垃圾债券 junk bond

　　拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth

 

　　拉拉队 cheering squad

 

　　拉拉队长 cheer-leader, rooter king

 

　　拉关系 try to curry favor with

 

　　拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon

 

　　来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

 

　　来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing

 

　　蓝筹股 blue chips

 

　　劳动合同制 labor contract system

 

　　老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried

 

　　老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise

 

　　"篱笆墙" barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading

 

　　礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

 

　　理货公司 tally company

 

　　礼仪小姐 ritual girl

 

　　利改税　substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

 

　　利好因素 wrinkle

 

　　利基 niche

 

　　立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture

 

　　廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

 

　　廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government

 

　　廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness

 

　　联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output

 

　　联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)

 

　　联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises

 

　　联合联络小组 joint liaison group

 

　　联合投标 syndicated tender

 

　　联想集团 Legend Group

 

　　连带责任 joint liability

 

　　练摊 to be a vendor

 

　　良性循环 virtuous circle

 

　　粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies

 

　　粮油关系：grain and oil rationing registration

 

　　两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation

 

　　两弹一艇 A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine

 

　　"两个对等的政治实体" "two equal political entities

 

　　两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress

 

　　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 ideological progress) without any letup.

 

　　"两思"(致富思源，富而思进) to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence

 

　　两院院士academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering

 

　　老少边穷地区 former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas

 

　　《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio

 

　　猎头公司 head-hunting company

 

　　劣等品shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (口语)

 

　　临时主教练 caretaker coach

 

　　零配件 spare and accessory parts

 

　　领头羊 bellwether

 

　　留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.

 

　　留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary

 

　　留学咨询：consulting on the study abroad

 

　　流动人口 transient population

 

　　流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile

 

　　六艺:礼、乐、射、御、书、数 six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic

 

　　(行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry

 

　　路演road show

 

　　乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises

 

　　乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines

 

　　《论语》 Analects of Confucius

 

　　论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense

 

　　裸机：bare mobile phone

 

　　旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip

 

　　绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate

 

　　绿化 afforestation

 

　　绿色急救通道 emergency green path

 

　　绿色食品 green food

马拉松式竞选活动 campaignathon

　　马路菜场入室工程 the project to build indoor free market to accommodate street vegetable vendors

 

　　马太效应 the Matthew effect (A phenomenon in specific circles whereby one's accomplishments and reputation tend to snowball, and those with meager accomplishments have greater difficulty achieving accomplishments. )

 

　　满意度 degree of satisfaction

 

　　盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside

 

　　帽子戏法 hat trick

 

　　冒充包装(销售)[指将劣质商品包装成外观像名优产品出售的做法] copycat packaging

 

　　买一送一 two-for-one offer, buy one get one free

 

　　美声唱法 bel canto

 

　　美食节 gourmet festival

 

　　每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive 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.

 

　　门户网站 portals

 

　　门前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building

 

　　蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt

 

　　蒙古大夫 quack

 

　　朦胧诗 misty 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)

 

　　民工潮 farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities

 

　　民进党 Democratic Progressive Party

 

　　民主党派、工商联与无党派人士 non-Communist parties, federations of industry and commerce, personages without party affiliation

 

　　民族凝聚力 national cohesion

 

　　民族委员会 ethnic affairs commission

 

　　民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture

 

　　明明白白消费(2000年保护消费者权益工作主题)transparent consumption

 

　　磨洋工 dawdle along

 

　　模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam

 

　　莫失良机 make hay while the sun shines

 

　　目标管理 management by objectives