A. 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 暗亏 hidden loss 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult B. 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse 把握大局 grasp the overall situation 白色行情表 white sheet 白手起家 starting from scratch 摆架子 put on airs 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 包干到户 work contracted to households 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 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 蹦击 bungee, bungee jumping 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives 闭门羹 given cold-shoulder 边际报酬 marginal return 边缘科学 boundary science 标书 bidding documents 表演赛 demonstration match 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody 补缺选举 by-election 布达拉宫 Potala Palace 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. 《不见不散》 Be there or be square. 不良贷款 non-performing loan 不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city 不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency 步行天桥 foot bridge C. 擦边球 edge ball, touch ball 擦网球 net ball 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs 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 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 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 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 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 城市规划 city's landscaping plan 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" 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 出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports 出家 pravrajana; cloister 创建卫生城市:build a nationally advanced clean city 春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program 《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals 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 D. "达标"活动 "target hitting" activities 打白条 issue IOU 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 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 大款 tycoon 大排挡 sidewalk snack booth 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 单循环制 single round-robin system 盗用公款 embezzlement 单刀赴会 start a solo run 倒计时 countdowm 倒爷 profiteer 等外品 off-grade goods, rejects 第二产业 secondary industry 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 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 吊球 drop shot 吊销执照 revoke license 定向培训 training for specific posts 豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project 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 对外招商 attract foreign investment 队长袖标(足球) skipper's armband 多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power 多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS) 夺冠 take the crown E. 恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 二板市场(创业板市场) second board on the country's stock market 二流选手 scrub, second-rater F. 发展不平衡 disparate development 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 防洪工程 flood-prevention project 放高球 lob 飞行药检 spot check 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes 分流 reposition of redundant personnel 分期付款 installment payment (产品)分销 subunderwriting, distribution 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 扶贫 poverty alleviation 覆盖率 coverage rate 复式住宅 compound apartment 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 高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue 高产优质 high yield and high quality 高级商务师 Certified Business Executive 高难度动作 stunner, stunt 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 "各就位" "On your marks!" 跟踪审计 follow-up auditing 工商局 industrial and commercial bureau 工业园区 industrial park 公积金public accumulation funds, public reserve funds 公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds 公正、公平、公开 just, fair and open 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 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 国家一级保护 first-grade State protection 国库券 treasury bonds 过度开垦 excess reclamation H. 海湾战争综合症 the complexities of the Gulf War 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" 合理引导消费 guide rational consumption 合议庭 collegiate bench 黑店 gangster inn 宏观调控 macro-control efforts 红包 (中)red paper containing money as a gift, (贬) bribe, kickback 环太平洋地区 Pacific Rim 后防空虚 leave the defense exposed 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. 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 "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 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 婚外恋 extramarital love 活到老,学到老 One is never too old to learn. 货币回笼 withdrawal of currency from circulation J. 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 绩优股 blue chip 激烈竞争 cut-throat competition 吉祥物 mascot 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 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 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. 减员增效 downsizing for efficiency; cut payroll to improve efficiency 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 接口 interface 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 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 Vajra Sutra| 金降落伞 golden parachute 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 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 京剧票友 Peking Opera fan 景泰蓝 cloisonné 劲射 power shot 竣工式 completion ceremony K. 卡丁车 kart 开放式基金 open-ended fund 开工不足 enterprises running under their production capacity 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 可持续发展 sustainable development 空头支票 accommodation note, lip service 控股公司 holding company 扣帽子 put a label on 跨实际工程 a trans-century project 亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit 困难职工 the needy 国民党 Kuomintang 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 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 利基 niche 立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture 联合联络小组 joint liaison group 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 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 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 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 裸机:bare mobile phone 绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate 绿化 afforestation M. 满意度 degree of satisfaction 盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside 帽子戏法 hat trick 买一送一 two-for-one offer, buy one get one free 门前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building 朦胧诗 misty poetry 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 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 N. 纳米 nanometer 囊括 complete a sweep 耐用消费品 durable consumer items (goods) 南水北调 South-to-North water diversion 能官能民 be ready to both serve as an offical and be one of the common people 能上网的手机 WAP phone 内耗 in-fighting 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) O. P. 跑龙套 utility man 泡沫经济 bubble economy 配股 allotment of shares 配套政策 supporting policies 碰钉子 get snubbed 疲软股票 soft stock 皮包公司 bogus company 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 瓶颈制约 “bottleneck”restrictions 扑网 rush-up, rushing Q. 起跑器 block 千代田寿险公司(日本) Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. 抢跑 false start, beat the gun 亲民党 People First Party 屈体 jackknife, pike 全能冠军 all-around winner 全球通 global system for mobile communications 拳头产品 competitive products; knock-out products; blockbuster R. 绕圈子 beat around the bush 人才流失brain drain 人浮于事 overstaffing 人工智能 artificial intelligence(AI) 人机交互 human-computer interaction 人类免疫缺陷病毒Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) 人情债 debt of gratitude 任意球 free kick 融资渠道 financing channels 入水时水花很少 clean entry 软新闻 soft news S. 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 三好学生 merit student "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) 三角债 chain debt 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 三字经 three-character scripture "扫黄"、"打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications 《山海经》the Classic of Mountains and Rivers 商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau 商品条码 bar code 上市 to be listed 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 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 失学儿童 dropout实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 实体经济 the real economy 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 市场疲软 sluggish market 市场准入 market access 适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight financial policy 适销对路的产品 readily marketable products 手机入网费 mobile access fee 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 涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton 双刃剑 double-edged sword 水货 smuggled goods 水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting 思乡曲 Nostalgia 思想僵铁 fossilized concept 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 素质教育 education for all-around development T. 弹性外交 elastic diplomacy 套利 arbitrage 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 统一市场 single market 统一税 flat tax, consolidated tax 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 投手 pitcher 透过现象看本质 see through the appearance to perceive the essence 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 脱贫 cast off poverty 脱手 release grip W. 汪辜会谈 Wang Daohan-Koo Chen-fu Talks (Wang-Koo talks) 网络出版 online publishing 网上冲浪surf the Internet 稳定压倒一切 Maintaining stability is of top priority 维护人权和不断改善人权状况 safeguard human rights and steadily improve the human rights situation 伪劣产品 fake and shoddy products 卫冕世界冠军 reigning world champion 屋顶花园 roof garden 无氟冰箱 freon-free refrigerator 无人售票 self-service ticketing 无线应用协议 WAP(wireless application protocol) 物价局 Price Bureau 物业管理 estate management, property management X. 西部大开发 West Development 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 险胜 cliff-hanging win, narrow victory, nose out 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 向钱看 mammonism, put money above all 项目立项:approve and initiate a project 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 新秀 up-and-coming star, rising star 信息港 inforport 信息化 informationize 信用紧缩 credit crunch 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 徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends |