AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch B to B (B2B) business to business B to C (B2C) business to consumer NASDAQ National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations 艾滋病(獲得性免疫缺陷綜合徵) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 安居工程 housing project for low-income urban residents按成本要素計算的國民經濟總值 GNP at factor cost 按揭貸款 mortgage loan 按揭購房 take out a mortgage to buy a house; buy a house on time 按勞分配 distribution according to one's performance 暗虧 hidden loss 暗戀 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly 奧姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult 巴黎證券交易所 Paris Bourse 把…當成耳旁風Like water off (on) a duck’s back 把握大局 grasp the overall situation 白馬王子 Prince Charming 白色農業 white agriculture (also called "white engineering agriculture"; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.) 白色行情表 white sheet 白手起家 starting from scratch 白雪公主 Snow White 擺架子 put on airs 擺譜兒 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers 拜年 pay New Year calls or visits 搬遷户 relocated families 半拉子工程 uncompleted project 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags 棒球運動記者 scribe 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression) 包乾到户 work contracted to households 包乾制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash 包工包料 contract for labor and materials 保持國民經濟發展的良好勢頭 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy 保持國有股 keep the State-held shares 保健食品 health-care food 保理業務 factoring business 保税區 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area/zone 保證金 margins, collateral 保證重點支出 ensure funding for priority areas 保值儲蓄 inflation-proof bank savings 報國計劃的實施 implementation of Dedicator's Project 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life 本本主義 bookishness 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches 笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 蹦擊 bungee, bungee jumping 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives 比較經濟學 comparative economics 比上不足,比下有餘 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 閉門羹 given cold-shoulder 邊際報酬 marginal return 邊緣科學 boundary science 便攜式電腦 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer 變相漲價 disguised inflation 標書 bidding documents 表演賽 demonstration match 剝奪冠軍 strip the gold medal of somebody 博彩(業)lottery industry 博士生 Ph.D candidate 補缺選舉 by-election 不敗記錄 clean record, spotless record 不承諾放棄使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force 不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 不到長城非好漢 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. 不分上下的總統選舉結果the neck-and-neck presidential election result 不可再生資源 non-renewable resources 不良貸款 non-performing loan 不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city 不正之風 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency 布達拉宮 Potala Palace 步行天橋 foot bridge 擦邊球 edge ball, touch ball 擦網球 net ball 財政收入 fiscal revenue 採取高姿態 show magnanimity 菜籃子工程 shopping basket program 參政、議政 participate in the management of State affairs 倉儲式超市 stockroom-style supermarket 滄海桑田 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. 藏學 Tibetology 草根工業 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wild grass) 層層轉包和違法分包 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting 查房 make/go the rounds of the wards 差額投票 differential voting 差額選舉 competitive election 拆東牆補西牆 rob Peter to pay Paul 拆遷户 households or units relocated due to building demolition 攙水股票 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) 產糧大省 granary province 產品結構 product mix 產權明晰、權責明確、政企分開、科學管理 clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management 產權制度、產權關係 property relations; property order 產銷直接掛鈎 directly link production with marketing 產業的升級換代 upgrading of industries 產業結構升級 upgrading of an industrial structure 長江三角洲 Yangtze River delta 長期共存、互相監督、肝膽相照、榮辱與共 long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe 長線產品 product in excessive supply 暢通工程 "Smooth Traffic Project" 唱高調 mouth high-sounding words 超高速巨型計算機 giant ultra-high-speed computer 超前消費 over-consuming, excessive consumption 朝陽產業 sunrise industry 炒作 speculation 徹頭徹尾的反動政治勢力an out and out reactionary political force 成份指數 component index 成組技術 group technology 承包 contract with 承銷商underwriter 城市規劃 city's landscaping plan; urban planning 城市中年雅皮士 