? 改革开放 reform and opening-up; reform and opening to the outside world ? 改革开放的总设计师 chief architect of the reform and opening up policy ? 改革开放和社会主义现代化建设 reform and opening and in the modernization drive ? 改革试点 pilot reform; reform experimentation; pilot restructuring enterprise ? 盖洛普民意调查 Gallup Poll ? 盖帽了 great; excellent; wonderful ? 概念车 concept car ? 概念商品 concept goods ? 改善农民进城就业环境 improve the employment environment for rural workers in cities ? 改善农牧民生产生活条件 improve the living and production conditions of farmers and herdsmen ? 改善缺医少药的状况 alleviate the shortage of medical services and medicines ? 改制上市 (of an enterprise)get listed on the stock market after being re-organized according the modern corporate system ? 改革开放和现代化建设的全过程 the entire process of reform, opening-up and modernization ? 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 ? 干部下放 arrange for cadres to go to work at grassroots units or participate in physical labor ? 感到不妙 I smell a rat. ? 尴尬,困境,糟糕 pretty pass ? 甘居下游 be resigned to backwardness ? 感情投资 investment in human relationships ? 赶时髦 follow the fashion; want to be in the swim of things ? 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 post allowance ? 岗位培训 on-the-job training ? 岗位责任制 work post responsibility ? 港务局 port office; harbor authority ? 高保真音乐 hi-fi music ? 高材生 top student ? 高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue ? 高产优质 high yield and high quality ? 告吹 fizzle out; fall through; fail ? 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 ? 高端产品 high-end product ? 高发期 high-incidence season ? 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) ? 搞花架子 do something superficial ? 搞活国营大中型企业 invigorate large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises ? 告急 be in an emergency; report an emergency; ask for emergency help ? 高级检察官 senior public procurator ? 高级经理人员 high-level managerial personnel; senior personnel ? 高级商务师 certified business executive; senior business engineer; high-level economist; senior commercialist ? 高级设备 sophisticated equipment ? 高技术产业化 apply high technology to production ? 高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road ? 高架轻轨 elevated railway ? 高精尖技术 high-grade, high-precision, advanced technology ? 高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜,全面贯彻“三个代表”重要思想 hold high the banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and carry out the important thoughts of “Three Represents“ ? 高考 college (or university) entrance examination ? 高科技板块 high-tech sector ? 高难度动作 stunner, stunt ? 高清晰度 high definition ? 高清晰度电视 high definition TV ? 高手 master hand, expert ? (精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek ? 高危人群 high-risk group ? 高消费 high consumption ? 高效节能 energy-efficient ? 高校扩招后首批毕业生 college graduates who were the first to be enrolled under the college expansion of 1999 ? 高校扩招计划 college expansion plan ? 告小状 secretly report on somebody; rat on somebody ? 高新技术产业开发区 high-tech industrial development zone ? 高新技术产业化 industrial application of new and high technologies ? 高压手段 high-pressure tactics ? 高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness ? 高知 high-level intellectual ? 高指标 high target ? 高致病性禽流感 highly pathogenic bird flu ? 个案 individual case (involving special circumstances) ? 各大菜系 major styles of cooking ? 个股 individual share ? 各行各业 every walk of life ? 隔行扫描 interlacing scan ? 各尽所能 let each person do his best; from each according to his ability ? 各就各位 On your marks! ? 隔离病房 isolation ward ? (公路)隔离带 median strip ? 格列佛游记 Gulliver’s Travels ? 革命老区 old revolutionary base areas ? 革命气派 revolutionary mettle ? 革命伤残军人 disabled revolutionary servicemen ? 鸽派 dove faction ? 个人成就感 sense of personal achievement ? 