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· 拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth
· 拉关系 try to curry¹ favor with
· 垃圾邮件 junk e-mail
· 啦啦队 cheering squad²
· 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 vendor³
· 廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration
· 廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent⁴, pragmatic and efficient government
· 两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion⁵ 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 ethical⁶ 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 ideological⁷ 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 affluence⁸
· 良性循环 virtuous⁹ circle
· 粮油关系 grain and oil rationing¹⁰ registration¹¹
· 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 enrollment¹² 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 exaction¹³ of fees from enterprises "
· 乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas¹⁴ and fines"
· 《论语》 Analects of Confucius
· 绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运 green, high-tech¹⁶ and people friendly Olympic Games
· 绿色食品 green food

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· 马到成功 achieve immediate¹⁷ victory; win instant success
· 马拉松式竞选活动 campaignathon
· 买空卖空 bulls and bears; fictitious¹⁸ transaction
· 买一送一 "two-for-one offer, buy one get one free"
· 盲流 blind influx¹⁹ (labourers aimlessly flowing from rural areas into large cities)
· 盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside
· 每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive²⁰ occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away./ It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
· 美食节 gourmet²¹ festival
· 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished²² without norms or standards.
· 门户网站 portals
· 门前三包 "be responsible for general sanitation²³, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building "
· 蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt
· 朦胧诗 misty²⁴ poetry
· 孟子 Mencius
· 民办教师 citizen-managed teachers (teachers in rural citizen-managed or state-managed schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government)
· 民工 migrant laborer²⁵
· 民以食为天 people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man
· 民营企业 individually-run enterprises
· 民族凝聚力 national cohesion²⁶
· 民族优越感 ethnocentrism
· 名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
· 明明白白消费（2000年保护消费者权益工作主题） transparent²⁷ consumption
· 名优 famous actor; famous high quality brand
· 模仿秀 imitation show
· 模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam
· 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
· 目标管理 management by objectives; quota¹⁵ management
· 幕后操纵 pull strings²⁸ behind the scenes; wire-pulling
· 睦邻友好关系(合作) good-neighborly and friendly relations (cooperation)

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· 纳米 nanometer
· 纳斯达克 National Association of Securities Deal Automated²⁹ Quotations³⁰ (NASDAQ)
· 难得糊涂 "Where ignorance is bliss³¹, it's folly³² to be wise."
· 南水北调 South-to-North water diversion
· 内退 early retirement

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· 偶像 idol
· 欧元 Euro