C
擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"
擦网球 net ball
菜篮子工程 shopping basket program
菜鸟,新手 green hand
采取措施后 ex post
采取措施前 ex ante
采取高姿态 show magnanimity
财务报表 financial statement
财政收入 fiscal revenue
财务丑闻 accounting scandal
参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine
参股公司 joint stock company
参股者 equity participant
参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs
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
茶道 sado
差额拨款 balance allocation
差额投票 differentail voting
差额选举 competitive election
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
禅 dhyana
产粮大省 granary province
产品结构 product mix
产品科技含量 technological element of a product
产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management "
产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order
产权转让 transference of title of property
搀水股票 water-down stocks (ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a business at a cost lower that their face value)
产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing
产业的升级换代 upgrading of industies
产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure
长二捆 LM-2E
唱高调 mouth high-sounding words
长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta
长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River
长跑 a long-distance running
敞蓬轿车 open-topped limousine
长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 "long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe "
畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project
长途电话 distant calls
常务理事 executive member of the council
长线产品 product in excessive supply
超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer
超前消费 "pre-mature consumption, overconsuming, excessive consumption "
炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)
彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force
沉没成本 sunk cost
尘云 dust clouds
成本分摊 sharing costs
城际列车 inter-city train
程控电话 program-controlled telephone
城市基础设施建设 the city's infrastructure construction
城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system
承包 contract with
成份指数 component index
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized /technical school for adults
城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
城市中年雅皮士 muppie (一批中年专业人士,附庸风雅,矫揉造作cutesification,崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification,攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风,由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成)
城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas
承销商 underwriter
成组技术 group technology
痴迷者 addict
吃大锅饭 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"" "
吃皇粮 "receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government"
重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects
充值卡 rechargeable card
筹备委员会 preparatory committee
筹划指导委员会 steering committee
抽杀成功 hit through
筹资 raised capital/proceeds
出风头 show off;in the limelight
出家 pravrajana; cloister
出口创汇型产业 export-oriented industry
出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports
出口加工区 export processing zones
出口卖方信贷 seller's credit on exports
出口退税率 export rebate rate
出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate
出口押汇 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill
出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports
出气筒 punching bag
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
船务公司 shipping service company
传销 pyramid sales; multi-level marketing
创建卫生城市 build a nationally advanced clean city
窗口行业 various service trades
创业者 start-up
创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park
吹风会 (advanced) briefing
春运 passenger transport around the Chinese lunar new year
春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program
《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals
春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival
此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
次新股 sub-new stock
磁悬浮列车 "Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train "
从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy
粗放经营 extensive operation
粗放式管理 extensive management
促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy
存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits
存款单 Certificates of Deposits
存款准备金制度 reserve against deposit system
D
打白条 issue IOU
打包贷款 packing credit (loan)
打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home
大包干 all-round responsibility system
达标活动 target hitting activities
大病统筹 comprehensive arrangement for serious disease
打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering
大轰动 blockbuster
打假 crack down on counterfeit goods
打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products
打卡机 punch machine
大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
打口碟 cracked CD
大款 tycoon
大力扣杀 hammer
大路货 1.cheap goods; 2. popular goods of fine quality
大满贯 grand slam
大排档 food stall
大排档 sidewalk snack booth; large stall
打破僵局 break the deadlock
大胜 white wash
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
打顺手 "find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove"
大腕 top notch, big shot
大卫教 ranch Davidian
答谢宴会 return banquet
大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series
大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking
大要案 major and serious criminal cases
大藏经 Tripitaka
大昭寺 Jokhang Temple.
大专生 junior college student
大专文凭 associate degree
待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting"
带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits
带薪假期 paid holiday
待业 job-waiting
呆帐 dead account
代职 function in an acting capacity
单边主义 unilateralism
单刀赴会 start a solo run
单挑 do something by oneself; work on one's own
单循环制 single round-robin system
党群关系 Party-masses relationship
党政机关 Party and government organizations
盗版VCD pirated VCD
倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring
盗打 (电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means
倒汇 speculate in foreign currency
倒计时 countdown
捣浆糊 give the runaround
倒浆糊 run wild; act restlessly
倒票 speculative reselling of tickets
倒爷 profiteer
盗用公款 embezzlement
德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education "
登革热 Dengue Fever
等外品 "off-grade goods, rejects"
邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts
低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)
第二产业 secondary industry
第二上市 secondary listing
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
抵抗全球经济衰退 combat the global economic slump
抵免 offset
地球村 global village
地区差异 regional disparity
地热资源 geothermal resources
第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector
第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile
地市级城市 prefecture-level city
地下钱庄 illegal private bank
第一发球权 first inning
第一发球员 first server
第一双打 first pair
地震 earthquak, quake
垫付 "advancement, payment on account"
电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number
电话会议 teleconference
电话留言机 answering machine
电脑盲 computer illiterate
电脑迷 mouse potato
点球 penalty kick
电视会议 video conference
电视直销 TV home shopping
电信运营商 telecom operators
点子公司 consultancy company
电子商务认证 e-business certification
电子商务平台 e-commerce platform
(解决争端)调查结果 findings
吊带衫 sun-top, tank-top
吊球 drop shot
吊销执照 revoke license
丁克一族 DINK (Double Income No Kids)
定向培训 training for specific posts
定向增发 additional stock issue tailed for...
钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project
动感 dynamic
动感电影 multidimensional movie (3D or 4D etc.)
东盟自由贸易区 ASEAN Free Trade Area
东南亚国家联盟 ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations)
动迁户 households to be relocated
"东突"恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist
"豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project
渡假外交 holiday-making diplomacy
独立董事 independent director
独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise)
杜鲁门主义 Truman Doctrine
独生子女 the only child in one's family
毒枭 drug trafficker
断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)
断码 short in size
短期放款 money at call and short notice
短期债务 floating debt
端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival
对冲基金 hedge fund
对等开放 reciprocal opening
对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ...
对讲机 talkie and walkie
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
多功能性(农业) multifunctionality
夺冠 take the crown
多媒体 multimedia
多媒体短信服务 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS)
多头账户 long account
多元化 pluralism
多种经营 diversified economy
E
厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino phenomenon
恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation
恶性循环 vicious circle
鳄鱼的眼泪 crocodile tears
二板市场; 创业板市场 growth enterprise board; second board; hi-tech board
二次创业 start a new undertaking
二级市场 secondary market
二进宫 "to enter the palace a second time (people with a past criminal record again commits a crime, and is convicted and put into a correctional institution)"
2008夏季奥运会 2008 summer Olympics
二流选手 "scrub, second-rater"
(把…当成)耳旁风 Like water off (on) a duck's back
二手房 second-hand house
二元经济 dual economy
F
发案率 incidence (of criminal cases)
法定货币 legal tender
法律硕士 juris master (jm)
法人代表 legal representative
法人股 corporate shares
发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan
发展不平衡 disparate development
发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need.
法治国家 a country under the rule of law
法制国家 a state with an adequate legal system
反败为胜 "bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire"
反补贴税 countervailing duty
反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means
反弹道导弹条约 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)
反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government
翻两番 quadruple
反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against …
汎士通轮胎 Firestone tires
防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system)
房产估价师 real estate evaluator
房产证 property ownership certificate
房虫儿 real estate speculator
防盗门 burglarproof door; antitheft door
放高球 lob
房管 real estate management
防洪工程 flood-prevention project
房权证 property right certificate
防守反击(足球用语) counterattack
访谈式竞选 (候选人在电视访谈节目中亮相进行的竞选) talk-show campaign
防伪标志 anti-fake label
放下架子 to relinguish haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs
放行单 release permit
废电池 used batteries
非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL)
费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes
费改税改革 tax-for-fees reform
飞毛腿(导弹) Scud missile
非配额产品 quota-free products
非商标(非专利)产品 generic products
飞行药检 spot check
非洲、加勒比和太平洋国家集团(洛美协定) ACP(African, Caribbean and Pacific Group)
分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market.
粉领族 "pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)"
分流 reposition of redundant personnel
分期付款 installment payment
分税制 system of tax distribution
(产品)分销 "subunderwriting, distribution"
分业经营 divided operation/ management
封闭式基金 close-ended fund
锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash
疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)
封杀出局 force out
封圣 "canonization of ""Saints"""
风险基金 VC funds
风险投资 venture capital; risk investment
风险准备金 loan loss provision, provisions of risk
浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages
覆盖率 coverage rate
复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent
附加意外险 supplemental accident insurance
福利彩票 welfare lotteries
福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system
扶贫 poverty alleviation
扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office
《浮士德》 Faust
复式住宅 duplex apartment; compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the storey building)
服务行业 catering industry
F
疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)
封杀出局 force out
封圣 "canonization of ""Saints"""
风险基金 VC funds
风险投资 venture capital; risk investment
风险准备金 loan loss provision, provisions of risk
浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages
覆盖率 coverage rate
复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent
附加意外险 supplemental accident insurance
福利彩票 welfare lotteries
福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system
扶贫 poverty alleviation
扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office
《浮士德》 Faust
复式住宅 duplex apartment; compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the storey building)
服务行业 catering industry
G
改制上市 An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so that it will get listed on the stock market.
干部队伍革命化、年轻化、知识化、专业化 " make the ranks of cadres more revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and professionally more competent "
感到不妙 I smell a rat.
尴尬,困境,糟糕 pretty pass
干细胞 stem cell
感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well as someone's guest)
港澳台 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong
岗位培训 on-the-job training
港务局 port office; harbor authority
高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue
高产优质 high yield and high quality
高等教育自学考试 self-study higher education examination
高度自治 high degree of autonomy
高分低能 high scores and low abilities
高峰 peak time
高峰论坛 summit (forum)
高杠杆交易机构 highly-leveraged institutions(HLI)
高官会 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM)
高级商务师 Certified Business Executive
高级设备 sophisticated equipment
高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road
高架轻轨 elevated railway
高考 (university) entrance examination
高科技板块 high-tech sector
高难度动作 stunner, stunt
高清晰度 high definition
高手 master hand, expert
(精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek
高新技术产业开发区 high and new technology industrial development zone
高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness
各大菜系 major styles of cooking
个股 individual share
各行各业 every walk of life
各尽所能 let each person do his best; from each according to his ability
各就位 " ""On your marks!"""
