AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch 《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺损综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace 安居工程 Housing Project for low-income families 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost 按揭贷款 mortgage loan 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly 暗亏 hidden loss 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult
B. B to B (B2B) business to business B to C (B2C) business to consumer 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse 把握大局 grasp the overall situation 白马王子 Prince Charming 白色行情表 white sheet 白色农业 white agriculture (also called 'white engineering agriculture'; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.) 白手起家 starting from scratch 白雪公主 Snow White 摆架子 put on airs 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances 拜年 pay New Year call 搬迁户 relocated families 半拉子工程 uncompleted project 棒球运动记者 scribe 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags 包干到户 work contracted to households 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash 包工包料 contract for labor and materials 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares 保健食品 health-care food 保理业务 factoring business 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank 本本主义 bookishness 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life 苯鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 蹦击 bungee, bungee jumping 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives 比较经济学 comparative economics 比上不足,比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 闭门羹 given cold-shoulder 边际报酬 marginal return 边缘科学 boundary science 变相涨价 disguised inflation 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer 标书 bidding documents 表演赛 demonstration match 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody 博彩(业)lottery industry 博士生 Ph.D candidate 补缺选举 by-election 布达拉宫 Potala Palace 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system 不败记录 clean record, spotless record 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force 不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 不分上下的总统选举结果the neck-and-neck presidential election result 《不见不散》 Be there or be square. 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources 不良贷款 non-performing loan 不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city 不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency 步行天桥 foot bridge
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擦边球 edge ball, touch ball 擦网球 net ball 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs 沧海桑田 Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into seas--time brings great changes to the world. What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields--the world is changing all the time. 仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket 草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass) 层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting 差额投票 differentail voting 差额选举 competitive election 茶道 sado 查房 make/go the rounds of the wards 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition 搀水股票 water-down stocks (ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a business at a cost lower that their face value) 禅 dhyana 产粮大省 granary province 产品结构 product mix 产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management 产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order 产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing 产业的升级换代 upgrading of industies 产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure 长二捆 LM-2E 长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe 长线产品 product in excessive supply 畅通工程 'Smooth Traffic Project' 唱高调 mouth high-sounding words 超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer 超前消费 overconsuming, excessive consumption 彻头彻尾的反动政治势力an out and out reactionary political force 城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning 城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas 吃大锅饭 egalitarian practice of 'everybody eating from the same big pot' 吃皇粮 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government 重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects 抽杀成功 hit through 筹备委员会 preparatory committee 出风头 show off;in the limelight 出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports 出口加工区 export processing zones 出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports 出家 pravrajana; cloister 传销 multi-level marketing 窗口行业 various service trades 创建卫生城市:build a nationally advanced clean city 创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park 吹风会 (advanced) briefing 春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival 《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals 磁悬浮列车 Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence. 从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy 存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits
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'达标'活动 'target hitting' activities 打白条 issue IOU 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods 打破僵局 break the deadlock 打顺手 find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove 大包干 all-round responsibility system 大轰动 blockbuster 大力扣杀 hammer 大路货 staple goods 大满贯 grand slam 大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 大款 tycoon 大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall 大事化小,小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 大胜 white wash 大腕 top notch 大卫教 Branch Davidian 大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series 大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking 大要案 major and serious criminal cases 大专生 junior college student 大专文凭 associate degree 大藏经 Tripitaka 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits 待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting 待业 job-waiting 代职 function in an acting capacity 单循环制 single round-robin system 党群关系 Party-masses relationship 党政机关 Party and government organizations 捣浆糊 give the runaround 盗版VCD pirated VCD 盗用公款 embezzlement 单刀赴会 start a solo run 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets 倒爷 profiteer 倒计时 countdowm 等外品 off-grade goods, rejects 邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts 低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach) 第二产业 secondary industry 第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector 第一发球权 first inning 第一发球员 first server 第一双打 first pair 地方保护主义 regional protectionism 地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances 地区差异 regional disparity 地热资源 geothermal resources 地市级城市 prefecture-level city 点子公司 consultancy company 电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number 电话会议 teleconference 电视直销 TV home shopping 电子商务认证 e-business certification 吊球 drop shot 吊销执照 revoke license 钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project 定向培训 training for specific posts 豆腐渣'工程 jerry-built project 毒枭 drug trafficker 独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise) '渡假外交' holiday-making diplomacy 短期债务 floating debt 断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man) 对冲基金 hedge fund 对外招商 attract foreign investment 队长袖标(足球) skipper's armband 多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power 多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS) 夺冠 take the crown
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恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 恶性循环 vicious circle 二板市场(创业板市场) second board on the country's stock market 二次创业 start a new undertaking 二进宫 to enter the palace a second time (people with a past criminal record again commits a crime, and is convicted and put into a correctional institution) 二流选手 scrub, second-rater
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发案率 incidence (of criminal cases) 发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan 发展不平衡 disparate development 发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need. 法治国家 a country under the rule of law 法制国家 a state with an adequate legal system 翻两番 quadruple 反败为胜 bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire 反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system) 防洪工程 flood-prevention project 房管 real estate management 放高球 lob 放下架子 to relinguish haungty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs 放行单 release permit 飞毛腿(导弹)Scud missile 飞行药检 spot check 非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes 分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market. 分流 reposition of redundant personnel 分期付款 installment payment 分税制 system of tax distribution (产品)分销 subunderwriting, distribution 粉领族 pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc) 风险投资 venture capital; risk investment 疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE) 锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash 封闭式基金 close-ended fund 封杀出局 force out “封圣” canonization of 'Saints' 福利彩票 welfare lotteries 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system 浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages 扶贫 poverty alleviation 覆盖率 coverage rate 复式住宅duplex apartment; compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the storey building)
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