卡丁车 kart
开发一代，储存一带，预研一代 (产品） to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products
开放式基金 open-ended fund
开工不足 enterprises running under their production capacity
开工典礼 commencement ceremony
开后门under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means
开题报告 opening speech; opening report, thesis proposal
开小灶 give special favor
开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night
看跌/看涨期权 put / call option
看守政府, 看守内阁，过渡政府 caretaker cabinet
抗震棚 quake-proof shelter
考研 take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools
考研热 the craze for graduate school
科技成果转化为生产力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements
科技含量 technology content
科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.
科教兴国 rely on science and education to rejuvenate the nation
科研攻关 scientific research and tackle the key research project
可持续发展战略 strategy of sustainable development
可转换债券convertible bond
刻录机 CD writer; disc-carving machine
空头支票 accommodation note, lip service
空中小姐 air hostess; air stewardess
控股公司 holding company
口蹄疫 foot-and-mouth disease
扣帽子 put a label on
跨世纪工程 a trans-century project
跨越式发展 great-leap-forward development
快速反应部队 rapid response force
快讯 news flash; flash
宽带接入 broadband access
宽带网 broadband networks
宽限期 grace period
亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit
困难职工 the needy
扩大内需 to expand domestic demand
垃圾债券 junk bond
拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth
拉关系 try to curry favor with
拉拉队 cheering squad
拉拉队长 cheer-leader, rooter king
拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon
来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone
来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing
蓝筹股 blue chips
劳动合同制 labor contract system
老少边穷地区 former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas
老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried
老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise
篱笆墙 barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading
礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
礼仪小姐 ritual girl
理货公司 tally company
立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture
利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery
利好因素 wrinkle
利基 niche
连带责任 joint liability
联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output
联合国会费 the UN membership dues
联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises
联合联络小组 joint liaison group
联合投标 syndicated tender
联想集团 Legend Group
廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness
廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government
廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration
练摊 to be a vendor
良性循环 virtuous circle
粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
粮油关系：grain and oil rationing registration
两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation
两弹一艇 A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine
两个对等的政治实体 "two equal political entities
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.
两思（致富思源，富而思进） to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence
两院院士academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering
劣等品shoddy goods; substandard goods
猎头公司 head-hunting company
临时主教练 caretaker coach
零配件 spare and accessory parts
领头羊 bellwether
流动人口 transient population
流动图书馆 traveling library; bookmobile
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.
留学咨询：consulting on the study abroad
留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary
龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry
路演road show
旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip
绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate
绿化 afforestation
绿色急救通道 emergency green path
绿色食品 green food
乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises
乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines
论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense
裸机bare mobile phone
马拉松式竞选活动 campaignathon
马路菜场入室工程 the project to build indoor free market to accommodate street vegetable vendors
马太效应 the Matthew effect (A phenomenon in specific circles whereby one's accomplishments and reputation tend to snowball, and those with meager accomplishments have greater difficulty achieving accomplishments. )
买一送一 two-for-one offer, buy one get one free
满意度 degree of satisfaction
盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside
冒充包装（销售）[指将劣质商品包装成外观像名优产品出售的做法] copycat packaging
帽子戏法 hat trick
每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away./ It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
美声唱法 bel canto
美食节 gourmet festival
门户网站 portals
门前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building
朦胧诗 misty poetry
蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt
蒙古大夫 quack
孟子 Mencius
民办教师 teachers in rural schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government
民工潮 farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities
民进党 Democratic Progressive Party
民主党派、工商联与无党派人士 non-Communist parties, federations of industry and commerce, personages without party affiliation
民族国家 nation state
民族凝聚力 national cohesion
民族委员会 ethnic affairs commission
民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture
明明白白消费（2000年保护消费者权益工作主题）transparent consumption
模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam
磨洋工 dawdle along
莫失良机 make hay while the sun shines
目标管理 management by objectives
内耗 in-fighting
内环路 inner ring road
内联企业 enterprises with internal connections
纳米 nanometer
耐用消费品 durable consumer items (goods)
男高音演唱家 tenorist
男权主义思想 male chauvinism
南水北调工程 divert water from the south to the north project
难得糊涂 Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise.
囊括 complete a sweep
闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique
能官能民 be ready to both serve as an official and be one of the common people
能进能出，能上能下competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots
能上网的手机 WAP phone
泥菩萨过河 like a clay Buddha fording the river-hardly able to save oneself; each one is looking out for his own survival
年同比 year-on-year; on an annual basis
年夜饭 family reunion dinner
扭转局面 reverse the tide, turn the table
农村剩余劳动力 surplus rural labor (laborers)
农工商联合企业 agro-industrial-commercial combines