中国特色词汇英语翻译

中国特色词汇英语翻译

A.

AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch

《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q

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

Syndrome)

爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace

安居工程 Housing Project for low-income families

按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost

按揭贷款 mortgage loan

按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance

暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly

暗亏 hidden loss

澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul

奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

B.

B to B (B2B) business to business

B to C (B2C) business to consumer

巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse

把握大局 grasp the overall situation

白马王子 Prince Charming

白色行情表 white sheet

白色农业 white agriculture (also called "white engineering agriculture"; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.) 白手起家 starting from scratch

白雪公主 Snow White

摆架子 put on airs

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

拜把兄弟 sworn brothers

拜年 pay New Year call

搬迁户 relocated families

半拉子工程 uncompleted project

棒球运动记者 scribe

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

lean on a moneybags

包干到户 work contracted to households

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

包工包料 contract for labor and materials

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

保健食品 health-care food

保理业务 factoring business

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

保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas

保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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

北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank

本本主义 bookishness

《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip

本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life

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

蹦击 bungee, bungee jumping

逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives

比较经济学 comparative economics

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

闭门羹 given cold-shoulder

边际报酬 marginal return

边缘科学 boundary science

变相涨价 disguised inflation

便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer

标书 bidding documents

表演赛 demonstration match

剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody

博彩（业）lottery industry

博士生 Ph.D candidate

补缺选举 by-election

布达拉宫 Potala Palace

布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system

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 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.

不可再生资源 non-renewable resources

不良贷款 non-performing loan

不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city

不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency

步行天桥 foot bridge

C.

擦边球 edge ball, touch ball

擦网球 net ball

采取高姿态 show magnanimity

菜篮子工程 shopping basket program

参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs

沧海桑田 Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into seas--time brings great changes to the world. What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields--the world is changing all the time. 仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket

草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take

root among farmers and grow like wold grass)

层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting 差额投票 differentail voting

差额选举 competitive election

茶道 sado

查房 make/go the rounds of the wards

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition

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) 禅 dhyana

产粮大省 granary province

产品结构 product mix

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

长二捆 LM-2E

长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta

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 长线产品 product in excessive supply

畅通工程 "Smooth Traffic Project"

唱高调 mouth high-sounding words

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

超前消费 overconsuming, excessive consumption

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

城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning

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）

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

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 重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects

抽杀成功 hit through

筹备委员会 preparatory committee

出风头 show off;in the limelight

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

出口加工区 export processing zones

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

出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports 出家 pravrajana; cloister

传销 multi-level marketing

窗口行业 various service trades

创建卫生城市：build a nationally advanced clean city

创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park

吹风会 (advanced) briefing

春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program

春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival

《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals

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

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.

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

粗放式管理 extensive management

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

存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits

D.

"达标"活动 "target hitting" activities

打白条 issue IOU

打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering

打假 crack down on counterfeit goods

打破僵局 break the deadlock

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

大包干 all-round responsibility system

大轰动 blockbuster

大力扣杀 hammer

大路货 staple goods

大满贯 grand slam

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

大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall

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

大腕 top notch

大卫教 Branch Davidian

大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series

大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking

大要案 major and serious criminal cases

大专生 junior college student

大专文凭 associate degree

大藏经 Tripitaka

带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain

their original rank and benefits

待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting

待业 job-waiting

代职 function in an acting capacity

单循环制 single round-robin system

党群关系 Party-masses relationship

党政机关 Party and government organizations

捣浆糊 give the runaround

盗版VCD pirated VCD

盗打（电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means 盗用公款 embezzlement

单刀赴会 start a solo run

倒票 speculative reselling of tickets

倒爷 profiteer

倒计时 countdowm

等外品 off-grade goods, rejects

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

低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach) 第二产业 secondary industry

第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector

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

第一发球权 first inning

第一发球员 first server

第一双打 first pair

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

地球村 global village

地区差异 regional disparity

地热资源 geothermal resources

地市级城市 prefecture-level city

点子公司 consultancy company

电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number

电话会议 teleconference

电视直销 TV home shopping

电子商务认证 e-business certification

吊球 drop shot

吊销执照 revoke license

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

豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project

毒枭 drug trafficker

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

"渡假外交" holiday-making diplomacy

短期债务 floating debt

断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)

对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ...

