C 擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball" 擦网球 net ball 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program 菜鸟,新手 green hand 采取措施后 ex post 采取措施前 ex ante 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 财务报表 financial statement 财政收入 fiscal revenue 财务丑闻 accounting scandal 参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine 参股公司 joint stock company 参股者 equity participant 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs 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 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 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition 禅 dhyana 产粮大省 granary province 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 that their face value) 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 唱高调 mouth high-sounding words 长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta 长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River 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 " 畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project 长途电话 distant calls 常务理事 executive member of the council 长线产品 product in excessive supply 超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer 超前消费 "pre-mature consumption, overconsuming, excessive consumption " 炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news) 彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force 沉没成本 sunk cost 尘云 dust clouds 成本分摊 sharing costs 城际列车 inter-city train 程控电话 program-controlled telephone 城市基础设施建设 the city's infrastructure construction 城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system 承包 contract with 成份指数 component index 成吉思汗 Genghis Khan 成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized /technical school for adults 城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning 城市中年雅皮士 muppie (一批中年专业人士,附庸风雅,矫揉造作cutesification,崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification,攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风,由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成) 城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas 承销商 underwriter 成组技术 group technology 痴迷者 addict 吃大锅饭 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"" " 吃皇粮 "receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government" 重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects 充值卡 rechargeable card 筹备委员会 preparatory committee 筹划指导委员会 steering committee 抽杀成功 hit through 筹资 raised capital/proceeds 出风头 show off;in the limelight 出家 pravrajana; cloister 出口创汇型产业 export-oriented industry 出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports 出口加工区 export processing zones 出口卖方信贷 seller's credit on exports 出口退税率 export rebate rate 出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate 出口押汇 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports 出气筒 punching bag 出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go 船务公司 shipping service company 传销 pyramid sales; multi-level marketing 创建卫生城市 build a nationally advanced clean city 窗口行业 various service trades 创业者 start-up 创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park 吹风会 (advanced) briefing 春运 passenger transport around the Chinese lunar new year 春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program 《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence. 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 次新股 sub-new stock 磁悬浮列车 "Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train " 从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy 粗放经营 extensive operation 粗放式管理 extensive management 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy 存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits 存款单 Certificates of Deposits 存款准备金制度 reserve against deposit system D 打白条 issue IOU 打包贷款 packing credit (loan) 打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home 大包干 all-round responsibility system 达标活动 target hitting activities 大病统筹 comprehensive arrangement for serious disease 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 大轰动 blockbuster 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods 打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products 打卡机 punch machine 大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 打口碟 cracked CD 大款 tycoon 大力扣杀 hammer 大路货 1.cheap goods; 2. popular goods of fine quality 大满贯 grand slam 大排档 food stall 大排档 sidewalk snack booth; large stall 打破僵局 break the deadlock 大胜 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 打顺手 "find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove" 大腕 top notch, big shot 大卫教 ranch Davidian 答谢宴会 return banquet 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 大藏经 Tripitaka 大昭寺 Jokhang Temple. 大专生 junior college student 大专文凭 associate degree 待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting" 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits 带薪假期 paid holiday 待业 job-waiting 呆帐 dead account 代职 function in an acting capacity 单边主义 unilateralism 单刀赴会 start a solo run 单挑 do something by oneself; work on one's own 单循环制 single round-robin system 党群关系 Party-masses relationship 党政机关 Party and government organizations 盗版VCD pirated VCD 倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring 盗打 (电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means 倒汇 speculate in foreign currency 倒计时 countdown 捣浆糊 give the runaround 倒浆糊 run wild; act restlessly 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets 倒爷 profiteer 盗用公款 embezzlement 德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education " 登革热 Dengue Fever 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 第二上市 secondary listing 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 抵抗全球经济衰退 combat the global economic slump 抵免 offset 地球村 global village 地区差异 regional disparity 地热资源 geothermal resources 第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector 第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile 地市级城市 prefecture-level city 地下钱庄 illegal private bank 第一发球权 first inning 第一发球员 first server 第一双打 first pair 地震 earthquak, quake 垫付 "advancement, payment on account" 电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number 电话会议 teleconference 电话留言机 answering machine 电脑盲 computer illiterate 电脑迷 mouse potato 点球 penalty kick 电视会议 video conference 电视直销 TV home shopping 电信运营商 telecom operators 点子公司 consultancy company 电子商务认证 e-business certification 电子商务平台 e-commerce platform (解决争端)调查结果 findings 吊带衫 sun-top, tank-top 吊球 drop shot 吊销执照 revoke license 丁克一族 DINK (Double Income No Kids) 定向培训 training for specific posts 定向增发 additional stock issue tailed for... 