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擦邊球 "edge ball, touch ball"
擦網球 net ball
才疏學淺 be wanting in ability and shallow in knowledge
才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
財産稅 property tax; estate (or capital) duty
財務報表 financial statement
財務醜聞 accounting scandal
財務代理人 fiscal agent
財務公開 keep the public informed of the financial affairs
財政、信貸雙緊方針 policy of tightening control over expenditure and credit
財政包幹 fiscal responsibility system
財政赤字 financial deficit
財政紀律 financial and economic discipline
財政年度 fiscal year
財政收入 fiscal revenue
財政稅收 revenue tax;fiscal levy;fiscal taxation;financial taxation
裁減冗員 cut down on overstaffing ; lay off redundant staff
裁軍 disarmament
采光 lighting
采景 choose a location (for movie, TV drama, etc.)
采暖 heating
采取措施後 ex post
采取措施前 ex ante
采取高姿態 show magnanimity
彩擴 color film processing
菜籃子工程 shopping basket program
菜鳥，新手 green hand
參拜靖國神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine
參股公司 joint stock company
參股者 equity participant
參政、議政 participate in the management of State affairs
參政黨 parties participating in the management of state affairs; parties participating in the government decision-making process
餐巾紙 napkin
餐桌轉盤 Lazy Susan
慘淡經營 work hard and carefully to keep one's business going
倉儲式超市 stockroom-style supermarket
藏書票 book labels identifying a collector or collection
藏學 Tibetology
操辦 make arrangements
操縱股票市場 manipulate the stock market
操作系統 operating system
草根工業 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass)
草藥 herbal medicine
側記 sidelights
層層轉包和違法分包 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting
查房 make/go the rounds of the wards
查封 close down
茶道 sado
差額撥款 balance allocation
差額投票 differentail voting
差額選舉 competitive election
拆東牆補西牆 rob Peter to pay Paul
拆遷補償費 compensation for demolition
拆遷戶 households or units relocated due to building demolition
攙水股票 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
産假 maternity leave
産糧大省 granary province
産品構成 product composition
産品積壓 overstocked products
産品結構 product mix
産品科技含量 technological element of a product
産品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
産權劃轉和産權變動 the transfer of and changes in property rights of enterprises
産權明晰、權責明確、政企分開、科學管理 "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management "
産權制度、産權關系 property relations; property order
産權轉讓 transference of title of property
産銷兩旺 both production and marketing thrive
産銷直接挂鈎 directly link production with marketing
産業不景氣 industrial depression
産業的升級換代 upgrading of industies
産業結構升級 upgrading of an industrial structure
産業升級 upgrade industries
長二捆 LM-2E
長江三角洲 Yangtze River delta
長江三峽和黃河小浪底水利樞紐工程 the key water projects at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River and at Xiaolangdi on the Yellow River
長江中下遊 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River
長跑 a long-distance running
長期共存、互相監督、肝膽相照、榮辱與共 "long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe "
長期國債 long-term government bonds
長途電話 distant calls
長線産品 product in excessive supply
長治久安 a long period of stability; prolonged political stability; lasting political stability
償付能力 solvency
常規裁軍 conventional disarmament
常設國際法庭 permanent international tribunal
常委會 standing committee
常務董事 managing director; excutive director
常務理事 executive member of the council
常駐代表 permanent representative
常駐記者 resident correspondent
常駐聯合國代表 permanent representative to the United Nation
常駐使節 permanent envoy
場內交易人 floor trader
場外證券市場 over-the-counter market
敞蓬轎車 open-topped limousine
暢通工程 Smooth Traffic Project
倡議書 initial written proposal
唱對台戲 mouth high-sounding words
唱高調 mouth high-sounding words
唱名表決 roll-call vote
唱雙簧 play a duet----collaborate; echo each other
超編人員 exceed personnel
超導元素 superconducting elements
超短波 ultrashort wave
超負荷運轉 overloaded operation
超高速巨型計算機 giant ultra-high-speed computer
超級巨型油輪 ultra large crude carrier
超前教育 superior education
超前消費 pre-mature consumption; overconsuming; excessive consumption; spend beyond one's means
超前意識 superior consciousness
超文本傳送協議 hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
超載過牧 overgraze
超支戶 household (or family) living perpetually in debt
朝陽産業 sunrise industry
潮汐電站 tidal power stations
炒彙 speculate in foreign currency
炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)
扯皮 shirk; pass the buck
徹頭徹尾的反動政治勢力 an out and out reactionary political force
撤銷原案 rescind the case
撤銷職務 annul one's position; dismiss ... from; be stripped of; remove... from
塵雲 dust clouds
沈沒成本 sunk cost
晨練 morning exercise
趁熱打鐵 make hay while the sun shines; strike while the iron is hot
