中国特色词汇一

        A.

　　安居工程 Housing Project for low-income families

　　按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost

　　按揭贷款 mortgage loan

　　按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance

　　暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly

　　暗亏 hidden loss

　　澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul

　　奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

　　B.

　　巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse

　　把握大局 grasp the overall situation

　　白马王子 Prince Charming

　　白色行情表 white sheet

　　白色农业 white agriculture (also called "white engineering agriculture" It

　　refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)

　　白手起家 starting from scratch

　　白条 IOU note, IOU:债款、债务，由I owe you 的读音缩略转义而来白雪公主 Snow

　　White

　　摆架子 put on airs

　　摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances

　　拜把兄弟 sworn brothers

　　拜年 pay New Year call

　　搬迁户 relocated families

　　半拉子工程 uncompleted project

　　棒球运动记者 scribe

　　傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean

　　on a moneybags

　　包干到户 work contracted to households

　　包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and

　　partly in cash

　　包工包料 contract for labor and materials

　　保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the

　　national economy

　　保持国有股 keep the State-held shares

　　保健食品 health-care food

　　保理业务 factoring business

　　保护性关税 protective tariffs

　　保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area

　　保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas

　　保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

　　报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project

　　北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank

　　本本主义 bookishness

　　《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

　　本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip

　　本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial

　　Branches

　　奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life

　　笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

　　蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping

　　避免“大而全”的重复建设 avoid duplicate (duplicated, overlapping)

　　construction of "small and all inclusive projects"

　　逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives

　　比较经济学 comparative economics

　　比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short

　　of the best, but be better than the worst

　　闭门羹 given cold-shoulder

　　边际报酬 marginal return

　　边缘科学 boundary science

　　变相涨价 disguised inflation

　　便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer

　　标书 bidding documents

　　表演赛 demonstration match

　　剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody

　　博彩（业）lottery industry

　　博士生 Ph.D candidate

　　补缺选举 by-election

　　补贴与反补贴措施 subsidies and countervailing measures

　　布达拉宫 Potala Palace

　　布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system

　　不败记录 clean record, spotless record

　　不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force

　　不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

　　不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

　　不分上下的总统选举结果the neck-and-neck presidential election result

　　《不见不散》 Be there or be square.

　　不可再生资源 non-renewable resources

　　不良贷款 non-performing loan

　　不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city

　　不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency

　　不准打白条 No illegitimate promissory notes (IOUs)

　　步行天桥 foot bridge

　　C.

　　擦边球 edge ball, touch ball

　　擦网球 net ball

　　采取高姿态 show magnanimity

　　采取市场多元化战略 adopt the strategy of a multi-outlet market

　　“菜篮子”工程 the "shopping basket' project (program)

　　参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs

　　沧海桑田 Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into

　　seas--time brings great changes to the world.

　　What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields--the world is

　　changing all the time.

　　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

　　差额投票 differential voting

　　差额选举 competitive election

　　茶道 sado

　　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

　　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)

　　禅 dhyana

　　产粮大省 granary province

　　产量比1997年增加了2倍 the output has increased 3 times (registered a 3-fold

　　increase; increased 200%)compared with 1997

　　产品结构 product mix

　　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

　　长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta

　　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

　　长线产品 product in excessive supply

　　厂长经理负责制 the factory director (manager) responsibility system

　　畅通工程 "Smooth Traffic Project"

　　畅销产品 marketable products; products with good market commodities in

　　short supply goods in great demand.

　　唱高调 mouth high-sounding words

　　超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer

　　超前消费 overconsuming, excessive consumption

　　彻头彻尾的反动政治势力an out and out reactionary political force

　　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

　　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

　　抽杀成功 hit through

　　筹备委员会 preparatory committee

　　出风头 show off;in the limelight

　　出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports

　　出口加工区 export processing zones

　　出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax)

　　rebate

　　出口退税 refunding export taxes

　　出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports

　　出家 pravrajana; cloister

　　传销 multi level marketing

　　窗口行业 various service trades

　　创建卫生城市：build a nationally advanced clean city

　　创汇产品 foreign exchange (hard-currency) earning experts

　　创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park

　　吹风会 (advanced) briefing

　　春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program

　　春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival

　　《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals

　　磁悬浮列车 Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension

　　train

　　刺激内需 stimulate domestic demand

　　辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old

　　year and ring in the new

　　此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting

　　his innocence.

　　从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy

　　粗放式管理 extensive management

　　促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy

　　促进富余人员合理流动 promote a rational flow of surplus personnel

　　促进住房商品化 promote the commercialization of housing 存款保证金 guaranty

　　money for deposits

　　D.

　　大包干 all-round responsibility system; lump-sum appropriations operation

　　达到或接近国际先进水平 reach or approach advanced international standards

　　打破地区封锁和行业垄断 break regional blockades and trade monopolies

　　呆帐与坏帐 stagnant debts and bad debts non performing funds

　　道琼斯工业平均指数飙升至9580点 the Dow Jones industrial index average

　　soared to 9580 points

　　当日指数已1120点收盘 the index closed finished ended at 120 on that day

　　第三产业 third/tertiary industry, service sector, third sequence of

　　enterprises

　　第四产业 quaternary/information industry

　　第一/第二/第三产业 the primary/secondary/tertiary industry (the service

　　sector)

　　“豆腐渣”工程 a jerry-built project

　　东亚金融危机 the southeast Asian Financial crisis (turmoil)

　　毒品走私 drug trafficking

　　对大中型国营企业进行公司制改革 to corporatize large and medium-sized State-

　　owned (state-owned, state) enterprises

　　E.

　　厄尔尼诺 El Nino

　　恶性肿瘤 malignant tumor

　　恶性循环 vicious circle

　　遏制通货膨胀 curb (check, curtail) the inflation

　　F.

　　**功 Falun Gong Cult

　　发行股票、债券 issue shares and bonds

　　发扬优良传统 carry forward the fine traditions

　　发优惠券以促销 issue discount shopping coupons to promote sales

　　发展文学艺术、新闻出版、广播影视 develop literature, the arts, the press,

　　publications, radio, film and television; promote literature and art, the

　　press and publishing, radio, film and television

　　发展新兴产业和高技术产业 develop rising and high-tech industries

　　发展畜牧业、养殖业、林业 develop animal husbandry (livestock farming),

　　aquaculture and forestry

　　反对铺张浪费 oppose/combat extravagance and waste

　　反倾销 anti-dumping

　　防暴警察 riot police

　　防止经济过热 prevent an overheated economy (overheating of the economy)

　　防止国有资产流失 prevent the loss (devaluation) of State assets

　　防止泡沫经济 avoid a bubble economy too many bubbles in economy)

　　分流下岗人员争取再就业 redirect laid-off workers for reemployment

　　扶贫、脱贫 poverty reduction and elimination

　　妇幼保健 maternity and child care

　　G.

　　改革开放和现代化建设的总设计师 the chief architect of China's reform,

　　opening and modernization drive

　　改进产业结构和产品结构 improve the industrial pattern and product mix

　　该公司股票已经上市 the stock of the company have been listed (have gone

　　public, have been launched)

　　赶上或超过国际先进水平 catch up with or even surpass advanced world levels

　　高举邓小平理论的伟大旗帜 hold high the greater banner of Deng xiaoping

　　Theory

　　各族人民 people of all nationalities (all ethnic groups)

　　个体户 self-employed households /people

　　个人所得税 individual income tax

　　个体工商业者 individual industrialists and businessman

　　公务员 public servants; civil servants; government functionaries;

　　government employees

　　股份合作制 the joint stock cooperative system

　　股份制 the joint stock system

　　股票热降温了 the stock craze has abated

　　股市指数 the stock market (exchange) index

　　股市指数突破1300点大关 the stock index broke the 1300-poit mark

　　股指暴跌，跌幅7.8%，以14.3元探底 the index slumped 7.8 percent to 14.3 Yuan

　　鼓励兼并，规范破产 encourage mergers and standardize bankruptcy procedures

　　规模经济，减轻就业压力 to ease the pressure of employment (the employment

　　pressure)

　　国防科技 defence-related science and technology

　　国际大都市 cosmopolis

　　国家指定考试 government-mandated test

　　国家主席/总理/副总理/国务委员/部长/省长/厅、局长/县长/处长/科长/乡长/村民委

　　员会主任 president/premier/vice premier/state

　　councilor/minister/governor/bureau director/county magistrate, county

　　head/department head/ section chief/ head of the township/ chairman of the

　　village committee

　　国家公务员制度 the system of public services

　　国内生产总值/国民生产总值 GDP (Gross Domestic Product)/ GNP (Gross National

　　Product)

　　国事访问 a state visit

　　恒生指数（香港）宽幅震荡 the Heng Sheng index fluctuated violently

　　获薄利 earn (make) narrow profits

　　获厚利 earn (make, reap) substantial profits