A 股市场 A share market
爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign
“爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
爱心工程 Loving Care Project
艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
安家费 settling-in allowance
按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
安静地铁 low-noise subway (The vibration control technique will be applied to Subway Line 4, making for a low-noise commute in Beijing. 减振技术将用于地铁4 号线，打造北京安静地铁。)
安乐死 euthanasia
安全岛 safety strip
安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full
安慰奖 consolation prize
暗箱操作 black case work
按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
（手机）按键 keypad
按键音 keypad tone
按揭贷款 mortgage loan
按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house
有计划按比例发展 planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way
安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project
按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance
暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly
奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit
澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region
澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul
奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult
奥运火炬护跑手 escort runner
奥运人家 Olympic home stays (The “Olympic home stays” program offers foreign visitors a chance to experience Beijing citizens’ real lives. “奥运人家”项目为外国游客提供机会，让他们充分体验地道的北京市 民生活。)
奥运圣火采集仪式 Olympic flame lighting ceremony
奥运特许商品 Olympic merchandise; franchised goods for Olympic Game
奥运中心区 Olympic Common Domain (The Olympic Common Domain is set to open to the public free of charge Friday, the Beijing Times reported Wednesday. But tickets are needed to visit the Olympic venues, such as the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube and the National Indoor Stadium. Prior to the reopening, the OCD return such facilities as security check roofs to the national Olympic committee. 《京华时报》8 日报道，奥林匹克公园中心区拟于周五向游客免费开放，但鸟巢、水立方、国家体育馆等奥运场馆仍需购票游览，票价尚 未确定。据悉，此次开放前中心区将向奥组委归还安检棚等临时物资。)
奥运专用车道 Olympic driveway, special driveway for Beijing Olympic vehicles (Workers began to mark the special driveways for Beijing Olympic vehicles with five Olympic rings Saturday night. 周六晚，北京奥运专 用车道施划工作正式展开，地面标识为奥运五环图案。)
《阿Q 正传》 The True Story of Ah Q
立法委员会 Legislative Council
B 超 type-B ultrasonic
八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.) 罢工 down tools (Workers are set to down tools in protest against employer's refusal to budge on wage demands. 由于雇主在工资问题上拒不让步，工人们准备进行罢工。)
八 卦 gossip, gossipy. Originally the name of an eight-side diagram derived from the famous Chinese classic “Chin” (Book of Changes), it is now often used to describe gossip or gossipy people.
八卦网站 gossip site ("Everything that I type, everything that I do, some gossip site makes it news," she added. 她补充说：“我写的一切，我所做的一切，一些八卦网站都把它们编成了新闻。”)
把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant
巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse
八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
霸权主义 hegemonism
吧台 bar counter
把握大局 grasp the overall situation
八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
八卦（娱乐） gossip
拔河(游戏) tug-of-war
摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance, do for show
百年老店 century-old shop
白皮书 white paper
白热化 white heat
白色农业 white agriculture
摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
百般拖延 do everything to postpone
拜把兄弟 sworn brothers
白炽灯 incandescent bulb
摆架子 put on airs
拜年 pay a New Year's visit
摆平 straighten sth out; sort out
摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances
白人至上主义者 white supremacist (Two US men have been arrested and charged for plotting a "killing spree" against African-Americans and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the US attorney's office in Tennessee said Monday. Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, were self-described white supremacists. They planned to kill 88 people, including 14 who would be beheaded. 美国田纳西州联邦检察官27 日说，他们获了一起谋杀民主党总统候选人奥巴马和袭击更多非洲裔人的阴谋，并逮捕和起诉了两名行凶未遂者。据称，这两人分别 是现年20 岁的考瓦特和 18 岁的舍莱索曼。他们自称 " 白人至 上主义者"，原计划打死88 名黑人，并斩首其中 14 人，将刺杀奥巴马作为"最后行动"。)
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
半边天 half the sky
班车 shuttle bus
半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
板儿寸 crew cut
办公室恋情 office romance (31% workers in the US said they married the person they dated at work, according to a survey of 8,038 workers released by CareerBuilder.com. The office romance survey also said more men (14%) than women (5%) reported they would like to date a colleague. 美国CareerBuilder.com 网站 公布的调查结果显示，31%的人和同事约会并喜结连理，调查对象为8038 名成年全职职员。这项关于办
公室恋 情的调查还显示，14%的男性乐意与同事约会，但仅有5%的女性持相同态度。)
办公室设备 office equipment
办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)
半官方贸易 semi-official trade
颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
半决赛四强 four semifinalists
半拉子工程 uncompleted project
板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
斑马线 zebra crossing
班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
办年货 do New Year's shopping
搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
版权法 copyright law
版权贸易 copyright business
版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
伴生矿 associated minerals
版税率 royalty rate
半托 day care (for kids)
半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work
伴宴人员 escort
搬运工人 transport worker
伴飞卫星 accompanying satellite (Chinese scientists Sunday successfully directed the accompanying satellite BX-1 to begin circling the Shenzhen-7 spaceship, on an elliptical track of 4km multiplying 8km. 5 日，在中国 科学家监控下，神舟七号伴飞卫星顺利实现了在4×8 公里椭圆轨道上环绕神七飞行的目标。)
帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
绑架老板 boss napping, locking up the boss.(Staff at French plants run by Sony, 3M and Caterpillar have held managers inside the factories overnight to demand better layoff terms, a new form of labor action dubbed "boss napping" by the media.索尼、3M、卡特彼勒公司法国分厂的工人为争取更好的解聘条件，曾分别将公司经理锁在厂里过夜，这被媒体称为"绑架老板"。)
傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag
办公室里闲聊 chat around the water cooler; water cooler chat
棒球运动记者 scribe
办丧事 conduct a funeral
版税收入 royalty income (Guo Jingming topped the list of China's millionaire authors of 2008 released Monday for the 2nd year with a RMB13m royalty income, followed by Zheng Yuanjie with RMB11m and Yang Hongying with RMB9.8m. 2008 中国作家富豪榜周一新鲜出炉，郭敬明以1300 万元的版税收入蝉联冠军，
郑渊洁以 1100 万、杨红樱以980 万的身家分列富豪榜第二、三位。)
包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy 保持清醒头脑，增强忧患意识和历史责任感 remain sober-minded, become more aware of potential problems and enhance our sense of historical responsibility
保兑银行 confirming bank
暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
报复性关税 retaliatory duty
包干到户 work contracted to household
包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
曝光 make public; expose
保护关税 protective duty/tariff
保护价格 protective price
保护伞 protective umbrella
保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
保健按摩 therapeutic massage
保健操 health exercises
保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission
保健品 health care products
保健食品 health-care food
报界 the press
包揽 clean sweep (Japanese athletes took the chance to perform in front of their home crowd dazzling
spectators with a clean sweep of the 70m ski-jumping event. 日本运动员包揽了70 米跳台滑雪比赛的所有奖牌，令国人一饱眼福。)
爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
暴力片 splatter film
保龄球馆 bowling alley
保释 on bail
保税仓库 bonded warehouse
保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
保息股票 guaranteed stock
报销 apply for reimbursement
包销人 underwriter
包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
保障措施 supporting measures
保证金账户 margin account
保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
包装精美 delicately packed
包装业 package industry
保安员 security staff
包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
保持共产党员先进性 keep CPC members progressive, innovative and forward-thinking
保持国有股 keep the State-held shares
保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)
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
包工头 baogongtou, labor contractor (Huang Jiakun, a "bao gong tou" (labour contractor), who has been residing in Shanghai for 10 years became agitated when discussing the unpaid wages problem.)
报关员 declarant
报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project
保健品 health supplements
保健食品 health-care food
暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
爆料 tip-off
保留为自然耕地 reserve as natural farmland
保理业务 factoring business
保税港区 bonded port area (The State Council has officially approved the Qianhai Bay Bonded Port Area in
Shenzhen recently. 日前，国务院正式批复同意设立深圳前海湾保税港区。)
保险费 insurance premium
保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
保险索赔 insurance claim
保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats
保证基金 guaranteed fund
保证金 margins, collateral
保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas
保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings
包装食品 packaged foods
包子 steamed bun
八荣八耻 Eight Honors & Eight Disgraces (坚持以热爱祖国为荣、以危害祖国为耻，以服务人民为荣、以背离人民为耻，以崇尚科学为荣、以愚昧无知为耻，以辛勤劳动为荣、以好逸恶劳为耻，以团结互助为荣、以损人利己为耻，以诚实守信为荣、以见利忘义为耻，以遵纪守法为荣、以违法乱纪为耻，以艰苦奋斗为荣、以骄奢淫逸为耻。Love, do not harm the motherland. Serve, don't disserve the people. Uphold
science; don't be ignorant and unenlightened. Work hard; don't be lazy and hate work. Be united and help each other; don't gain benefits at the expense of others. Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values. Be disciplined and law-abiding instead of chaotic and lawless. Know plain living and hard struggle, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.)