muppie (一批中年專業人士,附庸風雅,矯揉造作cutesification,崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification,攀比銀行存款bankification等擺闊作風,由middle-aged urban yuppie縮合而成) 城鄉信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas 吃大鍋飯 egalitarian practice of "everybody eating from the same big pot" 吃皇糧 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government 抽殺成功 hit through 籌備委員會 preparatory committee 籌資 raised capital/proceeds 出風頭 show off; in the limelight 出家 pravrajana; cloister 出口創匯能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports 出口加工區 export processing zones 出口賣方信貸 seller's credit on exports 出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate 出口押匯 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill 出口轉內銷 domestic sales of commodities originally produced for exports 傳銷 pyramid selling; multi-level marketing 窗口行業 various service trades 創建衞生城市:build a nationally advanced clean city 創業園 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park 吹風會 (advanced) briefing 春蕾計劃 Spring Buds Program 春運 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival 辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 磁懸浮列車 Maglev (magnetically levitated train)此地無銀三百兩 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence. 次新股 sub-new stock 從粗放經濟轉變為集約經濟 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy 粗放式管理 extensive management 促進全球經濟一體化 foster integration with the global economy 存款保證金 guaranty money for deposits 達標活動 "target hitting" activities 打白條 issue IOU 打包貸款 packing credit (loan) 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods 打破僵局 break the deadlock 打順手 find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove 大包乾 all-round responsibility system 大轟動 blockbuster 大開眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 大款 tycoon 大力扣殺 hammer 大路貨 staple goods 大滿貫 grand slam 大排檔 sidewalk snack booth; large stall 大勝 white wash 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 大腕 top notch 大型電視系列片,長篇電視連續劇 maxi-series 大學生創業 university students' innovative undertaking 大要案 major and serious criminal cases 大專生 junior college student 大專文憑 associate degree 代職 function in an acting capacity 帶薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits 待崗 await job assignment, post-waiting 待業 job-waiting 單刀赴會 start a solo run 單循環制 single round-robin system 彈性工資 flexible pay 彈性外交 elastic diplomacy 黨羣關係 Party-masses relationship 黨政機關 Party and government organizations 倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring 倒計時 countdown 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets 倒爺 profiteer 搗漿糊 give the runaround 盜版VCD pirated VCD 盜打(電話) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means 盜用公款 embezzlement 等外品 off-grade goods, rejects 鄧小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts 低調 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach) 地方保護主義 regional protectionism 地方財政包乾制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances 地球村 global village 地區差異 regional disparity 地熱資源 geothermal resources 地市級城市 prefecture-level city 第二產業 secondary industry 第二上市 secondary listing 第三產業 tertiary industry; service sector 第三代移動電話(3G手機) third generation mobile; 3G mobile 第一發球權 first inning 第一發球員 first server 第一雙打 first pair 點球 penalty kick 點子公司 consultancy company 電話號碼升位 upgrade telephone number 電話會議 teleconference 電腦犯罪 computer crime電視直銷 TV home shopping 電信運營商 telecom operators 電子商務認證 e-business certification 吊球 drop shot 吊銷執照 revoke license 釘子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project 定向培訓 training for specific posts 豆腐渣工程 jerry-built projects毒梟 drug trafficker 獨立核算工業企業 independent accounting unit(enterprise) 度假外交holiday-making diplomacy 短期債務 floating debt 斷交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man) 隊長袖標(足球) skipper's armband 對毫無顧忌 make no bones about 對衝基金 hedge fund 對外招商 attract foreign investment 多黨合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power 多任務小衞星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS) 奪冠 take the crown 厄爾尼諾現象 El Nino phenomenon 惡性通貨膨脹 hyperinflation 惡性循環 vicious circle 二板市場; 創業板市場 growth enterprise board; second board; hi-tech board 二次創業 start a new undertaking二級市場secondary market 二進宮 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) 二流選手 scrub, second-rater 二手房 second-hand house 二元經濟 dual economy 發案率 incidence (of criminal cases) 發燒友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan 發展不平衡 disparate development 發展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need. 