上门推销员 knocker
商品步行街 shopping mall
商品储备 commodity supply
商品房 commercial residential building
商品房空置 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
商品过剩 glut of goods
商品化 commercialization
商品货币 commodity money
商品交易 commodity transaction
商品交易所 commodity exchange(center)
商品经济 commodity economy
商品条码 bar code
商品销路 commodity outlet
上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上市公司 listed companies
伤停“休养” lay-off (Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, former Olympic and world champion, returned to competition in style by finishing second at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix here on Sunday. 中国跨栏选手、前奥运会和世界冠军刘翔在周日的上海国际田径黄金大奖赛上完美复出，获得了亚军。)
上网 to get on the Internet, surf the net
商务代表 commercial or trade representative
商务旅游 business travel
上新台阶 reach a new level; reach a higher stage of development
商业报价 commercial offer
商业保险资金 commercial insurance funds
商业炒作 commercial speculation
商业存在（服务贸易） commercial presence
闪客 flash
擅离职守 AWOL (A few hours after President Obama’s press conference Wednesday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused him of being “AWOL" – absent without leave – on the debt-reduction debate. 在美国总统奥巴马周三召开新闻发布会后几小时，共和党众议院发言人约翰•博纳就指责他在讨论削减债务问题时擅离职守。)
山姆大叔 Uncle Sam
煽情 arouse one's enthusiasm or fervor
山体滑坡 mountain landslide
赡养费 support payment
闪存卡 flash memory card
商办工业企业 industrial enterprises run by commercial units
上班时间 office hour
商标冒用 trade mark infringement
商标侵权 trademark infringement (The tablets have been confiscated from shelves in many retail shops and electronic stores due to a Chinese company's lawsuit against the Apple Inc over the trademark infringement, in Shijiazhuang city, capital of North China's Hebei province. 在河北省省会石家庄市，由于苹果公司商标侵权案，使得多处零售商店和电子产品商店中的iPad平板电脑遭遇下架的命运。)
商标条款 brand clause
商标专利权 exclusive right to use trademark
伤不起 too delicate to bear a blow (The phrase shang bu qi, which means too delicate to bear a blow, was chosen as the phrase of the year, revealing the public's sensitivity to personal and social problems, and their call for justice and equity. “伤不起”入选年度词语，表现出公众对个人和社会问题的敏感，以及他们对公平和正义的呼唤。)
商潮 business wave
上岗 go to one's post; go on duty
上岗证 work license
上海合作组织 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
上海合作组织秘书处 Secretariat of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
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
商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau
商界 the business circle
上马 start a project
上门服务 door-to-door service
三天打鱼，两天晒网 work by fits and starts (Jones works by fits and starts and lacks continuity in endeavor. 琼斯做事三天打鱼，两天晒网，不够努力坚持。)
三提五统 three deductions [for public reserve funds, public welfare funds and management fees, tr.] and the five charges [charges for rural education, family planning, militia training, rural road construction and subsidies to entitled groups]
三无人员 （无合法证件，无正常居所，无正当生活来源） people without identification papers, a normal residence permit, and a source of income; “sanwu” people
三峡移民 Migrants from Three Gorges area
扫黄,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications
扫盲 eliminate illiteracy
扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work
扫除文盲 eliminate illiteracy
骚扰电话 crank call
森林覆盖率 forest coverage; percentage of forest cover
森林女孩；森女 mori girl (Hibi Akemi shows three styles of girls -- street gals, mori girls and sweet princess. 日比朱美向大家展示了“强力辣妹”、“森林女孩”和“公主系女孩”三种年轻女孩的时尚造型。)
沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm
沙尘回流 dust backflow (Dusts backflow continues to contaminate Beijing's air--Dusts which polluted Beijing's air Friday backflowed Saturday from Beijing's east and south and continued to contaminate the capital's air on Sunday, according to an environmental expert. 沙尘回流继续污染北京空气——据一位环境专家称，周五污染北京空气的沙尘将从北京东部和南部回流，并在周日继续影响京城的空气质量。)
沙雕 Sand sculpture (An annual sand sculpture festival kicked off in Berlin. 一年一度的德国柏林沙雕节日前在柏林拉开了帷幕。)
杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
傻冒 blockhead; simpleton; foolishness; to exude foolishness
沙漠化 desertification
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master card
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）
煞住歪风 put an end to the unhealthy practice
傻瓜相机 Instamatic (商标名， 焦距、镜头均固定，被称为foolproof相机)
晒工资 salary show
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; "
闪电战 blitz; lightning war
《山海经》 the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
三连冠 three successive championships
三连胜 hat-trick feat (Liu Xiang steals limelight after hat-trick feat at National Games. 刘翔全运会获三连胜佳绩，成媒体关注焦点。)
三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三农问题 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers
三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute
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)"
三网融合 tri-networks integration (The much-anticipated tri-networks integration will cover China's urban areas in three years, five years at most, the Securities Daily reported Monday, citing an unnamed official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). 《证券日报》本周一援引工业和信息化部一位未透露姓名的官员的话说，备受期待的三网融合将在三至五年内覆盖中国的城市地区。)
三维电影 three-dimensional movie
三维动画片 three-dimensional animation
三无企业 "three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)"
三峡工程 Three Gorges Project
三峡水利枢纽二期工程 the second phase of the key water control project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River
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"
“三沿”开放（沿海、沿边、沿江） "Sea-shore, River-shore, Border-shore" opening-up
散装 load in bulk
三字经 three-character scripture
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
三等功 third-class merits
桑拿天 sauna weather (The heatwave that has already lasted three days is expected to ease and temperatures should fall to around 30 degrees Celsius after rainfall on Wednesday. However, the rain could continue until Saturday, leading to "sauna weather" during the second half of the week. 据估计，本周三（北京）将迎来降雨，持续三天的热浪将得到缓解。但这场降雨将持续至周六，在本周后几天将京城彻底拖入“桑拿天”。)
桑拿浴 sauna
散伙饭 goodbye dinner
赛季 sports competition season
塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三八线 38th Parallel
360度环幕电影 Circamara
三班倒 three shifts
三步走战略 the three-step development strategy
三产 tertiary industry
三大法宝 the three main and effective method
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)
三分钟热度 brief period of enthusiasm
三高农业 "three highs" agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)
三个代表 three represents theory (the Party must always represent the requirements of the development of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of the development of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China.)
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
三股企业 three-share enterprises—enterprises whose shares are purchased by government departments, local authorities and other enterprises
《三国演义》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)
散户 retail / private investor
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); stress the need to study, to be political-minded and to be honest and upright
"三讲" 教育 "Three Emphasis" Education
三角恋爱 love triangle
三角债 chain debt
散客 individual traveler
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."