主题：中国特色词汇 - A - G

A
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 house
            B
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
            
            C
擦边球 edge ball, touch ball
菜篮子工程 shopping basket program
菜鸟，新手 green hand
采取高姿态 show magnanimity
财务报表 financial statement
参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine
参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs
仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket
层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting
茶道 sado
差额选举 competitive election
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
禅 dhyana
产粮大省 granary province
产品积压 overstocked products
产品结构 product mix
产品科技含量 technological element of a product
产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
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
唱高调 mouth high-sounding words
长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta
长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River
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  
畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project
常务理事 executive member of the council
超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsuming; excessive consumption; spend beyond one's means
超前意识 superior consciousness
超载过牧 overgraze
炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)
扯皮 shirk; pass the buck
城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system
承包 contract with
城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas
吃老本 live on one's own fat; bask in one's past glory; rest on one's laurels
持续、稳定、协调发展 sustained, stable and coordinated development
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
充电 recharge one's batteries; update one's knowledge; brush up
冲帐 strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry
重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects
充值卡 rechargeable card
筹备委员会 preparatory committee
筹划指导委员会 steering committee
臭老九 stinking ninth category (of class enemies next to landlords, reactionaries and even spies, etc. , a term of abuse by ultra-Leftists for teachers and other educated people in the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution)
出风头 show off;in the limelight
出家 pravrajana; cloister
出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports
触摸屏 touchscreen
出气筒 punching bag
传销 pyramid sales; multi-level marketing
穿小鞋 make it hot for; make trouble for
春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival
此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy
粗放经营 extensive operation
粗放式管理 extensive management
促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy
            
            D
打白条 issue IOU
打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home
大包干 all-round responsibility system
打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering
打假 crack down on counterfeit goods
打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products
大减价 markdown sales
大贱卖 big offering
大款tycoon
大腕 top notch, big shot
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
待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting
代培 train on contract; be commissioned to train; directional training
代销店 commission agent
带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits
带薪假期 paid holiday
待业 job-waiting
待业人员 job-waiting people
呆帐 dead account
代职 function in an acting capacity
单边主义 unilateralism
党风建设 construction of the Party conduct
党群关系 Party-masses relationship
党政机关 Party and government organizations
盗版VCDpirated VCD /fake VCD
德智体美劳 all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education  
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)
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
第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile
电脑盲 computer illiterate
电脑迷 mouse potato
点球 penalty kick
电视直销 TV home shopping
点子公司 consultancy company
吊销执照 revoke license
丁克一族 DINK (Double Income No Kids)
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
东突恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist
豆腐渣工程 jerry-built project
渡假外交 holiday-making diplomacy
独生子女 the only child in one's family
对外招商 attract foreign investment
多媒体短信服务 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
多元化 pluralism
多种经营 diversified economy
            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
            F
法人代表 legal representative
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
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
翻版 reprint; reproduction; mirror image
翻两番 quadruple
翻牌公司 government-body-turned company
反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against ...
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 haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs
放心店 trustworthy shop
放心肉 quality-assured meat
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
费改税改革 tax-for-fees reform
分流 reposition of redundant personnel
分期付款 installment payment
分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market.
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)
疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)
风险基金 VC funds
风险投资 venture capital; risk investment
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
浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages
复读机 repeater
覆盖率 coverage rate
富贵病 rich man's disease (which calls for a long period of rest and expensive diet)
复合型人才 inter-disciplinary talent
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
扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office
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)
服务行业 catering industry
            
            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  
岗位培训 on-the-job training　
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
高分低能 high scores and low abilities
高峰论坛 summit (forum)
高考 (university) entrance examination
高清晰度 high definition
高手 master hand, expert
(精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek
高新技术产业开发区 high and new technology industrial development zone
高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness
(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
个人数字助理 PDA (personal digital assistant)
个人演唱会 solo concert
个人自扫门前雪， 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one's own potatoes
个体经济 private economy
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!
跟屁虫 1.one's shadow; to tag along; 2. flatterer, boot licker, ass-kisser, brown-noser
跟踪审计 follow-up auditing
恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity.
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)
公积金 public accumulation funds, public reserve funds
公检法  public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts
公务员 civil servants; governmental employee
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
广告词 jingle
广告电话直销 direct response advertising
广告妙语 attention-getter
广域网 wide area network (WAN)
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
皈依三宝 become a Buddhist
归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments
规模经济 scale economy
规模效益 scale merit
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
国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project
国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team
国库券 treasury bonds
国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project
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