口译必看：China Daily《中国日报》高频单词中英对照表

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China daily vocabulary list ( Chinese-English)
中国日报单词表（汉英）
 
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 in script ions
 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
 
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 （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
 
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 (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
 
M
 
 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
 
N
 
 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
 
R
 
 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 script ure
 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, con script ion"
 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