对冲基金 hedge fund

对外招商 attract foreign investment

队长袖标(足球） skipper's armband

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

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

夺冠 take the crown

E.

恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation

恶性循环 vicious circle

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

二板市场; 创业板市场 second board (on the country's stock market) 二次创业 start a new undertakinge

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) 二流选手 scrub, second-rater

二元经济 dual economy

F.

发案率 incidence (of criminal cases)

发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan

发展不平衡 disparate development

发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need.

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

反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government

防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system)

防洪工程 flood-prevention project

房管 real estate management

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 放高球 lob

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

放行单 release permit

飞毛腿（导弹）Scud missile

飞行药检 spot check

非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes

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

分期付款 installment payment

分税制 system of tax distribution

（产品）分销 subunderwriting, distribution

粉领族 pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as

office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)

风险投资 venture capital; risk investment

疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE) 锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash

封闭式基金 close-ended fund

封杀出局 force out

“封圣” canonization of "Saints"

福利彩票 welfare lotteries

福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system

浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages

扶贫 poverty alleviation

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)

G.

改制上市：An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so

that it will get listed on the stock market.

感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well

as someone's guest)

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 港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong

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

高产优质 high yield and high quality

高度自治 high degree of autonomy

高官会 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM)

高级商务师 Certified Business Executive

高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road

高科技板块 high-tech sector

高难度动作 stunner, stunt

高清晰度 high definition

高新技术产业开发区 high and new technology industrial development zone (公路）隔离带 median

根本政治制度 fundamental political system

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

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

各大菜系 major styles of cooking

各尽所能let each person do his best; from each according to his ability "各就位" "On your marks!"

跟踪审计 follow-up auditing

恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you all the best!

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

工程公司 engineering company

工商局 industrial and commercial bureau

工薪阶层 salariat; state employee; salaried person

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

工业园区 industrial park

公费医疗 medical services at state expense

公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS)

公检法 public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts 公积金public accumulation funds, public reserve funds

公开喊价市场 open outcry markets

公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds

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

公益林 public welfare forest

公正、公平、公开 just, fair and open

公证财产 notarize the properties

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.)

骨干企业 key enterprise

股本金equity capital

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

关税壁垒 customs barrier; tariff wall

光谷 optical valley

光机电一体化 optical, mechanical and electronic integration

光盘杂志 CD-ROM magazine

光通讯 photo-communication; optical communication

广告电话直销direct response advertising

广域网 wide area network (WAN)

皈依三宝 become a Buddhist

国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components 国防动员体制 the mobilization for national defense

国际惯例 international common practice

国际日期变更线 International Date Line (IDL)

《国际先驱论坛报》 International Herald Tribune

国际商业机器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) 国家经济体制改革委员会 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems

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

国家一级保护 first-grade State protection

国家质量技术监督局 the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision 国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team 国库券 treasury bonds

国民党 Kuomintang

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

国债专项资金 special fund for treasury bond

过度开垦 excess reclamation

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

H.

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

函授大学 correspondence university

旱地滑雪场 mock skiing park

汉字处理软件 Chinese character processing software

航母 aircraft carrier

豪赌 unrestrained gambling

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

好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster

"好球" "Strike"

和服 Kimono

合理引导消费 guide rational consumption

合议庭 collegiate bench

核销 cancel after verification

黑店 gangster inn

黑客 hacker

黑社会 Mafia-style organizations; gangland

宏观调控 macro-control

红包 （中）red paper containing money as a gift, (贬) bribe, kickback 《红楼梦》A Dream in Red Mansions (The Story of the Stone)

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)

环太平洋地区 Pacific Rim

后防空虚 leave the defense exposed

后台管理 back-stage management

呼啦圈 hu la hoop

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

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

互动广告 interactive advertisement

户口簿 residence booklet

户口管理制度 domicile system, residence registration system

户主 head of a household

护身法宝 amulet

华表 ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele

华盖 canopy

滑板车 scooter

"坏球" "Ball"

还俗 resume secular life, unfrock

"黄、赌、毒" pornography, gambling and drug abuse and trafficking 黄金时段 prime time

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

挥棒 swing

挥棒不中 fan

灰色收入 income from moonlighting

汇丰银行 Hong Kong and Shang Hai Banking Corporation

婚介所 matrimonial agency

婚外恋 extramarital love

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

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

货币回笼 withdrawal of currency from circulation

货到付款 cash on delivery

J.

机场建设费 airport construction fee

机构臃肿 overstaffing in organizations (government)

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

基因工程 genetic engineering

积压产品 overstocked commodities (inventories)

绩优股 blue chip

激烈竞争 cut-throat competition

吉尼斯世界记录 Guinness (Book of Records)

吉祥物 mascot

缉毒队 narcotics squad

缉私力量 the forces engaged in the fight against smuggling

集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony

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

计划单列市 city specifically designated in the state plan

计划生育责任制 responsibility system of family planning

计算机中央处理器 central processing unit(CPU)

记者席 press box

"既成事实" fait accompli (noun)

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

技术密集产品 technology-intensive product

技术下乡 spread technological knowledge to farmers

嘉宾 distinguished guest, honored guest

加班 work extra shifts

加密 encrypt

加权平均值 weighted average

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

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

家族企业 family firm

假唱 lip-synch

假动作 deception, feint

甲骨文 inscriptions on oracle bones

假日经济 holiday economy

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

监督部门 watchdog

尖端产品 highly sophisticated products

剪彩 cut the ribbon

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

减负 alleviate burdens on sb.

减速玻璃(汽车）decelerating glass

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

脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

侥幸球 fluke

教学法 pedagogy; teaching method

教育部社政司 Social Science Research and Ideological Work Department

of the Ministry of Education

接口 interface

街道企业 neighborhood enterprise

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

节奏布鲁斯音乐（RMB音乐） rhythm blues

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

解困基金 anti-poverty funds

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

戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center

戒急用忍 overcome impetuosity and exercise patience

金本位 gold standard

金边债券 gilt-edged bonds

金刚经 Vajracchedika-sutra

金降落伞 golden parachute

金融电子化 computerize financial services

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.

紧箍咒 inhibiting magic phrase

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

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

近海渔业 offshore fishery

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.

进出口商会 chamber of import and export trade

进口渗透 import penetration

进修班 class for further studies

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

经常项目顺差favorable balance of current account, surplus of current account 经常性贷款 commercial lending

经常性支出 running expenses

经济林 cash tree

经济全球化 economic globalization; economic integration

经济失调指数 misery index

经济头脑 commercially minded people; people with business sense 经营管理高度科学化的现代化大企业 modern big enterprise with highly scientific management system

精简机构 streamline government organs

精品 competitive products

京剧票友 Peking Opera fan

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

景泰蓝 cloisonné

敬业精神 professional dedication; professional ethics

劲射 power shot

九五攻关 State Key Task 95

居委会 neighborhood committee; residents' committee

局域网 local area network (LAN)

举报电话 informants' hot-line telephone

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

竣工式 completion ceremony

K.

卡丁车 kart

开发一代，储存一带，预研一代 (产品） to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products

开放式基金 open-ended fund

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

开题报告 opening speech; opening report

开小灶 give special favor

开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night

看守政府, 看守内阁，过渡政府 caretaker cabinet

坎儿井 karez

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

科技成果转化为生产力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements 科技含量 technology content

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

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

科研攻关 scientific research and tackle the key research project

可持续发展 sustainable development

刻录机 CD writer; disc-carving machine

空头支票 accommodation note, lip service

空中小姐 air hostess; air stewardess

控股公司 holding company

扣帽子 put a label on

跨世纪工程 a trans-century project

跨越式发展 great-leap-forward development

快讯 news flash; flash

宽带接入 broadband access

宽带网 broadband networks

宽限期 grace period

亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit

困难职工 the needy

L.

垃圾债券 junk bond

拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth

拉拉队 cheering squad

拉拉队长 cheer-leader, rooter king

拉关系 try to curry favor with

来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

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

劳动合同制 labor contract system

老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried

老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise

"篱笆墙" barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading

礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

理货公司 tally company

礼仪小姐 ritual girl

利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

利好因素 wrinkle

利基 niche

立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture

廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

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

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

own example of uprightness

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

contract system with remuneration linked to output

联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)

联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises

联合联络小组 joint liaison group

联合投标 syndicated tender

联想集团 Legend Group

连带责任 joint liability

练摊 to be a vendor

良性循环 virtuous circle

粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies 粮油关系：grain and oil rationing registration

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

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

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

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.

