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(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
<<史记>> 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, badloan
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; lightningwar
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; outlookon 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 marketeconomy
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 yearround
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 higherstage 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 mountainareas
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 thereis 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 commercialloan
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'spost; 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 CooperationOrganization (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 Shenzhoupre-paid card
收视率 audience ratings; television viewing
审时度势 sizeup 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-tubebaby
收购兼并 merger and acquisition
生命银行 bank for keeping the donatedorgans and remains of dead persons for medical use
授信贷款 credit extensionloan
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 levelto the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership ofthe Party to the Central Committee "
寿司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rollsof 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-friendlyagriculture
生意兴隆 Business flourishes
所有权经营权分离 separate ownershipfrom 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 thePeople's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三连冠 three successivechampionships
三来一补企业 "the enterprises that process raw materialson clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process accordingto 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 independentat 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 collegestudents go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledgeand 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 roadand 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 refersto 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 threeimportant styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging closelinks 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 forcesin a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist stateand raises the people's living standards
三个代表 three represents theory(The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advancedsocial productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of thelargest member of the Chinese people.)
三高农业 "three highs" agriculture(high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)
三好学生 meritstudent; 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 jointventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprisesin China "
三自原则 principles of self-administration, self-support andself-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, thepeople's democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Partyof China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought"
四有新人 "new generationof people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strongsense of discipline"
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entranceto 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 theCentral Ideological and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year,Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds on how to understand the historicalprocess of socialist development; how to understand the historical processof capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialistreform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the currentinternational environment and political struggle."
四个现代化 four modernizations(the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and scienceand 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 topunch 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 ina 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 atwork; 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 forestcover
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaidby 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 theThird Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party
水墨画 Chinesebrush drawing; ink and wash painting
水货 smuggled goods
杀手锏 suddenthrust of the mace--one's trump or master card
时不我待 Time and tidewait 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 （winingand 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 Republicof China
沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm
实行股份制 enforce stockholdingsystem
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 populationsize 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 accountsettlement
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 goalof 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 Talkof the devil and he comes.
实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spadea spade; tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the solecriterion for testing truth.
硕博联读 a continuous academic project thatinvolves postgraduate and doctoral study
思乡曲 Nostalgia
思想僵铁 fossilizedconcept
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 ifthere 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 pioneeringspirit
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 educationfor all-around development
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy companyimage
夙敌 "arch-rival
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
《神曲》 DivineComedy
《生死抉择》 Live or Die
《三国演义》 The Romance of the ThreeKingdoms
《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes; Water Margins
《山海经》the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
T
韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time
题外话 digression;mention in passing
土地酸化 acidification
土地沙化 desertification ofland; desert encroachment
土地使用权 land-use right
土地承包期 land contractperiod
提高农产品收购价格 the government's increase in its procurementprices (for farm products)
提价 price hike
糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets
托福考试 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
退耕还林还牧 convertthe land for forestry and pasture
退耕还林还草 grain for green
拖拉作风 dilatory style of work
拖欠工资 arrears of wage
天时、地利、人和 favorableclimatic, geographical and human comditions; favorable objective adn subjectivefactors for success
天时，地利，人和 good timing, geographical convenienceand good human relations
填鸭式教学 cramming method of teaching
天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
天赋人权 naturalrights
脱手 release grip
脱销 out of stock
脱氧核糖核酸 deoxyribonucleicacid (DNA)
脱贫致富 "cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a roadto prosperity"
脱产 be disengaged from work; divorce oneself from one's work
脱口秀 talk show
逃税 tax evasion
陶冶情操 cultivate one's taste(temperament)
鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism
逃票 to sneak throughwithout a ticket
逃票者 ticket evader
贴水 agio
铁腕人物 strongman;iron-handed person
贴现率 discount market
贴现公司 discount house
铁血宰相 iron-and-blood prime minister
铁饭碗 iron rice bowl
铁哥们 faithfulpal；buddies；sworn friend
厅长 head of a department (under a provincialgovernment)
团身 bunch up the body
体育彩票 sports lotteries
团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps
体改委 commission for economic restructuring
团结就是力量 Unity is strength.
