擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball" 擦网球 net ball 财产税 property tax; estate (or capital) duty 采光 lighting 裁减冗员 cut down on overstaffing ; lay off redundant staff 采景 choose a location (for movie, TV drama, etc.) 裁军 disarmament 彩扩 color film processing 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program 菜鸟，新手 green hand 采暖 heating 采取措施后 ex post 采取措施前 ex ante 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 才疏学浅 be wanting in ability and shallow in knowledge 财务报表 financial statement 财务代理人 fiscal agent 财务公开 keep the public informed of the financial affairs 财政包干 fiscal responsibility system 财政赤字 financial deficit 财政纪律 financial and economic discipline 财政年度 fiscal year 财政收入 fiscal revenue 财政税收 revenue tax; fiscal levy; fiscal taxation; financial taxation 财政、信贷双紧方针 policy of tightening control over expenditure and credit
大案要案 major cases 打白条 issue IOU 大包大揽 take on all things 打包贷款 packing credit (loan) 打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home 大包干 all-round responsibility system 打保票 vouch for somebody; guarantee something 达标活动 target hitting activities 大病统筹 comprehensive arrangement for serious disease 大包大揽 belly-worship 打出王牌 play one's trump card 大出血 make a big markdown 搭错车 follow a wrong train; join in a wrong group; follow a wrong example; wrong act because of wrong judgement or rash imitation 大而全 large and comprehensive; large and all-inclusive 打翻身战 fight to change for the better 打工 do work for others 大规模杀伤性武器 mass destruction weapon 大锅饭 egalitarian practice of everyone taking food from the same big pot 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 大轰动 blockbuster 大酬宾 give a large discount to one's customers or guests 大换血 an overall renewal of the membership of an organization 大环境 the social, political and economic environment; the over-all situation 打击报复 conduct reprisals; retaliate 打击非法投机活动 strike out at speculation; crack down on speculation
厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino phenomenon 恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 恶性循环 vicious circle 鳄鱼的眼泪 crocodile tears 二板市场; 创业板市场 growth enterprise board; second board; hi-tech board 二次创业 start a new undertaking 二级市场 secondary market 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)" 2008夏季奥运会 2008 summer Olympics 二流选手 "scrub, second-rater" (把…当成)耳旁风 Like water off (on) a duck's back 二手房 second-hand house 二元经济 dual economy
发案率 incidence (of criminal cases) 法定货币 legal tender 法律硕士 jurist master (JM) 法人代表 legal representative 法人股 corporate shares 发烧门诊 fever clinic 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 反败为胜 "bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire" 翻版 reprint; reproduction; mirror image 反补贴税 countervailing duty 反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means 反弹道导弹条约 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government 翻盖式移动电话 flip phone 翻两番 quadruple 翻牌公司 government-body-turned company 反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against … 富士通轮胎 Firestone tires 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system) 房产估价师 real estate evaluator 房产证 property ownership certificaten
改制上市 An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so that it will get listed on the stock market. 干部队伍革命化、年轻化、知识化、专业化 " make the ranks of cadres more revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and professionally more competent " 感到不妙 I smell a rat. 尴尬，困境，糟糕 pretty pass 感情投资 emotion invest 干细胞 stem cell 感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well as someone's guest) 港澳台 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong 岗位津贴 allowance for a certain post 岗位培训 on-the-job training 港务局 port office; harbor authority 高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue 高产优质 high yield and high quality 高等教育"211工程" the "211" Project for higher education 高等教育自学考试 self-study higher education examination 高度自治 high degree of autonomy 高分低能 high scores and low abilities 高峰 peak time 高峰论坛 summit (forum) 高干 high-ranking official; senior cadre 高杠杆交易机构 highly-leveraged institutions(HLI) 高官会 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) 高级商务师 Certified Business Executive 高级设备 sophisticated equipment
海关完税价值 customs value 海量存储 mass memory 海上救助船 salvage ship 海市蜃楼,镜花水月,无稽之谈 a mare's nest 海湾战争综合症 the complexities of the Gulf War 海峡两岸交流基金会(海基会) Strait Exchange Foundation of (Taiwan, China)(SEF) 海峡两岸关系协会(海协会) the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 寒带 frigid zone 旱地滑雪场 mock skiing park 函授大学 correspondence university 汉字处理软件 Chinese character processing software 航母 aircraft carrier 航向错误,奉行错误方向 on the wrong tack 好出风头的运动员 "exhibitionist, grandstander " 豪赌 unrestrained gambling 好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 好球 Strike 好事不出门，恶事传千里 "Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. " 河道整治 dredging waterway 盒饭 packed meal; box lunch 和服 Kimono 核军火库 nuclear arsenal 合理引导消费 guide rational consumption 和平共处五项原则： 互相尊重领土完整和主权、互不侵犯、互不干涉内政、平等互利、和平共处 Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence