杂志 CD-ROM magazine

 广播电视大学 radio and television university

 广告电话直销 direct response advertising

 光谷 optical valley

 光机电一体化 "optical, mechanical and electronic integration"

 骨干企业 key enterprise

 股市行情 the ups and downs of the stock market

 股票期权 the stock option

 股本 share capital

 股本回报率 return on equity

 股本金 equity capital

 股份有限公司 limited liability company

 股份制 shareholding system; joint-stock system

 归国留学生 returned students

 归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments

 固定电话初装费 installation fees for fixed-line telephones

 固定资产投资 investment in the fixed assets

 挂职 1) take a temporary post (in order to temper oneself); 2) serve in a lower level unit for a period while retaining one's position in the previous unit

 挂靠 be attached or affiliated to; be subordinate to

 挂靠户 an adjunct organization

 国民生产总值 gross national product (GNP)

 国民党 Kuomintang

 国民经济支柱产业 pillar industries in national economy

 国土局 Land and Resources Bureau

 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

 国有股 state-owned shares

 国有股减持 reduce state's stake in listed companies

 国有资产流失 loss of state assets

 国债投资 treasury bond investment

 国债专项资金 special fund for treasury bond

 国内生产总值 gross domestic product (GDP)

 国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components

 国防动员体制 the mobilization for national defense

 国际劳工组织 ILO (International Labor Organization)

 国际商业机器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM)

 国际日期变更线 International Date Line (IDL)

 国际收支不平衡 disequilibrium of balance of payment

 国际标准化组织 ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

 国际惯例 international common practice

 国际货币基金组织 IMF (International Monetary Fund)

 国际化战略 internationalization strategy

 国际禁止化学武器组织 organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW)

 国际足球联盟 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

 国家体育总局 State Physical Culture Administration

 国家一级保护 first-grade State protection

 国家普通话水平考试 National Proficiency Test of Putonghua

 国家质量技术监督局 the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision

 国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project

 国家环保总局 State Environmental Protection Administration

 国家级卫生城市 state-level hygiene city

 国家经济体制改革委员会 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems

 国家控股公司 state-controlling company

 国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team

 国库券 treasury bonds

 过失责任 liability of fault

 过失赔偿责任；无过失赔偿责任 liability with fault；liability without fault

 过山车 roller coaster

 过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

 过度开垦 excess reclamation

 规模经济 scale economy, economies of scale

 规避 circumvention

 工薪阶层 salariat; state employee; salaried person

 工商局 industrial and commercial bureau

 工业园区 industrial park

 工业控制一体化 integrated industrial control; industrial control of integration

 工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting

 工程验收 acceptance of work

 工程公司 engineering company

 工资税 payroll tax

 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

 恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity.

 公司分立与解散 separation and dissolution of a company

 公务员 civil servants

 公正、公平、公开 "just, fair and open"

 公益林 public welfare forest

 公证财产 notarize the properties

 公费医疗 medical services at state expense

 公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS)

 公积金 "public accumulation funds, public reserve funds"

 公检法 " public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts"

 公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds

 公开喊价市场 open outcry markets

 共同富裕 common prosperity

 共产党领导下的多党合作与政治协商 multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of Communist Party

 狗仔队 "dog packs; paparazzo (singular), paparazzi(plural) (It refers to those journalists who are hunting the news of celebrities.)"

 关税壁垒 customs barrier; tariff wall

 尴尬，困境，糟糕 pretty pass

H

 (吃)皇粮 "public grainfunds, goods, etc provided by the government; salary paid by the state "

 《红楼梦》 A Dream in Red Mansions (The Story of the Stone)

 （农产品国内支持）"黄箱"措施 Amber Box measures

 （北爱尔兰）皇家警察部队 Royal Ulster Constabulary

 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

 好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster

 好球 " ""Strike"""

 好事不出门，恶事传千里 "Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. "

 好出风头的运动员 "exhibitionist, grandstander "

 豪赌 unrestrained gambling

 鸿门宴 Hongmen banquet--a feast or meeting set up as a trap for the invited

 核销 cancel after verification

 核武器数量 Nuclear Arsenal Size

 宏观调控 macro-control

 核军火库 nuclear arsenal

 合理引导消费 guide rational consumption

 红帽子企业 red cap enterprise (refers to the reputation a private enterprise enjoys by becoming attached to a government department and doing business in the name of a state-run or collective-run enterprise)

 红细胞生成素 Erythropoietin (EPO)

 合议庭 collegiate bench

 合业经营 combined operation

 management

 和平演变 peaceful evolution

 和平共处五项原则： 互相尊重领土完整和主权、互不侵犯、互不干涉内政、平等互利、和平共处 Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence

 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth

 红包 "（neutral）red paper containing money as a gift, (derogative) bribe, kickback "

 红白喜事 wedding and funeral

 红筹股 red chips

 和服 Kimono

 红股 bonus share

 呼啦圈 hu la hoop

 后台管理 back-stage management

 河道整治 dredging waterway

 后防空虚 leave the defense exposed

 黑社会 Mafia-style organizations; gangland

 黑店 gangster inn

 黑客 hacker

 胡子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded)

 海量存储 mass memory

 海协会 （ARATS) Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait

 海市蜃楼,镜花水月,无稽之谈 a mare’s nest

 海湾战争综合症 the complexities of the Gulf War

 海峡交流基金会(海基会) Strait Exchange Foundation of (Taiwan, China)(SEF)

 海关完税价值 customs value

 寒带 frigid zone

 函授大学 correspondence university

 旱地滑雪场 mock skiing park

 汉字处理软件 Chinese character processing software

 航向错误,奉行错误方向 on the wrong tack

 航母 aircraft carrier

 汇丰银行 Hong Kong and Shang Hai Banking Corporation

 火炬计划 Torch Program (a plan to develop new and high technology)

 婚外恋 extramarital love

 婚介所 matrimonial agency

 混业经营 mixed operation/ management

 活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn.

 混合型卷烟 blended type cigarette

 灰色区域措施 Grey area measures

 灰色收入 gray income

 挥棒 swing

 挥棒不中 fan

 货币留成制度 currency retention scheme

 货币化 monetization

 货币回笼 withdrawal of currency from circulation

 货到付款 cash on delivery

 黄、赌、毒 "pornography, gambling and drug abuse and trafficking "

 黄金时段 prime time

 虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg.

 护身法宝 amulet

 互动广告 interactive advertisement

 户主 head of a household

 户口簿 residence booklet

 户口管理制度 "domicile system, residence registration system "

 花样游泳 water ballet

 花旗银行 National City Bank of New York

 华表 ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele

 华盖 canopy

 滑板车 scooter

 坏球 Ball

 坏帐 bad account

 环太平洋地区 Pacific Rim

 环保型技术 EST(Environmentally-sound technology)

 还俗 "resume secular life, unfrock"

 换手率 turnover rate

 换届选举 election at expiration of office terms

J

 (日本银行主持的)季度短观调查报告 Tankan survey

 基因突变 genetic mutation

 基因工程 genetic engineering

 基本路线要管一百年 The basic line must be followed unswervingly for a very long time to come.

 基本国情 fundamental realities of the country

 基层民主 democracy at the grassroots level

 基层组织 organizations at the grass-roots level

 机场建设费 airport construction fee

 基础设施 infrastructure construction

 基础税率 base tariff level

 机电产品 mechanical and electrical products

 基地组织 al-Qaeda group

 机构投资者 institutional investor

 机构臃肿 overstaffing in organizations (government)

 积压产品 overstocked commodities (inventories)

 坚持统一，反对分裂，增加了解，化解歧见 "persist in reunification, oppose separation, increase understanding and iron out differences "

 尖端产品 highly sophisticated products

 监督部门 watchdog

 记者席 press box

 记者招待会 press conference

 既往不咎,忘掉旧嫌 let bygones be bygones

 既成事实 fait accompli (noun)

 嘉宾 "distinguished guest, honored guest"

 加密 encrypt

 加强舆论监督 ensure that the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion

 减速玻璃(汽车） decelerating glass

 加权平均值 weighted average

 家庭联产承包责任制 the household contract responsibility system

 减员增效 downsizing for efficiency; cut payroll to improve efficiency

 加班 work extra shifts

 剪彩 cut the ribbon

 剪刀差 the scissors gap between the prices of ... and ...

 减负 alleviate burdens on sb.