法制國家 a state with an adequate legal system 法治國家 a country under the rule of law 翻兩番 quadruple 反敗為勝 bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire 反不正當競爭法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government 防抱死系統 ABS (anti-lock braking system) 防洪工程 flood-prevention project 房管 real estate management 訪談式競選 (候選人在電視訪談節目中亮相進行的競選)talk-show campaign 放下架子 to relinquish haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs 放行單 release permit 飛毛腿(導彈)Scud missile 飛行藥檢 spot check 非對稱數字用户環路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) 費改税 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 分銷 sub-underwriting, distribution 粉領族 pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc) 風險投資 venture capital; risk investment 封閉式基金 close-ended fund 封殺出局 force out 瘋牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 鋒利扣殺 razor-sharp smash 扶貧 poverty alleviation 浮動工資 floating wages; fluctuating wages 福利彩票 welfare lotteries 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system 複式住宅duplex apartment; compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the story building) 覆蓋率 coverage rate 改制上市:An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so that it will get listed on the stock market. 幹部隊伍革命化、年輕化、知識化、專業化 make the ranks of cadres more revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and professionally more competent 尷尬,困境,糟糕 pretty pass 感謝款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well as someone's guest) 港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong 高層次、全方位的對話 high-level and all-directional dialogue 高產優質 high yield and high quality 高度自治 high degree of autonomy 高槓杆交易機構 highly-leveraged institutions(HLI) 高官會 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) 高級商務師 Certified Business Executive 高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road 高科技板塊 high-tech sector 高難度動作 stunner, stunt 高清晰度 high definition 高新技術產業開發區 high and new technology industrial development zone 個人收入應税申報制度 the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment 個人自掃門前雪, 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one’s own potatoes 各大菜系 major styles of cooking 各盡所能let each person do his best; from each according to his ability 各就各位On your marks!" 根本政治制度 fundamental political system 跟蹤審計 follow-up auditing 工程公司 engineering company 工商局 industrial and commercial bureau 工薪階層 salariat; state employee; salaried person 工業控制一體化integrated industrial control; industrial control of integration 工業園區 industrial park 公費醫療 medical services at state expense 公告板服務 Bulletin Board Service (BBS) 公積金public accumulation funds, public reserve funds 公檢法 public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts 公開喊價市場 open outcry markets 公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds 公路隔離帶 median 公司分立與解散 separation and dissolution of a company 公益林 public welfare forest 公正、公平、公開 just, fair and open 公證財產 notarize the properties 功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 恭喜發財 May you be prosperous!; Wish you all the best! 共產黨領導下的多黨合作與政治協商 multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of Communist Party 股本share capital 股本金 equity capital 骨幹企業 key enterprise 掛靠 be attached or affiliated to; be subordinate to 掛職 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 關税壁壘 customs barrier; tariff wall 光谷 optical valley 光機電一體化 optical, mechanical and electronic integration 光盤雜誌 CD-ROM magazine 光通訊 photo-communication; optical communication 廣告電話直銷direct response advertising 廣域網 wide area network (WAN) 歸口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments 國產化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components 國防動員體制 the mobilization for national defense 國際慣例 international common practice 國際化戰略 internationalization strategy 國際日期變更線 International Date Line (IDL) 國際商業機器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) 國家經濟體制改革委員會 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems 國家控股公司 state-controlling company 國家普通話水平考試 National Proficiency Test of Putonghua 國家一級保護 first-grade State protection 國家質量技術監督局 the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision 國腳 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team 國庫券 treasury bonds 國民黨 Kuomintang 國民經濟支柱產業 pillar industries in national economy 國民生產總值 gross national product (GNP) 國內生產總值 gross domestic product (GDP) 國土局 Land and Resources Bureau 國債專項資金 special fund for treasury bond 過度開墾 excess reclamation 過猶不及 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 海市蜃樓, 鏡花水月, 無稽之談 a mare’s nest 海灣戰爭綜合徵 the Gulf War syndrome函授大學 correspondence university 漢字處理軟件 Chinese character processing software 旱地滑雪場 mock skiing park 航母 aircraft carrier 航向錯誤, 奉行錯誤方向 on the wrong tack 豪賭 unrestrained gambling 好出風頭的運動員 exhibitionist, grandstander 好萊塢大片 Hollywood blockbuster好球 "Strike" 好事不出門,惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 合理引導消費 guide rational consumption 合議庭 collegiate bench 和服 Kimono 核銷 cancel after verification 黑店 gangster inn 黑客 hacker 黑社會 Mafia-style organizations; gangland 紅包 (中)red paper containing money as a gift, (貶) bribe, kickback 紅籌股red chips 紅股 bonus share 紅帽子企業 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) 紅細胞生成素 Erythropoietin (EPO) 宏觀調控 macro-control 後防空虛 leave the defense exposed 後台管理 back-stage management 呼啦圈 hula hoop 鬍子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded) 虎父無犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg. 互動廣告 interactive advertisement 户口簿 residence booklet 户口管理制度 domicile system, residence registration system 户主 head of a household 護身法寶 amulet 華表 ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele 華蓋 canopy 滑板車 scooter 壞球 "Ball" 還俗 resume secular life, unfrock 環太平洋地區 Pacific Rim 換手率 turnover rate 黃、賭、毒 pornography, gambling and drug abuse and trafficking 黃金時段 prime time 灰色收入 income from moonlighting 揮棒 swing 揮棒不中 fan 匯豐銀行 Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)婚介所 matrimonial agency 婚外戀 extramarital love 活到老,學到老 One is never too old to learn. 火炬計劃 Torch Program (a plan to develop new and high technology) 貨幣化 monetization 貨幣回籠 withdrawal of currency from circulation 貨到付款 cash on delivery 機場建設費 airport construction fee 機構投資者 institutional investor 機構臃腫 overstaffing in organizations (government) 積壓產品 overstocked commodities (inventories) 基本國情 fundamental realities of the country 基本路線要管一百年 The basic line must be followed unswervingly for a very long time to come. 基層民主 democracy at the grassroots level 基層組織 organizations at the grass-roots level 基礎設施 infrastructure基因工程 genetic engineering 基因突變 genetic mutation 績優股 blue chip 緝毒隊 narcotics squad 緝私力量 the forces engaged in the fight against smuggling 激烈競爭 cut-throat competition 吉尼斯世界記錄 Guinness (Book of Records) 吉祥物 mascot 集體婚禮 collective wedding ceremony 集中精力把經濟建設搞上去 go all out for economic development 計劃單列市 city specifically designated in the state plan 計劃生育責任制 responsibility system of family planning 計算機輔助教學 computer-assisted instruction (CAI)計算機中央處理器 central processing unit(CPU) 記者席 press box 技術產權交易所 technology equity market; technology property right exchange 技術交底 confide a technological secret to somebody 技術密集產品 technology-intensive product 技術下鄉 spread technological knowledge to farmers 既成事實fait accompli (noun) 既往不咎, 忘掉舊嫌 let bygones be bygones 加班 work extra shifts 加密 encrypt 加強輿論監督 ensure that the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion 加權平均值 weighted average 家庭聯產承包責任制 the household contract responsibility system 家族企業 family firm 嘉賓 distinguished guest, honored guest 甲骨文 inscriptions on animal bones or tortoise shells假唱 lip-synch 假動作 deception, feint 假日經濟 holiday economy 尖端產品 highly sophisticated products 堅持統一,反對分裂,增加了解,化解歧見 persist in reunification, oppose separation, increase understanding and iron out differences 監督部門 watchdog 減負 alleviate burdens on sb. 