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 动感 dynamic 动感电影 multidimensional movie (3D or 4D etc.) 东盟自由贸易区 ASEAN Free Trade Area 东南亚国家联盟 ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) 动迁户 households to be relocated "东突"恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist "豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project 渡假外交 holiday-making diplomacy 独立董事 independent director 独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise) 杜鲁门主义 Truman Doctrine 独生子女 the only child in one's family 毒枭 drug trafficker 断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man) 断码 short in size 短期放款 money at call and short notice 短期债务 floating debt 端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival 对冲基金 hedge fund 对等开放 reciprocal opening 对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ... 对讲机 talkie and walkie 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 多功能性(农业) multifunctionality 夺冠 take the crown 多媒体 multimedia 多媒体短信服务 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) 多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS) 多头账户 long account 多元化 pluralism 多种经营 diversified economy E 厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino phenomenon 恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 恶性循环 vicious circle 鳄鱼的眼泪 crocodile tears 二板市场; 创业板市场 growth enterprise board; second board; hi-tech board 二次创业 start a new undertaking 二级市场 secondary market 二进宫 "to enter the palace a second time (people with a past criminal record again commits a crime, and is convicted and put into a correctional institution)" 2008夏季奥运会 2008 summer Olympics 二流选手 "scrub, second-rater" (把…当成)耳旁风 Like water off (on) a duck's back 二手房 second-hand house 二元经济 dual economy F 发案率 incidence (of criminal cases) 法定货币 legal tender 法律硕士 juris master (jm) 法人代表 legal representative 法人股 corporate shares 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 反败为胜 "bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire" 反补贴税 countervailing duty 反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means 反弹道导弹条约 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government 翻两番 quadruple 反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against … 汎士通轮胎 Firestone tires 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system) 房产估价师 real estate evaluator 房产证 property ownership certificate 房虫儿 real estate speculator 防盗门 burglarproof door; antitheft door 放高球 lob 房管 real estate management 防洪工程 flood-prevention project 房权证 property right certificate 防守反击(足球用语) counterattack 访谈式竞选 (候选人在电视访谈节目中亮相进行的竞选) talk-show campaign 防伪标志 anti-fake label 放下架子 to relinguish haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs 放行单 release permit 废电池 used batteries 非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes 费改税改革 tax-for-fees reform 飞毛腿(导弹) Scud missile 非配额产品 quota-free products 非商标(非专利)产品 generic products 飞行药检 spot check 非洲、加勒比和太平洋国家集团(洛美协定) ACP(African, Caribbean and Pacific Group) 分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market. 粉领族 "pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)" 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" 分业经营 divided operation/ management 封闭式基金 close-ended fund 锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash 疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE) 封杀出局 force out 封圣 "canonization of ""Saints""" 风险基金 VC funds 风险投资 venture capital; risk investment 风险准备金 loan loss provision, provisions of risk 浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages 覆盖率 coverage rate 复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent 附加意外险 supplemental accident insurance 福利彩票 welfare lotteries 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system 扶贫 poverty alleviation 扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office 《浮士德》 Faust 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) 服务行业 catering industry F 疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE) 封杀出局 force out 封圣 "canonization of ""Saints""" 风险基金 VC funds 风险投资 venture capital; risk investment 风险准备金 loan loss provision, provisions of risk 浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages 覆盖率 coverage rate 复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent 附加意外险 supplemental accident insurance 福利彩票 welfare lotteries 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system 扶贫 poverty alleviation 扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office 《浮士德》 Faust 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) 服务行业 catering industry 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. 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 " 感到不妙 I smell a rat. 