个人储蓄帐户 personal savings account ? 个人购房贷款 individual housing loan ? 个人结算帐户 personal clearing account ? 个人理财计划 personal financing plan ? 各人民团体 mass organizations ? 个人收入应税申报制度 the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment ? 个人收入调节税 individual (personal) income regulation tax ? 个人数字助理 PDA (personal digital assistant) ? 个人所得税 personal income tax ? 个人信用制度 individual credit rating system ? 个人演唱会 solo concert ? 个人银行卡帐户 personal bank card account ? 个人质押贷款 personal pledged loan ? 各人自扫门前雪, 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one’s own potatoes ? 个体户,个体经营 privately or individually-owned business ? 个体经济 private economy ? 根本政治制度 fundamental political system ? 跟屁虫 1.one’s shadow; to tag along; 2. flatterer, boot licker, ass-kisser, brown-noser ? 跟着感觉走 go with the flow; follow one’s heart; do what one thinks is right ? 跟踪审计 follow-up auditing ? 更加注重搞好宏观调控,更加注重统筹兼顾,更加注重以人为本 pay more attention to exercising macro-control, balancing the interests of all parties, putting people first. ? 更快、更高、更强(奥运精神) Citius, Altius, Fortius ( Faster, Higher, Stronger--Olympic Spirit ) ? 《更紧密经贸关系的安排》 CEPA; Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement ? 个人隐私 individual privacy ? 各种所有制金融企业 financial enterprises of different ownership ? 工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting ? 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 ? 工程公司 engineering company ? 工程验收 acceptance check of work ? 公房商品化 commercialization of public housing ? 公费旅游 junket; facility trip ? 公费医疗 free medical service; free medicare; public health service ? 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. ? 工夫茶 congou--a kind of Chinese black tea prepared with care ? 功夫片 kungfu film ? 公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS) ? 公共卫生设施 public health infrastructure ? 公关 public relations ? 攻关 tackle a critical point ? 攻关计划 the Program for Tackling Key Problems ? 公积金 public accumulation fund; public reserve funds ? 公检法机关 public security organs, procuratorial organs and people’s courts ? 公开喊价市场 open outcry market ? 公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds ? 工龄工资 seniority pay ? 公民投票 referendum; plebiscite ? 公平定价 arm’s-length pricing ? 公平合理 fairness and justifiableness ? 工商局 industrial and commercial bureau ? 工商联营 combined management of industry and commerce ? 工时 man-hour ? 公司分立与解散 separation and dissolution of a company ? 公私合营 public-private joint management ? 公司债券 corporate bonds ? 共同安全 common security ? 共同富裕 common prosperity ? 共同利益 common interests ? 公务员 civil servant ? 恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity. ? 工薪阶层 salaried person/group ? 公休 work recess ? 供养资金 funding ? 工业股票 industrial stock ? 工业化和城镇化水平 levels of industrialization and urbanization ? 工业控制一体化 integrated industrial control; industrial control of integration ? 工业停滞 industrial stagnation ? 工业园区 industrial park ? 公益广告 public-interest ad ? 公益活动 public benefit activities ? 公益林 public welfare forest ? 公益性文化事业 non-profit cultural undertakings ? 公益性文化事业 non-profit cultural undertakings ? 公证 notary service ? 公证财产 notarize the properties ? 公正、公平、公开 just, fair and open ? 公众投资 public investments ? 工资税 payroll tax ? 工资削减 pay-cut ? 工作狂 workaholic ? 工作室 studio ? 工作午餐 working lunch ? 公平竞争 fair competition ? 公开或变相涨价 to raise prices openly or in convert forms ? 公司犯罪 corporate abuse / crime / cheat / fraud / wrongdoing / misconduct ? 共同关心的问题 issue of common concern ? 共同基金 mutual funds ? 公有制 public ownership ? 公有制为主体、多种所有制经济共同发展的基本经济制度 the basic economic system of keeping public ownership as the mainstay of the economy and allowing diverse forms of ownership to develop side by side ? 购买力 purchasing power ? 购买欲 desire to buy; desire to purchase ? 狗腿子 henchman; lackey; hired thug ? 购物车 shopping trolley ? 购物券 coupon ? 构想 conceptualization ? 狗仔队 “dog packs; paparazzo (singular), paparazzi(plural) (It refers to those journalists who are hunting the news of celebrities.)“ ? 股本 share capital ? 股本回报率 return on equity ? 股本金 equity capital ? 固定电话运营商 fixed-line telecom carrier ? 固定电话初装费 installation fees for fixed-line telephones ? 固定资产投资 investment in the fixed assets ? 股东会 board of shareholders ? 股份公司 joint-stock company ? 股份合作制 shareholding cooperative system ? 有限责任公司 limited liability company ? 股份有限公司 limited liability company ? 股份制 shareholding system; joint-stock system ? 骨干企业 key enterprise ? 鼓励奖 consolation prize ? 股民 investor ? 股票期权 the stock option ? 股票转让制度 the stock-transfer system ? 股市行情 the ups and downs of the stock market ? 股指 stock index ? 刮鼻子 criticize; reprimand ? 挂靠 be attached or affiliated to; be subordinate to ? 挂靠户 an adjunct organization ? 挂牌开业 hang out one’s shingle; put one’s name plate in (a certain street) ? 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 ? 挂职下放 transfer to lower units with one’s post retained ? 关闭效应 blackout effect ? 观潮派 those who take a wait-and-see attitude; fence-straddler ? 观光电梯 sightseeing (tourist) lift ? 关联交易 connected transaction ? 关贸总协定(世界贸易组织的前身) GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) ? 关门态度 closed-door attitude ? 官商 state-operated commerce ? 关税壁垒 customs barrier; tariff wall ? 关税配额 tariff quota ? 关停并转 close down, suspend operation, merge with others or shift to different line of production; rationalize ? 观望态度 wait-and-see attitude ? 关系网 connection network; relationship network ? 关于进一步加强农村教育工作的决定 Decision on Further Strengthening Rural Education ? 冠状病毒 corona virus ? 广播电视大学 radio and television university ? 光碟,光盘 compact disk; CD ? 广而告之 publicize widely ? 广告词 jingle ? 广告代理行 advertising agent ? 广告电话直销 direct response advertising ? 广告画 poster ? 广告妙语 attention-getter ? 广告人 advertising man; adman ? 广告宣传车 loudspeaker van; sound truck ? 光谷 optical valley ? 光机电一体化 “optical, mechanical and electronic integration“ ? 广交会 The China Export Commodities Fair ? 广开财路 make full use of all talents ? 广开就业门路 create more employment opportunities ? 光缆 optic cable ? 光盘杂志 CD-ROM magazine ? 光通信 photo-communication; optical communication ? 广域网 wide area network (WAN) ? 广种薄收 extensive cultivation; wide sowing but meager harvest―a method of cultivation: the cultivated area is large but the per area yield is relatively low ? 管理办法 measures for administration ? 管理规定 provisions on administration ? 管理条例 regulations on administration ? 关税下调 tariff reduction ? 固定汇率 fixed exchange rate ? 股份制改造 shareholding reform ? 规避 circumvention ? 轨道站 orbit station ? 规范分配秩序 Rationalize the relations of income distribution ? 规范民办教育 standardize non-government funded schools ? 归国留学生 returned students ? 归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments; centralized management by specified departments ? 规模经济 scale economy, economies of scale ? 规模经营 scale management ? 规模效益 scale merit ? 归侨 returned overseas Chinese ? 皈依三宝 become a Buddhist ? 轨道舱 orbital module ? 滚雪球 snowball -- (of a plan, problem, etc.) to grow bigger on an increasing rate ? 国奥队 the National Olympic Team ? 国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components ? 过度放牧 overgraze ? 过度开垦 excess land reclamation ? 过度投资行业 over-invested industries ? 国防动员体制 the mobilization for national defense ? 国防动员体制 the mobilization system for national defense ? 国防科工委 State Commission of Science and Technology for National Defense Industry ? 国货 domestics ? 过火 go too far ? 国际奥委会 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ? 国际标准化组织 ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ? 国际承诺 international commitments ? 