四个如何认识（江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题。） "in his important address to the central ideological and political work conference on june 28 this year, party general secretary jiang zemin expounds on how to understand the historical process of socialist development； how to understand the historical process of capitalist development； how to understand the impact of china's socialist reform over the people's thinking； how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle."
四个现代化 four modernizations （the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology）
四合院 courtyard dwellilngs； quadrangle dwellings
死机 system halted
四连冠 four straight （consecutive） championships, （four championships on the run）
私人轿车牌照 individual car plate
私人企业 private enterprise
私人游资 mobile private capital
四十不惑 life begins at forty.
四书（《大学》、《中庸》、《论语》、《孟子》）the four books （the great learning, the doctrine of the mean, the analects of confucius, the mencius）
私塾 private school
死亡率 mortality
死亡人数 death toll
思想包袱 mental load
思想道德教育 ideological and moral education
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"
思想僵硬 fossilized concept
思乡曲 nostalgia
司仪 mc （master of ceremonies）
私营企业 privately-run enterprise
四有新人 "new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline"
死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan
司法公正 judicial fairness
四库全书 complete library of the four branches； the siku quanshu
soho一族（小型办公室和家庭办公室） so （small office） ho （homeoffice）
送货上门 provide home delivery service
（企业集团的）松散层 loose level （of an enterprise group）
送温暖工程 heart-warming project
搜索引擎（计算机） search engine
所有权经营权分离 separate ownership from managerial authority
夙敌 "arch-rival
速递业务 express delivery services
素质教育 quality education； education for all-around development； competence-oriented education
酸雨 acid rain
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
随礼 give presents as returns
岁岁平安 peace all year round
随团旅游 group travel
损公肥私 benefit oneself at the expense of public interests
孙子兵法 the art of war
所得税 income tax
诉讼辩护人 defender
诉讼参与人 participant in proceedings
诉讼代理人 agent ad litem
诉讼权力 litigation right