中国特有词汇.docx

1、中国特有词汇中国特有词汇 台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come. 炭疽 anthrax 踢皮球 pass the buck 逃避银行债务 evasion of repayment of bank loans 韬光养晦 hide ones capacities and bide ones time 讨价还价 wheel and deal 统筹兼顾 make o

2、verall plans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment 团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps 团结就是力量 Unity is strength. 退耕还林还草 grain for green 退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry an

3、d pasture 鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism 脱贫致富 “cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity“ 拖欠工资 arrears of wage 西部大开发 Western Development 西电东送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project 西电东送 transmission of elec

4、tricity from the western to the eastern region 洗礼 baptism 希望工程 Hope Project 西厢记 The Romance of West Chamber 西行漫记 Red Star over China 夕阳产业 sunset industry 西洋景 Peep Show 喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear 西游记 Pilgrimage to the West; Journey to the West 下放权力给 delegating the management of . (to .) 下岗职工 laid-off

5、 workers 下岗职工基本生活费 subsistence allowances for laid-off workers 下海 plunge into the commercial sea 现代 企业 制度 modern enterprise system; modern corporate system 先发制人战略 pre-emptive strategy 县级市 county-level city 先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound 香港明天更好基金会

6、Better Hong Kong Foundation 香港特别行政区 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR) 向钱看 “mammonism, put money above all“ 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan 乡统筹,村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve 小而全 small and all-inclusive 小金库 a private coffer 小康 a comfortable le

7、vel of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity 小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family 效率优先,兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness 校训 school motto 宵夜 a stoke of midnight 效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits 邪教 heathendom 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable

8、bridge 写真集 photo album 信得过产品 trustworthy product 新的经济增长点 new point for/ sources of economic growth 新干线 “the Shinkansen, bullet train“ 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 心理素质 psychological quality 信息高速公路 information superhighway 心想事成 May all your wish come true 新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation 形成全方位、多

9、层次、宽领域的开放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern 形而上学 metaphysics 性价比 cost performance 形式主义 formalism 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand 虚开增值税发票 write false value added tax invoices 许可证制度 license granting mechanisms 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one

10、 go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 悬而未决的问题 outstanding question 选美 beauty contest 学而优则仕 (a Confucian slogan for education) a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career 学历教育 education with record of formal schooling 学生减负 alleviate the bur

11、den on students 亚太经济合作组织 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 亚洲金融危机 financial crisis in Asia 严打措施 “Strike-Hard“ drive “ 严打斗争 “Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities“ 沿海经济开发区 open coastal economic area 言情小说 romantic fiction; sentimental novel 严以律己,宽以待人

12、be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 阳春（最经济方式） no-frills 羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall 洋务运动 Westernization Movement 摇钱树 cash cow 摇头丸 dancing outreach 以产定人,减员增效 employ workers in accordance with production needs and increase efficiency while reducing the staff 一次性筷子 throwaway chopsticks 一次性用品 dis

13、posable goods 一刀切 cut it even at one stroke-make it rigidly uniform; impose uniformity in all cases; allow no flexibility 移动通讯 mobile communication 依法治国 manage state affairs according to law; run state affairs according to law 以法治国，以德治国 to govern the country with law and moral 一帆风顺 Wishing you every

14、 success 一方有难,八方支援 When disaster struck, help came from all sides. 一个中心,两个基本点 one central task, two basic points 以公有制为主体，多种经济成分共同发展 the pattern with the public sector remaining dominant and diverse sectors of the economy developing side by side 一国两制 “One country, two systems“ 义和团运动 Boxer Uprising 以经济 建设 为中心 focusing on the central task of economic construction 一揽子(计划) one-package (plan) 一切向钱看 money-oriented 以权谋私 abuse of power for personal gains 以人为本 people oriented;