 加快市场步伐 accelerate the marketization; quicken the pace of marketization

 家族企业 family firm

 假冒伪劣产品 counterfeit and shoddy products

 假小子 tomboy

 假释 parole

 假日经济 holiday economy

 假唱 lip-synch

 假动作 "deception, feint"

 价格听证会 public price hearings

 价格浮动范围 price-float range

 计算机中央处理器 central processing unit(CPU)

 计划生育责任制 responsibility system of family planning

 计划单列市 city specifically designated in the state plan

 激烈竞争 cut-throat competition

 绩优股 blue chip

 缉私力量 the forces engaged in the fight against smuggling

 缉毒队 narcotics squad

 吉祥如意 Everything goes well

 吉祥物 mascot

 吉尼斯世界记录 Guinness (Book of Records)

 极限运动 maximal exercise; X-game

 集束炸弹 cluster bomb

 集束炸弹 cluster bomb

 集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony; group wedding

 集约经营 intensive operation

 集中精力把经济建设搞上去 go all out for economic development

 集资房 houses built on the funds collected by the buyers

 技术密集产品 technology-intensive product

 技术下乡 spread technological knowledge to farmers

 技术产权交易所 technology equity market; technology property right exchange

 技术攻关 strive to make technological breakthrough

 技术交底 technical disclosure

 技工贸结合的科技型企业 scientific and technological enterprises that integrate scientific and technological development with industrial and trade development

 甲A足球队 Division A soccer team

 甲骨文 oracle bone inscriptions

 解困基金 anti-poverty funds

 结售汇制度 "the system of exchange, settlement and sales "

 解放生产力 emancipate the productive forces

 解放思想、实事求是的思想路线 ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts

 金融危机 financial crisis

 金融电子化 computerize financial services

 金融工具 financial instruments

 金融自由化 financial liberalization

 金税工程 Golden Tax Project

 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

 金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home

 金本位 gold standard

 金边债券 gilt-edged bonds

 金刚经 Vajracchedika-sutra

 金降落伞 golden parachute

 教书育人 impart knowledge and educate people

 教务处 dean's office

 教学法 pedagogy; teaching method

 教育部社政司 Social Science Research and Ideological Work Department of the Ministry of Education

 紧密型企业集团 tightly-knit groups of enterprises

 紧箍咒 inhibiting magic phrase

 接口 interface

 紧追 "cling to, shadow, thunder on one's trail"

 禁渔期 closed fishing seasons

 禁止在任何地方、任何环境进行一切方式的释放核能的核武器试验保爆炸 prohibit any nuclear weapon test explosion which releases nuclear energy at any place and in any environment

 节奏布鲁斯音乐（RMB音乐） rhythm blues

 近水楼台先得月 "First come, first served; A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first--the advantage of being in a favored position."

 近海渔业 offshore fishery

 脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

 侥幸球 fluke

 戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center

 戒急用忍 "overcome impetuosity and exercise patience; no haste, be patient "

 街心花园 park at an intersection; garden in the city center

 街道企业 neighborhood enterprise

 渐近尾声 draw to a close

 建/平仓 open/close a position

 江南水乡 the south of the lower reaches of the Yangze River

 讲诚信，反欺诈: honor credibility and oppose cheating

 降落伞候选人，外来候选人（应召而来参加本人非所在地区竞选的政党候选人） parachute candidate

 降息 reduction of interest

 焦土政策 “Scorched Earth” plan

 交钥匙工程 turn-key project

 交叉报复 cross retaliation

 阶梯教室 lecture theatre; terrace classroom

 进修班 class for further studies

 进项税 input tax

 进出口商会 chamber of import and export trade

 进口渗透 import penetration

 进口差价税 import variable duties

 进口附加税 import surcharge

 纠风办 State Council Office for Rectifying

 就业前培训　 pre-job training　

 居委会 neighborhood committee; residents' committee

 举办城市 host city

 举报电话 informants' hot-line telephone

 举杯 propose a toast

 拒载 refuse to take passengers

 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

 九五攻关 State Key Task 95

 局域网 local area network (LAN)

 决策性机构 policy-making body

 劲射 power shot

 京剧人物脸谱 types of facial make-up in Beijing opera

 京剧票友 Peking Opera fan

 精神文明建设 promote cultural and ideological progress; develop socialist culture and ethics

 精品 competitive products

 精简机构 streamline government organs

 经营管理高度科学化的现代化大企业 modern big enterprise with highly scientific management system

 经常性支出 running expenses

 经常性贷款 commercial lending

 经常项目顺差 "favorable balance of current account, surplus of current account"

 经济林 cash tree

 经济师 economic engineer; economic manager; economist

 经济失调指数 misery index

 经济全球化 economic globalization; economic integration

 经济头脑 commercially minded people; people with business sense

 经济担保书 financial guarantee

 经济复苏 economic resurgence

 经济和技术合作 ECOTECH cooperation (Economic and technology cooperation)

 经济总量 economic aggregate

 景泰蓝 cloisonné

 境外消费（服务贸易） consumption abroad

 敬老院 home for the aged; seniors' home

 敬业精神 professional dedication; professional ethics

 靖国神社 Yasukuni Shrine

 具有中国特色的 with Chinese characteristics

 竣工式 completion ceremony

 困难职工 the needy

K

 （补贴协议）可诉补贴 actionable subsidy

 会计电算化 accounting computerization

 跨世纪工程 a trans-century project

 跨越式发展 great-leap-forward development

 跨境交付（服务贸易） cross border supply

 可持续发展 sustainable development

 可持续发展战略 strategy of sustainable development

 可转换债券 convertible bond

 刻录机 CD writer; disc-carving machine

 快速立法 fast track

 快速反应部队 rapid response force

 宽限期 grace period

 快讯 news flash; flash

 宽带网 broadband networks

 宽带接入 broadband access

 空头支票 "accommodation note, lip service "

 空中小姐 air hostess; air stewardess

 扣帽子 put a label on

 口蹄疫 foot-and-mouth disease

 口头禅 pet phrase

 科研攻关 scientific research and tackle the key research project

 科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.

 科技成果转化为生产力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements

 科技含量 technology content

 科教兴国 rely on science and education to rejuvenate the nation

 卡丁车 kart

 开门红　　　　　 to begin well，to make a good start

 开小灶 give special favor

 开题报告 opening speech; opening report

 开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night

 开标 bid opening

 开放式基金 open-ended fund

 开发一代，储存一代，预研一代 (产品） to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products

 开发公司 development company

 开工不足 enterprises running under their production capacity

 开工典礼 commencement ceremony

 开后门 under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means

 坎儿井 karez

 看守政府,看守内阁,过渡政府 caretaker cabinet

 看跌/看涨期权 put / call option

 康乃馨 carnation

 抗美援朝战争 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

 抗震棚 quake-proof shelter

 考研 take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools

 考研热 the craze for graduate school

 烤烟型卷烟 Virginian-type cigarette

 控股公司 "holding company, controlling company"

 亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit

L

 (行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry

 旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip

 零配件 spare and accessory parts

 零和博奕 zero-sum game; zero game

 裸机 bare mobile phone

 旅客列车票价 price of passenger train tickets

 离退办 office for the affairs of the retired workers

 篱笆墙 barriers

 blockage to inter-regional trading

 另类音乐，非正统音乐 alternative music

 理论联系实际 linking theory with practice

 老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas "

 老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

 绿色食品 green food

 绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运 green, high-tech and people friendly Olympic Games

 绿色急救通道 emergency green path

 领头羊 bellwether

 老油条 wily old bird; old slicker

 绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate

 劳动合同制 labor contract system

 理货公司 tally company

 绿化 afforestation

 老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise

 礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

 礼仪小姐 ritual girl

 乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines"

 猎头公司 head-hunting company

 留学咨询 consulting on the study abroad

 留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary

 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

 劣等品 shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (informal)

 乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 "unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises "

 临时主教练 caretaker coach

 论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense

 龙头产品 flagship product

 六艺:礼、乐、射、御、书、数 "six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic"

 利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

 利好因素 wrinkle

 利基 niche

 轮值主席 chairman on duty

 立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture

 联想集团 Legend Group

 联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output

 联合联络小组 joint liaison group

 联合投标 syndicated tender

 联合国粮农组织 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation)

 联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)

 联合国环境署 UNEP (United Nations Environment Program)

 联合国开发计划署 UNDP (United Nations Development Program)

 联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises

 连续抽烟的人 chain smoker

 连带责任 joint liability

 垃圾融资 junk financing

 垃圾债券 junk bond

 拉拉队 cheering squad

 拉拉队长 "cheer-leader, rooter king"

 拉选票 seek a vote

 拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon

 拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth

 拉关系 try to curry favor with

 廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 "an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government "

 廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

 廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

 廉洁奉公，以正治国 " (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness "

 来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing

 来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

 蓝牙技术 bluetooth

 蓝筹股 blue chips

 蓝光光盘 Blu-ray Disc

 练摊 to be a vendor

 路演 road show

 粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies

 粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration

 良性循环 virtuous circle

 录取通知书 letter of admission

 录取分数线 enrollment mark

 两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual civilization(both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup.

 两手抓，两手都要硬 grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both

 两思（致富思源，富而思进） to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence

 两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering

 两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation

 两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"

 两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress

 两个对等的政治实体 two equal political entities

 流星雨 meteor shower

 流动人口 transient population

 流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile

 《论语》 Analects of Confucius

 《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio

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 美声唱法 bel canto

 免税商品 tax-free commodities

 美食节 gourmet festival

 免验放行 pass without examination (P.W.E)

 免费搭车者(享受其他国家最惠国待遇而不进行相应减让的国家) free-rider

 美国之音 Voice of America (VOA)

 灭绝的物种 extinct species

 玛雅文化 Mayan civilization

 码分多址 (一种扩频多址数字式通信技术) CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)

 蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt

 蒙古大夫 quack

 马拉松式竞选活动 campaignathon

 马路菜场入室工程 the project to build indoor free market to accommodate street vegetable vendors

 马太效应 "the Matthew effect (A phenomenon in specific circles whereby one's accomplishments and reputation tend to snowball, and those with meager accomplishments have greater difficulty achieving accomplishments. ) "

 马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

 马尔萨斯人口论 Malthusian Theory of Population; Malthusianism (Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766-1834, British economist)

 孟子 Mencius

 民事诉讼 civil procedure

 民以食为天 people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man

 民营企业 individually-run enterprises

 民主党派、工商联与无党派人士 "non-Communist parties, federations of industry and commerce, personages without party affiliation "

 民主监督 democratic supervision

 民主集中制 democratic centralism

 民办教师 citizen-managed teachers (teachers in rural citizen-managed or state-managed schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government)