唐老鸭 Donald Duck
替身演员 stunt man/woman; stand-in
推广科研成果 turning laboratory achievements into commercial/mass production; commercialization of laboratory achievements
唐装 Tangsuit
唐装 traditional Chinese garments (clothing)
讨债公司 debt-collectioncompany
停薪留职 retain one's position with one's salary suspended; obtainan indefinite leave of absence from one's work unit
庭院经济 courtyardeconomy
抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker
台湾是中国神圣领土不可分割的一部分 Taiwan is an inalienable part of the inviolable territoryof China.
台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots
台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the currentcapitalist system and way of life for a long time to come.
台湾当局 theTaiwan authorities
通用汽车公司 General Motors Corporation (GM)
通票 throughticket
通存通兑 the banking procedure where deposits and withdrawals areprocessed at any branch bank
通关 be cleared by the customs
通货升值currency revaluation
通货混合,鸡尾酒式货币 currency cocktail
通货回笼withdrawal of currency in circulation
通货紧缩 deflation (of currency)
太阳浴 sun bath; insolation
太平洋舰队(美) Pacific Fleet
太空垃圾 spacetrash
太空步 moonwalk
同类产品 like product
同声传译 simultaneous interpretation
同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen
同业拆借 inter-bank borrowing
同步卫星 geostationary satellilte
同等学力 have the sameeducational level (as the regular graduate or student of certain academicqualification)
同等学力申请硕士学位统考 general examination for applicantswith education background equivalent to college graduates for master's degree
摊牌 put/lay one's card on the table
摊薄每股收益 diluted earning pershare
贪污腐化 corruption and degeneration
筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment
统一市场 single market
统一税 "flat tax, consolidated tax"
统一战线united front
统筹安排 comprehensive arrangement
统筹兼顾 make overallplans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration
偷税漏税 tax evasion
偷税、骗税、逃税、抗税 "taxevasion, tax fraud, and refusal to pay taxes "
偷渡者 stowaway
偷工减料 use inferior materials and turn out sub-standed products
投手 pitcher
投诉中心 complaint center
投标 bid for; tender for
投机商号 bucketshop
投资主体 the investment subject
投资风险 investment risk
投资环境 investment environment
头寸松 credit ease
头寸紧 credit crunch; fundshortage
头号种子选手 No.1 seed (player); top seed
透明度 transparency
谈判的筹码 bargain chip
透过现象看本质 see through the appearance toperceive the essence
探明储量 verified deposits; verified reserves
探亲外交 family-visit diplomacy; relative-visiting diplomacy
炭疽 anthrax
套利 arbitrage
套期保值 hedge
特洛伊木马 Trojan horse
特许税 franchisetax
特色电话机 feature phone
跳蚤市场 flea market
跳棋 Chinese chequers; Chinese draughts; halma
特种债券 special bonds
特别行政区 special administrativeregion
特别提款权 special drawing rights (SDR; SDRs) ; paper gold
跳槽job-hopping
跳槽者 job-hopper
特技演员 stunt man; stand-in
踢皮球pass the buck
跆拳道 tae kwon do
"跳进黄河洗不清" "eve if one jumped intothe Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one cando to clear one's name "
弹性外交 elastic diplomacy
弹性工资 flexiblepay
调酒师 bartender
W
卫冕世界冠军 reigning world champion
外卖 take-out
外卖店 take-outrestaurant
外联网(计算机) extranet
外贸单证员 vouching clerk
外贸自营权 power to engage in foreign trade
外星人 extraterrestrial being (ET)
卫星城 satellite town
卫星导航 satellilte navigation
外需 overseas marketdemand
温室气体 greenhouse gases
外税局 foreign-related tax bureau
外向型经济 export-oriented economy
外逃资本 flight capital
外滩(上海) TheBund
外债 foreign debt; external debt
外企 foreign company
温饱工程bring-warmth fill-bellies project
温饱工程 Adequate Food and Clothing Program
外层空间 outer space
歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
外汇储备 foreign exchange reserve (forex reserve)
外汇管理局 Administrationof Exchange Control
外汇管制 foreign exchange control
外交斡旋 diplomaticoffices
外交庇护 diplomatic asylum
顽固分子 die-hard
问讯处 informationoffice; inquiry desk
稳定物价 stabilize prices
稳定压倒一切 Maintainingstability is of top priority
物流 logistics; the interflow of goods andmaterials
物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
物业管理 estate management, property management
物质文明 material progress
物质文明建设和精神文明建设一起抓 pay attention to ethical as well as materialprogress
物种起源 origin of species
物价局 Price Bureau
我们在国际上说话是算数的 We always live up to our international commitments.
