擦边球 edge¹ ball， touch ball

　　擦网球 net ball

　　采取高姿态 show magnanimity

　　采取市场多元化战略 adopt the strategy² of a multi-outlet market

　　“菜篮子”工程 the “shopping basket' project （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 differential 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