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燃油附加税 bunker surcharge
染指 reap undeserved profit from; encroach upon
绕圈子 beat around the bush
热岛效应 tropical island effect
人才流失brain drain
人浮于事 overstaffing
人工智能 artificial intelligence(AI)
人海战术 huge-crowd strategy
人机交互 human-computer interaction
人际交往 human communication
人口负增长 negative population growth (NPG)
人均住房 per-capita housing
人类免疫缺陷病毒Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV)
人情债 debt of gratitude¹
任意球 free kick
日本协力银行 Japan Bank For International Cooperation (JBIC)
融资渠道 financing channels
入水时水花很少 clean entry
软新闻 soft news

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360度环幕电影 Circamara
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三八线 38th Parallel
三步走战略 the three-step development strategy
三大作风 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)
'三个代表' 'three represents' theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward² direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.)
三个有利于 'three favorables' (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist³ society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards
《三国演义》The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)
'三讲'教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气） 'three emphases' education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness⁴ and good conduct)
三角恋爱 love triangle
三角债 chain debt
三来一补企业 the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade.
三连冠 three successive championships
三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三通 three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping⁵ services across the Taiwan Straits
三通一平 'three supplies and one leveling'; supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground (conditions ready for further economic development)
三维电影 three-dimensional movie
三 维 动 画 片 three-dimensional animation⁶
三无企业 three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative⁷ structure.)
三下乡 a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers
三资企业 three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint⁸ ventures(中外合资企业), cooperative businesses （中外合作企业） and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China（外商独资企业）
三字经 three-character scripture⁹
'扫黄'、'打非' eliminate pornography and illegal publications
扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump¹⁰ or master card
《山海经》the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
商检局 Commodity Inspection¹¹ Bureau
商品房空置的现象 the vacancy¹² problem in commercial housing
商品条码 bar code
上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上网 to get on the Internet
上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzou on earth.
少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee
社会热点问题 hot spots of society
社会治安情况 public security situation
涉外经济 foreign-related business
申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games
身体素质 physique; physical constitution
神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card
审时度势 size up the situation
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive¹³ and splittist activities
《生死抉择》 'Live or Die'
生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture
失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted
失学儿童 dropout¹⁴
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
食品卫生法 Food Hygiene¹⁵ Law of People's Republic of China
实体经济 the real economy
实现零的突破 fulfil the zero (gold medal, medal, etc) breakthrough
实现中华民伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation¹⁶ of the Chinese nation
实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to
实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质 promotion¹⁷ of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people
实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
<<史记>> Shi Ji/ Historical Records
市场疲软 sluggish¹⁸ market
市场准入 market access
试用期 probationary¹⁹ period
适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight financial policy
适销对路的产品　 readily marketable products
适者生存survival of the fittest
手机入网费 mobile access fee
首创精神 pioneering spirit
首航 maiden²⁰ voyage (of an aircraft or ship)
授信额度 line of credit
受灾地区 disaster-affected are
售后服务 after-sale services
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
甩卖 clearance²¹ sale; be on sale
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向选择 two-way selection, referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market
《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes²²; Water Margins²³
水货 smuggled²⁴ goods
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate²⁵ and doctoral study
司仪 MC (master of ceremonies)
思乡曲 Nostalgia²⁶
思想僵铁 fossilized concept
死机 system halted
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians²⁷ at the entrance to a Buddhism²⁸ temple; Four Devarajas
四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.)
In his important address to the Central Ideological²⁹ and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds³⁰ on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle.
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
四项基本原则 the Four Cardinal³¹ Principles of adherence³² to the socialist road, the people's democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought
(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group)
素质教育 education for all-around development
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions

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抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker³³
太空步 moonwalk
弹性工资 flexible pay
弹性外交 elastic³⁴ diplomacy³⁵
逃票 to sneak³⁶ through without a ticket
逃票者 ticket evader³⁷
套利 arbitrage³⁸
特别提款权 special drawing rights (SDR; SDRs) ; paper gold
特色电话机 feature phone
提高农产品收购价格 the government's increase in its procurement³⁹ prices (for farm products)
铁饭碗 iron rice bowl
铁哥们 faithful pal；buddies；sworn friend
铁血宰相 iron-and-blood prime minister
通存通兑 the banking⁴⁰ procedure where deposits and withdrawals⁴¹ are processed at any branch bank
通货紧缩 deflation (of currency)
统筹安排 comprehensive arrangement
统一市场 single market
统一税 flat tax, consolidated⁴² tax
同等学力 have the same educational level (as the regular graduate or student of certain academic qualification)
同乡会 an association of fellow provincials⁴³ or townsmen
筒子楼：tube-shaped apartment
偷税漏税 tax evasion⁴⁴
偷税、骗税、逃税、抗税 tax evasion, tax fraud, and refusal to pay taxes
头号种子选手 No.1 seed (player); top seed
投手 pitcher
透过现象看本质 see through the appearance to perceive the essence
土地沙化 desertification of land; desert encroachment
团身 bunch up the body
推广科研成果 turning laboratory achievements into commercial/mass production; commercialization of laboratory achievements
退耕还林还草 grain for green
脱口秀 talk show
脱贫致富 cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity
脱手 release grip