 民法通则 general provisions of the civil law

 民工 migrant laborer

 民工潮 farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities

 民间资本 private capital

 民进党 Democratic Progressive Party

 民族区域自治 regional autonomy of ethnic minorities

 民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture

 民族委员会 ethnic affairs commission

 民族意识 national consciousness

 民族优越感 ethnocentrism

 民族凝聚力 national cohesion

 买一送一 "two-for-one offer, buy one get one free"

 迷彩服 battle fatigues; camouflage coat

 买方市场 buyer's market

 买壳上市 go public through buying a shell

 麦克马洪线 McMahon Line

 买空卖空 bulls and bears; fictitious transaction

 名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

 满意度 degree of satisfaction

 名优 famous actor; famous high quality brand

 慢性萧条 chronic depression　

 门罗主义 Monroe Doctrine

 门前三包 "be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building "

 门户网站 portals

 门户开放政策 open-door policy

 面向21世纪的中美建设性伙伴关系 a constructive, strategic partnership between China and the United Stated aimed at the next century

 盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside

 盲目投资 blindness in investment

 茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

 矛盾的普遍性 universality of contradictions

 冒充包装（销售）[指将劣质商品包装成外观像名优产品出售的做法] copycat packaging

 帽子戏法 hat trick

 贸易顺差 favorable balance; trade surplus

 贸易与发展委员会 Committee on Trade and Development

 贸易逆差 adverse balance of trade; trade deficit

 贸易壁垒 trade protectionism

 贸易和投资自由化和便利化 TILF (Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation)

 贸易自由化 trade liberalization

 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

 每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

 It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

 米袋子省长负责制 provincial governors assuming responsibility fofr the rice bag (grain supply)

 明明白白消费（2000年保护消费者权益工作主题） transparent consumption

 朦胧诗 misty poetry

 睦邻友好关系(合作) good-neighborly and friendly relations (cooperation)

 穆斯林 Muslim; Moslem

 模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam

 模糊逻辑 fuzzy logic

 模糊战略(美国在台湾问题上奉行的政策) indistinct strategy

 磨洋工 dawdle along

 摩门教 Mormon Church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

 末位淘汰 (under the new personnel system) the person graded last in the performance evaluation will be laid off from his position

 莫失良机 make hay while the sun shines

 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "

 母系氏族社会 matriarchal clan society

 幕后操纵 pull strings behind the scenes; wire-pulling

 目标管理 management by objectives

 目标管理 management by objectives; quota management

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 扭转局面 "reverse the tide, turn the table"

 农林间作 agro-forestry

 农药残留 pesticide residue

 农药残留物 pesticide residue

 农业生态学 agricultural ecology

 农业增加值 added value of agriculture

 农奴制 serfdom; serf system

 农产品的统购派购 unified purchasing of farm produce by the state according to fixed quotes

 农村剩余劳动力 surplus rural labour (labourers)

 农工商联合企业 agro-industrial-commercial combines

 农垦 agricultural reclamation

 农转非 rural residents become urban residents

 弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

 女权运动 movement for women's rights

 暖温带 warm temperate zone

 诺亚方舟 Noah’s Ark

 拿手好戏 masterpiece

 泥石流 mud-rock flow

 泥菩萨 like a clay Buddha fording the river-hardly able to save oneself; each one is looking out for his own survival

 尼姆达(病毒) Nimda

 男权主义思想 male chauvinism

 男高音演唱家 tenorist

 年利润 annual return

 纳米 nanometer

 纳税人 tax payer; tax bearer

 纳税申报制度 tax declaration system

 纳斯达克 National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)

 年同比 year-on-year; on an annual basis

 年夜饭 family reunion dinner

 南水北调 South-to-North water diversion

 南水北调工程 divert water from the south to the north project

 耐用消费品 durable consumer items (goods)

 耐用消费品 durable consumer goods, consumer durables

 南南合作 South-South cooperation

 南北对话 North-South dialogue

 难得糊涂 "Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise."

 囊括 complete a sweep

 内联网(计算机) Intranet

 内联企业 enterprises with internal connections

 内退 early retirement

 涅磐(佛) nirvana

 内耗 in-fighting

 内环路 inner ring road

 能上网的手机 WAP phone

 能官能民 be ready to both serve as an offical and be one of the common people

 能进能出，能上能下 competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots

 能进能出，能上能下,方谓好汉 He who knows how to fight and how to retreat deserves to be called a brave man.

 闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique

O

 欧亚大陆桥 Eurasia Land Bridge

 欧元 Euro

 欧元 Euro

 欧洲委员会 European Commission

 欧洲共同体 European Communities (EC)

 欧洲货币 Euro-currency

 欧洲货币一体化 European monetary integration

 欧洲自由贸易联盟 EFTA (European Free Trade Association)

 偶像 idol

P

 赔了夫人又折兵, 花钱填无底洞 throw good money after bad

 帕金森症 parkinsonism

 派出所 local police station

 潘多拉魔盒 Pandora's box

 盘点 stock count; take stock of

 盘活存量资产 liquidize remnant assets

 棚户 shacks; family that live in shacks

 批发市场 wholesale market

 跑龙套 "utility man, play a bit role, general handyman"

 泡妞 chase after the girls

 泡沫经济 bubble economy

 排外主义 exclusivism

 排华政策 policy of discrimination against the Chinese

 配套政策 supporting policies

 配股 allotment of shares；rationed shares

 配件 accessories

 碰头会 "brief meeting ( A brief, small-scale, informal meeting with no fixed agenda, the main purpose of which is to exchange information.) "

 碰一鼻子灰 be sent off with a flea in one's ear; be snubbedd; get a rebuff

 碰钉子 get snubbed

 抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

 泼冷水 pour cold wate on the enthusiasm of； dampen the spirit of； throw a wet blanket over

 泼水节 Water-Sprinkling Festival

 评头论足 nit-pick

 评标 bidding evaluation

 扑网(体) "rush-up, rushing"

 铺新摊子 launch new projects

 普通高等教育 regular higher education

 普选制 general election system

 普遍优惠制 generalized preferential system； general system of preferences

 破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

 啤酒肚 beer belly

 疲软股票 soft stock

 皮包公司 bogus company

 片面追求升学率 place undue emphasis on the proportion of students entering schools of a higher level

 骗汇、逃汇、套汇 "obtain foreign currency and false pretenses, not turn over foreign currency owed to the government and illegal arbitrage "

 票贩子 "scalper, ticket tout"

 票房 box office

 拼图 jigsaw

 贫铀弹 depleted uranium bomb

 贫富悬殊 polarization of rich and poor

 平面设计师 graphic designer

 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 "never burn incense when all is well, but clasp Buddha's feet when in distress"

 平稳过渡 smooth transition

 平抑（稳定）物价 stabilize commodity prices

 平等、互利、互相尊重主权和领土完整 equality，mutual benefit，mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity

 平等互利原则 principle of equality and mutual benefit

 平等互利、讲求实效、形式多样、共同发展的方针 pursuing practical results, adopting various waysand seeking common development/ the principle of equality, mutual benefit, efficiency, diversity andmutual development

 平衡预算 balance a budget； a balanced budget

 平均主义 equalitarianism

 瓶颈制约 “bottleneck”restrictions

 白皮书 white paper

Q

 青少年犯罪 juvenile deliquency

 轻水反应堆 light water reactor( LWR)

 倾销 dump; dumping

 抢跑 "false start, beat the gun"

 敲竹杠 make somebody pay through the nose; put the lug on; rob by a trick

 青藏高原 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

 抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

 氢弹 hydrogen bomb

 轻轨火车 light rail train

 抢购 panic buying

 切入点 point of penetration; breakthrough point

 情商 emotion quotient (EQ)

 侨务 affairs concerning nationals residing abroad

 情有独钟 show special preference (favor) to …

 侨胞 countrymen residing abroad

 情感消费 emotional consumption

 巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.

 翘尾巴 be cocky; get stuck-up

 钦差大臣 imperial envoy; imperial commissioner

 求大同,存小异 seek common ground on major question while reserving differences on minor ones

 勤政廉政建设 keep government functionaries honest and industrious

 勤工俭学 part-work and part-study system; work-study program

 禽流感 bird flu

 屈体 "jackknife, pike"

 清明节 Pure Bright Festival; Tomb Sweeping Day

 清算/结算 clearing /settlement

 清算银行 clearing bank

 清算公司 clearing corporation; liquidation company

 清产核资 asset and capital verification

 清洁能源 clean energy

 侵吞公款 embezzle public funds/ embezzlement of public funds

 洽谈会 "fair, meeting"

 牵头人 initiator

 千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

 千禧婴儿 millennium infant; millennium baby

 千年问题、千年虫 millennium bug

 千代田寿险公司（日本） Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co.

 签约仪式 signing ceremony

 钱袋子 fund sources

 前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

 前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

 One sows and another reaps.

