廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government
廉租房 low-rent houses (The premier said the government plans to earmark 6.8 billion yuan in its 2008 budget to build low-rent houses for the urban poor. 温总理说，今年政府计划投入68亿元为城市低收入者建设廉租房)
两岸民间行业组织 non-governmental trade organizations across the Straits
两岸三地 the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong
两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation
两岸直航 cross-Straits direct transportation link
两岸直航包机 Direct Chartered Flight Across the Taiwan Straits
两大历史性课题（提高党的执政水平和领导水平、提高拒腐防变和抵御风险能力) the two major historic subjects of enhancing the abilities of administration and art of leadership and resisting corruption, guarding against degeneration and wardingoff risks
两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"
两弹一星 atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite
亮底牌 reveal the ins and outs
两个对等的政治实体 two equal political entities
两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress
两会 two Conferences (i.e. the National People's Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference)
粮食风险基金 grain risk fund
粮食流通体制 grain distribution system
粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
粮食主产区 major grain producing areas
两手抓两手都要硬 grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both
两思（致富思源，富而思进） to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence
两条腿走路 walking on two legs
两头大、中间小 be small at both ends and big in the middle; a few at each extreme and many in between
亮相 pose; state one's view
良性循环 virtuous circle
两伊战争 the Iran-Iraq War
联合国维持和平部队 United Nations Peace Keeping Forces
联合国维和行动 UN peacekeeping operations
联合；合并 merger
联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises
联合联络小组 joint liaison group
联合投标 syndicated tender
连环杀手 serial killer (A female serial killer who terrorized Mexico City as the "Little Old Lady Killer" was sentenced to 759 years in jail on Monday for killing 16 elderly women. 本周一，以"小老太太杀手"之名震惊墨西哥城的女连环杀手因杀害16名老年妇女而被判入狱759年。)
连环相撞 rear-end collision (A rear-end collision of at least 30 vehicles occurred at 10 am Monday morning at the Jianyang section of the Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway, local media reported. 据当地媒体报道，15日上午10时许，成渝高速简阳段发生特大车祸，至少有30辆车连环相撞。)
连环追尾 pileup (More than 100 cars and trucks are involved in the massive pileup on Highway 99 just south of Fresno as patches of dense fog obscured visibility on the heavily traveled roadway, the California Highway Patrol officials Paul Solorzano Jr. said. 加州高速公路巡逻局官员保罗·索洛萨诺说，出事路段交通繁忙，属于弗雷斯诺市以南的第99号高速公路。当时雾很大，能见度很低，造成100多辆车连环追尾。)
联机环境 on-line environment
廉价商店 discount shop;budget store; discount shop
廉价市场 bargain market; bargain center
廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness
恋母情结 Oedipus complex
联赛 league match
连锁店 chain store
连锁反应 chain effect; domino effect
练摊 to be a vendor
联体婴儿 Siamese twins
联网 on-line;be networked
联想集团 Legend Group
连续抽烟的人 chain smoker
廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration
廉政建设 build a clean and honest government; strive for a clean government