霸王条款 inequality / imparity clause
背黑锅 become a scapegoat
备件 spare parts
被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call
北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)
北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing
《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
背投屏幕 rear projection screen
备用资金 reserve fund
北 约 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-- established in April 1949--it has 15 member states and a headquarters in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
被叫通话 incoming call
北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank
被迫退出(比赛) sideline (Recently signed Los Angeles Lakers guard Sun Yue will be sidelined indefinitely as a result of testing positive for mononucleosis. 孙悦刚刚签约洛杉矶湖人队，就因单核细胞增多症测试呈阳性，恐将无缘近期的比赛。)
备用轮胎 spare tire (A cat survived a 2.5-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. 一只猫趴在主人卡车的备用轮胎上，车子开了2 个半小时后竟安然无恙。)
被摘牌的公司 delisted company
被指控接受贿赂 be accused of accepting bribes
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
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
本票 cashier's cheque
本土化 localilzation
本土疫苗 homegrown vaccine (China on Thursday granted approval to its first home-grown H1N1 flu vaccine, which producer Sinovac says is effective after only one dose, as the country braces for a feared winter outbreak. 为了应对可能出现的冬季甲型流感大爆发，周四时中国批准了第一批本土H1N1 流感疫苗，该疫苗的生产者北京科兴生物制品公司说这种疫苗只需注射一次就能起到防护作用。)
奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life
本本主义 bookishness; book worship
《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica
蹦迪 disco dancing
蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping
必胜 be bound to win
闭关政策 closed-door policy
比较文学 comparative literature
比较经济学 comparative economics
闭卷 closed-book exam
闭路电视 close-circuit television
闭门羹 given a cold shoulder
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"
逼上梁山 be driven to do something
避税 tax avoidance
避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
毕业设计 graduation design
毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
便当 brown bag
边防证 frontier pass
边际效益 marginal benefit
便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
变相涨价 disguised inflation
便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
变 形金刚 Transformers ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opened to Chinese audiences at 0:00 Wednesday, smashing first-day box office records in many theatres across the capital.
变性人 transgender (Thomas Beatie, a transgender man of Oregon, gets pregnant by artificial insemination. 来 自俄勒冈的变性男子托马斯·贝蒂通过人工受精方式怀孕。)
便衣警察 police in plain clothes
边远地区 remote and border areas
边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline
边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
变废为宝 make waste profitable
边际报酬 marginal return
边际薪酬 marginal salaries
便利店 convenience store
表面文章 lip service; surface formality
标准普通话 standard mandarin
标本兼治 address both the symptoms and root cause
表见代理，禁止反言的代理 agency by estoppel (注：Legally binding agency relationship that may arise where, in fact, no formal agency agreement is in effect. A principal may give an appearance of agency relationship by, for example, furnishing his or her firm's call cards or other stationery to the agent. In such cases, the existence of an agency may be presumed, and the principal may be bound by the acts of the agent performed on the principal's behalf. Also called presumption of agency. 例：这桩案子可能就涉及到民法上的表见代理，
在民法上表见代理不一定需要代理人的授权。This case may possibly be related to an agency by estoppel where authority from an agent is not necessary in civil law. )
标书 bidding documents
表演赛 demonstration match
别跟自己过不去 Don't be too hard on yourself.
冰雕 ice sculpture
病毒性感染 viral infection
兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
并网发电 combined to the grid
冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"
病毒性感冒 viral influenza
秉公办案 handle cases impartially
秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention
伯 乐 good judge of talent (the name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)
薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
博士后 post-doctoral
博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
博彩（业） lottery industry
剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody
播客 podcast
博客圈 blogosphere
薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
博士生 Ph.D candidate
不安全性行为 unprotected sex
不败记录 clean record, spotless record
步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
补偿贸易 compensatory trade
不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force
不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "
布达拉宫 the Potala Palace
不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
不得转让 not negotiable
不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result
不感冒 have no interest
不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
不管部部长 minister without portfolio
不怀恶意的谎言 white lie
不记名投票 secret ballot
《不见不散》 Be there or be square.
不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
不可抗力 force majeure
不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
不可再生资源 non-renewable resources
布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System
不良贷款 non-performing loan
不买账 not take it; not go for it
不眠之夜 white night
不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
补缺选举 by-election
不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.
