· 爱心工程 Loving Care Project · 安家费 settling-in allowance · 安慰奖 consolation prize · 暗箱操作 black case work · 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority · 按揭贷款 mortgage loan · 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a houseB · 把关 guard a pass · 霸权主义 hegemonism · 吧台 bar counter · 把握大局 grasp the overall situation · 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war · 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance · 拜金主义 money worship · 百年老店 century-old shop · 白热化 be white-hot · 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty · 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers · 摆架子 put on airs · 白马王子 Prince Charming · 拜年 pay New Year call · 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances · 班车 shuttle bus · 半拉子工程 uncompleted project · 板楼,板式楼 slab-type apartment building · 斑马线 zebra stripes · 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs · 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household · 半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work · 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process · 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags · 包产到户 fixing of farm output quotas for each household; production contracted to each household · 包产到户 fixing of farm output quotas for each household; production contracted to each household · 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle · 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy · 保兑银行 confirming bank · 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities) · 曝光 make public; expose · 保护伞 protective umbrella · 保健按摩 therapeutic massage · 保健品 health care products · 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up · 暴力片 splatter film · 背投屏幕 rear projection screen · 被摘牌的公司 delisted company · 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 · 本本主义 bookishness · 蹦迪 disco dancing · 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping · 闭关政策 closed-door policy · 闭门羹 given cold-shoulder · 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" · 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives · 变相涨价 disguised inflation · 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas · 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals · 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency) · 表面文章 lip service; surface formality · 表演赛 demonstration match · 并网发电 combined to the grid · 伯乐 a good judge of talent (a name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses) · 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off · 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume · 博彩(业) lottery industry · 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody · 薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales · BP 机 beeper, pager · B to B (B2B) business to business · B to C (B2C) business to consumer · 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 · 不感冒 have no interest · 不管部部长 minister without portfolio · 不良贷款 non-performing loan · 不买帐 not take it; not go for it · 步行街 pedestrian street · 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass · 不以物喜,不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses · 不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency |