"达标"活动 "target hitting" activities
打白条 issue IOU
打包贷款 packing credit (loan)
打黑 crack down on speculation¹ and profiteering
打假 crack down on counterfeit² goods
打破僵局 break the deadlock³
打顺手 find one"s touch, get into gear, settle into a groove⁴
大包干 all-round responsibility system
大轰动 blockbuster
大力扣杀 hammer
大路货 staple⁵ goods
大满贯 grand slam
大开眼界 open one"s eyes; broaden one"s horizon; be an eye-opener
大款 tycoon⁶
大排档 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 notch⁷
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" innovative⁸ undertaking⁹
大要案 major and serious criminal cases
大昭寺Jokhang Temple.
大专生 junior college student
大专文凭 associate degree
大藏经 Tripitaka
带薪分流 assign redundant¹⁰ 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 acting¹¹ 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
盗打（电话) free call on somebody else"s expense through illegal means
盗用公款 embezzlement¹²
单刀赴会 start a solo run
倒票 speculative¹³ reselling of tickets
倒爷 profiteer
倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring
倒计时 countdown
等外品 off-grade goods, rejects
邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping"s diplomatic thoughts
低调 low keyed (a metaphor¹⁴ for taking a cautious and slow approach)
第二产业 secondary industry
第二上市 secondary listing
第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector¹⁵
第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile
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
地球村 global village
地区差异 regional disparity
地热资源 geothermal resources
地市级城市 prefecture-level city
点球 penalty kick
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
电信运营商 telecom operators
电子商务认证 e-business certification
吊球 drop shot
吊销执照 revoke¹⁶ license¹⁷
钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably¹⁸ 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 accounting¹⁹ unit(enterprise)
"渡假外交" holiday-making diplomacy²⁰
短期债务 floating debt
断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)
对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ...
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