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A. 
 
AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch 
 
《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q 
 
艾滋病(获得性免疫缺损综合征) 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 
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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 
 
苯鸟先飞 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 
 
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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 
 
促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy 
 
存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits 
 
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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 
 
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E. 
 
恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 
 
恶性循环 vicious circle 
 
二板市场(创业板市场） second board on the country’s stock market 
 
二次创业 start a new undertaking 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
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) 
 
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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 
 
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 
 
公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds 
 
公司分立与解散 separation and dissolution of a company 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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H. 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
技术下乡 spread technological knowledge to farmers 
 
嘉宾 distinguished guest, honored guest 
 
加班 work extra shifts 
 
加密 encrypt 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
开题报告 opening speech; opening report 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise 
 
"篱笆墙" barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading 
 
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 
 
联合联络小组 joint liaison group 
 
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 
 
联合投标 syndicated tender 
 
联想集团 Legend Group 
 
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 
 
临时主教练 caretaker coach 
 
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 
 
(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 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
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 
 
目标管理 management by objectives 
 
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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) 
 
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P. 
 
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 
 
骗汇、逃汇、套汇 obtain foreign currency and false pretenses, not turn over foreign
currency owed to the government and illegal arbitrage 
 
贫富悬殊 polarization of rich and poor 
 
贫铀弹 depleted uranium bomb 
 
平面设计师 graphic designer 
 
瓶颈制约 “bottleneck”restrictions 
 
扑网(体） rush-up, rushing 
 
普选制 general election system 
 
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Q. 
 
期房 forward delivery housing 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
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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
enterprises in China（外商独资企业） 
 
三字经 three-character scripture 
 
"扫黄"、"打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications 
 
扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work 
 
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one’s trump or master card 
 
《山海经》the Classic of Mountains and Rivers 
 
商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau 
 
商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing 
 
商品条码 bar code 
 
上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas 
 
上市 to be listed 
 
上网 to get on the Internet 
 
上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzou on
earth. 
 
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 
 
社会热点问题 hot spots of society 
 
社会治安情况 public security situation 
 
涉外经济 foreign-related business 
 
申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games 
 
身体素质 physique; physical constitution 
 
神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card 
 
审时度势 size up the situation 
 
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities 
 
《生死抉择》 "Live or Die" 
 
生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture 
 
失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted 
 
失学儿童 dropout 
 
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 
 
食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People’s Republic of China 
 
实体经济 the real economy 
 
实现零的突破 fulfil the zero (gold medal, medal, etc) breakthrough 
 
实现中华民伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 
 
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 
 
实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life 
 
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 
 
<<史记>> Shi Ji/ Historical Records 
 
市场疲软 sluggish market 
 
市场准入 market access 
 
试用期 probationary period 
 
适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight financial policy 
 
适销对路的产品　 readily marketable products 
 
适者生存survival of the fittest 
 
手机入网费 mobile access fee 
 
首创精神 pioneering spirit 
 
首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship) 
 
授信额度 line of credit 
 
受灾地区 disaster-affected are 
 
售后服务 after-sale services 
 
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image 
 
刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card 
 
甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale 
 
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton 
 
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 
 
《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes; Water Margins 
 
水货 smuggled goods 
 
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting 
 
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study 
 
司仪 MC (master of ceremonies) 
 
思乡曲 Nostalgia 
 
思想僵铁 fossilized concept 
 
死机 system halted 
 
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. 
 
四十不惑 Life begins at forty. 
 
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 
 
(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group) 
 
素质教育 education for all-around development 
 
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions 
 
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T. 
 
抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker 
 
太空步 moonwalk 
 
弹性工资 flexible pay 
 
弹性外交 elastic diplomacy 
 
逃票 to sneak through without a ticket 
 
逃票者 ticket evader 
 
套利 arbitrage 
 
特别提款权 special drawing rights (SDR; SDRs) ; paper gold 
 
特色电话机 feature phone 
 
提高农产品收购价格 the government’s increase in its procurement prices (for farm
products) 
 
铁饭碗 iron rice bowl 
 
铁哥们 faithful pal；buddies；sworn friend 
 
铁血宰相 iron-and-blood prime minister 
 
通存通兑 the banking procedure where deposits and withdrawals are processed at any
branch bank 
 
通货紧缩 deflation (of currency) 
 
统筹安排 comprehensive arrangement 
 
统一市场 single market 
 
统一税 flat tax, consolidated tax 
 
同等学力 have the same educational level (as the regular graduate or student of
certain academic qualification) 
 
同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen 
 
筒子楼：tube-shaped apartment 
 
偷税漏税 tax evasion 
 
偷税、骗税、逃税、抗税 tax evasion, tax fraud, and refusal to pay taxes 
 
头号种子选手 No.1 seed (player); top seed 
 
投手 pitcher 
 
透过现象看本质 see through the appearance to perceive the essence 
 
土地沙化 desertification of land; desert encroachment 
 
团身 bunch up the body 
 
推广科研成果 turning laboratory achievements into commercial/mass production;
commercialization of laboratory achievements 
 
退耕还林还草 grain for green 
 
脱口秀 talk show 
 
脱贫致富 cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity 
 
脱手 release grip 
 
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W. 
 
汪辜会谈 Wang Daohan-Koo Chen-fu Talks (Wang-Koo talks) 
 
王储，王太子 Crown Prince 
 
网吧 Internet bar 
 
网关 gateway 
 
网恋 online love affair 
 
网络出版 online publishing 
 
网络管理员 network administrator 
 
网络经济 cybereconomy 
 
网民 netizen; net citizen; cyber citizen 
 
网上冲浪surf the Internet 
 
网上交易平台 online trading platform 
 
网友 net friend 
 
往事如风 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past. 
 
外资企业 overseas-funded enterprises 
 
温饱工程 bring-warmth fill-bellies project 
 
稳定压倒一切 Maintaining stability is of top priority 
 
微软移动构想 Microsoft Vision for Mobility; Microsoft Mobility Initiatives 
 
维护人权和不断改善人权状况 safeguard human rights and steadily improve the human rights
situation 
 
《围城》 A Surrounded City 
 
伪君子hypocrite; a wolf in sheep’s clothing 
 
伪劣商品赔还法 lemon law 
 
卫冕世界冠军 reigning world champion 
 
文明街道 model community 
 
文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy 
 
问讯处 information office; inquiry desk 
 
屋顶花园 roof garden 
 
无氟冰箱　 freon-free refrigerator　 
 
无人售票 self-service ticketing 
 
无绳来电显示电话 cordless telephone with caller ID 
 
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） 
 
无中生有 make/create something out of nothing 
 
武俠小说 tales of roving knights; martial arts novel; kung fu novel 
 
物价局 Price Bureau 
 
物业管理 estate management, property management 
 
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X. 
 
西部大开发 West Development 
 
西气东输 transport the natural gas from the West to the East 
 
《西厢记》 The Romance of West Chamber 
 
《西游记》Pilgrimage to the West; Journey to the West 
 
吸收游资 absorb idle fund 
 
希望工程 Project Hope 
 
喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear 
 
洗钱 money laundering 
 
下放权力给 delegating the management of ... (to ...) 
 
下岗 laid-off workers 
 
下海 plunge into the commercial sea 
 
下网 off line 
 
下游行业 downstream industry 
 
险胜 cliff-hanging win, narrow victory, nose out 
 
线下商贸运作 offline business operation 
 
县改市：county upgraded to city 
 
县级市：county-level city 
 
现代企业制度 modern enterprise system; modern corporate system 
 
香格里拉 Shangri-la 
 
向钱看 mammonism, put money above all 
 
项目立项 approve and initiate a project 
 
项目预算 project budget 
 
消费信贷 consumer credit services 
 
削减战略核武器会谈 strategic arms reduction talks (START) 
 
小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity 
 
小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family 
 
效益工资achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits 
 
写真集 photo album 
 
心理素质 psychological quality 
 
新宠 new favourite 
 
新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 
 
新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation 
 
新秀 up-and-coming star, rising star 
 
信贷支持 credit aid 
 
信息港 inforport; cyber port 
 
信息化 informationize 
 
信用紧缩 credit crunch 
 
星期日泰晤士报 the Sunday Times 
 
形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand 
 
虚拟网 virtual net 
 
选举权和被选举权 the right to vote and the right to be elected 
 
选举人票 electoral vote 
 
选举人制 electoral system 
 
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 
 
学生处 students’ affairs division 
 
学生减负 alleviate the burden on students 
 
学生减负 to reduce study load 
 
徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 
 
寻呼小姐 operators who work with paging centres 
 
巡回招聘 milk round 
 
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Y. 
 