 前瞻性 perspectiveness

 前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

 欠收(农业) crop failure

 强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

 强力球(美国的全国性彩票) powerball

 强强联手 win-win co-operation

 强权外交 power diplomacy

 强化班 intensive training class

 亲民党 People First Party

 区位商业 location-based commerce

 区域经济 regional economies

 取消禁运 lifting of embargo

 圈外人士 people out of the loop

 权力下放 delegate power to the lower levels; shift of power to the grassroots

 权力法案 Bill of Rights

 权益回报率 returns on equity (ROE)

 权贵资本主义(又译裙带资本主义或亲朋好友资本主义) crony capitalism

 全民健身计划纲要 outline of the nationwide body-building plan

 全面实施以德育为核心、以创新精神和实践能力为重点的素质教育 carry on the quality education centering on moral education and emphasizing creativity and practice

 全面禁止和彻底销毁核武器 complete prohibition and thorough destruction nuclear weapons

 全球移动通信系统(全球通) global system for mobile communications (GSM)

 全球变暖 global warming

 全球多边贸易体系 global system of multilateral trade

 全球定位系统 global positioning system (GPS)

 全天候 24-hour (service)

 全天候飞机 all-weatehr aircraft

 全优工程 all-round excellent project

 全能冠军 all-around winner

 全方位外交 multi-faceted diplomacy

 全方位、多层次、宽领域的对外开放格局 all-dimensional, multitiered and wide-ranging opening pattern

 全国人民代表大会 NPC (National People's Congress)

 全国人口普查 nationwide census

 全国卫生城市 National Hygienic City

 全景电影 cinepanoramic

 全资企业 exclusively-invested enterprises

 拳头产品 competitive products; knock-out products; blockbuster

 券商 securities trader

 裙带风 nepotism; petticoat influence

 裙带关系 networking through petticoat influence

 群言堂 allow everybody to air his view; let everyone have his say; speak one's mind freely

 起跑器 block

 旗袍 cheong-sam; Chi-pao

 骑警 horseback police

 企业形象 corporate image(CI)/ enterprise image

 企业效益 performance of enterprises

 企业上市 listing of a company

 企业文化 corporate culture

 企业重组 reshuffle of the enterprises

 企业产权 property rights of enterprises

 企业的自我约束机制 self-regulating mechanism of enterprises

 企业孵化器 enterprise incubator

 企业改制 restructuring of enterprise

 企业兼并重组 annexation and reorganization of enterprises

 企业集团 enterprise group

 启动基金 initial funding

 启发式教学 heuristic education

 欺行霸市价格 forced quotation

 期末存货 closing stock

 期初存货 opening stock

 期房 forward delivery housing

 期货对冲交易 offsetting futures transactions

 期货交易 deal in futures; futures business/trading; forward business

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 让利 surrender part of the profits

 瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

 人类免疫缺陷病毒 Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV)

 人类基因图谱 human genome

 人情债 debt of gratitude

 人性化管理 human-based management

 人身意外保险 personal accident insurance

 人身攻击 personal attack

 人寿保险 life insurance

 入水时水花很少 clean entry

 热污染 thermal pollution

 人头税 poll tax

 人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

 人才流失 brain drain

 人才战 competition for talented people

 人才高地 talent highland

 人才交流 talents exchange

 人大代表 NPC member

 热带雨林 tropical rain forest

 热带风暴 Tropical Storm

 热岛效应 tropical island effect

 人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

 人浮于事 overstaffing

 人浮于事 overstaff

 人工智能 artificial intelligence(AI)

 热核弹头 thermonuclear warhead

 人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

 人机交互 human-computer interaction

 人际交往 human communication

 人均住房 per-capita housing

 入境问俗,入乡随俗 When in Rome do as the Romans do.

 人口老龄化 an aging population

 人口素质 quality of population

 人口学 larithmics

 人口出生率 birth rate

 人口负增长 negative population growth (NPG)

 人口过剩 overpopulation

 软新闻 soft news

 任意球 free kick

 软盘 floppy disk

 认股权证 warrant

 软着陆 soft landing

 弱肉强食法则 law of the jungle

 日本协力银行 Japan Bank For International Cooperation (JBIC)

 日本右翼势力 right-wing forces in Japan

 日本广播协会 NHK

 日经指数 Nikkei Index

 荣誉权 right of fame

 融资渠道 financing channels

 绕圈子 beat around the bush

 燃油附加税 bunker surcharge

 染指 reap undeserved profit from; encroach upon

S

 (西方的)三权分立 separation of executive, legislative, and judicial powers

 (企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group)

 360度环幕电影 Circamara

 <<史记>> Shi Ji

 Historical Records

 舍利子 Buddha's relics

 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. "

 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

 死亡率 mortality

 酸雨 acid rain

 死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan

 事业单位 public institution

 摄政王 acting king; prince regent

 枢纽工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project

 闪电战 blitz; lightning war

 死而后已 until my heart stops beating

 死机 system halted

 世界大学生运动会(大运会） universiade

 世界观、人生观、价值观 world outlook; outlook on life; values

 社论 editorial

 社区服务 community services

 社会名流 celebrity

 社会力量办学 running of schools by non-governmental sectors

 社会效益 social effect/ results/ benefit

 社会热点问题 hot spots of society

 社会治安情况 public security situation

 社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy

 社会主义精神文明建设 socialist ideological and ethical progress

 社会保障制度 social security system

 社会福利彩票 social welfare lotteries

 社会化服务体系 socialized service system; social service system

 市盈率 p/e (price/earning) ratio

 市政工程 municipal works; municipal engineering

 市值 market capitalization

 市场营销学 marketing

 市场占有率 market share

 市场疲软 sluggish market

 市场饱和 market saturation; saturated market

 市场化 marketization

 市场准入 market access

 市话 local calls

 适龄儿童入学率 enrolment rate for children of school age

 岁岁平安 Peace all year round

 申诉权 right of petition

 适销对路的产品 readily marketable products

 适者生存 survival of the fittest

 申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games

 适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight fiscal policy

 上马 start a project

 上门服务 door-to-door service

 上新台阶 reach a new level; reach a higher stage of development

 上市 to be listed

 上市公司 listed companies

 上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas

 送温暖工程 heart-warming project

 身外之物 worldly possessions

 商务旅游 business travel

 身体素质 physique; physical constitution

 上网 to get on the Internet, surf the net

 上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

 商业网点 commodity network

 商业炒作 commercial speculation

 商业贷款 commercial loan

 商业存在（服务贸易） commercial presence

 释迦牟尼 Sakyamuni

 商品条码 bar code

 商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing

 商品化 commercialization

 商品经济 commodity economy

 上岗 go to one's post; go on duty

 上海五国第六次峰会 "the sixth summit of ""Shanghai Five"" "

 上海五国机制 the Shanghai Five mechanism

 上海合作组织 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

 商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau

 深加工 deep processing; further processing

 搜索引擎(计算机) search engine

 神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card

 收视率 audience ratings; television viewing

 审时度势 size up the situation

 试用期 probationary period

 收盘价 closing price

 视频点播 video on demand (VOD)

 试点工程 pilot project

 试管婴儿 test-tube baby

 收购兼并 merger and acquisition

 生命银行 bank for keeping the donated organs and remains of dead persons for medical use

 授信贷款 credit extension loan

 授信额度 line of credit

 少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 "the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee "

 寿司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished

 生物圈 biosphere

 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

 生物恐怖主义 bioterrorism

 生态旅游 ecotourism

 生态林 ecological forest

 生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture

 生意兴隆 Business flourishes

 所有权经营权分离 separate ownership from managerial authority

 所得税 income tax

 售后服务 after-sale services

 三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen

 三连冠 three successive championships

 三来一补企业 "the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade."

 瘦肉精(盐酸克伦特罗) clenobuterol hydrochloride

 三权分立 separation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers

 三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

 At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

 三下乡 "a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers"

 三通 "three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping services across the Taiwan Straits "

 三通一平 "three supplies and one leveling; supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground (conditions ready for further economic development)"

 三维电影 three-dimensional movie

 三维动画片 three-dimensional animation

 三峡工程 Three Gorges Project

 三无企业 "three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)"

 受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster

 受灾地区 disaster-affected are

 三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute

 三农问题 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers

 三八线 38th Parallel

 三八红旗手 woman pace-setter

 三产 tertiary industry

 三步走战略 the three-step development strategy

 三大作风 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)

 三废(废气、废水、废渣） “three wastes”(waste gas, waste water and waste residues)

 三个有利于 three favorables (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards

 三个代表 three represents theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.)

 三高农业 "three highs" agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)

 三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)

 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

 三角恋爱 love triangle

 三角债 chain debt

 三讲教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气） three emphases education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct)

 数据通信 data communication

 三资企业(中外合资企业,中外合作企业,外商独资企业) "three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China "

 三自原则 principles of self-administration, self-support and self-propagation

 数字地球 digital globe

 三字经 three-character scripture

 随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions

 四书(《大学》、《中庸》、《论语》、《孟子》） The Four Books (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, The Mencius)

 四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

 涉外经济 foreign-related business

 四项基本原则 "the Four Cardinal Principles of adherence to the socialist road, the people's democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought"

 四有新人 "new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline"

 四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas

 四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.)

"In his important address to the Central Ideological and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle."

 四个现代化 four modernizations (the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology)

 四合院 courtyard dwellilngs; quadrangle dwellings

 手机入网费 mobile access fee

 手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone

 省会 provincial capital

 散户 retail / private investor

 刷卡,划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card

 桑拿浴 sauna

 圣战(伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争) jihad

 甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale

 师兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice

 失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted

 失学儿童 dropout

 扫盲 eliminate illiteracy

 扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work

 扫黄,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications

 狮子座 Leo

 施政纲领 administrative program

 双刃剑 double-edged sword

 双向选择 "two-way selection, referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market"

 双向选择 two-way choice (in employment practice)

 双学位 double degree

 双赢局面 win-win situation

 双职工 man and wife both at work; working couple

 双重轨制 two-tier system ; double-track system　

 双重国籍 dual nationality

 森林覆盖率 forest coverage; percentage of forest cover

 谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

 水土流失 soil erosion

 水下导弹 submarine-based missiles

 水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

 十一界三中全会 the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party

 水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting

 水货 smuggled goods

 杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master card

 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

 杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

 刹住大吃大喝、公费旅游、铺张浪费的奢侈之风 put a stop to extravagance and waste （wining and dining of official guests，touring the country at public expenses）

 沙漠化 desertification

 食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China

 沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm

 实行股份制 enforce stockholding system

 实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to

 实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people

 实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

 实时达帐 real-time account settlement

 实体经济 the real economy

 实现零的突破 "fulfil the zero (gold medal, medal, etc) breakthrough"

 实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life

 实现中华民族伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation

 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.