(公路)隔离带 median
格列佛游记 Gulliver's Travels
个人收入应税申报制度 the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment
个人数字助理 PDA (personal digital assistant)
个人所得税 personal income tax
个人演唱会 solo concert
个人自扫门前雪, 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one's own potatoes
个体工商户 privately or individually-owned business
根本政治制度 fundamental political system
跟屁虫 1.one's shadow; to tag along; 2. flatterer, boot licker, ass-kisser, brown-noser
跟踪审计 follow-up auditing
更快、更高、更强 Citius, Altius, Fortius
工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting
共产党领导下的多党合作与政治协商 multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of Communist Party
工程公司 engineering company
工程验收 acceptance of work
公费医疗 medical services at state expense
功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS)
公积金 "public accumulation funds, public reserve funds"
公检法 " public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts"
公开喊价市场 open outcry markets
公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds
工商局 industrial and commercial bureau
公司分立与解散 separation and dissolution of a company
共同富裕 common prosperity
公务员 civil servants
恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity.
工薪阶层 salariat; state employee; salaried person
工业控制一体化 integrated industrial control; industrial control of integration
工业园区 industrial park
公益活动 public benefit activities
公益林 public welfare forest
公证财产 notarize the properties
公正、公平、公开 "just, fair and open"
工资税 payroll tax
工资削减 pay-cut
公司犯罪 corporate abuse / crime / cheat / fraud / wrongdoing / misconduct
购买力 purchasing power
狗仔队 "dog packs; paparazzo (singular), paparazzi(plural) (It refers to those journalists who are hunting the news of celebrities.)"
狗仔队 paparazi
股本 share capital
股本回报率 return on equity
股本金 equity capital
固定电话初装费 installation fees for fixed-line telephones
固定资产投资 investment in the fixed assets
股份合作制 shareholding cooperative system
股份有限公司 limited liability company
股份制 shareholding system; joint-stock system
骨干企业 key enterprise
股票期权 the stock option
股市行情 the ups and downs of the stock market
挂靠 be attached or affiliated to; be subordinate to
挂靠户 an adjunct organization
挂职 1) take a temporary post (in order to temper oneself); 2) serve in a lower level unit for a period while retaining one's position in the previous unit
关联交易 connected transaction
关贸总协定(世界贸易组织的前身) GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
关税壁垒 customs barrier; tariff wall
关税配额 tariff quota
广播电视大学 radio and television university
广告电话直销 direct response advertising
广告人 advertising man; adman
光谷 optical valley
光机电一体化 "optical, mechanical and electronic integration"
光盘杂志 CD-ROM magazine
光通讯 photo-communication; optical communication
广域网 wide area network (WAN)
广域网 WAN (Wide Area Network)
规避 circumvention
归国留学生 returned students
归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments
规模经济 scale economy, economies of scale
皈依三宝 become a Buddhist
国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components
过度开垦 excess reclamation
国防动员体制 the mobilization for national defense
国际奥委会 the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
国际标准化组织 ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
国际惯例 international common practice
国际海域 international waters
国际化战略 internationalization strategy
国际货币基金组织 IMF (International Monetary Fund)
国际禁止化学武器组织 organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW)
国际劳工组织 ILO (International Labor Organization)
《国际民用航空公约》(1944) The International Civil Aviation Covenant
国际清算 international settlement
国际日期变更线 International Date Line (IDL)
国际商业机器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM)
国际收支不平衡 disequilibrium of balance of payment
《国际先驱论坛报》 International Herald Tribune
国际足球联盟 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
国家财政贴息贷款 discount government loan
国家环保总局 State Environmental Protection Administration
国家级卫生城市 state-level hygiene city
国家经济体制改革委员会 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems
国家控股公司 state-controlling company
国家普通话水平考试 National Proficiency Test of Putonghua
国家体育总局 State Physical Culture Administration
国家一级保护 first-grade State protection
国家质量技术监督局 the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision
国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project
国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team
国脚 player on national soccer team
国库券 treasury bonds
** Kuomintang
国民经济支柱产业 pillar industries in national economy
国民生产总值 gross national product (GNP)
国内生产总值 gross domestic product (GDP)
过山车 roller coaster
过失赔偿责任;无过失赔偿责任 liability with fault;liability without fault
过失责任 liability of fault
国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
国土局 Land and Resources Bureau
过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
国有股 state-owned shares
国有股减持 reduce state's stake in listed companies
国有股减持 state stock reduction
国有资产流失 loss of state assets
国债贴息贷款 T-bond discount loans
国债投资 treasury bond investment
国债专项资金 special fund for treasury bond