2009-10-22

中国特色英文单词A-L

A

· 爱心工程 Loving Care Project

· 安家费 settling-in allowance

· 安慰奖 consolation prize

· 暗箱操作 black case work

· 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority

· 按揭贷款 mortgage loan

· 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house

B

· 把关 guard a pass

· 霸权主义 hegemonism

· 吧台 bar counter

· 把握大局 grasp the overall situation

· 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war

· 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance

· 拜金主义 money worship

· 百年老店 century-old shop

· 白热化 be white-hot

· 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty

· 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers

· 摆架子 put on airs

· 白马王子 Prince Charming

· 拜年 pay New Year call

· 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances

· 班车 shuttle bus

· 半拉子工程 uncompleted project

· 板楼,板式楼 slab-type apartment building

· 斑马线 zebra stripes

· 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs

· 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household

· 半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work

· 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process

· 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags

· 包产到户 fixing of farm output quotas for each household; production contracted to each household

· 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle

· 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy

· 保兑银行 confirming bank

· 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)

· 曝光 make public; expose

· 保护伞 protective umbrella

· 保健按摩 therapeutic massage

· 保健品 health care products

· 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up

· 暴力片 splatter film

· 背投屏幕 rear projection screen

· 被摘牌的公司 delisted company

· 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

· 本本主义 bookishness

· 蹦迪 disco dancing

· 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping

· 闭关政策 closed-door policy

· 闭门羹 given cold-shoulder

· 比上不足,比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall shor

t of the best, but be better than the worst"

· 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives

· 变相涨价 disguised inflation

· 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas

· 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals

· 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)

· 表面文章 lip service; surface formality

· 表演赛 demonstration match

· 并网发电 combined to the grid

· 伯乐 a good judge of talent (a name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)

· 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off

· 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume

· 博彩(业) lottery industry

· 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody

· 薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales

· BP 机 beeper, pager

· B to B (B2B) business to business

· B to C (B2C) business to consumer

· 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "

· 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

· 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result

· 不感冒 have no interest

· 不管部部长 minister without portfolio

· 不良贷款 non-performing loan

· 不买帐 not take it; not go for it

· 步行街 pedestrian street

· 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass

· 不以物喜,不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

· 不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency

C

· 擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"

· 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program

· 菜鸟,新手 green hand

· 采取高姿态 show magnanimity

· 财务报表 financial statement

· 参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine

· 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs

· 仓储式超市 stockroom- supermarket

· 层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting

· 茶道 sado

· 差额选举 competitive election

· 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

· 禅 dhyana

· 产粮大省 granary province

· 产品积压 overstocked products

· 产品结构 product mix

· 产品科技含量 technological element of a product

· 产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)

· 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

· 唱高调 mouth high-sounding words

· 长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta

· 长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River

· 长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 "long-term coexistence, mutual super vision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe "

· 畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project

· 常务理事 executive member of the council

· 超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsuming; excessive consumption; spend beyond one's means

· 超前意识 superior consciousness

· 超载过牧 overgraze

· 炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)

· 扯皮 shirk; pass the buck

· 城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system

· 承包 contract with

· 城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas

· 吃老本 live on one's own fat; bask in one's past glory; rest on one's laurels

· 持续、稳定、协调发展 sustained, stable and coordinated development

· 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"

· 充电 recharge one's batteries; update one's knowledge; brush up

· 冲帐 strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry

· 重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects

· 充值卡 rechargeable card

· 筹备委员会 preparatory committee

· 筹划指导委员会 steering committee

· 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)

· 出风头 show off; in the limelight

· 出家 pravrajana; cloister

· 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports

· 触摸屏 touchscreen

· 出气筒 punching bag

· 传销 pyramid sales; multi-level marketing

· 穿小鞋 make it hot for; make trouble for

· 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival

· 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.

· 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

· 从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy

· 粗放经营 extensive operation

· 粗放式管理 extensive management

· 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy

D

· 打白条 issue IOU

· 打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home

· 大包干 all-round responsibility system

· 大而全 large and comprehensive; large and all-inclusive

· 大规模杀伤性武器 mass destruction weapon

· 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering

· 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods

· 打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products

· 大减价 markdown sales

· 大贱卖 big offering

· 大款 tycoon

· 大腕 top notch, big shot

· 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

· 待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting"

· 代培 train on contract; be commissioned to train; directional training

· 代销店 commission agent

· 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits

· 带薪假期 paid holiday

· 待业 job-waiting

· 待业人员 job-waiting people

· 呆帐 dead account

· 代职 function in an acting capacity

· 单边主义 unilateralism

· 党风建设 construction of the Party conduct

· 党群关系 Party-masses relationship

· 党政机关 Party and government organizations

· 盗版VCD pirated VCD

· 德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education "

· 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)

· 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

· 第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile

· 电脑盲 computer illiterate

· 电脑迷 mouse potato

· 点球 penalty kick

· 电视直销 TV home shopping

· 点子公司 consultancy company

· 吊销执照 revoke license

· 丁克一族 DINK (Double Income No Kids)

· 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

· "东突"恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist

· "豆 腐 渣"工程 jerry-built project

· 渡假外交 holiday-making diplomacy

· 独生子女 the only child in one's family

· 对外招商 attract foreign investment

· 多媒体短信服务 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)

· 多元化 pluralism

· 多种经营 diversified economy

F

· 法人代表 legal representative

· 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

· 反败为胜 "bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire"

· 翻版 reprint; reproduction; mirror image

· 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government

· 翻两番 quadruple

· 翻牌公司 government-body-turned company

· 反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against …

· 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system)

· 放下架子 to relinguish haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs

· 放心店 trustworthy shop

· 放心肉 quality-assured meat

· 放行单 release permit

· 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes

· 费改税改革 tax-for-fees reform

· 分流 reposition of redundant personnel

· 分期付款 installment payment

· 疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)

· 风险基金 VC funds

· 风险投资 venture capital; risk investment

· 浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages

· 复读机 repeater

· 覆盖率 coverage rate

· 富贵病 rich man's disease (which calls for a long period of rest and expensive diet)

· 复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent

· 福利彩票 welfare lotteries

· 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system

· 扶贫 poverty alleviation

· 扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office

· 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)

· 服务行业 catering industry

G

· 改制上市 An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so that it will get listed on the stock market.

· 干部队伍革命化、年轻化、知识化、专业化 " make the ranks of cadres more revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and professionally more competent "

· 岗位培训 on-the-job training

· 高分低能 high scores and low abilities

· 高峰 peak time

· 高峰论坛 summit (forum)

· 高考 (university) entrance examination

· 高难度动作 stunner, stunt

· 高清晰度 high definition

· 高手 master hand, expert

· (精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek

· 高新技术产业开发区 high and new technology industrial development zone

· 高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness

· 个人数字助理 PDA (personal digital assistant)

· 个人演唱会 solo concert

· 个人自扫门前雪, 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one's own potatoes

· 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

· 公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS)

· 公积金 "public accumulation funds, public reserve funds"

· 公检法 " public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts"

· 公务员 civil servants; governmental employee

· 恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity.

· 个体经济 private economy

· 跟屁虫 1.one's shadow; to tag along; 2. flatterer, boot licker, ass-kisser, brown-noser

· 广告词 jingle

· 广告电话直销 direct response advertising

· 广告妙语 attention-getter

· 光谷 optical valley

· 光机电一体化 "optical, mechanical and electronic integration"

· 归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments

· 规模经济 scale economy

· 规模效益 scale merit

· 国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components

· 国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project

· 国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team

· 国库券 treasury bonds

· 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

· 国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project

· 国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team

H

· 海量存储 mass memory

· 海市蜃楼,镜花水月,无稽之谈 a mare's nest

· 海峡交流基金会(海基会) Strait Exchange Foundation of (Taiwan, China)(SEF)

· 海峡两岸关系协会 the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

· 海峡两岸交流基金会 the Straits Exchange Foundation

· 海协会 (ARATS) Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait

· 寒带 frigid zone

· 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

· 好事不出门,恶事传千里 "Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. "

· 盒饭 packed meal; box lunch

· 和服 Kimono

· 和平共处五项原则: 互相尊重领土完整和主权、互不侵犯、互不干涉内政、平等互利、和平共处 Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence

· 和平演变 peaceful evolution

· 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth

· 贺岁片 New Year's Film

· 黑店 gangster inn

· 黑客 hacker

· 黑社会 Mafia- organizations; gangland

· 黑心棉 shoddy cotton

· 鸿门宴 Hongmen banquet–a feast or meeting set up as a trap for the invited

· 红旗单位 advanced (model) establishment

· 虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg.

· 户口簿 residence booklet

· 户口管理制度 "domicile system, residence registration system "

· 呼啦圈 hu la hoop

· 胡子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded)

· 滑板车 scooter

· 画中画 picture-in-picture (PIP)

· 坏帐 bad account

· 会考 unified examination; general examination

· 回扣 kickback

· 灰色经济 grey economy

· 婚前同居 premarital cohabit

· 婚前协议 prenup

· 婚纱摄影 bride photo

· 婚外恋 extramarital love

· 活到老,学到老 One is never too old to learn.

· 火炬计划 Torch Program (a plan to develop new and high technology)

J

· 基本国情 fundamental realities of the country

· 基本路线要管一百年 The basic line must be followed unswervingly for a very

long time to come.

· 基地组织 al-Qaeda group

· 计划单列市 city specifically designated in the state plan

· 计划经济 planned economy

· 计划生育责任制 responsibility system of family planning

· 集体观念 groupism; collective spirit

· 集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony; group wedding

· 集体经济 collective economy

· 吉祥如意 Everything goes well

· 继续深化国有企业改革、使企业真正成为市场竞争的主体 to deepen SOE reform to enable them to become main players in the market competition;

· 积压产品 overstocked commodities (inventories)

· 嘉宾 "distinguished guest, honored guest"

· 假唱 lip-synch

· 假动作 "deception, feint"

· 甲骨文 oracle bone inscrīptions

· 假冒伪劣产品 counterfeit and shoddy products

· 假球;黑哨 soccer fraud; black whistle

· 假日经济 holiday economy

· 家庭联产承包责任制 the household contract responsibility system

· 减负 alleviate burdens on sb.

· 渐进式******** gradual Taiwan independence

· 见面会 meet-and-greet

· 减员增效 downsizing for efficiency; cut payroll to improve efficiency

· 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

· 假帐 accounting fraud

· 借调 temporarily transfer

· 借读生 transient student

· 解放生产力 emancipate the productive forces

· 解放思想、实事求是的思想路线 ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts

· 近水楼台先得月 "First come, first served; A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first–the advantage of being in a favored position."

· 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

· 靖国神社 Yasukuni Shrine

· 经济房 low-cost housing

· 经济林 cash tree

· 精品 competitive products

· 精神文明建设 promote cultural and ideological progress; develop socialist culture and ethics

· 竞争上岗 take up a job through competition

· 酒肉朋友 fair-weather friend

· 举报电话 informants' hot-line telephone

· 居委会 neighborhood committee; residents' committee

· 具有中国特色的 with Chinese characteristics

· 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

K

· 开发式扶贫 poverty reduction through development projects; development-oriented poverty relief

· 开发一代,储存一代,预研一代 (产品) to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products

· 开后门 under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means

· 开题报告 opening speech; opening report

· 开小灶 give special favor

· 开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night

· 可持续发展 sustainable development

· 可持续发展战略 strategy of sustainable development

· 科技成果转化为生产力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements

· 科技成果市场化、产业化 commercialize scientific and technological results; to gear sicentific and technological achievements to the market and production

· 科技含量 technology content

· 科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.

· 课件(教师多媒体教学演示片) courseware

· 科教兴国 rely on science and education to rejuvenate the nation

· 口头禅 pet phrase

· 跨世纪工程 a trans-century project

· 跨越式发展 develop by strides

· 会计电算化 accounting computerization

· 宽带接入 broadband access

· 跨越式发展 great-leap-forward development

· 亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit

· 困难职工 the needy

· 扩大内需,刺激消费 expand domestic demand and consumption

L

· 拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth

· 拉关系 try to curry favor with

· 垃圾邮件 junk e-mail

· 啦啦队 cheering squad

· 来电 fall in love with someone

· 老三届 junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968

· 老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas "

· 老生常谈,陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

· 老油条 wily old bird; old slicker

· 老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise; time-honoured brand

· 利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

· 礼仪小姐 ritual girl

· 联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output

· 练摊 to be a vendor

· 廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

· 廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government

· 两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation

· 两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"

· 两弹一星 atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite

· 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)

· 两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual civilization(both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup.

· 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

· 良性循环 virtuous circle

· 粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration

· 两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering

· 《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio

· 另类 a different, special, completely new or fashionabel type or trend

· 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

· 流动人口 transient population

· 流星雨 meteor shower

· 录取分数线 enrollment mark

· 录取通知书 letter of admission

· 乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 "unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises "

· 乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines"

· 《论语》 Analects of Confucius

· 绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运 green, high-tech and people friendly Olympic Games

· 绿色食品 green food


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