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

after becoming affluence

老少边穷地区 former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities,

remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas

《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio

猎头公司 head-hunting company

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

临时主教练 caretaker coach

零配件 spare and accessory parts

领头羊 bellwether

留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary

留学咨询：consulting on the study abroad

流动人口 transient population

流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile

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

乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations

and exaction of fees from enterprises

乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines 《论语》 Analects of Confucius

论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense

裸机：bare mobile phone

旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip

绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate

绿化 afforestation

绿色急救通道 emergency green path

绿色食品 green food

M.

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. )

满意度 degree of satisfaction

盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside

帽子戏法 hat trick

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

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

美声唱法 bel canto

美食节 gourmet festival

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.

门前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order

in a designated area outside the unit building

蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt

蒙古大夫 quack

朦胧诗 misty poetry

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)

民工潮 farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities

民进党 Democratic Progressive Party

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

民族凝聚力 national cohesion

民族委员会 ethnic affairs commission

民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture

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

模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam

莫失良机 make hay while the sun shines

目标管理 management by objectives

N.

NASDAQ National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations 纳米 nanometer

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

南水北调 South-to-North water diversion

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

男权主义思想 male chauvinism

囊括 complete a sweep

耐用消费品 durable consumer items (goods)

闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique

内环路 inner ring road

内联企业 enterprises with internal connections

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.

能上网的手机 WAP phone

内耗 in-fighting

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

for his own survival

年同比 year-on-year; on an annual basis

年夜饭 family reunion dinner

扭转局面 reverse the tide, turn the table

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

诺亚方舟 Noah’s Ark

O.

P.

派出所 local police station

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

泡沫经济 bubble economy

配股 allotment of shares

配套政策 supporting policies

棚户 shacks; family that live in shacks

碰钉子 get snubbed

碰头会 brief meeting ( A brief, small-scale, informal meeting with no fixed agenda,

the main purpose of which is to exchange information.)

疲软股票 soft stock

皮包公司 bogus company

啤酒肚 beer belly

票贩子 scalper, ticket tout

票房 box office

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

拼图 jigsaw

贫富悬殊 polarization of rich and poor

贫铀弹 depleted uranium bomb

平均主义 equalitarianism

平面设计师 graphic designer

评头论足 nit-pick

瓶颈制约 “bottleneck”restrictions

扑网(体） rush-up, rushing

普选制 general election system

Q.

期房 forward delivery housing

骑警 horseback police

企业孵化器 enterprise incubator

企业文化 corporate culture

起跑器 block

洽谈会 fair, meeting

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

千禧婴儿 millennium infant; millennium baby

强化班 intensive training class

抢跑 false start, beat the gun

敲竹杠make somebody pay through the nose; put the lug on; rob by a trick 切入点 point of penetration; breakthrough point

亲民党 People First Party

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

轻轨火车 light rail train

情感消费 emotional consumption

情有独钟 show special preference (favor) to …

区位商业 location-based commerce

屈体 jackknife, pike

圈外人士 people out of the loop

全方位外交 multi-faceted diplomacy

全国卫生城市 National Hygienic City

全景电影 cinepanoramic

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

全能冠军 all-around winner

全球定位系统 global positioning system (GPS)

全球通 global system for mobile communications

全天候飞机 all-weatehr aircraft

全优工程 all-round excellent project

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

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

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

R.

燃油附加税 bunker surcharge

染指 reap undeserved profit from; encroach upon

绕圈子 beat around the bush

热岛效应 tropical island effect

人才流失brain drain

人浮于事 overstaffing

人工智能 artificial intelligence(AI)

人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

人机交互 human-computer interaction

人际交往 human communication

人口负增长 negative population growth (NPG)

人均住房 per-capita housing

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

人情债 debt of gratitude

任意球 free kick

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

融资渠道 financing channels

入水时水花很少 clean entry

软新闻 soft news

S.

360度环幕电影 Circamara

三八红旗手 woman pace-setter

三八线 38th Parallel

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

《三国演义》The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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

三角恋爱 love triangle

三角债 chain debt

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.

三连冠 three successive championships

三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood)

put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen

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

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

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 三资企业 three kinds of foreign-invested

enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures (中外合资企业),

cooperative businesses （中外合作企业） and exclusively foreign-owned

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