 实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

 硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study

 思乡曲 Nostalgia

 思想僵铁 fossilized concept

 私人游资 mobile private capital

 私人企业 private enterprise

 私营企业 privately-run enterprise

 山姆大叔 Uncle Sam

 山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

 司仪 MC (master of ceremonies)

 首期按揭 down-payment

 首次公开发行的股票 initial public offering (IPO)

 首创精神 pioneering spirit

 首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship)

 渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities

 素质教育 education for all-around development

 树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image

 夙敌 "arch-rival

 涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton

 《神曲》 Divine Comedy

 《生死抉择》 Live or Die

 《三国演义》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

 《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes; Water Margins

 《山海经》 the Classic of Mountains and Rivers

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 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

 题外话 digression; mention in passing

 土地酸化 acidification

 土地沙化 desertification of land; desert encroachment

 土地使用权 land-use right

 土地承包期 land contract period

 提高农产品收购价格 the government's increase in its procurement prices (for farm products)

 提价 price hike

 糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets

 托福考试 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

 退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture

 退耕还林还草 grain for green

 拖拉作风 dilatory style of work

 拖欠工资 arrears of wage

 天时、地利、人和 favorable climatic, geographical and human comditions; favorable objective adn subjective factors for success

 天时，地利，人和 good timing, geographical convenience and good human relations

 填鸭式教学 cramming method of teaching

 天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

 天赋人权 natural rights

 脱手 release grip

 脱销 out of stock

 脱氧核糖核酸 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

 脱贫致富 "cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity"

 脱产 be disengaged from work; divorce oneself from one's work

 脱口秀 talk show

 逃税 tax evasion

 陶冶情操 cultivate one's taste (temperament)

 鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism

 逃票 to sneak through without a ticket

 逃票者 ticket evader

 贴水 agio

 铁腕人物 strongman; iron-handed person

 贴现率 discount market

 贴现公司 discount house

 铁血宰相 iron-and-blood prime minister

 铁饭碗 iron rice bowl

 铁哥们 faithful pal；buddies；sworn friend

 厅长 head of a department (under a provincial government)

 团身 bunch up the body

 体育彩票 sports lotteries

 团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps

 体改委 commission for economic restructuring

 团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

 唐老鸭 Donald Duck

 替身演员 stunt man/woman; stand-in

 推广科研成果 turning laboratory achievements into commercial

mass production; commercialization of laboratory achievements

 唐装 Tang suit

 唐装 traditional Chinese garments (clothing)

 讨债公司 debt-collection company

 停薪留职 retain one's position with one's salary suspended; obtain an indefinite leave of absence from one's work unit

 庭院经济 courtyard economy

 抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker

 台湾是中国神圣领土不可分割的一部分 Taiwan is an inalienable part of the inviolable territory of China.

 台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots

 台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come.

 台湾当局 the Taiwan authorities

 通用汽车公司 General Motors Corporation (GM)

 通票 through ticket

 通存通兑 the banking procedure where deposits and withdrawals are processed at any branch bank

 通关 be cleared by the customs

 通货升值 currency revaluation

 通货混合,鸡尾酒式货币 currency cocktail

 通货回笼 withdrawal of currency in circulation

 通货紧缩 deflation (of currency)

 太阳浴 sun bath; insolation

 太平洋舰队(美) Pacific Fleet

 太空垃圾 space trash

 太空步 moonwalk

 同类产品 like product

 同声传译 simultaneous interpretation

 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen

 同业拆借 inter-bank borrowing

 同步卫星 geostationary satellilte

 同等学力 have the same educational level (as the regular graduate or student of certain academic qualification)

 同等学力申请硕士学位统考 general examination for applicants with education background equivalent to college graduates for master's degree

 摊牌 put/lay one’s card on the table

 摊薄每股收益 diluted earning per share

 贪污腐化 corruption and degeneration

 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment

 统一市场 single market

 统一税 "flat tax, consolidated tax"

 统一战线 united front

 统筹安排 comprehensive arrangement

 统筹兼顾 make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration

 偷税漏税 tax evasion

 偷税、骗税、逃税、抗税 "tax evasion, tax fraud, and refusal to pay taxes "

 偷渡者 stowaway

 偷工减料 use inferior materials and turn out sub-standed products

 投手 pitcher

 投诉中心 complaint center

 投标 bid for; tender for

 投机商号 bucket shop

 投资主体 the investment subject

 投资风险 investment risk

 投资环境 investment environment

 头寸松 credit ease

 头寸紧 credit crunch; fund shortage

 头号种子选手 No.1 seed (player); top seed

 透明度 transparency

 谈判的筹码 bargain chip

 透过现象看本质 see through the appearance to perceive the essence

 探明储量 verified deposits; verified reserves

 探亲外交 family-visit diplomacy; relative-visiting diplomacy

 炭疽 anthrax

 套利 arbitrage

 套期保值 hedge

 特洛伊木马 Trojan horse

 特许税 franchise tax

 特色电话机 feature phone

 跳蚤市场 flea market

 跳棋 Chinese chequers; Chinese draughts; halma

 特种债券 special bonds

 特别行政区 special administrative region

 特别提款权 special drawing rights (SDR; SDRs) ; paper gold

 跳槽 job-hopping

 跳槽者 job-hopper

 特技演员 stunt man; stand-in

 踢皮球 pass the buck

 跆拳道 tae kwon do

 “跳进黄河洗不清” "eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "

 弹性外交 elastic diplomacy

 弹性工资 flexible pay

 调酒师 bartender

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 卫冕世界冠军 reigning world champion

 外卖 take-out

 外卖店 take-out restaurant

 外联网(计算机) extranet

 外贸单证员 vouching clerk

 外贸自营权 power to engage in foreign trade

 外星人 extraterrestrial being (ET)

 卫星城 satellite town

 卫星导航 satellilte navigation

 外需 overseas market demand

 温室气体 greenhouse gases

 外税局 foreign-related tax bureau

 外向型经济 export-oriented economy

 外逃资本 flight capital

 外滩(上海) The Bund

 外债 foreign debt; external debt

 外企 foreign company

 温饱工程 bring-warmth fill-bellies project

 温饱工程 Adequate Food and Clothing Program

 外层空间 outer space

 歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

 外汇储备 foreign exchange reserve (forex reserve)

 外汇管理局 Administration of Exchange Control

 外汇管制 foreign exchange control

 外交斡旋 diplomatic offices

 外交庇护 diplomatic asylum

 顽固分子 die-hard

 问讯处 information office; inquiry desk

 稳定物价 stabilize prices

 稳定压倒一切 Maintaining stability is of top priority

 物流 logistics; the interflow of goods and materials

 物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.

 物业管理 estate management, property management

 物质文明 material progress

 物质文明建设和精神文明建设一起抓 pay attention to ethical as well as material progress

 物种起源 origin of species

 物价局 Price Bureau

 我们在国际上说话是算数的 We always live up to our international commitments.

 王水 aqua regia

 万维网(计算机) World Wide Web(WWW)

 王储，王太子 Crown Prince

 汪辜会谈 Wang Daohan-Koo Chen-fu Talks (Wang-Koo talks)

 乌龙球 own goal

 乌拉圭回合 Uruguay Round

 挖墙脚 undermine the foundation of sth.; cut the ground from under sb's feet

 往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

 污水处理 sewage treatment/ disposal

 污染指数 pollution index

 往返机票 return ticket; round-trip ticket

 望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child

 屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

 屋顶花园 broof garden

 五保户 household enjoying the five guarantees (childless and infirm old persons who are guarateed food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses)

 五金化工 metals and chemicals

 五讲四美三热爱 the movement of "five stresses, four points of beauty and three loves"(The five stresses are: stress on decorum, manners, hygiene, discipline and morals. The four points of beauty are: beauty of the mind, language, behavior adn the enviornment. The three loves are: love of the motherland, socialism and the Communist Party.)

