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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) 安居工程 Housing Project for low-income families 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult B B to B (B2B) business to business B to C (B2C) business to consumer 摆架子 put on airs 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers 半拉子工程 uncompleted project 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags 本本主义 bookishness 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica 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 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives 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 变相涨价 disguised inflation 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. 《不见不散》 Be there or be square. 不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city 不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency C 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 茶道 sado 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 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， 崇尚精品至上boutiqueification，攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风， 由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成） [d]D[/d] "达标"活动 "target hitting" activities 大款 tycoon 大腕 top notch 大专文凭 associate degree 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets 倒爷 profiteer 点子公司 consultancy company 电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number G 个人自扫门前雪， 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one’s own potatoes 各大菜系 major styles of cooking 公正、公平、公开 just, fair and open 广域网 wide area network (WAN) H 海市蜃楼，镜花水月, 无稽之谈 a mare’s nest 豪赌 unrestrained gambling 好出风头的运动员 exhibitionist, grandstander 好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster 黑店 gangster inn 红包 （中）red paper containing money as a gift, (贬) bribe, kickback 虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg. 婚外恋 extramarital love J 吉祥物 mascot 集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony 假唱 lip-synch 紧箍咒 inhibiting magic phrase 局域网 local area network (LAN) 举报电话 informants' hot-line telephone K 开后门under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means 开小灶 give special favor 开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night 抗震棚 quake-proof shelter 科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force L 拉关系 try to curry favor with 来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone 两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress 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. 练摊 to be a vendor M 美声唱法 bel canto 门前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building 明明白白消费（2000年保护消费者权益工作主题）transparent consumption 磨洋工 dawdle along N 难得糊涂 Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise. 闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique 年夜饭 family reunion dinner Q 敲竹杠make somebody pay through the nose; put the lug on; rob by a trick 勤工俭学 part-work and part-study system; work-study program 全民健身计划纲要 outline of the nationwide body-building plan 拳头产品 competitive products; knock-out products; blockbuster R 绕圈子 beat around the bush 人才流失brain drain 入水时水花很少 clean entry S 三八红旗手 woman pace-setter "三个代表" "three represents" theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.) 三个有利于 "three favorables" (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards 三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health) "三讲"教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气） "three emphases" education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct) 三角恋爱 love triangle 三角债 chain debt "扫黄"、"打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications 沙尘暴sand storm; dust storm （我爱罗？） 商品条码 bar code 《生死抉择》 "Live or Die" 刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card 双刃剑 double-edged sword 双向选择 two-way selection, referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market 司仪 MC (master of ceremonies) T 抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker 逃票者 ticket evader 筒子楼：tube-shaped apartment 退耕还林还草 grain for green W 网恋 online love affair 网民 netizen; net citizen; cyber citizen 网友 net friend 往事如风 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past. 文明街道 model community 文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy X 下岗 laid-off workers 向钱看 mammonism, put money above all 信息港 inforport; cyber port 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand 学生减负 alleviate the burden on students 寻呼小姐 operators who work with paging centres 巡回招聘 milk round Y 压水花技术 rip entry 亚健康 subhealthy 严打斗争Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities 羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall 养路费 road toll 摇钱树 cash cow 摇头丸 dancing outreach 一手抓物质文明，一手抓精神文明；一手抓经济建设，一手抓民主法制；一手抓改革开放， 一手抓打击犯罪惩治腐败 We must always work for material progress and at the same time for cultural and ethical progress; We should develop the economy and at the same time strengthen democracy and the legal system; We should promote reform and opening to the outside world and at the same time fight crime and punish corruption. 一线员工 worker at the production line 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 义务教育 compulsory education 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost 易拉罐 pop can 应试教育 examination-oriented education system 有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 晕菜 numbed; dumbfounded Z "宰人" rip off 在职博士生 on-job doctorate 糟粕 dross 早恋 puppy love 沾光 benefit from one's association 站票 standing-room-only ticket 站台票 platform ticket 招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office 真空包装 vacuum packing 抓住机遇 seize the opportunity 驻港部队People's Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong 专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised store 抓大放小 to invigorate large enterprises while relaxing control over small ones; focus on the restructuring of major enterprises and leave minor ones to fend for themselves 撞线 breast the tape

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