減速玻璃(汽車)decelerating glass 減員增效 downsizing for efficiency; cut payroll to improve efficiency 剪綵 cut the ribbon 剪刀差 the scissors gap between the prices of and 江南水鄉 the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River 講誠信,反欺詐: honor credibility and oppose cheating 降落傘候選人,外來候選人(應召而來參加本人非所在地區競選的政黨候選人)parachute candidate 僥倖球 fluke 腳踩兩隻船 sit on the fence 腳踏實地 be down-to-earth 教書育人 impart knowledge and educate people 教學法 pedagogy; teaching method 教育部社政司 Social Science Research and Ideological Work Department of the Ministry of Education 接口 interface 街道企業 neighborhood enterprise 街心花園 park at an intersection; garden in the city center 節奏布魯斯音樂(RMB音樂) rhythm blues 結售匯制度 the system of exchange, settlement and sales 解放生產力 emancipate the productive forces 解放思想、實事求是的思想路線 ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts 解困基金 anti-poverty funds 戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center 戒急用忍 overcome impetuosity and exercise patience; no haste, be patient 金本位 gold standard 金邊債券 gilt-edged bonds 金降落傘 golden parachute 金融電子化 computerize financial services 金融危機 financial crisis 金税工程 Golden Tax Project 金無足赤, 人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 緊箍咒 inhibiting magic phrase 緊密型企業集團 tightly-knit groups of enterprises 緊追 cling to, shadow, thunder on one's trail 勁射 power shot近海漁業 offshore fishery 近水樓台先得月 First come, first served; A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first--the advantage of being in a favored position. 進出口商會 chamber of import and export trade 進口滲透 import penetration 進修班 class for further studies 禁漁期 closed fishing seasons 禁止在任何地方、任何環境進行一切方式的釋放核能的核武器試驗保爆炸 prohibit any nuclear weapon test explosion which releases nuclear energy at any place and in any environment 京劇票友 Peking Opera fan 京劇人物臉譜 types of facial make-up in Beijing opera 經常項目順差favorable balance of current account, surplus of current account 經常性貸款 commercial lending 經常性支出 running expenses 經濟林 cash tree 經濟全球化 economic globalization; economic integration 經濟失調指數 misery index 經濟頭腦 commercially minded people; people with business sense 經營管理高度科學化的現代化大企業 modern big enterprise with highly scientific management system 精簡機構 streamline government organs 精品 competitive products 景泰藍 cloisonné 敬業精神 professional dedication; professional ethics 九五攻關 State Key Task 95 居委會 neighborhood committee; residents' committee 局域網 local area network (LAN) 舉報電話 informants' hot-line telephone 拒載 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 卡丁車 kart 開發一代,儲存一帶,預研一代 (產品) to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products 開放式基金 open-ended fund 開工不足 enterprises running under their production capacity 開工典禮 commencement ceremony 開後門under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means 開題報告 opening speech; opening report, thesis proposal 開小灶 give special favor 開夜車 burn the midnight oil; work over night 看跌/看漲期權 put / call option 看守政府, 看守內閣,過渡政府 caretaker cabinet 抗震棚 quake-proof shelter 考研 take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools 考研熱 the craze for graduate school 科技成果轉化為生產力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements 科技含量 technology content 科技是第一生產力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force. 科教興國 rely on science and education to rejuvenate the nation 科研攻關 scientific research and tackle the key research project 可持續發展戰略 strategy of sustainable development 可轉換債券convertible bond 刻錄機 CD writer; disc-carving machine 空頭支票 accommodation note, lip service 空中小姐 air hostess; air stewardess 控股公司 holding company 口蹄疫 foot-and-mouth disease 扣帽子 put a label on 跨世紀工程 a trans-century project 跨越式發展 great-leap-forward development 快速反應部隊 rapid response force 快訊 news flash; flash 寬帶接入 broadband access 寬帶網 broadband networks 寬限期 grace period 虧損企業 enterprises running in the red/under deficit 困難職工 the needy擴大內需 to expand domestic demand垃圾債券 junk bond 拉動經濟增長 fuel economic growth 拉關係 try to curry favor with 拉拉隊 cheering squad 拉拉隊長 cheer-leader, rooter king 拉尼娜現象 La Nina phenomenon 來電顯示電話機 caller ID telephone 來料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing 藍籌股 blue chips 勞動合同制 labor contract system 老少邊窮地區 former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas 老生常談,陳詞濫調 cut and dried 老字號 an old and famous shop or enterprise 籬笆牆 barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading 禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 禮儀小姐 ritual girl 理貨公司 tally company 立體農業 three-dimensional agriculture 利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery 利好因素 wrinkle 利基 niche 連帶責任 joint liability 聯產承包責任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output 聯合國會費 the UN membership dues聯合兼併 conglomeration and merger of enterprises 聯合聯絡小組 joint liaison group 聯合投標 syndicated tender 聯想集團 Legend Group 廉潔奉公,以正治國 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness 廉政、勤政、務實、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government 廉政建設 construction of a clean and honest administration 練攤 to be a vendor 良性循環 virtuous circle 糧食收購部門 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies 糧油關係:grain and oil rationing registration 兩岸直航促進會 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation 兩彈一艇 A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine 兩個對等的政治實體 "two equal political entities 兩個文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress 兩手抓兩手都要硬 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. 