尴尬,困境,糟糕 pretty pass 干细胞 stem cell 感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well as someone's guest) 港澳台 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong 岗位培训 on-the-job training 港务局 port office; harbor authority 高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue 高产优质 high yield and high quality 高等教育自学考试 self-study higher education examination 高度自治 high degree of autonomy 高分低能 high scores and low abilities 高峰 peak time 高峰论坛 summit (forum) 高杠杆交易机构 highly-leveraged institutions(HLI) 高官会 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) 高级商务师 Certified Business Executive 高级设备 sophisticated equipment 高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road 高架轻轨 elevated railway 高考 (university) entrance examination 高科技板块 high-tech sector 高难度动作 stunner, stunt 高清晰度 high definition 高手 master hand, expert (精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek 高新技术产业开发区 high and new technology industrial development zone 高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness 各大菜系 major styles of cooking 个股 individual share 各行各业 every walk of life 各尽所能 let each person do his best; from each according to his ability 各就位 " ""On your marks!""" (公路)隔离带 median 格列佛游记 Gulliver's Travels 个人收入应税申报制度 the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment 个人数字助理 PDA (personal digital assistant) 个人所得税 personal income tax 个人演唱会 solo concert 个人自扫门前雪, 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one's own potatoes 个体工商户 privately or individually-owned business 根本政治制度 fundamental political system 跟屁虫 1.one's shadow; to tag along; 2. flatterer, boot licker, ass-kisser, brown-noser 跟踪审计 follow-up auditing 更快、更高、更强 Citius, Altius, Fortius 工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting 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 工程公司 engineering company 工程验收 acceptance of work 公费医疗 medical services at state expense 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS) 公积金 "public accumulation funds, public reserve funds" 公检法 " public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts" 公开喊价市场 open outcry markets 公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds 工商局 industrial and commercial bureau 公司分立与解散 separation and dissolution of a company 共同富裕 common prosperity 公务员 civil servants 恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity. 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 公益活动 public benefit activities 公益林 public welfare forest 公证财产 notarize the properties 公正、公平、公开 "just, fair and open" 工资税 payroll tax 工资削减 pay-cut 公司犯罪 corporate abuse / crime / cheat / fraud / wrongdoing / misconduct 购买力 purchasing power 狗仔队 "dog packs; paparazzo (singular), paparazzi(plural) (It refers to those journalists who are hunting the news of celebrities.)" 狗仔队 paparazi 股本 share capital 股本回报率 return on equity 股本金 equity capital 固定电话初装费 installation fees for fixed-line telephones 固定资产投资 investment in the fixed assets 股份合作制 shareholding cooperative system 股份有限公司 limited liability company 股份制 shareholding system; joint-stock system 骨干企业 key enterprise 股票期权 the stock option 股市行情 the ups and downs of the stock market 挂靠 be attached or affiliated to; be subordinate to 挂靠户 an adjunct organization 挂职 1) take a temporary post (in order to temper oneself); 2) serve in a lower level unit for a period while retaining one's position in the previous unit 关联交易 connected transaction 关贸总协定(世界贸易组织的前身) GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) 关税壁垒 customs barrier; tariff wall 关税配额 tariff quota 广播电视大学 radio and television university 广告电话直销 direct response advertising 广告人 advertising man; adman 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 广域网 wide area network (WAN) 广域网 WAN (Wide Area Network) 规避 circumvention 归国留学生 returned students 归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments 规模经济 scale economy, economies of scale 皈依三宝 become a Buddhist 国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components 过度开垦 excess reclamation 国防动员体制 the mobilization for national defense 国际奥委会 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 国际标准化组织 ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 国际惯例 international common practice 国际海域 international waters 国际化战略 internationalization strategy 国际货币基金组织 IMF (International Monetary Fund) 国际禁止化学武器组织 organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) 国际劳工组织 ILO (International Labor Organization) 《国际民用航空公约》(1944) The International Civil Aviation Covenant 国际清算 international settlement 国际日期变更线 International Date Line (IDL) 国际商业机器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) 国际收支不平衡 disequilibrium of balance of payment 《国际先驱论坛报》 International Herald Tribune 国际足球联盟 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 国家财政贴息贷款 discount government loan 国家环保总局 State Environmental Protection Administration 国家级卫生城市 state-level hygiene city 国家经济体制改革委员会 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems 国家控股公司 state-controlling company 国家普通话水平考试 National Proficiency Test of Putonghua 国家体育总局 State Physical Culture Administration 国家一级保护 first-grade State protection 国家质量技术监督局 the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision 国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project 国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team 国脚 player on national soccer team 国库券 treasury bonds ** Kuomintang 国民经济支柱产业 pillar industries in national economy 国民生产总值 gross national product (GNP) 国内生产总值 gross domestic product (GDP) 过山车 roller coaster 过失赔偿责任;无过失赔偿责任 liability with fault;liability without fault 过失责任 liability of fault 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 国土局 Land and Resources Bureau 过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little 国有股 state-owned shares 国有股减持 reduce state's stake in listed companies 国有股减持 state stock reduction 国有资产流失 loss of state assets 国债贴息贷款 T-bond discount loans 国债投资 treasury bond investment 国债专项资金 special fund for treasury bond |