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赔了夫人又折兵， 花钱填无底洞 throw good money after bad
帕金森症 parkinsonism
派出所 local police station
潘多拉魔盒 pandora's box
盘点 stock count； take stock of
盘活存量资产 liquidize remnant assets
棚户 shacks； family that live in shacks
批发市场 wholesale market
跑龙套 "utility man， play a bit role， general handyman"
泡妞 chase after the girls
泡沫经济 bubble economy
排外主义 exclusivism
排华政策 policy of discrimination against the chinese
配套政策 supporting policies
配股 allotment of shares；rationed shares
配件 accessories
碰头会 "brief meeting （ a brief， small-scale， informal meeting with no fixed agenda， the main purpose of which is to exchange information.） "
碰一鼻子灰 be sent off with a flea in one's ear； be snubbedd； get a rebuff
碰钉子 get snubbed
抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions； throw a sprat to catch a whale
泼冷水 pour cold wate on the enthusiasm of； dampen the spirit of； throw a wet blanket over
泼水节 water-sprinkling festival
评头论足 nit-pick
评标 bidding evaluation
扑网（体） "rush-up， rushing"
铺新摊子 launch new projects
普通高等教育 regular higher education
普选制 general election system
普遍优惠制 generalized preferential system； general system of preferences
破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
啤酒肚 beer belly
疲软股票 soft stock
皮包公司 bogus company
片面追求升学率 place undue emphasis on the proportion of students entering schools of a higher level
骗汇、逃汇、套汇 "obtain foreign currency and false pretenses， not turn over foreign currency owed to the government and illegal arbitrage "
票贩子 "scalper， ticket tout"
票房 box office
拼图 jigsaw
贫铀弹 depleted uranium bomb
贫富悬殊 polarization of rich and poor
平面设计师 graphic designer
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 "never burn incense when all is well， but clasp buddha's feet when in distress"
平稳过渡 smooth transition
平抑（稳定）物价 stabilize commodity prices
平等、互利、互相尊重主权和领土完整 equality，mutual benefit， mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity
平等互利原则 principle of equality and mutual benefit
平等互利、讲求实效、形式多样、共同发展的方针 pursuing practical results， adopting various waysand seeking common development
the principle of equality， mutual benefit， efficiency， diversity andmutual development
平衡预算 balance a budget； a balanced budget
平均主义 equalitarianism
瓶颈制约 “bottleneck”restrictions
白皮书 white paper q
青少年犯罪 juvenile deliquency
轻水反应堆 light water reactor（ lwr）
倾销 dump； dumping
抢跑 "false start， beat the gun"
敲竹杠 make somebody pay through the nose； put the lug on； rob by a trick
青藏高原 qinghai-tibet plateau
抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities
氢弹 hydrogen bomb
轻轨火车 light rail train
抢购 panic buying
切入点 point of penetration； breakthrough point
情商 emotion quotient （eq）
侨务 affairs concerning nationals residing abroad
情有独钟 show special preference （favor） to …
侨胞 countrymen residing abroad
情感消费 emotional consumption
巧妇难为无米之炊 if you have no hand you can't make a fist.
one can't make bricks without straw.
翘尾巴 be cocky； get stuck-up
钦差大臣 imperial envoy； imperial commissioner
求大同，存小异 seek common ground on major question while reserving differences on minor ones
勤政廉政建设 keep government functionaries honest and industrious
勤工俭学 part-work and part-study system； work-study program
禽流感 bird flu
屈体 "jackknife， pike"
清明节 pure bright festival； tomb sweeping day
清算
结算 clearing
settlement
清算银行 clearing bank
清算公司 clearing corporation； liquidation company
清产核资 asset and capital verification
清洁能源 clean energy
侵吞公款 embezzle public funds
embezzlement of public funds
洽谈会 "fair， meeting"
牵头人 initiator
千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step——the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
千禧婴儿 millennium infant； millennium baby
千年问题、千年虫 millennium bug
千代田寿险公司（日本） chiyoda mutual life insurance co.
签约仪式 signing ceremony
钱袋子 fund sources
前事不忘，后事之师 past experience， if not forgotten， is a guide for the future.