不速之客 gate-crasher
不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
步行街 pedestrian street
步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"
不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
部长级会议 ministerial meeting
不折腾 avoid self-inflicted setbacks; don't get sidetracked; bu zhe teng
不正当竞争 unfair competition
不正当竞选 illicit competition
不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency
步兵师 infantry division
不倒翁 tumbler; never-fall doll
补钙 calcium supplement
不扩散核武器条约 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; NPT
不锈钢 stainless steel
擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"
擦网球 net ball
财产税 property tax; estate (or capital) duty
采购团 purchasing mission
采光 lighting
裁减冗员 cut down on overstaffing ; lay off redundant staff
采景 choose a location (for movie, TV drama, etc.)
裁军 disarmament
彩扩 color film processing
菜篮子工程 vegetable basket program; non-staple food project
财力明显增强 financial strength grew noticeably
菜鸟，新手 green hand
采暖 heating
采取措施后 ex post
采取措施前 ex ante
采取高姿态 show high-profile; exercise forbearance; be tolerant
才疏学浅 be wanting in ability and shallow in knowledge
财务报表 financial statement
财务代理人 fiscal agent
财务公开 keep the public informed of the financial affairs
财务焦虑 financial worries ( The guide is meant to help people identify any serious health
concerns related to financial worries and develop coping skills. 该指南旨在帮助问题人群发现
由财务焦虑引起的严重健康问题，并提供应对技能。)
裁员 job cut (The latest job cut, which aims to further reduce the company's costs by enhancing
efficiency and help maintain its competitive edges amid the global economic slowdown, will be
completed by the end of March, said Lenovo. 联想集团25 日宣布，将在其位于中国的全球职能部门中削减 450 个岗位。联想称，此次裁员目的是在全球经济放缓的环境下，进一步提
升整体运作效率，并保持 公司竞争力。裁员将于3 月底完成。)
财政包干 fiscal responsibility system
财政赤字 financial deficit
财政纪律 financial and economic discipline
财政年度 fiscal year
财政收入 fiscal revenue
财政税收 revenue tax;fiscal levy;fiscal taxation;financial taxation
财政、信贷双紧方针 policy of tightening control over expenditure and credit
才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
财产性收入 property income
踩高跷 Stilt walk
（手机）彩铃 polyphonic ringtone
采煤沉陷区 sinkholes in coal mining areas
彩排 dress rehearsal
彩票；刮刮卡 scratchcard
彩屏 color screen
财 团 consortium (Manchester City are likely to cancel the contracts of their trio of Thai players
following a takeover by a United Arab Emirates consortium, the club's representative said Thursday. 曼城俱乐部驻泰国代表 16 日说，随着俱乐部被阿联酋财团收购，此前俱乐部和3 名泰国球员签订的合同可能被废除。)
财务丑闻 accounting scandal
彩信 multimedia message
财政性科技投入 government investment in science and technology
财政支持 financial support
参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine
惨淡经营 work hard and carefully to keep one's business going
参 股 equity participation. (Insiders say Huiyuan will give up overall sales but get funding through feasible ways such as equity participation.行业人士估计汇源不会再次选择整体出售，
参股等方式更加可行。)
参股公司 joint -stock company
参股者 equity participant
残疾人特奥会 The Special Olympic Games for the disabled
餐巾纸 napkin
掺水文凭 diploma obtained by using unfair or unlawful means
餐饮业 catering industry
参与国际分工 participate in the international division of labor
参与意识 desire to participate; sense of participation
参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs
参政党 parties participating in the management of state affairs; parties participating in the
government decision-making process
餐桌转盘 Lazy Susan
残奥会 Paralympic Games
仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket
藏书票 book labels identifying a collector (or collection)
舱外航天服 extra vehicular activity suits (Chinese only spent 4 years in developing its own EVA (extra vehicular activity) suits. Putting on the suit will take about 14 hours. 我国用4 年时间研制 出了自己的舱外航天服。航天服的拆包、组装、测试、穿着，整个过程要持续14 个小时。)
参照国际通行做法 follow standard international practices
操办 make arrangements
草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among
farmers and grow like wold grass)
草药 herbal medicine
操纵股票市场 manipulate the stock market
操作系统 operating system
侧记 sidelights
层层转包和违法分包 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting
茶道 sado
差额拨款 balance allocation
差额投票 differentail voting
差额选举 competitive election
查房 make/go the rounds of the wards
查封 close down
插杠子 poke one's nose into someone's businesses
茶话会 tea forum; tea party
插件 plug-in unit
茶艺 tea ceremony
插嘴 interrupt; chip in
拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
差旅费 expenses for business trips
拆迁补偿费 compensation for demolition
拆迁费用 removal expense
拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition
拆台 let someone down; cut the ground from under someone's feet
禅 dhyana
产假 maternity leave
产粮大省 granary province
产品更新换代 upgrade of products
产品构成 product composition
产品积压 overstocked products; accumulation of inventories; stock pile; excessive inventory
产品结构 product mix
产品科技含量 technological element of a product
产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
产权划转和产权变动 the transfer of and changes in property rights of enterprises
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
产权转让 transference of title of property
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 than their face value
产销两旺 both production and marketing thrive
产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing
产业不景气 industrial depression
产业的升级换代 upgrading of industies
产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure
产业升级 upgrade industries
产业政策 industrial policy
掺杂兑假 mix in fake or inferior components
唱对台戏 put on a rival show
长二捆 LM-2E
偿付能力 solvency
唱高调 mouth high-sounding words
常规裁军 conventional disarmament
常规武器 conventional weapon
长江后浪推前浪, 一代更比一代强 As in the Yangtze River, the waves behind ride on the ones before: The new generation excels the old.