 文联 literary federation

 文明街道 model community

 纹身 tattoo

 文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy

 武侠小说 tales of roving knights; martial arts novel; kung fu novel

 文化旅游 culture-oriented travel

 文化产业 culture industry

 文科 liberal arts

 微软移动构想 Microsoft Vision for Mobility; Microsoft Mobility Initiatives

 微软公司 Micorsoft Corporation

 危房 dilapidated building

 违反合同 breach of contract

 围垦造田 enclose tideland for cultivation; reclaim land from marshes

 唯利是图 draw water to one's mill

 唯一致命的弱点 Achilles' heel

 维护人权和不断改善人权状况 safeguard human rights and steadily improve the human rights situation

 伪劣商品赔还法 lemon law

 伪君子 hypocrite; a wolf in sheep's clothing

 慰安妇 comfort woman

 网络摄象机 web cam

 网络出版 online publishing

 网络管理员 network administrator

 网络化 networking

 网络经济 cybereconomy

 网络恐怖主义 cyberterrorism

 网民 netizen; net citizen; cyber citizen

 网恋 online love affair

 网上冲浪 surf the Internet

 网上交易平台 online trading platform

 网友 net friend

 网吧 Internet bar

 网虫 netter; Internet geek

 网关 gateway

 无力偿付的公司 insolvent corporation

 无形资产 intangible assets

 无形资产 intangible assets; immaterial property

 无人售票 self-service ticketing

 无绳来电显示电话 ordless telephone with caller ID

 无土栽培 soil-less cultivation

 威武之师,文明之师 mighty force and civilized force

 无息贷款 interest-free loan

 无为而治 govern by doing nothing that is against nature; govern by non-interference

 无线应用协议 WAP（wireless application protocol）

 无源雷达 passive radar

 无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

 无中生有 make/create something out of nothing

 无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

 无氟冰箱 Freon-free refrigerator　

 无公害蔬菜 "green" vegetable

 业主 home owner

 《围城》 A Surrounded City

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 (翻译)信、达、雅 "faithfulness, expressiveness and taste"

 徇私舞弊 bend the law for personal gain and engage in fraud

 徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

 新秀 "up-and-coming star, rising star"

 新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation

 新兴市场 emerging market

 新石器时代 the Neolithic Age; New Stone Age'

 新宠 new favorite

 新的经济增长点 new point for/ sources of economic growth

 新干线 "the Shinkansen, bullet train"

 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

 新婚市场(指买卖兴旺的市场) bridal market

 星球大战计划 Star Wars Program

 星期日泰晤士报 the Sunday Times

 星火计划 Spark Program

 行使否决权 exercise the veto

 行头 theatrical costumes (and paraphernalia)

 行政审批制度 administrative approval system

 行政诉讼 administrative proceedings

 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

 虚拟网 virtual net

 虚拟银行 virtual bank

 虚拟存款 window-dressing deposits

 虚开增值税发票 write false value added tax invoices

 蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off

 形式主义 formalism

 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand

 形成全方位、多层次、宽领域的开放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern

 形而上学 metaphysics

 刑法 penal code; criminal law

 许可证制度 license granting mechanisms

 性别歧视 sexual/gender discrimination

 性价比 cost performance

 悬而未决的问题 outstanding question

 信息产业部电信管理局 Telecommunication Management Bureau of Ministry of Information Industry

 信息革命 information revolution

 信息港 inforport; cyber port

 信息高速公路 information superhighway

 信息高地 information highland

 信息含量 information content

 信息化 informationize

 信息检索 information retrieval

 信用文化 credit culture

 信用危机 credit crisis

 信用紧缩 credit crunch

 信贷支持 credit aid

 信得过产品 trustworthy product

 心理素质 psychological quality

 心心相印, 精神感应 telesthesia

 心想事成 May all your wish come true

 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

 小型核武器 Mini-nukes

 小农经济 small-scale peasant economy; autarkical small-scale farming

 小道消息 hearsay

 小而全 small and all-inclusive

 小金库 a private coffer

 小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity

 小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family

 校训 school motto

 校园文化 campus culture

 效率优先,兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

 效益农业 profitable agriculture

 效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits

 邪教 heathendom

 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable bridge

 写真集 photo album

 香榭里舍大街 avenue des champs-elyses

 下网 off line

 下游行业 downstream industry

 下载(计算机) downloading

 香波 shampoo

 下放权力给 delegating the management of ... (to ...)

 香格里拉 Shangri-la

 香港明天更好基金会 Better Hong Kong Foundation

 香港特别行政区 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR)

 下岗职工 laid-off workers

 下海 plunge into the commercial sea

 乡统筹,村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve

 乡镇企业 township enterprises

 闲散资金 scattered funds

 先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

 享乐主义 hedonism

 项目立项 approve and initiate a project

 项目申报 project application

 项目预算 project budget

 项目支持 project support

 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

 向钱看 "mammonism, put money above all"

 险胜 "cliff-hanging win, narrow victory, nose out"

 嫌贫爱富 despise the poor and curry favor with the rich

 销售景气指数 sales index

 销项税 output tax

 消费信贷 consumer credit services

 消费税 consumption tax

 消费者协会 consumers' association

 消费者权益日 International Day for Consumers' Rights and Interests

 消费者物价指数 consumer price index

 消费结构 pattern of consumption

 吸收游资 absorb idle fund

 吸收存款 deposit taking

 吸取世界文明成果 assimilate the achievements of civilzations the world over

 宵夜 a stoke of midnight

 夏至 Summer Solstice

 现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

 现场直播 live broadcast

 现代企业制度 modern enterprise system; modern corporate system

 现货交易 cash market transactions; spot transactions

 现金流量 cash flow

 稀缺经济 scarcity economy

 息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters

 希望工程 Hope Project

 夕阳产业 sunset industry

 喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

 洗礼 baptism

 洗钱 money laundering

 细菌战 germ war

 县改市 county upgraded to city

 县级市 county-level city

 限制战略武器会谈 strategic arms limitation talks( SALT)

 线下商贸运作 offline business operation

 西气东输 transmit the natural gas from the western areas to East China; West-East natural gas transmission project

 西部大开发 Western Development

 西电东送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project

 削减战略核武器会谈 strategic arms reduction talks (START)

 选美 beauty contest

 选举人票 electoral vote

 选举人制 electoral system

 选举权和被选举权 the right to vote and the right to be elected

 学历教育 education with record of formal schooling

 学生处 students' affairs division

 学生减负 alleviate the burden on students

 学时 credit hours

 学而优则仕 (a Confucian slogan for education) a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career

 学分 credit points

 熏青鱼,转移注意力的话,证券说明书,证券销售书 a red herring

 循序渐进 step by step

 寻呼小姐 operators who work with paging centers

 寻呼台 paging centers

 巡航导弹 cruise missile

 巡回招聘 milk round

 巡回医疗 medical tour

 《信息技术协议》 ITA (Information Technology Agreement)

 《西行漫记》 Red Star over China

 《西厢记》 The Romance of West Chamber

 《西游记》 Pilgrimage to the West; Journey to the West

Y

 (领导人）与民众的直接对话 town hall conference/meeting

 (祝愿…)一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

 鹬蚌相争，渔人得利 "when the snip and the calm grapple, it is the fisherman who stands to benefit; two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it"

 瑜迦 Yoga

 亚太经合组织领导人非正式会议 IAELM (Informal APEC Economic Leaders' Meetings)

 亚太经合组织部长级会议 AMM (APEC MinisteriaI Meeting)

 亚太经合组织工商咨询理事会会议 ABAC Meeting (APEC Business Advisory Council Meeting)

 亚太经合组织经济领导人会议 AELM (APEC Economic Leaders Meeting)

 亚太经济合作组织 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

 亚洲金融危机 financial crisis in Asia

 亚洲开发银行 ADB(Asian Development Bank )

 亚健康 subhealthy

 研究生毕业证/学位证 graduate diploma/graduate degree's diploma

 研究生成绩考试(美) Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

 研究成果 research results

 严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

 严打措施 "Strike-Hard"" drive "

 严打斗争 "Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities"

 言情小说 romantic fiction; sentimental novel

 羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall

 洋务运动 Westernization Movement

 阳春（最经济方式） no-frills

 眼前利益服从长远利益,局部利益服从整体利益,个人和集体利益服从国家利益

subordinate immediate interests to long-term interests, partial interests to overall interests and the interests of individuals and collectives to those of the state

 演绎版 demo

 压水花技术 rip entry

 压线(口令) Line!

 压轴戏 grand finale; last and best item on a theatrical program

 鸦片战争 Opium War

 养老保险 endowment insurance

 养老金 pension

 养路费 road toll

 沿海经济开发区 open coastal economic area

 鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey

 伊斯兰抵抗运动，简称 Hamas

 意外风险 emergency risk; unknown risk

 意向书 letter of intent

 意大利粉 spaghetti

 依法治国 manage state affairs according to law; run state affairs according to law

 永久正常贸易关系 permanent normal trading relations (PNTR)

 忧患意识 awareness of unexpected development; being prepared for unexpected development; being prepared for any eventualities

 溢价 premium

 溢价发行债券(以超过票面金额价发行债券) issue of bonds at a premium

 有理,有利,有节 on just grounds, to one's advantage and with restraint； with good reason, with advantage and with restraint

 有理想、有道德、有文化、有纪律 "with lofty ideals, integrety, knowledge and a strong sense of discipline"

 有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

 有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

 有识之士 people of vision

 有望夺金者 a gold medal hopeful

 有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain

 有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

 有战斗力、有说服力、有吸引力的思想工作队伍 a contingent of militant ideological workers able to persuade and act as a magnet for others

 有中国特色的社会主义民主政治 a socilalist democracy with Chinese characteristics

 有中国特色的社会主义道路 road of socialism with Chinese characteristics

 有法可依,有法必依,执法必严,违法必究 There must be laws to go by, the laws must be observed and strictly enforced, and lawbreakers must be prosecuted.

 有个奔头 have something to look forward to; have somehthing to expect

 有机农业 organic agriculture

 运球 dribble

 与时俱进 advance with times

 运载火箭 carrier rocket

 议案 bill

 邮递协议 Post Office Protocol (POP)

 与国际市场接轨 integrate with the world market; become integrated into the global market

 与国际惯例接轨 become compatible with internationally accepted practices

 游乐场过山车 roller coaster

 犹太人定居点 Jewish settlement

 语音识别 speech recognition

 晕菜 numbed; dumbfounded

 异地资金汇划 fund remittance between different places

 游资 idle money / fund; floating capital

 友好城市 sister cities

 以......为龙头 with...as the leading role

 以理服人 persuade through reasoning

 域名(计算机) domain name (DN)

 以市场为导向 market-oriented

 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

 以上海浦东开发开放为龙头,进一步开放长江沿岸城市 open more cities along the Yangtze River, while concentrating on the development and opening of the Pudong Area of Shanghai

 以身作则,廉洁奉公 set a good example and perform duties honestly

 以权谋私 abuse of power for personal gains

 因特网服务提供者 Internet service provider (ISP)

 以眼还眼,以牙还牙 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

 以谋略制胜 outmaneuver

 音频点播 AOD (audio-on-demand)

 以质量求生存、求发展、求效益 "strive for survival, development and efficiency on the basis of quality"

 以质量求发展 strategy of development through quality; win the market with quality products

 以产定人,减员增效 employ workers in accordance with production needs and increase efficiency while reducing the staff

 因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

 因地制宜,因时制宜,因事制宜,因人制宜 suit our measures to differing conditions in terms of locality, time, issue and persons involved

 因地制宜,合理分工,各展所长,优势互补,共同发展的原则 proceed in the light of local conditions and in accordance with a rational division of labor, with all the regions exploiting their own parricular advantages for mutual benefit and development

 以讹传讹 incorrectly relay an erroneous message

 以法治国，以德治国 to govern the country with law and moral

 因果报应 karma

 以公有制为主体，多种经济成分共同发展 the pattern with the public sector remaining dominant and diverse sectors of the economy developing side by side

 以经济建设为中心 focusing on the central task of economic construction

 以空间换取时间 trade space for time

 以资证明 in witness whereof; in testimony thereof

 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

 欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.

 育龄妇女 women of child-bearing age

 引渡 extradite

 引进技术 introduction of foreign talents; import of foreign talents

 优势互补 (of two countries or companies) have complementary advantages

 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest

 义务兵役制 "compulsory military service, conscription"

 义务教育 compulsory education

 义演 benefit performance; charity performance

 义演收入 proceeds from benefit performance

 优质名牌商品 famous-brand, quality products

 遗传工程 genetic engineering

 义和团运动 Boxer Uprising

 优惠贷款 loans on favorable terms

 优化结构 optimize structure

 优化经济结构 optimize the economic structure

 优化资源配置 optimize the allocation of resources

 优化组合 optimization grouping; optional regrouping

 移动通讯 mobile communication

 移动电话双向收费 two-way charges for cellular phones

 摇钱树 cash cow

 摇头丸 dancing outreach

 印花税 stamp duty / tax

 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

 英国文化委员会 British Council of Culture

 预算外收入 extra-budgetary revenue

 预算外支出 off-budget expenditure

 预期寿命 life expectancy

 婴儿死亡率 infant mortality rate

 预防为主,谁污染谁治理和强化环境管理三大政策 three major principles for environment control: to put prevention first, to hold those who cause pollution responsible for cleaning up and to improve environmental protection and management

 应试教育 examination-oriented education system

 应届毕业生 this year's graduates

 药物检查 "dope control, drug testing"

 冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.

 冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

 营销管理 marketing management

 元宵节 Lantern Festival

 营养不良 malnutrition

 营业税 turnover tax; business tax

 原始资本 original capital

 原油 crude oil

 原产地保护 protection of place of origin

 赢利能力 profitability

 援藏干部 cadres sent to support/aid Tibet

 野生动物园 wildlife park; safari park

 影子内阁 shadow cabinet

 硬通货 hard currency

 硬道理 "absolute principle, top priority"

 圆寂 Parinirvana

 圆桌会议 round-table conference

 业内人士 insider

 缘分 chemical, (as if by) predestination, be preordained to come together

 远期合同 forward contract

 远程办公的员工 telecommuting workers

 远程教育 distance learning

 远景规划 perspective long-term plan

 远景计划 long-term development targets

 液晶显示屏 liquid crystal display (LCD)

 一揽子(计划) one-package (plan)

 一揽子购买 lump-sum purchase; basket purchase

 一切向钱看 money-oriented

 一手抓物质文明，一手抓精神文明；一手抓经济建设，一手抓民主法制；一手抓改革开放，一手抓打击犯罪惩治腐败 We must always work for material progress and at the same time for cultural and ethical progress; We should develop the economy and at the same time strengthen democracy and the legal system; We should promote reform and opening to the outside world and at the same time fight crime and punish corruption.

 一式两联 (receipt or invoice) in duplicate

 一线员工 worker at the production line

 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.

 一支接一支不停地抽烟 chain smoke

 一次性解决问题 solve the problem once and for all

 一次性筷子 throwaway chopsticks

 一大二公 (concerning the people's commune) large in size and collective in nature

 一刀切 cut it even at one stroke--make it rigidly uniform; impose uniformity in all cases; allow no flexibility

 一帆风顺 Wishing you every success

 一方有难,八方支援 When disaster struck, help came from all sides.

 一个中心,两个基本点 one central task, two basic points

 一国两制 "One country, two systems"

 一级市场 primary market

 医疗制度改革 reform of the medicare system

 医疗保险 medical insurance

 越境污染 trans-frontier pollution

 跃居世界前列(产量) (output) leap into the front ranks of the world

 易拉罐 pop can

 幼稚产业 infant industries

 幼稚工业 infant industry

 易爆发战争的地区 war-prone areas

 银行网点 bank outlets

 银弹外交 money diplomacy; dollar diplomacy; "silver bullet" diplomacy

 隐形牧人 invisible income; off-payroll income

 隐形飞机 stealth aircraft

 隐形轰炸机 stealth bomber

 隐性收入 invisible income; off-payroll income; side money

 隐性失业 recessive unemployment

 隐性就业 unregistered employment

 舆论导向 direction of public opinion

 舆论监督 supervision by public opinion

 薏米 seed of Job's tears

 (重要而难懂的)专门术语 buzzword ; jargon

Z

 (争端解决)专家组 panel

 (各州推选组成的）总统选举团 electoral college

 (股票的）中签 win the lot for IPO

 (股票的）中签率 lot winning rate

 糟粕 dross

 涨落线 advance balance line

 早恋 puppy love

 早市 morning session

 招商引资 attract/bid for/invite investments (from overseas)

 责任编辑 editor in charge

 招商局 China Merchants Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (China Merchants)

 招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office

 招标 invite a bid

 招标投标制 the system of public bidding for project

 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

 招股说明书 prospectus

 噪声治理 noise abatement

 造林运动 afforestation drive (campaign)

 造假帐 falsified accounts

 振兴中华 make China powerful and strong; revitalize the Chinese nation

 振兴经济 revitalize the economy

 在途资金 fund in float

 在线(计算机) on-line

 在线网上书店 online bookstore

 争议地区 disputed area

 折衷方案 a compromise proposal

 在职研究生 on-job postgraduates

 在职博士生 on-job doctorate

 再贷款 re-lending; subloan

 争端解决机构 dispute settlement body

 在孵（孵化器）企业 incubated enterprises (incubator)

 折旧费 depreciation charge

 再就业服务中心 re-employment service center

 再就业工程 re-employment project / program

 在字面上兜圈子 festoons of words

 正式照会 formal note

 正气 uprightness; integrity; probity; rectitude

 渣打银行 The Chartered Bank

 掌上电脑 palm computer

 真善美 the true, the good and the beautiful; truth, good and beauty

 珍稀濒危植物 rare or endangered species

 珍爱之人或物 apple of one's eyes

 真空包装 vacuum packing

 灾民 flood victims; flood-stricken people

 增强人民体质 build up people's health

 增值税 value added tax(VAT)

 增发股票 increase issues in stocks

 增加信任,减少麻烦,发展合作,不搞对抗 enhance trust, reduce trouble, develop cooperation and avoid confrontation

 斋月(伊斯兰教) Ramadan/ month of fast

 债台高筑 become debt-ridden

 债转股 debt-to-equity swap

 沾光 benefit from one's association

 占便宜 profit at others' expense

 占着茅坑不拉屎 be a dog in the manger

 战略防御计划 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

 战略伙伴关系 strategic partnership

 战俘 prisoner of war (POW)

 战俘营 prisoner-of-war (POW) camp

 战斧式巡航导弹 Tomahawk cruise missile

 站台票 platform ticket

 站票 standing-room-only ticket

 站得住脚 hold water

 宰人 rip off

 宰（客） to swindle money out of our customers

 载人卫星 manned satellite

 政务公开 make government affairs public

 政企不分 without a clear line between the functions of the government and enterprises; the functions of the government and enterprises mixed up

 政企分开 separate government functions from enterprise management

 政治协商、民主监督、参政议政 exercise political consultation and democratic supervision and participate in deliberating and administration of state affairs

 政治体制改革 political restructuring

 政治迫害 political prosecution; witch hunt

 政治合格，军事过硬，作风优良， 纪律严明，保障有力 "be qualified politically and competent militarily, have a fine style of work, maintain strict discipline and be assured of adequate logistical support"

 政策性贷款 policy-based lending; policy-related loan

 政策性亏损 policy-related losses; losses incurred due to policy decisions

 政策性住房 "policy-related house, policy-based house"

 政策银行 policy banks

 政策组合 policy mix

 政法委 politics and law committee

 政改方案(英国对香港) constitutional package

 政府廉洁高效 a clean and efficient government

 政府上网工程 Government Online Project

 政府贴息贷款 discount government loans

 政府特殊津贴获得者 winner of special government allowance

 政府职能转变 transform/shift the government functions

 政府采购 government procurement

 政府搭台，部门推动，企业唱戏 "Governments set up the stage, various departments cooperate and enterprise put in the show. "

 政府干预 government intervention

 赃款赃物 proceeds of crime

 致命要害 Achilles' heel

 掷钱猜先 toss

 智力引进 recruit / introduce (foreign) talents

 智力支持 intellectual support

 智商 intelligence quotient (IQ)

 智囊团、思想库 the brain trust；think tank

 中美战略核武器互不瞄准对方 non-targeting strategic nuclear weapons against each other

 中立国 neutralized state

 中流砥柱 mainstay; chief cornerstone

 中型商用飞机 mid-size G200 business jets

 中心环节 key link

 中日友好四项原则: 和平友好,平等互利,互相信赖,长期稳定 The four principles of Sino-Japanese friendship: peace and friendship, equality and mutual benefit, mutual trust, and long-term stability

 中式快餐 Chinese fast food

 中山装 Chinese tunic suit

 中文信息处理系统 Chinese information processing system

 中央领导集体 central collective leadership

 中央商务区 central business district (CBD)

 中央统战部 United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee

 中央大型企业工委 Central Work Committee for Large Enterprises

 中央国家机关 China's State organs

 中央纪律检查委员会 Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC

 中央经济工作会议 the Central Economic Working Conference

 中央综治委“严打”整治斗争检查组 Strike-hard Campaign Inspection Group of Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security.