兩思(致富思源,富而思進) to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence 兩院院士academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering 劣等品shoddy goods; substandard goods獵頭公司 head-hunting company 臨時主教練 caretaker coach 零配件 spare and accessory parts 領頭羊 bellwether 流動人口 transient population 流動圖書館 traveling library; bookmobile 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope. 留學諮詢:consulting on the study abroad 留職停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary 龍頭老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry 路演road show 旅行結婚 have a honeymoon trip 綠地覆蓋率 forest coverage rate 綠化 afforestation 綠色急救通道 emergency green path 綠色食品 green food 亂集資、亂攤派、亂收費 unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises 亂收費、亂攤派、亂罰款 arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines 論文答辯 (thesis) oral defense 裸機bare mobile phone 馬拉松式競選活動 campaignathon 馬路菜場入室工程 the project to build indoor free market to accommodate street vegetable vendors 馬太效應 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. ) 買一送一 two-for-one offer, buy one get one free 滿意度 degree of satisfaction 盲流和倒流人員 transient from the countryside 冒充包裝(銷售)[指將劣質商品包裝成外觀像名優產品出售的做法] copycat packaging 帽子戲法 hat trick 每逢佳節倍思親 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. 美聲唱法 bel canto 美食節 gourmet festival 門户網站 portals 門前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building 朦朧詩 misty poetry 蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt 蒙古大夫 quack 孟子 Mencius 民辦教師 teachers in rural schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government民工潮 farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities 民進黨 Democratic Progressive Party 民主黨派、工商聯與無黨派人士 non-Communist parties, federations of industry and commerce, personages without party affiliation 民族國家 nation state民族凝聚力 national cohesion 民族委員會 ethnic affairs commission 民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture 明明白白消費(2000年保護消費者權益工作主題)transparent consumption 模擬測試 mock test; simulated exam 磨洋工 dawdle along 莫失良機 make hay while the sun shines 目標管理 management by objectives 內耗 in-fighting 內環路 inner ring road 內聯企業 enterprises with internal connections 納米 nanometer 耐用消費品 durable consumer items (goods) 男高音演唱家 tenorist 男權主義思想 male chauvinism 南水北調工程 divert water from the south to the north project 難得糊塗 Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise. 囊括 complete a sweep 鬧情緒 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique 能官能民 be ready to both serve as an official and be one of the common people 能進能出,能上能下competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots 能上網的手機 WAP phone 泥菩薩過河 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 年夜飯 family reunion dinner 扭轉局面 reverse the tide, turn the table 農村剩餘勞動力 surplus rural labor (laborers) 農工商聯合企業 agro-industrial-commercial combines 偶像 idol 派出所 local police station 跑龍套 utility man, play a bit role, general handyman 泡沫經濟 bubble economy配股 allotment of shares 配套政策 supporting policies 棚户 shacks; family that live in shacks 碰釘子 get snubbed 碰頭會 brief meeting ( A brief, small-scale, informal meeting with no fixed agenda, the main purpose of which is to exchange information.) 皮包公司 bogus company 疲軟股票 soft stock 啤酒肚 beer belly 騙匯、逃匯、套匯 obtain foreign currency and false pretenses, not turn over foreign currency owed to the government and illegal arbitrage 票販子 scalper, ticket tout票房 box office 貧富懸殊 polarization of rich and poor 貧鈾彈 depleted uranium bomb 平均主義 equalitarianism 平面設計師 graphic designer 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 never burn incense when all is well, but clasp Buddha's feet when in distress 評頭論足 nit-pick 瓶頸制約 “bottleneck” restrictions 撲網(體) rush-up, rushing 普選制 general election system 期房 forward delivery housing 騎警 horseback police 旗袍 cheong-sam; Chi-pao