D. '达标'活动 'target hitting' activities 打白条 issue IOU 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods 打破僵局 break the deadlock 打顺手 find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove 大包干 all-round responsibility system 大轰动 blockbuster 大力扣杀 hammer 大路货 staple goods 大满贯 grand slam 大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 大款 tycoon 大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall 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 大胜 white wash 大腕 top notch 大卫教 Branch Davidian 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 大专生 junior college student 大专文凭 associate degree 大藏经 Tripitaka 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits 待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting 待业 job-waiting 代职 function in an acting capacity 单循环制 single round-robin system 党群关系 Party-masses relationship 党政机关 Party and government organizations 捣浆糊 give the runaround 盗版VCD pirated VCD 盗用公款 embezzlement 单刀赴会 start a solo run 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets 倒爷 profiteer 倒计时 countdowm 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 第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector 第一发球权 first inning 第一发球员 first server 第一双打 first pair 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 地区差异 regional disparity 地热资源 geothermal resources 地市级城市 prefecture-level city 点子公司 consultancy company 电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number 电话会议 teleconference 电视直销 TV home shopping 电子商务认证 e-business certification 吊球 drop shot 吊销执照 revoke license 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 定向培训 training for specific posts 豆腐渣'工程 jerry-built project 毒枭 drug trafficker 独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise) '渡假外交' holiday-making diplomacy 短期债务 floating debt 断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man) 对冲基金 hedge fund 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 多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS) 夺冠 take the crown E. 恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 恶性循环 vicious circle 二板市场(创业板市场) second board on the country's stock market 二次创业 start a new undertaking 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) 二流选手 scrub, second-rater F. 发案率 incidence (of criminal cases) 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 翻两番 quadruple 反败为胜 bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire 反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system) 防洪工程 flood-prevention project 房管 real estate management 放高球 lob 放下架子 to relinguish haungty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs 放行单 release permit 飞毛腿(导弹)Scud missile 飞行药检 spot check 非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes 分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market. 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 粉领族 pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc) 风险投资 venture capital; risk investment 疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE) 锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash 封闭式基金 close-ended fund 封杀出局 force out “封圣” canonization of 'Saints' 福利彩票 welfare lotteries 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system 浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages 扶贫 poverty alleviation 覆盖率 coverage rate 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) |