英语单词-中国特有词汇(一)

　　 台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come.

　　 炭疽 anthrax

　　 踢皮球 pass the buck

　　 逃避银行债务 evasion of repayment of bank loans

　　 韬光养晦 hide ones capacities and bide ones time

　　 讨价还价 wheel and deal

　　 统筹兼顾 make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration

　　 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen

　　 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment

　　 团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps

　　 团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

　　 退耕还林还草 grain for green

　　 退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture

　　 鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism

　　 脱贫致富 cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity

　　 拖欠工资 arrears of wage

　　 西部大开发 Western Development

　　 西电东送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project

　　 西电东送 transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region

洗礼 baptism

　　 希望工程 Hope Project

　　 《西厢记》 The Romance of West Chamber

《西行漫记》 Red Star over China

　　 夕阳产业 sunset industry

　　 西洋景 Peep Show

　　 喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

　　 《西游记》 Pilgrimage to the West; Journey to the West

　　 下放权力给 delegating the management of ... (to ...)

　　 下岗职工 laid-off workers

　　 下岗职工基本生活费 subsistence allowances for laid-off workers

　　 下海 plunge into the commercial sea

　　 现代 企业 制度 modern enterprise system; modern corporate system

　　 先发制人战略 pre-emptive strategy

　　 县级市 county-level city

　　 先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

　　 香港明天更好基金会 Better Hong Kong Foundation

　　 香港特别行政区 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR)

　　 向钱看 mammonism, put money above all

　　 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

　　 乡统筹,村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve

　　 小而全 small and all-inclusive

　　 小金库 a private coffer

　　 小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity

　　 小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family

　　 效率优先,兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

　　 校训 school motto

　　 宵夜 a stoke of midnight

　　 效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits

　　 邪教 heathendom

　　 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable bridge

　　 写真集 photo album

　　 信得过产品 trustworthy product

　　 新的经济增长点 new point for/ sources of economic growth

　　 新干线 the Shinkansen, bullet train

　　 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

　 心理素质 psychological quality

　　 信息高速公路 information superhighway

　　 心想事成 May all your wish come true

　　 新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation

　　 形成全方位、多层次、宽领域的开放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern

　　 形而上学 metaphysics

　　 性价比 cost performance

　　 形式主义 formalism

　　 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand

　　 虚开增值税发票 write false value added tax invoices

　　 许可证制度 license granting mechanisms

　　 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　 悬而未决的问题 outstanding question

　　 选美 beauty contest

　　 学而优则仕 (a Confucian slogan for education) a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career

　　 学历教育 education with record of formal schooling

　　 学生减负 alleviate the burden on students

　 亚太经济合作组织 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

　　 亚洲金融危机 financial crisis in Asia

　　 严打措施 Strike-Hard drive

　　 严打斗争 Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities

　　 沿海经济开发区 open coastal economic area

　　 言情小说 romantic fiction; sentimental novel

　　 严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　 阳春（最经济方式） no-frills

　　 羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall

　　 洋务运动 Westernization Movement

　　 摇钱树 cash cow

　　 摇头丸 dancing outreach

　　 以产定人,减员增效 employ workers in accordance with production needs and increase efficiency while reducing the staff

　　 一次性筷子 throwaway chopsticks

　　 一次性用品 disposable goods

　　 一刀切 cut it even at one stroke--make it rigidly uniform; impose uniformity in all cases; allow no flexibility

　　 移动通讯 mobile communication

　　 依法治国 manage state affairs according to law; run state affairs according to law

　　 以法治国，以德治国 to govern the country with law and moral

　　 一帆风顺 Wishing you every success

　　 一方有难,八方支援 When disaster struck, help came from all sides.

　　 一个中心,两个基本点 one central task, two basic points

　　 以公有制为主体，多种经济成分共同发展 the pattern with the public sector remaining dominant and diverse sectors of the economy developing side by side

　　 一国两制 One country, two systems

　　 义和团运动 Boxer Uprising

　　 以经济 建设 为中心 focusing on the central task of economic construction

　　 一揽子(计划) one-package (plan)

　　 一切向钱看 money-oriented

　　 以权谋私 abuse of power for personal gains

　　 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost