L · 拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth · 拉关系 try to curry favor with · 垃圾邮件 junk e-mail · 啦啦队 cheering squad · 来电 fall in love with someone · 老三届 junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968 · 老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas " · 老生常谈,陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché · 老油条 wily old bird; old slicker · 老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise; time-honoured brand · 利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery · 礼仪小姐 ritual girl · 联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output · 练摊 to be a vendor · 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 · 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" · 两弹一星 atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite · 两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress · 两会 two Conferences (i.e. the National People's Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference) · 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. · 两手抓,两手都要硬 grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both · 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 · 良性循环 virtuous circle · 粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration · 两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering · 《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio · 另类 a different, special, completely new or fashionabel type or trend · 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope." · 流动人口 transient population · 流星雨 meteor shower · 录取分数线 enrollment mark · 录取通知书 letter of admission · 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 · 绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运 green, high-tech and people friendly Olympic Games · 绿色食品 green food M · 马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success · 马拉松式竞选活动 campaignathon · 买空卖空 bulls and bears; fictitious transaction · 买一送一 "two-for-one offer, buy one get one free" · 盲流 blind influx (labourers aimlessly flowing from rural areas into large cities) · 盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside · 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. · 美食节 gourmet festival · 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. · 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 · 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 migrant laborer · 民以食为天 people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man · 民营企业 individually-run enterprises · 民族凝聚力 national cohesion · 民族优越感 ethnocentrism · 名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth · 明明白白消费(2000年保护消费者权益工作主题) transparent consumption · 名优 famous actor; famous high quality brand · 模仿秀 imitation show · 模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam · 谋事在人,成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. " · 目标管理 management by objectives; quota management · 幕后操纵 pull strings behind the scenes; wire-pulling · 睦邻友好关系(合作) good-neighborly and friendly relations (cooperation) N · 纳米 nanometer · 纳斯达克 National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) · 难得糊涂 "Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise." · 南水北调 South-to-North water diversion · 内退 early retirement O · 偶像 idol · 欧元 Euro |