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 
 
亚健康 subhealthy 
 
严打斗争Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal
activities 
 
言情小说 romantic fiction; sentimental novel 
 
研究成果 research results 
 
研究生毕业证/学位证 graduate diploma/graudate degree’s diploma 
 
阳春（最经济方式） no-frills 
 
羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall 
 
养老金 pension 
 
养路费 road toll 
 
摇钱树 cash cow 
 
摇头丸 dancing outreach 
 
药物检查 dope control, drug testing 
 
业内人士 insider 
 
液晶显示屏 liquid crystal display (LCD) 
 
一次性筷子 throwaway chopsticks 
 
一次性解决问题 solve the problem once and for all 
 
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 
 
一国两制，One country, two systems 
 
一级市场 primary market 
 
一式两联 (receipt or invoice) in duplicate 
 
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. 
 
一线员工 worker at the production line 
 
医疗保险 medical insurance 
 
移动电话双向收费 two-way charges for cellular phones 
 
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 
 
以谋略制胜 outmaneuver 
 
以权谋私 abuse of power for personal gains 
 
以人为本 people oriented; people foremost 
 
以市场为导向 market-oriented 
 
以质量求生存、求发展、求效益 strive for survival, development and efficiency on the basis of
equality 
 
以质量求发展 strategy of development through quality; win the market with quality
products 
 
义和团运动 Boxer Uprising 
 
义务兵役制 compulsory military service, conscription 
 
义务教育 compulsory education 
 
义演收入 proceeds from benefit performmance 
 
薏米 seed of Job’s tears 
 
易拉罐 pop can 
 
因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude 
 
隐形收入 invisible income; off-payroll income; side money 
 
隐性就业 unregistered employment 
 
硬道理 absolute principle, top priority 
 
营业税 turnover tax; business tax 
 
应试教育 examination-oriented education system 
 
应试教育 exam-oriented education 
 
优化结构 optimize structure 
 
优化组合 optimization grouping; optional regrouping 
 
邮递协议 Post Office Protocol (POP) 
 
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 law-breakers must be prosecuted. 
 
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. 
 
有望夺金者 a gold medal hopeful 
 
有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain 
 
与国际市场接轨 integrate with the world market; become integrated into the global
market 
 
(领导人）与民众的直接对话 town hall conference/meeting 
 
舆论导向 direction of public opinion 
 
舆论监督 supervision by public opinion 
 
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. 
 
冤假错案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or
sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases 
 
圆寂 Parinirvana 
 
缘分 chemical, (as if by) predestination, be preordained to come together 
 
远程教育 distance learning 
 
远景计划 long-term development targets 
 
晕菜 numbed; dumbfounded 
 
运球 dribble 
 
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Z. 
 
宰（客） to swindle money out of our customers 
 
"宰人" rip off 
 
在孵（孵化器）企业 incubated enterprises (incubator) 
 
在职博士生 on-job doctorate 
 
再贷款 re-lending; subloan 
 
再就业服务中心 re-employment service center 
 
藏学 Tibetology 
 
糟粕 dross 
 
早恋 puppy love 
 
造假帐 falsified accounts 
 
斋月 Ramadan 
 
债转股 debt-to-equity swap 
 
沾光 benefit from one’s association 
 
站票 standing-room-only ticket 
 
站台票 platform ticket 
 
战略伙伴关系 strategic partnership 
 
涨落线 advance balance line 
 
掌上电脑 palm computer 
 
朝阳产业 sunrise industry 
 
招标投标制 the system of public bidding for project 
 
招商引资 attract/bid for/invite investments (from overseas) 
 
招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office 
 
真空包装 vacuum packing 
 
真善美 the true, the good and the beautiful; truth, good and beauty 
 
正式照会 formal note 
 
政策性住房 policy-related house, policy-based house 
 
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. 
 
政府上网工程Government Online Project 
 
政府职能转变 transform/shift the government functions 
 
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 
 
政务公开 make government affairs public 
 
政治迫害 political prosecution; witch hunt 
 
证券营业部 stock exchange; security exchange 
 
知识产权 intellectual property rights 
 
知识经济 knowledge economy , knowledge-base economy 
 
直播 live broadcast, live telecast 
 
致命要害 Achilles’ heel 
 
智囊团、思想库 the brain trust；think tank 
 
掷钱猜先 toss 
 
中国经济景气监测中心 China Economic Monitoring Center 
 
中国新经济峰会 China New Economy Summit 
 
《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 
 
中流砥柱 mainstay, chief corner stone 
 
中美战略核武器互不瞄准对方 non-targeting strategic nuclear weapons against each other 
 
中华世纪坛 China Millennium Monument 
 
中央大型企业工委：Central Work Committee for Large Enterprises 
 
中央经济工作会议 the Central Economic Working Conference 
 
中央商务区 central business district (CBD) 
 
中专生 secondary specialized or technical school student 
 
重点发展 prioritize 
 
主体经济 the mainstay of the economy 
 
主体思想（DPRK） Juche Idea 
 
主持人 anchorperson 
 
住房分配货币化进程 capitalization process of housing distribution/allocation 
 
住房零首付 zero-yuan first payment (for apartments) 
 
助跑 approach run, run-up 
 
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 
 
抓住机遇 seize the opportunity 
 
专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised store 
 
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 
 
转化机制 (of State-owned enterprises) to shift to new management mechanisms 
 
转基因食品 GM food (genetically modified food) 
 
追平 produce the equalizer 
 
转体 truck rotation, turn, twist 
 
撞线 breast the tape 
 
追赶型和跨越式发展 pursuant and leap-forward development 
 
准博士all but dissertation (ABD) 
 
资产保值增值 maintain and increase the value of assets; maintenance and appreciation
of assets value 
 
资产阶级自由化 bourgeois liberalization 
 
资源配置 the distribution (allocation) of resources 
 
《资治通鉴》 History as a Mirror 
 
自动柜员机 automatic teller machine (ATM) 
 
自律机制 the self-discipline system 
 
自我保护意识 self-protection awareness 
 
自营 self-run 
 
自由港 free-trade port，free port 
 
自助银行 self-help bank 
 
综合国力 comprehensive national strength 
 
综合业务数字网 integrated service digital network (ISDN) 
 
综合治理 comprehensive treatment 
 
总裁助理 assistant president 
 
(各州推选组成的)总统选举团electoral college 
 
遵纪守法、廉洁奉公 observe the relevant code of conduct and the law and honestly perform
one’s official duties 
 
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2001年度热点词汇 
 
公平、公开 just, fair and open 
 
好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster 
 
黄金时段 prime time 
 
假唱 lip-synch 
 
劲射 power shot 
 
拉拉队 cheering squad 
 
来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone 
 
论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense 
 
泡沫经济 bubble economy 
 
票贩子 scalper, ticket tout 
 
拳头产品 competitive products; knock-out products; blockbuster 
 
三角恋爱 love triangle 
 
三维动画片 three-dimensional animation 
 
"扫黄打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications 
 
申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games 
 
实现中华民伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 
 
市场疲软 sluggish market 
 
素质教育 education for all-around development 
 
筒子楼： tube-shaped apartment 
 
脱贫致富 cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity 
 
网吧 Internet bar 
 
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 
 
无人售票 self-service ticketing 
 
无绳来电显示电话 cordless telephone with caller ID 
 
无线应用协议 WAP （ wireless application protocol ） 
 
下岗 laid-off workers 
 
下海 plunge into the commercial sea 
 
下网 off line 
 
小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family 
 
新秀 up-and-coming star, rising star 
 
新新人类 New Human Being ； X Generation 
 
信息港 inforport 
 
形象小姐 / 先生 image representative of a product or a brand 
 
虚拟网 virtual net 
 
学生处 students’ affairs division 
 
研究生毕业证 / 学位证 graduate diploma/graudate degree’s diploma 
 
摇钱树 cash cow 
 
以人为本 people oriented; people foremost 
 
义务教育 compulsory education 
 
易拉罐 pop can 
 
应试教育 examination-oriented education system 
 
舆论导向 direction of public opinion 
 
运球 dribble 
 
在职博士生 on-job doctorate 
 
早恋 puppy love 
 
招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office 
 
证券营业部 stock exchange; security exchange 
 
知识产权 intellectual property rights 
 
中专生 secondary specialized or technical school student 
 
中流砥柱 mainstay, chief corner stone 
 
专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised store 
 
自我保护意识 self-protection awareness 
 
综合国力 comprehensive national strength 
 
综合业务数字网 integrated service digital network (ISDN) 
 
总裁助理 assistant president 
 
综合治理 comprehensive treatment 
 
安居工程 housing project for low-income urban residents 
 
信息化 information-based; informationization 
 
智力密集型 concentration of brain power; knowledge-intensive 
 
外资企业 overseas-funded enterprises 
 
下岗职工 laid-off workers 
 
分流 reposition of redundant personnel 
 
三角债 chain debts 
 
素质教育 education for all-round development 
 
豆腐渣工程 jerry-built projects 
 
社会治安情况 law-and-order situation 
 
民族国家 nation state 
 
台独 "independence of Taiwan" 
 
台湾当局 Taiwan authorities 
 
台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots 
 
台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分。Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory. 
 
西部大开发 Development of the West Regions 
 
可持续性发展 sustainable development 
 
风险投资 risk investment 
 
通货紧缩 deflation 
 
扩大内需 to expand domestic demand 
 
计算机辅助教学 computer-assisted instruction (CAI) 
 
网络空间 cyberspace 
 
虚拟现实 virtual reality 
 
网民 netizen (net citizen) 
 
电脑犯罪 computer crime 
 
电子商务 the e-business 
 
网上购物 shopping online 
 
应试教育 exam-oriented education 
 
学生减负 to reduce study load
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Film Names 
 
101 Dalmatians 101 斑点狗 
 
A Walk in the Clouds 云中漫步 
 
A.T. 人工智能 
 
Ace Ventura 神探飞机头 
 
Air Force One 空军一号 
 
Alien 异形 
 
American Beauty 美国丽人 
 
Anna and the King 安娜与国王 
 
Basic Instinct 本能 
 
Beauty and the Beast 美女与野兽 
 
Black and White 黑与白 
 
Brave Heart 勇敢的心 
 
Broken Arrow 断箭 
 
Charlie’s Angels 霹雳娇娃 
 
Chicken Run 小鸡快跑 
 
China Strike Force 雷霆战警察 
 
City of Angels 天使之城 
 
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 卧虎藏龙 
 
Dances With Wolves 与狼共舞 
 
Deep Impact 慧星撞地球 
 
Die AkTE 塘鹅暗杀令 
 
Dinosaur 恐龙 
 
Enemys at the Gates 兵临城下 
 
Entrapment 偷天陷阱 
 
Faceoff 变脸 
 
Final Fantasy 最终幻想 
 
First Blood 第一滴血 
 
Gladiator 角斗士 
 
Hard Target 终极标靶 
 
Hollow Man 空心人 
 
Independant Day 独立日 
 
Jaws 大白鲨 
 
Jeepers Creepers 惊心食人族 
 
Jurassic Park 侏罗纪公元 
 
Lion King 狮子王 
 
Lost World 失落帝国 
 
Lotus Lantern 宝莲灯 
 
Matrix 黑客帝国 
 
Meet Parents 拜见岳父大人 
 
Moulin Rough 红磨坊 
 
Notting Hill 诺丁山 
 
Pearl Harber 珍珠港 
 
Perfect Storm 完美风暴 
 
Planet of the Apes 人猿星球 
 
Pretty Woman 风月俏佳人 
 
Ransom 赎金风暴 
 
Romeo Must Die 致命罗密欧 
 
Runaway Bride 落跑新娘 
 
Rush Hour 尖峰时刻 
 
Saving Private Ryan 拯救大兵瑞安 
 
Scent of A Woman 女人香 
 
Schindler’s List 辛德勒的名单 
 
Shakespeare in Love 莎翁情史 
 
Shanghai Noon 上海正午 
 
Six Days and Seven Nights 六天七夜 
 
Space Jam 空中大灌篮 
 
Spy Kid 超级小特务 
 
Star Wars 星球大战 
 
Stuart Little 精灵鼠小弟 
 
Swordfish 剑鱼行动 
 
The 6th Day 第六日 
 
The Bone Collector 神秘拼图 
 
The Bridge of Madison Country 廊桥遗梦 
 
The English Patient 英国病人 
 
The Fugitive 亡命天涯 
 
The Graduate 毕业生 
 
The Green Mile 绿色奇迹 
 
The Long Kiss Goodnight 特工狂花 
 
The Mask 变相怪杰 
 
The Mummy Returns 木乃伊 
 
The Patriot 爱国者 
 
The Terminator 魔鬼终结者 
 
Tomb Raider 古墓丽影 
 
Tomorow Never Dies 明日帝国 
 
Top Gun 壮志凌云 
 
Toy Story 玩具总动员 
 
Traffic 毒品网络 
 
True Lies 真实的谎言 
 
Twister 龙卷风 
 
Vertical Limit 垂直极限 
 
Waterworld 未来水世界 
 
Witness 目击者 
 
X-Files X 档案 
 
X-Men X 战警

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