王水 aquaregia
万维网(计算机) World Wide Web(WWW)
王储，王太子 Crown Prince
汪辜会谈 Wang Daohan-Koo Chen-fu Talks (Wang-Koo talks)
乌龙球 own goal
乌拉圭回合 Uruguay Round
挖墙脚 undermine the foundation of sth.; cutthe ground from under sb's feet
往事如风 "The past has vanished (frommemory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
污水处理 sewage treatment
disposal
污染指数 pollution index
往返机票 return ticket; round-trip ticket
望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child
屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes nevercome singly. When it rains it pours.
屋顶花园 broof garden
五保户 householdenjoying the five guarantees (childless and infirm old persons who are guarateedfood, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses)
五金化工 metalsand chemicals
五讲四美三热爱 the movement of "five stresses, four pointsof beauty and three loves"(The five stresses are: stress on decorum, manners, hygiene, discipline and morals. The four points of beauty are: beauty ofthe mind, language, behavior adn the enviornment. The three loves are: loveof the motherland, socialism and the Communist Party.)
文联 literary federation
文明街道 model community
纹身 tattoo
文韬武略 military expertise; militarystrategy
武侠小说 tales of roving knights; martial arts novel; kung funovel
文化旅游 culture-oriented travel
文化产业 culture industry
文科liberal arts
微软移动构想 Microsoft Vision for Mobility; Microsoft MobilityInitiatives
微软公司 Micorsoft Corporation
危房 dilapidated building
违反合同 breach of contract
围垦造田 enclose tideland for cultivation;reclaim land from marshes
唯利是图 draw water to one's mill
唯一致命的弱点 Achilles' heel
维护人权和不断改善人权状况 safeguard human rights andsteadily improve the human rights situation
伪劣商品赔还法 lemon law
伪君子 hypocrite; a wolf in sheep's clothing
慰安妇 comfort woman
网络摄象机 web cam
网络出版 online publishing
网络管理员 network administrator
网络化 networking
网络经济 cybereconomy
网络恐怖主义 cyberterrorism
网民 netizen; net citizen; cyber citizen
网恋 online love affair
网上冲浪 surf the Internet
网上交易平台 online trading platform
网友 netfriend
网吧 Internet bar
网虫 netter; Internet geek
网关 gateway
无力偿付的公司 insolvent corporation
无形资产 intangible assets
无形资产 intangible assets; immaterial property
无人售票 self-service ticketing
无绳来电显示电话 ordless telephone with caller ID
无土栽培 soil-lesscultivation
威武之师,文明之师 mighty force and civilized force
无息贷款 interest-free loan
无为而治 govern by doing nothing that is against nature; govern by non-interference
无线应用协议 WAP（wireless application protocol）
无源雷达 passive radar
无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, anda tree wiithout roots
无中生有 make/create something out of nothing
无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
无氟冰箱 Freon-free refrigerator
无公害蔬菜 "green" vegetable
业主home owner
《围城》 A Surrounded City