国际公认的警戒线 internationally accepted alarm level ? 国际惯例 international common practice ? 国际海域 international waters ? 国际化战略 internationalization strategy ? 国际货币基金组织 IMF (International Monetary Fund) ? 国际禁止化学武器组织 organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) ? 国际恐怖主义 international terrorism ? 国际劳工组织 ILO (International Labor Organization) ? 国际联盟 international coalition ? 国际贸易伙伴 international trading partner ? 国计民生 the national economy and the people’s livelihood ? 《国际民用航空公约》(1944) The International Civil Aviation Covenant ? 国际清算 international settlement ? 国际日期变更线 International Date Line (IDL) ? 国际商业机器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) ? 国际社会 the international community ? 国际收支不平衡 disequilibrium of balance of payment ? 国际玩笑 play a large-scale joke ? 《国际先驱论坛报》 International Herald Tribune ? 国际自然保护联盟 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ? 国际足球联盟 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ? 国家财政贴息贷款 discount government loan ? 国家创新体系 state innovation system ? 国家环保总局 State Environmental Protection Administration ? 国家级特殊津贴 special state allowance ? 国家级卫生城市 state-level hygiene city ? 国家经济体制改革委员会 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems ? 国家控股公司 state-controlling company ? 国家普通话水平考试 National Proficiency Test of Putonghua ? 国家体育总局 State Physical Culture Administration ? 国家外汇储备 state foreign exchange reserves ? 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 ? 国家中长期科学和技术发展规划 a national medium- to long-range program for scientific and technological development ? 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 ? 过境签证 transit visa ? 国库券 treasury bonds ? 过劳死 karoshi; death from overwork ? 国民党 Kuomintang ? 国民经济的综合平衡 overall balance in national economy ? 国民经济支柱产业 pillar industry in national economy ? 国民生产总值 gross national product (GNP) ? 国内生产总值 gross domestic product (GDP) ? 国内游 inbound tourism ? 过山车 roller coaster ? 国事访问 state visit ? 过失赔偿责任;无过失赔偿责任 liability with fault;liability without fault ? 过失责任 liability of fault ? 国书 state credentials ? 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace ? 国土资源部 Ministry of Land and Resources ? 国土资源管理 land and resources administration ? 国外旅游 overseas travel ? 国务卿 Secretary Of State (in America) ? 过硬 have a perfect mastery of ? 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 ? 国有独资商业银行 wholly state-funded commercial bank ? 国有股 state-owned shares ? 国有股减持 state stock reduction; reduce state’s stake in listed companies ? 国有及国有控股工业企业 state-owned industrial enterprises and enterprises whose controlling stake was owned by the state ? 国有企业股份制改革继续推进 fresh progress was made in transforming state-owned enterprises into stock companies ? 国有企业下岗职工基本生活保障向失业保险并轨 integrate the subsistence allowances for laid-off workers into the unemployment insurance system ? 国有商业银行股份制改造试点方案 pilot plan to transform state-owned commercial banks into stock entities ? 国有资产管理体制 State property management system ? 国有资产监督管理委员会 the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission ? 国有资产流失 loss of state-owned assets ? 国债贴息贷款 T-bond discount loans ? 国债投资 treasury bond investment ? 国债专项资金 special fund for treasury bond ? 国债资金重点项目责任制 the responsibility system for key projects funded by treasury bonds ? 果子狸 civet cat ? 国家计划和财政政策、货币政策等相互配合的宏观调控体系 the macro-economic regulation system by integrating State planning with fiscal and monetary policies ? 国家审判权 the judicial authority of the State ? 国际部队 international forces ? 国际关系民主化 practice democracy in international relations ? 国际社会 international community ? 国情 national conditions ? 国务委员 state councilor ? 国务院令 Decree of the State Council ? 国务院通知 Circular of the State Council ? 国有商业银行 State-owned commercial bank