特色翻译
A. AA制Dutch treatment；go Dutch
《阿Q正传》The True Story of Ah Q
艾滋病（获得性免疫缺陷综合征）AIDS （Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome）爱丽舍宫Elysée Palace
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. B to B （B2B）business to business
B to
C （B2C）business to consumer
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 Branche s 奔小康strive for a relatively comfortable life
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
蹦击bungee，bungee jumping
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
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
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
菜篮子工程shopping basket 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differentail 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
畅通工程“Smooth Traffic Project”
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
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
存款保证金guaranty money for deposits
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
盗打（电话）free call on somebody else…s expense through illegal means
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
第三代移动电话（3G手机）third generation mobile；3G mobile
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 地球村global village
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……毫无顾忌make no bones about ……
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
（把…当成）耳旁风Like water off （on） a duck…s back
二板市场；创业板市场second board （on the country…s stock market）
二次创业start a new undertakinge
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
二元经济dual economy
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
访谈式竞选（候选人在电视访谈节目中亮相进行的竞选）talk-show campaign 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）
G.
改制上市：An enterprise is re-organized according to modern corporate system so
that it will get listed on the stock market.
感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter （a letter sent as thanks for being treated well
as someone…s guest）
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
港人治港Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong
高层次、全方位的对话high-level and all-directional dialogue
高产优质high yield and high quality
高度自治high degree of autonomy
高官会Senior Officials Meeting （SOM）
高级商务师Certified Business Executive
高架公路elevated highway；overhead road
高科技板块high-tech sector
高难度动作stunner，stunt
高清晰度high definition
高新技术产业开发区high and new technology industrial development zone
（公路）隔离带median
根本政治制度fundamental political system
个人收入应税申报制度the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment 个人自扫门前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜h oe one…s own potatoes
各大菜系major styles of cooking
各尽所能let each person do his best；from each according to his ability
“各就位” “On your marks！”
跟踪审计follow-up auditing
恭喜发财May you be prosperous！；Wish you all the best！
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
工程公司engineering company
工商局industrial and commercial bureau
工薪阶层salariat；state employee；salaried person
工业控制一体化integrated industrial control；industrial control of integration
工业园区industrial park
公费医疗medical services at state expense
公告板服务Bulletin Board Service （BBS）
公检法public security organs，procuratorial organs and people…s courts
公积金public accumulation funds，public reserve funds
公开喊价市场open outcry markets
公款吃喝recreational activities using public funds
公司分立与解散separation and dissolution of a company
公益林public welfare forest
公正、公平、公开just，fair and open
公证财产notarize the properties
共产党领导下的多党合作与政治协商multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of Communist Party
狗仔队dog packs；paparazzo （singular），paparazzi（plural）（It refers to those journalists who are hunting the news of celebrities.）
骨干企业key enterprise
股本金equity capital
挂职1）take a temporary post （in order to temper oneself）
2）serve in a lower level unit for a period while retaining one…s position in the previous unit 关税壁垒customs barrier；tariff wall
光谷optical valley
光机电一体化optical，mechanical and electronic integration
光盘杂志CD-ROM magazine
光通讯photo-communication；optical communication
广告电话直销direct response advertising
广域网wide area network （W AN）
皈依三宝become a Buddhist
国产化率import substitution rate；localization rate of parts and components
国防动员体制the mobilization for national defense
国际惯例international common practice
国际日期变更线International Date Line （IDL）
《国际先驱论坛报》International Herald Tribune
国际商业机器公司International Business Machine Corporation （IBM）
国家经济体制改革委员会the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems 国家普通话水平考试National Proficiency Test of Putonghua
国家一级保护first-grade State protection
国家质量技术监督局the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision
国脚player of the national football team；footballer of the national team
国库券treasury bonds
国民党Kuomintang
国民经济支柱产业pillar industries in national economy
国债专项资金special fund for treasury bond
过度开垦excess reclamation
过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough；beyond is as wrong as falling short；too much is as bad as too little
H.
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
函授大学correspondence university
旱地滑雪场mock skiing park
汉字处理软件Chinese character processing software
航母aircraft carrier
豪赌unrestrained gambling
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate，while bad news spread far and wide.
好出风头的运动员exhibitionist，grandstander
好莱坞大片Hollywood blockbuster
“好球” “Strike”
和服Kimono
合理引导消费guide rational consumption
合议庭collegiate bench
核销cancel after verification
黑店gangster inn
黑客hacker
黑社会Mafia-style organizations；gangland
宏观调控macro-control
红包（中）red paper containing money as a gift，（贬）bribe，kickback
《红楼梦》A Dream in Red Mansions （The Story of the Stone）
红帽子企业red cap enterprise （refers to the reputation a private enterprise enjoys by becoming attached to a government department and doing business in the name of
a state-run or collective-run enterprise）
红细胞生成素Erythropoietin （EPO）
环太平洋地区Pacific Rim
后防空虚leave the defense exposed
后台管理back-stage management
呼啦圈hu la hoop
胡子工程long-drawn-out project （a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded）
虎父无犬子A wise goose never lays a tame egg.
互动广告interactive advertisement
户口簿residence booklet
户口管理制度domicile system，residence registration system
户主head of a household
护身法宝amulet
华表ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele
华盖canopy
滑板车scooter
“坏球” “Ball”
还俗resume secular life，unfrock
“黄、赌、毒” pornography，gambling and drug abuse and trafficking
黄金时段prime time
（吃）“皇粮” public grainfunds，goods，etc provided by the government；salary paid by the state
挥棒swing
挥棒不中fan
灰色收入income from moonlighting
汇丰银行Hong Kong and Shang Hai Banking Corporation
婚介所matrimonial agency
婚外恋extramarital love
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
火炬计划Torch Program （a plan to develop new and high technology）
货币化monetization
货币回笼withdrawal of currency from circulation
货到付款cash on delivery