长江三峡和黄河小浪底水利枢纽工程 the key water projects at the Three Gorges on the
Yangtze River and at Xiaolangdi on the Yellow River
长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta
长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River
唱名表决 roll-call vote
场内交易人 floor trader
长跑 a long-distance running
敞蓬轿车 open-topped limousine
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 "
长期国债 long-term government bonds
常设国际法庭 permanent international tribunal
唱双簧 play a duet----collaborate; echo each other
畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project
长途电话 long-distance calls
场外证券市场 over-the-counter market
常委会 standing committee
常务董事 managing director; executive director
常务理事 executive member of the council
长线产品 product in excessive supply
畅销货 best selling lines (All these articles are best selling lines. 所有这些产品都是我们的畅
销货。)
倡议书 initial written proposal
长治久安 a long period of stability; prolonged political stability; lasting political stability
常驻代表 permanent representative
常驻记者 resident correspondent
常驻联合国代表 permanent representative to the United Nation
常驻使节 permanent envoy
长期建设国债 long-term treasury bonds for construction
长 途航班 long-haul flight (As the economic crisis forces carriers to look for savings, Air France has become the 1st airline to introduce surcharges for the seats next to emergency exits or at the front of rows, where long legs can be stretched out. The ￡40 will first be applied to s, according to an Air France spokesman. 受经济危机影响，法国航空公司为缩减开支将在业内率先加收 乘客伸腿费。据悉，法航将提高紧急出口旁边和第一排座位的机票价格，理由是这些座位可提供更大的 伸腿空间。法航一发言人称，为额外伸腿空间支付的费用为 40 英镑，计划首先在长途航班上收取。)
产权和资产出让 property right and asset transfer
产权界定 delimitation of property rights
产权收益 income from property
超编人员 exceed personnel
超导元素 superconducting elements
超短波 ultrashort wave
超负荷运转 overloaded operation
超高速巨型计算机 giant, ultra-high-speed computer
炒汇 speculate in foreign currency
超级巨型油轮 ultra large crude carrier
炒金热 stock-market fever
炒买炒卖 speculation
超期羁押 detention beyond the legally prescribed time limits
超前教育 superior education
超前精神 a surpassing spirit
超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsume; excessive consumption
超前意识 superior consciousness
超生游击队 (sarcastic) people who give more births than birth quota allows
超文本传送协议 hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
潮汐电站 tidal power stations
超现实主义 surrealism
超载过牧 overgraze
超支户 household (or family) living perpetually in debt
炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)
炒作 hype (Don't take media reports on the new movie seriously. Some reports are just hype. 看有关这部新片的报道可别当真，有些纯粹是炒作。)
朝鲜半岛核问题 the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula
查票 ticket checking
扯后腿 hold (or pull) somebody back; be a drag on somebody
扯皮 shirk; pass the buck
彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force
撤销原案 rescind the case
撤销职务 annul one's position; dismiss ... from; be stripped of; remove... from
撤 职 remove from the post (The chief of the coal mine was removed from his post in the wake
of a fatal gas blast . 由于煤矿发生瓦斯爆炸事故，煤矿矿长被撤职。)
车间主任 Workshop Manager
车辆购置税 vehicle purchase tax
晨练 morning exercise
沉没成本 sunk cost
趁热打铁 make hay while the sun shines; strike while the iron is hot
尘云 dust clouds
城镇居民人均可支配收入 urban per capita disposable income
城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system
惩办主义 doctrine of punishment
承包经营权 contract for the managerial right
承包经营权 contract for the managerial right
成本分摊 sharing costs
成本价` cost price
成本效益 cost-effectiveness
成本效益分析 cost-efficiency analysis
成分指数 component index
承购包销 underwrite
成活率 survival rate
城际列车 inter-city train
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
承建 contract to build
程控电话 computerized telephone
程控交换台 program-controlled telephone switchboard
惩前毖后，治病救人 learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to cure the sickness to save the patient
成人中等职业技术教育 adult secondary vocational and technical education
成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized (technical) school for adults
橙色预警 orange alert (The National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert, saying snow
and sleet will sweep across central, eastern and southern regions from Friday night through
Saturday. 中央气象台发布暴雪橙色预警，预计周五晚到周六我国中部、东部、南部地区将
有新一轮强降雪。)
城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
城市合作银行 urban cooperative bank
城市基础设施建设 the city's infrastructure construction
城市建设 urban construction
城市景观 townscape
城市经济学 urban economics
城市居民自治 self-governance by urban residents
城市居民最低生活保障 subsistence allowances for the urban poor
城市恐惧症 urbiphobia
城市垃圾 city refuse
城市绿地 urban open space; urban green land
城市绿化 urban landscaping
城市美容师 urban environmental worker
城市生活无着的流浪乞讨人员的救助管理办法 Measures for Assisting Vagrants and Beggars with No Means of Support in Cities
城市运动会 municipal athletics meet
成套引进 package import
成为国际共识 become a consensus of the international community
乘务员 vehicular attendant; conductor
城乡低收入居民 low-income residents in both town and country
城乡电网改造 projects for upgrading urban and rural power grids
城乡特殊困难群众 urban and rural residents with special difficulties
成药 patent medicine
成药 patent medicine
城镇职工医疗保险制度改革 medical insurance for urban workers
城镇职工基本医疗保险制度 basic medical insurance system for urban working people
城镇住房公积金 urban housing provident fund
承办单位 organizer
承包 contract with
成份指数 component index
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
成名歌曲 break-out song, break-out single
承前启后，继往开来 inherit the past and forge ahead into the future
成人高考 the national higher education exams for self-taught adults
成人用品店 adult shop
成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized /technical school for adults
城市低保对象 urban residents entitled to basic living allowances城市固定资产投资 urban fixed-asset investment
城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
城市和国有企业厂办大集体 collectively owned factories operated by state-owned enterprises
and cities
城市户口 permanent urban residence certificate
城市流浪乞讨人员 urban vagrants and beggars
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）
城乡结合部 rural-urban fringe zone
城乡信用社 credit cooperatives in both urban and rural areas
承销商 underwriter
诚信企业 high-integrity enterprise; enterprise of integrity
成组技术 group technology
车牌号 license plate number
车险 auto insurance
吃饱穿暖 eat their fill and dress warmly; have enough to eat and wear; have adequate food and
clothing
持币待购 wait to buy with cash in hand
赤潮 red tide (which appear on the ocean)
吃 饭财政 payroll finance; mouth-feeding budget-----a large proportion of the budget has been
earmarked for paying salaries of government functionaries
吃干醋 be jealous ; be green with envy
吃皇粮 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government
吃劳保 live on labor insurance allowance
吃 老本 live on one's own fat; bask in one's past glory; rest on one's laurels, eat on one's own
principals, live off one's past gains or achievements
痴迷者 addict
吃偏饭 enjoy special privilege
赤贫人口 people living in absolute poverty; destitute population
持平 hold the line
吃闲饭 stay idle
吃香 be very popular; be most welcome; be in great demand
吃小亏占大便宜 lose a little but gain much; take small losses for the sake of big gains
持续、稳定、协调发展 sustained, stable and coordinated development
吃大锅饭 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"" "
吃豆腐 take advantage of
充电 recharge one's batteries; update one's knowledge; brush up (on)
充电电池 rechargeable batteries
冲动性购买 impulse buying; impulse shopping
充分调动积极性和创造性 give full play to the initiative and creativity
充分利用两个市场，两种资源 fully utilize both domestic and international markets and resources
重复建设 redundant project; duplication of similar projects
重复生产 duplication of production
重复引进 introduction of redundant technical facilities; importation of redundant technical