 中药 traditional Chinese medicine

 中程导弹 intermediate-range missile; medium-range missile

 中东和平进程 the Middle East peace process

 中国新闻出版报社 China Press and Publication News

 中国新经济峰会 China New Economy Summit

 中国预防医学科学院 the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine

 中国证监会 China's Securities Regulatory Commission

 中国出口商品交易会(广交会) China Export Commodities Fair (Guangzhou Fair)

 中国工程院 the Chinese Academy of Engineering

 中国结 Chinese knot

 中国经济景气监测中心 China Economic Monitoring Center

 中关村科技园区 Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park

 中华世纪坛 China Millennium Monument

 中华人民共和国渔政渔港监督管理局 Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor Supervision of the PRC

 中华医学会 Chinese Medical Association

 中介 intermediary agent

 中专生 secondary specialized or technical school student

 质量认证体系认证证书 certificate of the system of quality certification

 质量守恒定律 law of conservation of mass

 质量管理 quality control

 珠穆朗玛峰 Mount Qomolangma

 治理整顿 improve the environment and rectify the order; improvement and rectification

 滞销商品 unmarketable goods

 滞后影响 lagged effect

 终身职务制 life-long tenure

 终审权 right of adjudication; right of giving final approval

 终点控制区 terminal control area

 终端服务器 terminal server

 众矢之的 target of public criticism

 助跑 "approach run, run-up"

 众口难调 It is difficult to cater to all tastes.; One man's meat is another man's poison.

 制止外汇流失 prevent foreign exchange flight

 制海权 command of the sea

 制空权 air space control; air supremacy; command of the air; air mastery; air domination

 种植业 crop farming

 证券营业部 stock exchange; security exchange

 证券化 securitisation

 证券监督管理委员会 securities supervision commission

 支原体 mycoplasma

 支柱产业 pillar / cornerstone industry

 支付能力 payment capacity

 知识密集 knowledge-intensive

 知识产权 intellectual property

 知识就是力量 Knowledge is power.

 知识经济 knowledge-based economy

 知识经济 knowledge economy , knowledge-base economy

 知识转让 transfer of knowledge

 知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

 职务犯罪 crime by taking advantage of duty

 职业培训 job training

 职业高中（职高） vocational high school

 职业介绍所 career service center; job center

 职业经理人 professional manager

 职能转换 transformation of functions

 职称 professional title

 直销 direct marketing; door-to-door sale

 直辖市 municipality directly under the Central Government

 直播 "live broadcast, live telecast"

 直接三通与双向交流 three direct links (mail, air and shipping services and trade) and bilateral exchanges

 直接选举 direct election

 植物人 human vegetable; vegetable

 植物群落 plant community

 执法人员 law enforcement officials; law-executor; law enforcer

 只读存储器 read-only-memory (ROM)

 纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist

 纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.

 重点发展 prioritize

 重合同,守信用 abide by contracts and keep one's words

 重合同、守信用的原则 the principle of equality and mutual benefit and “honoring contracts adn standing by reputation“

 洲际弹道导弹 intercontinental ballistic missiles

 主渠道 main channel

 主体思想 （DPRK） Juche Idea

 主体经济 the mainstay of the economy

 主页 home page

 主板市场 main board of the stock market

 主持人 anchorperson

 《中美三个联合公报》 The Three Sino-US Joint Communiqué

 《中华人民共和国消费者权益保护法》 Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Consumers' Rights and Interests

 《资治通鉴》 History as a Mirror

 （美国）中下层南方共和党人 pickup-truck Republican

 （农产品）综合支持量 AMS (Aggregate Measurement of Support)

 藏学 Tibetology

 朝阳产业 sunrise industry

 组委会 organizing committee

 资源优化配置 most optimum distribution of resources

 资源配置 the distribution (allocation) of resources

 资本利润率 rate of return on capital

 资本外逃 capital flight

 资本额过多 overcapalisation

 资产重组 reorganized assets; assets reorganization

 资产剥离 peel off (bad) assets of a company

 资产保值增值 maintain and increase the value of assets; maintenance and appreciation of assets value

 资产调控 assets control

 资产负债表 balance sheet

 资产阶级自由化 bourgeois liberalization

 资不抵债 insolvency

 资金到位 fully funded (project)

 资金汇划 fund remittance and transfer

 资金划拨 capital allocation

 最终用户 end user

 最不发达国家 LDCs (Least-developed countries)

 最初谈判权(初谈权) INRs (Initial Negotiating Rights)

 最低生活保证制度 system for ensuring a minimum standard of living

 最低工资保障制度 minimum wage guarantee system

 最惠国待遇 most-favored-nation status

 遵纪守法、廉洁奉公 observe the relevant code of conduct and the law and honestly perform one's official duties

 自律机制 the self-discipline system

 左倾 pinko

 自然保护区 natural reserve; nature preservation zone

 自然耗损 natural wearing

 自然资源保护区 natural resource protection areas

 自我保护意识 self-protection awareness

 自学成才 become well-educated through self-study

 自学考试 self-taught examination

 自由贸易区 free-trade zone

 自由流通 free flow

 自由职业者 professionals

 自由港 free-trade port，free port

 自由竞争 free competition

 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place

 自营 self-run

 自营性存款 self-operating deposit

 自治权 right ti autonomy; autonomy

 自助银行 self-help bank

 自主经营,自负盈亏 make one's own management decisions and take full responsibility for one's own profits and losses

 自动柜员机 automatic teller machine (ATM)

 自费留学 go to study abroad at one's own expense

 自发罢工,野猫式罢工（未经工会批准的罢工） wildcat strikes

 自足经济 self-sufficient economy

 自作自受 stew in one’s own juice

 综合授信 comprehensive credit line

 综合整治 comprehensive improvement

 综合业务数字网 integrated service digital network (ISDN)

 综合治理 comprehensive treatment

 综合指数 composite index

 综合国力 comprehensive national strength

 综合经济效益 overall economic efficiency; composite economic results

 总裁助理 assistant president

 总经理负责制 general manager responsibility system

 祖传 handed down from one's ancestors

 祖国和平统一大业 peaceful reunification of the motherland

 住宅小区 residence community

 住房零首付 zero-yuan first payment (for apartments)

 住房分配货币化进程 capitalization process of housing distribution

allocation

 注册会计师 certificated public accountant (CPA)

 注册资本 registered capital

 驻港部队 People's Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong

 抓大放小 to invigorate large enterprises while relaxing control over small ones; focus on the restructuring of major enterprises and leave minor ones to fend for themselves

 抓大放小,三改一加强 (Efforts were focused on) the reform, reorganization, upgrading and better management of enterprises, aiming at well managing large enterprises while adopting more flexible policies toward small ones

 抓住机遇 seize the opportunity

 抓住机遇,深化改革,扩大开放,促进发展,保持稳定 seize the current opportunity, deepen the reform, open China wider to the outside world, promote development and maintain stability

 专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised store

 专门人才 professional personnel; special talents

 专门的营销机构 market boards

 专属经济区 exclusive economic zone

 专升本 upgrade from junior college student to university student; students with the diploma of junior college try to obtain the undergraduate diplomat through self-taught study

 专题报道 special coverage

 专业化分工 division of labor based on specialization

 专业化经营 specialized operation

 专访 exclusive interview

 转世灵童 reincarnated soul boy

 转体 truck rotation, turn, twist

 转业 transferred to civilian work

 转轨 transfer to a different track; retracking

 转轨经济 economies in transition; transition economy

 转基因生物 GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)

 转基因食品 GM food (genetically modified food)

 转化机制 (of State-owned enterprises) to shift to new management mechanisms

 撞线 breast the tape

 追星族 star fan; groupie

 追平 produce the equalizer

 追潮族 fashion follower

 追车族 auto fan

 追赶型和跨越式发展 pursuant and leap-forward development

 追究责任 call to account; ascertain where the responsibility lies

 准上市公司 pro-listed companies

 准备金 reserve fund; capital reserves

 准博士 all but dissertation (ABD)

 走上良性发展的轨道 going on the track of sound progress

 走穴 "(actors, singers, etc.) perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to "

 走过场 go through the motions

 走后门 get in by the back door