前人栽树，后人乘凉 one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
one sows and another reaps.
前瞻性 perspectiveness
前怕狼，后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind
hesitate in doing something
欠收（农业） crop failure
强龙难压地头蛇 even a dragon （from the outside） finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
强力球（美国的全国性彩票） powerball
强强联手 win-win co-operation
强权外交 power diplomacy
强化班 intensive training class
亲民党 people first party
区位商业 location-based commerce
区域经济 regional economies
取消禁运 lifting of embargo
圈外人士 people out of the loop
权力下放 delegate power to the lower levels； shift of power to the grassroots
权力法案 bill of rights
权益回报率 returns on equity （roe）
权贵资本主义（又译裙带资本主义或亲朋好友资本主义） crony capitalism
全民健身计划纲要 outline of the nationwide body-building plan
全面实施以德育为核心、以创新精神和实践能力为重点的素质教育 carry on the quality education centering on moral education and emphasizing creativity and practice
全面禁止和彻底销毁核武器 complete prohibition and thorough destruction nuclear weapons
全球移动通信系统（全球通） global system for mobile communications （gsm）
全球变暖 global warming
全球多边贸易体系 global system of multilateral trade
全球定位系统 global positioning system （gps）
全天候 24-hour （service）
全天候飞机 all-weatehr aircraft
全优工程 all-round excellent project
全能冠军 all-around winner
全方位外交 multi-faceted diplomacy
全方位、多层次、宽领域的对外开放格局 all-dimensional， multitiered and wide-ranging opening pattern
全国人民代表大会 npc （national people's congress）
全国人口普查 nationwide census
全国卫生城市 national hygienic city
全景电影 cinepanoramic
全资企业 exclusively-invested enterprises
拳头产品 competitive products； knock-out products； blockbuster
券商 securities trader
裙带风 nepotism； petticoat influence
裙带关系 networking through petticoat influence
群言堂 allow everybody to air his view； let everyone have his say； speak one's mind freely
起跑器 block
旗袍 cheong-sam； chi-pao
骑警 horseback police
企业形象 corporate image（ci）
enterprise image
企业效益 performance of enterprises
企业上市 listing of a company
企业文化 corporate culture
企业重组 reshuffle of the enterprises
企业产权 property rights of enterprises
企业的自我约束机制 self-regulating mechanism of enterprises
企业孵化器 enterprise incubator
企业改制 restructuring of enterprise
企业兼并重组 annexation and reorganization of enterprises
企业集团 enterprise group
启动基金 initial funding
启发式教学 heuristic education
欺行霸市价格 forced quotation
期末存货 closing stock
期初存货 opening stock
期房 forward delivery housing
期货对冲交易 offsetting futures transactions
期货交易 deal in futures； futures business
trading； forward business r
让利 surrender part of the profits
瑞雪兆丰年 a timely snow promises a good harvest.
人类免疫缺陷病毒 human immunodeficiency virus（hiv）
人类基因图谱 human genome
人情债 debt of gratitude
人性化管理 human-based management
人身意外保险 personal accident insurance
人身攻击 personal attack
人寿保险 life insurance
入水时水花很少 clean entry
热污染 thermal pollution
人头税 poll tax
人之初，性本善 man's nature at birth is good.
人才流失 brain drain
人才战 competition for talented people
人才高地 talent highland
人才交流 talents exchange
人大代表 npc member
热带雨林 tropical rain forest
热带风暴 tropical storm
热岛效应 tropical island effect
人逢喜事精神爽 joy puts heart into a man.
人浮于事 overstaffing
人浮于事 overstaff
人工智能 artificial intelligence（ai）
热核弹头 thermonuclear warhead
人海战术 huge-crowd strategy
人机交互 human-computer interaction
人际交往 human communication
人均住房 per-capita housing
入境问俗，入乡随俗 when in rome do as the romans do.
人口老龄化 an aging population
人口素质 quality of population
人口学 larithmics
人口出生率 birth rate
人口负增长 negative population growth （npg）
人口过剩 overpopulation
软新闻 soft news
任意球 free kick
软盘 floppy disk
认股权证 warrant
软着陆 soft landing
弱肉强食法则 law of the jungle
日本协力银行 japan bank for international cooperation （jbic）
日本右翼势力 right-wing forces in japan
日本广播协会 nhk
日经指数 nikkei index
荣誉权 right of fame
融资渠道 financing channels
绕圈子 beat around the bush
燃油附加税 bunker surcharge
染指 reap undeserved profit from； encroach upon s
（西方的）三权分立 separation of executive， legislative， and judicial powers
（企业集团的）松散层 loose level （of an enterprise group）
360度环幕电影 circamara
<> shi ji
historical records
舍利子 buddha's relics
世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "where there is a will， there is a way. "
世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world；
死亡率 mortality
酸雨 acid rain
死帐 uncollectible account， bad debt， bad loan
事业单位 public institution
摄政王 acting king； prince regent
枢纽工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project
闪电战 blitz； lightning war
死而后已 until my heart stops beating
死机 system halted
世界大学生运动会（大运会） universiade
世界观、人生观、价值观 world outlook； outlook on life； values
社论 editorial
社区服务 community services
社会名流 celebrity
社会力量办学 running of schools by non-governmental sectors
社会效益 social effect
results
benefit
社会热点问题 hot spots of society
社会治安情况 public security situation
社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy
社会主义精神文明建设 socialist ideological and ethical progress
社会保障制度 social security system
社会福利彩票 social welfare lotteries
社会化服务体系 socialized service system； social service system
市盈率 p
e （price
earning） ratio
市政工程 municipal works； municipal engineering
市值 market capitalization
市场营销学 marketing
市场占有率 market share
市场疲软 sluggish market
市场饱和 market saturation； saturated market
市场化 marketization
市场准入 market access
市话 local calls
适龄儿童入学率 enrolment rate for children of school age
岁岁平安 peace all year round
申诉权 right of petition
适销对路的产品 readily marketable products
适者生存 survival of the fittest
申办奥运会 bid for the olympic games
适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight fiscal policy
上马 start a project
上门服务 door-to-door service
上新台阶 reach a new level； reach a higher stage of development
上市 to be listed
上市公司 listed companies
上山下乡 （of educated urban youth） go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
送温暖工程 heart-warming project
身外之物 worldly possessions
商务旅游 business travel
身体素质 physique； physical constitution
上网 to get on the internet， surf the net
上有天堂，下有苏杭 "just as there is paradise in heaven， ther are suzhou and hangzhou on earth."
商业网点 commodity network
商业炒作 commercial speculation
商业贷款 commercial loan
商业存在（服务贸易） commercial presence
释迦牟尼 sakyamuni
商品条码 bar code
商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
商品化 commercialization
商品经济 commodity economy
上岗 go to one's post； go on duty
上海五国第六次峰会 "the sixth summit of ""shanghai five"" "
上海五国机制 the shanghai five mechanism
上海合作组织 shanghai cooperation organization （sco）
商检局 commodity inspection bureau
深加工 deep processing； further processing
搜索引擎（计算机） search engine
神州行电话卡 shenzhou pre-paid card
收视率 audience ratings； television viewing
审时度势 size up the situation
试用期 probationary period
收盘价 closing price
视频点播 video on demand （vod）
试点工程 pilot project
试管婴儿 test-tube baby
收购兼并 merger and acquisition
生命银行 bank for keeping the donated organs and remains of dead persons for medical use
授信贷款 credit extension loan
授信额度 line of credit
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 "
寿司 sushi， a japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished
生物圈 biosphere
塞翁失马，焉知非福 misfortune may be an actual blessing.
生物恐怖主义 bioterrorism
生态旅游 ecotourism
生态林 ecological forest
生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture
生意兴隆 business flourishes
所有权经营权分离 separate ownership from managerial authority
所得税 income tax
售后服务 after-sale services
三民主义 the three people's principles （nationalism， democracy and the people's livelihood） put forward by dr. sun yat-sen
三连冠 three successive championships
三来一补企业 "the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands， assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples； or engage in compensation trade."
瘦肉精（盐酸克伦特罗） clenobuterol hydrochloride
三权分立 separation of the executive， legislative and judicial powers
三十而立 "a man should be independent at the age of thirty.
at thirty， a man should be able to think for himself."
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）"
三维电影 three-dimensional movie
三维动画片 three-dimensional animation
三峡工程 three gorges project
三无企业 "three-no-enterprises （it refers to enterprises with no capital， no plant， and no administrative structure.）"
受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster
受灾地区 disaster-affected are
三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services， esp. prostitute
三农问题 issues concerning agriculture， countryside and farmers
三八线 38th parallel
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三产 tertiary industry
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）
三废（废气、废水、废渣） “three wastes”（waste gas， waste water and waste residues）
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.）
三高农业 "three highs" agriculture （high yield， high quality and high efficiency agriculture）
三好学生 merit student； three good student（good in study， attitude and health）
升级换代 updating and upgrading （of products）
三角恋爱 love triangle
三角债 chain debt
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）
数据通信 data communication
三资企业（中外合资企业，中外合作企业，外商独资企业） "three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures： sino-foreign joint ventures， cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in china "
三自原则 principles of self-administration， self-support and self-propagation
数字地球 digital globe
三字经 three-character scripture
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
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）
四十不惑 life begins at forty.
涉外经济 foreign-related business
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"
四有新人 "new generation of people with lofty ideals， moral integrity， good education and a strong sense of discipline"
四大金刚 four heavenly guardians at the entrance to a buddhism temple； four devarajas
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
手机入网费 mobile access fee
手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone
省会 provincial capital
散户 retail
private investor
刷卡，划卡 to punch the card； to stamp the card
桑拿浴 sauna
圣战（伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争） jihad
甩卖 clearance sale； be on sale
师兄弟 （senior and junior） fellow apprentice
失恋 be disappointed in love； be jilted
失学儿童 dropout
扫盲 eliminate illiteracy
扫尾工作 round-off work； wind-up work
扫黄，打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications
狮子座 leo
施政纲领 administrative program
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向选择 "two-way selection， referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market"
双向选择 two-way choice （in employment practice）
双学位 double degree
双赢局面 win-win situation
双职工 man and wife both at work； working couple
双重轨制 two-tier system ； double-track system
双重国籍 dual nationality
森林覆盖率 forest coverage； percentage of forest cover
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "such kindness of warm sun， can't be repaid by grass. "
水土流失 soil erosion
水下导弹 submarine-based missiles
水涨船高 when the river rises， the boat floats high.
十一界三中全会 the third session of the eleventh central committee of the party
水墨画 chinese brush drawing； ink and wash painting
水货 smuggled goods
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace——one's trump or master card
时不我待 time and tide wait for no man.
杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
刹住大吃大喝、公费旅游、铺张浪费的奢侈之风 put a stop to extravagance and waste （wining and dining of official guests，touring the country at public expenses）
沙漠化 desertification
食品卫生法 food hygiene law of people's republic of china
沙尘暴 sand storm； dust storm
实行股份制 enforce stockholding system
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
实事求是 seek truth from facts； be practical and realistic； be true to facts
实时达帐 real-time account settlement
实体经济 the real economy
实现零的突破 "fulfil the zero （gold medal， medal， etc） breakthrough"
实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life
实现中华民族伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the chinese nation
说曹操，曹操到 talk of the devil and he comes.
实话实说 speak the plain truth； call a spade a spade； tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
思乡曲 nostalgia
思想僵铁 fossilized concept
私人游资 mobile private capital
私人企业 private enterprise
私营企业 privately-run enterprise
山姆大叔 uncle sam
山不在高，有仙则名 "no matter how high the mountain is， its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy； "
司仪 mc （master of ceremonies）
首期按揭 down-payment
首次公开发行的股票 initial public offering （ipo）
首创精神 pioneering spirit
首航 maiden voyage （of an aircraft or ship）
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative， subversive and splittist activities
素质教育 education for all-around development
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
夙敌 "arch-rival
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
《神曲》 divine comedy
《生死抉择》 live or die
《三国演义》 the romance of the three kingdoms
《水浒传》 heroes of the marshes； water margins
《山海经》 the classic of mountains and rivers