嫌贫爱富 despise the poor and curry favor with the rich
限期汇票 tenor draft
先驱工业 prioneer industry
先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.
闲散土地 scattered plots of unutilized land
闲散资金 scattered funds
现身说法 use one's own experience as an object lesson
险胜 "cliff-hanging win, narrow victory, nose out"
限时供水 water rationing
现实主义 realism
限速 speed limit
先天免疫 natural immunity (It was the first time the WHO had declared a Phase 5 outbreak, the second-highest on its threat scale, indicating a pandemic could be imminent. The virus, a mix of pig, bird and human genes to which people have limited natural immunity, had spread to at least nine countries. 这是世界卫生组织首次发布5级疾病爆发预警——预警级别中的第二高级别，表明疫情有可能即将在全球爆发。猪流感病毒是猪类、禽类和人类基因的混合体，人体对该病毒没有先天免疫力。目前猪流感已蔓延到至少9个国家。)
纤维光学 fibre optics
线下商贸运作 offline business operation
先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound
县乡机构改革 reforms of county and township government institutions
现行利息 current interest
校园数字化 campus digitalization
闲置人员 idle employee;idle hand
闲置地产 vacant property (The vacant property in China has reached about 10,000 hectares, and 55% of it was caused by the government's layout plan and the court's close rule, said the Ministry of Land and Recourses Wednesday. 国土资源部周三称，目前全国闲置的房地产用地约1万公顷，其中因政府规划方案和司法查封而导致闲置的土地约占55%。)
限制军备 arms limitation
闲置土地 idle land (China's land use watchdog released on Thursday a blacklist of 26 cases of land left idle by property developers to curb hoarding and speculation. 中国土地使用监管机构周四发布了一个黑名单，其中包括26宗闲置土地的开发商，以限制囤地投机行为。)
限制战略武器会谈 strategic arms limitation talks( SALT)
先到先得 first come first served (All of the tickets for the Paralympics will be sold on a first-come-first-served-basis, a senior official from the Games' organizing committee said over the weekend. 奥组委官员周末透露，所有残奥会比赛的门票都按照先到先得的原则出售。)
香港明天更好基金会 Better Hong Kong Foundation
现代意识 modern thinking
现代远程教育 modern distance education
现代中药产业化 modern production of traditional Chinese medicines
宪法修正案 amendments to the Constitution
先发制人战略 pre-emptive strategy
现房 completed apartment(or flat)
县改市 county upgraded to city
限购 property-purchasing limitations (The central government will expand property-purchasing limitations to second- and third-tier cities as it steps up efforts to cool the real estate market, a report said on Sunday. 周日有报道称，中央政府将把“限购令”范围扩大至二、三线城市，进一步为房地产市场降温。)
限广令 ban on all TV stations airing commercials (China's top broadcasting watchdog has ordered a national ban on all TV stations airing commercials during TV dramas. 国家广电总局近日颁布“限广令”，规定在全国各电视台播出电视剧时，禁止插播广告。)
现货交易 spot transaction
鲜活商品 fresh goods
现货自运 cash-and-carry
县级市 county-level city
先积累后消费 accumulation before consumption
现金补贴 cash subsidy (Each household with permanent residence registration in Guangzhou will be offered 150 yuan in cash subsidies for commuting purposes after local authorities scrapped a move to make public transport free ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. 在亚运会开幕前夕，广州市宣布取消免费乘坐公交的优惠政策，每个户籍家庭将领到150元的现金交通补贴。)
现金不足 short of cash
现金订单 cash order
先进工作者 advanced worker
现金过剩 surplus of cash
现金流量 cash flow
现金通货 cash currency
现金外流 cash drain
保持党员先进性教育 Campaign to Educate Party Members to Preserve Their Vanguard Nature
先决条件 prior condition;precondition; prerequisite
贤内助 good wife
喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear
喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear
《西游记》 Pilgrimage to the West; Journey to the West
细则 by-law
下不为例 not to be taken as a precedent; not to be repeated
下放权力给 delegate the management of ... (to ...)
下岗职工 laid-off workers
下岗职工基本生活费 subsistence allowances for laid-off workers
下海 plunge into the commercial sea
下马 get down from a horse; dismount from a horse
下水典礼 launching ceremony
下网 off line
下游行业 downstream industry
下载(计算机) downloading
夏至 Summer Solstice
现场表演 on-the-spot demonstration;live-demonstration
现场采访 spot coverage
现场工作人员 field personnel
现场会议 on-site meeting
现场招聘 on-site recruiting (The four teams accredited by Zhejiang province will cooperate with labor-exporting provinces on interprovincial labor services, and some enterprises will participate in on-site recruiting. 浙江省委派的四支工作组将与劳务输出省份在跨省劳务服务方面进行合作，一些企业还会参与现场招聘活动。)
现场直播 live broadcast
咸潮入侵 saltwater intrusion (The city's tap water supply will not be undermined by the lingering drought and the consequent intrusion of saltwater, a local official from the water authority has said. 当地水务局的官员称，上海市的自来水供应不会受到持续干旱和随之而来的咸潮入侵的影响。)
现代企业制度 modern-enterprise system; modern-corporate system
现代思潮 modern shools of thought
现代题材 contemporary themes
细胞工程 cell engineering
西部大开发 Western Development, large-scale development of the western region
西部片 western films
西部文学 Western literature; literature of western areas in the USA
西电东送 transmit the electricity from western areas to East China; West-East power transmission project
吸毒窝点 drug den
细菌武器 bacteriological weapon
细菌战 germ war
洗礼 baptism
细粮作物 fine-grain crop
系列产品 line of products
嬉皮士 hippie (esp. in the 1960s and 1970s)who opposes, or is thought to oppose, the accepted standards of ordinary society, esp. when expressing this by dressing in unusual clothes, living in groups together, and (sometimes) taking drugs for pleasure
西气东输 transmit natural gas from western areas to East China; West-East natural gas transmission project
洗钱 money laundering
吸取世界文明成果 assimilate the achievements of civilzations the world over
稀缺经济 scarcity economy
息事宁人 patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned;pour oil on troubled waters
吸收存款 deposit-taking
吸收游资 absorb idle funds
系统管理 system management
希望工程 Hope Project
《西厢记》 The Romance of West Chamber
《西行漫记》 Red Star over China
夕阳产业 sunset industry
西洋景 Peep Show