· 鹬蚌相争,渔人得利 "when the snip and the calm grapple, it is the fisherman who stands to benefit; two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it" · 预防为主,谁污染谁治理和强化环境管理三大政策 three major principles for environment control: to put prevention first, to hold those who cause pollution responsible for cleaning up and to improve environmental protection and management · 与国际惯例接轨 become compatible with internationally accepted practices · 与国际市场接轨 integrate with the world market; become integrated into the global market · 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." · 与时俱进 advance with the times · 冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" · 冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies. · 援藏干部 cadres sent to support/aid TibetZ · 在孵(孵化器)企业 incubated enterprises (incubator) · 在建项目后续资金 additional funding for projects under construction · 再就业服务中心 re-employment service center · 再就业工程 re-employment project / program · 宰(客) to swindle money out of our customers · 灾民 flood victims; flood-stricken people · 宰人 rip off · 造假帐 falsified accounts · 早恋 puppy love · 增强人民体质 build up people's health · 增值税 value added tax(VAT) · 债台高筑 become debt-ridden · 战斧式巡航导弹 Tomahawk cruise missile · 占着茅坑不拉屎 be a dog in the manger · 涨落线 advance balance line · 掌上电脑 palm pilot · 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful · 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 · 真善美 the true, the good and the beautiful; truth, good and beauty · 振兴经济 revitalize the economy · 振兴中华 make China powerful and strong; revitalize the Chinese nation · 震源 focus (of an earthquake), seismic origin · 震中 epicenter · 政府采购 government procurement · 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. " · 正气 uprightness; integrity; probity; rectitude · 政企分开 separate government functions from enterprise management · 政治合格,军事过硬,作风优良, 纪律严明,保障有力 "be qualified politically and competent militarily, have a fine style of work, maintain strict discipline and be assured of adequate logistical support" · 政治协商、民主监督、参政议政 exercise political consultation and democratic supervision and participate in deliberating and administration of state affairs · 纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later. · 知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat. · 直接道歉 a straight-out apology · 直接三通与双向交流 three direct links (mail, air and shipping services and trade) and bilateral exchanges · 智力引进 recruit / introduce (foreign) talents · 智囊团、思想库 the brain trust;think tank · 职能转换 transformation of functions · 知识经济 knowledge-based economy · 知识经济 knowledge economy , knowledge-base economy · 知识就是力量 Knowledge is power. · 知识密集 knowledge-intensive · 职务发明 on-duty invention · 职务犯罪 crime by taking advantage of duty · 植物人 human vegetable; vegetable · 直销 direct marketing; door-to-door sale · 支柱产业 pillar / cornerstone industry · 中国电信 China Telecom · 中国联通公司 China Unicom · 中国移动通信公司 China Mobile · 中国证监会 China's Securities Regulatory Commission · 中国证券监督管理委员会 China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) · 重合同、守信用的原则 the principle of equality and mutual benefit and "honoring contracts adn standing by reputation" · 重合同,守信用 abide by contracts and keep one's words; honor credit and promise · 中华世纪坛 China Millennium Monument · 《中美三个联合公报》 The Three Sino-US Joint Communiqué · 中美战略核武器互不瞄准对方 non-targeting strategic nuclear weapons against each other · 中山装 Chinese tunic suit · 中央领导集体 central collective leadership · 中药 traditional Chinese medicine · 珠穆朗玛峰 Mount Qomolangma · 抓住机遇,深化改革,扩大开放,促进发展,保持稳定 seize the current opportunity, deepen the reform, open China wider to the outside world, promote development and maintain stability · 抓住机遇 seize the opportunity · 转轨 transfer to a different track; retracking · 专利产品,仿冒必究 patented product(s), counterfeiting not allowed · 专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised store · 专门人才 professional personnel; special talents · 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 · 转世灵童 reincarnated soul boy · 自学成才 become well-educated through self-study · 自由职业者 free lance · 自主经营,自负盈亏 make one's own management decisions and take full responsibility for one's own profits and losses · 自作自受 stew in one's own juice · 综合国力 comprehensive national strength · 综艺节目 variety show · 走过场 go through the motions · 走后门 get in by the back door · 走上良性发展的轨道 going on the track of sound progress · 走穴 "(actors, singers, etc.) perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to " · 阻碍司法 obstruction of justice · 祖国和平统一大业 peaceful reunification of the motherland · 做假帐 salt a false account · 左倾 pinko · 坐视不管 sit idle · 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |