C. 擦边球 edge ball, touch ball 擦网球 net ball 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 采取市场多元化战略 adopt the strategy of a multi-outlet market “菜篮子”工程 the "shopping basket' project (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 differential 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 产量比1997年增加了2倍 the output has increased 3 times (registered a 3-fold increase; increased 200%)compared with 1997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 长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta 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 厂长经理负责制 the factory director (manager) responsibility system 畅通工程 "Smooth Traffic Project" 畅销产品 marketable products; products with good market ;commodities in short supply ; goods in great demand. 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 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 出口退税 refunding export taxes 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 创汇产品 foreign exchange (hard-currency) earning experts 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 刺激内需 stimulate domestic demand 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 粗放式管理 extensive management 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy 促进富余人员合理流动 promote a rational flow of surplus personnel 促进住房商品化 promote the commercialization of housing 存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits |