· 鹬蚌相争，渔人得利 "when the snip¹ and the calm grapple, it is the fisherman who stands to benefit; two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it"
· 预防为主,谁污染谁治理和强化环境管理三大政策 three major principles for environment control: to put prevention first, to hold those who cause pollution responsible for cleaning up and to improve environmental protection and management
· 与国际惯例接轨 become compatible with internationally accepted practices
· 与国际市场接轨 integrate with the world market; become integrated into the global market
· 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend² another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."
· 与时俱进 advance with the times
· 冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
· 冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.
· 援藏干部 cadres sent to support/aid Tibet

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· 在孵（孵化器）企业 incubated enterprises (incubator)
· 在建项目后续资金 additional funding for projects under construction
· 再就业服务中心 re-employment service center
· 再就业工程 re-employment project / program
· 宰（客） to swindle money out of our customers
· 灾民 flood victims; flood-stricken people
· 宰人 rip off
· 造假帐 falsified accounts
· 早恋 puppy love
· 增强人民体质 build up people's health
· 增值税 value added tax(VAT)
· 债台高筑 become debt-ridden
· 战斧式巡航导弹 Tomahawk cruise missile
· 占着茅坑不拉屎 be a dog in the manger
· 涨落线 advance balance line
· 掌上电脑 palm pilot
· 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful³
· 招商引资 attract/bid for/invite investments (from overseas)
· 招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation⁴ guidance office
· 真善美 the true, the good and the beautiful; truth, good and beauty
· 振兴经济 revitalize the economy
· 振兴中华 make China powerful and strong; revitalize the Chinese nation
· 震源 focus (of an earthquake), seismic⁵ origin
· 震中 epicenter
· 政府采购 government procurement⁶
· 政府搭台，部门推动，企业唱戏 "Governments set up the stage, various departments cooperate and enterprise put in the show. "
· 正气 uprightness; integrity; probity⁷; rectitude
· 政企分开 separate government functions from enterprise management
· 政治合格，军事过硬，作风优良， 纪律严明，保障有力 "be qualified⁸ politically and competent militarily, have a fine style of work, maintain strict discipline and be assured of adequate logistical support"
· 政治协商、民主监督、参政议政 exercise political consultation⁹ and democratic supervision¹⁰ and participate in deliberating and administration of state affairs
· 纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.
· 知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
· 直接道歉 a straight-out apology
· 直接三通与双向交流 three direct links (mail, air and shipping¹¹ services and trade) and bilateral¹² exchanges
· 智力引进 recruit / introduce (foreign) talents
· 智囊团、思想库 the brain trust；think tank
· 职能转换 transformation¹³ of functions
· 知识经济 knowledge-based economy
· 知识经济 knowledge economy , knowledge-base economy
· 知识就是力量 Knowledge is power.
· 知识密集 knowledge-intensive
· 职务发明 on-duty invention
· 职务犯罪 crime by taking advantage of duty
· 植物人 human vegetable; vegetable
· 直销 direct marketing¹⁴; door-to-door sale
· 支柱产业 pillar / cornerstone industry
· 中国电信 China Telecom
· 中国联通公司 China Unicom
· 中国移动通信公司 China Mobile
· 中国证监会 China's Securities Regulatory Commission
· 中国证券监督管理委员会 China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
· 重合同、守信用的原则 the principle of equality and mutual¹⁵ benefit and "honoring contracts adn standing¹⁶ by reputation"
· 重合同,守信用 abide¹⁷ by contracts and keep one's words; honor credit and promise
· 中华世纪坛 China Millennium¹⁸ Monument
· 《中美三个联合公报》 The Three Sino-US Joint¹⁹ Communiqué
· 中美战略核武器互不瞄准对方 non-targeting strategic nuclear weapons against each other
· 中山装 Chinese tunic²⁰ suit
· 中央领导集体 central collective leadership
· 中药 traditional Chinese medicine
· 珠穆朗玛峰 Mount Qomolangma
· 抓住机遇,深化改革,扩大开放,促进发展,保持稳定 seize the current opportunity, deepen the reform, open China wider to the outside world, promote development and maintain stability
· 抓住机遇 seize the opportunity
· 转轨 transfer to a different track; retracking
· 专利产品，仿冒必究 patented product(s), counterfeiting²¹ not allowed
· 专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised²² store
· 专门人才 professional personnel; special talents
· 专升本 upgrade from junior college student to university student; students with the diploma of junior college try to obtain the undergraduate diplomat²³ through self-taught study
· 转世灵童 reincarnated²⁴ soul boy
· 自学成才 become well-educated through self-study
· 自由职业者 free lance
· 自主经营,自负盈亏 make one's own management decisions and take full responsibility for one's own profits and losses
· 自作自受 stew²⁵ in one's own juice
· 综合国力 comprehensive national strength
· 综艺节目 variety show
· 走过场 go through the motions
· 走后门 get in by the back door
· 走上良性发展的轨道 going on the track of sound progress
· 走穴 "(actors, singers, etc.) perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to "
· 阻碍司法 obstruction of justice
· 祖国和平统一大业 peaceful reunification of the motherland
· 做假帐 salt a false account
· 左倾 pinko
· 坐视不管 sit idle
· 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place

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