成本分攤 sharing costs
成本效益 cost-effectiveness
成本效益分析 cost-efficiency analysis
成分指數 component index
成份指數 component index
成活率 survival rate
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
成人中等職業技術教育 adult secondary vocational and technical education
成人中等專科學校 secondary specialized /technical school for adults
成事在天，謀事在人 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven; Man proposes, God disposes
成套引進 package import
成藥 patent medicine
成組技術 group technology
承包 contract with
承包經營權 contract for the managerial right
承購包銷 underwrite
承建 contract to build
承銷商 underwriter
城際列車 inter-city train
城市規劃 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
城市合作銀行 urban cooperative bank
城市基礎設施建設 the city's infrastructure construction
城市建設 urban construction
城市經濟學 urban economics
城市景觀 townscape
城市恐懼症 urbiphobia
城市垃圾 city refuse
城市綠地 urban open space; urban green land
城市綠化 urban landscaping
城市美容師 urban environmental worker
城市運動會 municipal athletics meet
城市中年雅皮士 muppie （壹批中年專業人士，附庸風雅，矯揉造作cutesification，崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification，攀比銀行存款bankification等擺闊作風，由middle-aged urban yuppie縮合而成）
城鄉電網改造 projects for upgrading urban and rural power grids
城鄉信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas
城鎮社會保障體系 urban social security system
城鎮職工醫療保險制度改革 medical insurance for urban workers
乘務員 vehicular attendant; conductor
懲辦主義 doctrine of punishment
懲前毖後，治病救人 learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to cure the sickness to save the patient
程控電話 program-controlled telephone
程控交換台 program-controlled telephone switchboard
吃飽穿暖 eat their fill and dress warmly; have enough to eat and wear; have adequate food and clothing
吃大鍋飯 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"
吃飯財政 payroll finance; mouth-feeding budget-----a large proportion of the budget has been earmarked for paying salaries of government functionaries
吃幹醋 be jealous ; be green with envy
吃皇糧 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government
吃勞保 live on labor insurance allowance
吃老本 live on one's own fat; bask in one's past glory; rest on one's laurels
吃偏飯 enjoy special privilege
吃閑飯 stay idle
吃香 be very popular; be most welcome; be in great demand
吃小虧占大便宜 lose a little but gain much; take small losses for the sake of big gains
癡迷者 addict
持幣待購 wait to buy with cash in hand
持平 hold the line
持續、穩定、協調發展 sustained, stable and coordinated development
赤潮 red tides (which appear on the ocean)
赤貧人口 people living in absolute poverty; destitute population
充電 recharge one's batteries; update one's knowledge; brush up
充分調動積極性和創造性 give full play to the initiative and creativity
充分利用兩個市場，兩種資源 fully utilize both domestic and international markets and resources
充值卡 rechargeable card
沖動性購買 impulse buying; impulse shopping
沖劑 dissolved medicines; instant herbal medicines
沖浪艇 surfboat
沖帳 strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry
崇洋媚外 worship things foreign and fawn on foreign countries
寵物醫院 pet clinic
抽調 transfer a portion
抽檢 spot check
抽檢 lucky draw
抽殺成功 hit through
抽樣調查 sample survey
籌備委員會 preparatory committee
籌劃指導委員會 steering committee
籌資 raised capital/proceeds
籌資渠道 fundraising channels
臭老九 stinking ninth category (of class enemies next to landlords, reactionaries and even spies, etc. , a term of abuse by ultra-Leftists for teachers and other educated people in the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution)
出風頭 show off;in the limelight
出國熱 craze for going abroad
出家 pravrajana; cloister
出境簽證 exit visa
出口創彙能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports
出口創彙型産業 export-oriented industry
出口加工區 export processing zones
出口賣方信貸 seller's credit on exports
出口退稅率 export rebate rate
出口退稅制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate
出口押彙 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill
出口轉內銷 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports
出籠 release a bad publication, plan, etc.
出難題偏題 raise out-of-the-way and catchy questions
出氣筒 punching bag
出勤率 attendance rate
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
出台 unveil fresh policy
出租業務 leasing
除"四害 " eliminate the four pests---rats, bedbugs, flies and mosquitoes
除草劑 weed killer
儲備基金 reserve funds
儲幣待購 save for purchases
儲運 storage and transport
處理存貨 sell-off
處理價格 bargain price; reduced price
處理品 items for disposal
觸摸屏 touchscreen
穿梭外交 shuttle diplomacy
穿小鞋 make it hot for; make trouble for
穿新鞋走老路 wearing new shoes to walk on the old path; change in form but not in content; put old wine in new wineskins
穿針引線 act as go-between