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来电显示 caller ID
蜡雕 wax carving; wax sculpture
拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth
拉关系 try to curry favor with
垃圾融资 junk financing
垃圾邮件 junk e-mail
垃圾邮件 junk email; spam
垃圾债券 junk bond
垃圾综合处理 integrated garbage treatment
拉锯战 seesaw battle
啦啦队 cheering squad
啦啦队长 "cheer-leader, rooter king"
拉力赛 endurance race
拉练 undergo field training by marching and camping
拉链工程 zipper project
拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon
蜡染 batik; wax printing
蜡像馆 wax work museum
拉选票 seek a vote
来电 fall in love with someone
来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone
来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers" materials for processing
来料、来样、来件加工产品 process products with materials supplied by clients
来世，下辈子 the next life
垃圾分类收集 separate waste collection
蓝筹股 blue chips
滥发文凭 issue diplomas recklessly
滥发纸币 excessive issue of bank notes; excessive note issue
蓝光光盘 Blue-ray Disc
蓝盔人员 blue helmet personnel
蓝领工人 Blue-collar worker
烂摊子 awful mess
蓝牙技术 bluetooth
滥用权力 abuse of power
滥用职权 abuse one"s power;misuse one"s authority
浪子回头 return to the fold; turn over a new leaf; return of the prodigal son
朗诵比赛 recital contest
劳保医疗制度 labor medicare system
“老大难” 问题 long-standing problem; big and difficult problem; lasting, complex and hard-to-solve problem
劳动服务公司 labor service company;service company
劳动定额 labor quota
劳动合同制 labor contract system
劳动教养 education through labor; rehabilitation through labor; indoctrination through labor
劳动力产权 labor property rights
劳动力的流动性 fluidity of labor
劳动力过剩 labor surplus；manpower surplus
劳动力资源配置 allocation of labor resources
劳动密集型 labor-intensive
劳动密集型产业 labor-intensive industry
劳动模范 model worker
劳动预备制度 vocational training system
劳动者素质 quality of the workforce
劳动争议 labor dispute
劳改农场 reforming farm; reform-through-labor farm
老化效应 aging effect
老黄牛 a person who serves the people whole-heartedly; an honest and industrious worker
老龄委 senior citizens" work committee
老年保险制度 endowment insurance
老三届 junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968
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, cliché
劳务费 service charge; service fee
劳务市场 labor market
劳务输出 export of labor services
老爷式的态度 bureaucratic attitude
老一套 old practice; the same old stuff; the same old story; the beaten track
老油条 wily old bird; old slicker
老中青三结合 combination of the old, the middle-aged and the young in the leadership
劳资 labor and capital
老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise; time-honoured brand
劳资纠纷 trouble between labor and management
老子天下第一 regard oneself as the No.1 authority in the world
老年学校 school for the aged
劳保 labor insurance
克隆 clone
雷达覆盖区 radar coverage
雷达跟踪 radar tracking
累犯 recidivist; incurable criminal
勒紧裤带 tighten one"s belt
累进税率 progressive tax rate
冷板凳 cold stool; an indifferent post or a cold reception; cool one"s heels
冷门 ark horse; a profession, trade or branch of learning that receives little attention; an unexpected winner
冷遇 cold reception; indifferent treatment
冷战思维 Cold War mentality
冷笑话 bad joke (Some bad jokes are very popular in many online forums these days. 如今，一些冷笑话在许多网络论坛里非常流行。)
离岸价格 free on board(FOB)
离岸金融市场 offshore market
篱笆墙 barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading
理财 arrange the finance;money management
力挫 defeat with utmost effort
立等可取服务 instant service; on-the-spot service
立法真空 legislation vacuum
利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery
力争上游 strive for the best; aim high
立国之本 the foundation underlying all efforts to build the country
利好因素 wrinkle
理货公司 tally company
利基 niche
离经叛道 rebel against the orthodoxy
理论与实际相结合 integrade theory with practice
礼尚往来 courtesy calls for reciprocity; courtesy demands reciprocity
历史遗产 historical heritage;legacy of history
历史遗留下来的问题 roblem left over by history; an issue rooted in history
利税分流 payment of the tax plus a percentage of profits to the state
理顺经济秩序 straighten out the economic order
力所能及 within one"s power;to the bes of one"s ability( capacity)
立体电视 three-dimensional television
立体开放口岸 trading port open to sea, land and air
立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture
立体式报道 an in-depth and comprehensive report
立体思考 three-dimensional thinking
立体战争 three-dimensional war
离退办 office for the affairs of the retired workers
离退休人员基本养老金 basic pensions for retirees
礼仪小姐 ritual girl
礼仪小姐 guiding girl
立于不败之地 be in an invincible position;remain invincible
联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output
连带责任 joint liability
联防 joint defense
恋父情结 Electra complex
联购联销 joint purchasing and marketing
联合公报 joint communique
联合国反腐败公约 UN Convention Against Corruption
《联合国海洋法公约》 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
联合国环境署 UNEP (United Nations Environment Program)
联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)
联合国开发计划署 UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
联合国粮农组织 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation)
联合国维持和平部队 United Nations Peace Keeping Forces
联合国维和行动 UN peacekeeping operations
联合；合并 merger
联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises
联合联络小组 joint liaison group
联合投标 syndicated tender
联机环境 on-line environment
廉价商店 discount shop;budget store; discount shop
廉价市场 bargain market; bargain center
廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness
恋母情结 Oedipus complex
联赛 league match
连锁店 chain store
连锁反应 chain effect; domino effect
练摊 to be a vendor
联体婴儿 Siamese twins
联网 on-line;be networked
联想集团 Legend Group
连续抽烟的人 chain smoker
廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration
廉政建设 build a clean and honest government; strive for a clean government
廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government
两岸民间行业组织 non-governmental trade organizations across the Straits
两岸三地 the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong
两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation
两岸直航 cross-Straits direct transportation link
两大历史性课题（提高党的执政水平和领导水平、提高拒腐防变和抵御风险能力) the two major historic subjects of enhancing the abilities of administration and art of leadership and resisting corruption, guarding against degeneration and wardingoff risks
两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"
两弹一星 atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite
亮底牌 reveal the ins and outs
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
两会 two Conferences (i.e. the National People"s Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference)
粮食风险基金 grain risk fund
粮食流通体制 grain distribution system
粮食收购部门 (government"s) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
粮食主产区 major grain producing areas
两手抓两手都要硬 grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both
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
两条腿走路 walking on two legs
两头大、中间小 be small at both ends and big in the middle; a few at each extreme and many in between
亮相 pose; state one"s view
良性循环 virtuous circle
两伊战争 the Iran-Iraq War
粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration
两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering
两者不可兼得 You cannot eat your cake and have it.
量子力学 quantum mechanics
两岸关系 relations across the Taiwan Straits
两个确保 two guarantees (确保国有企业下岗职工的基本生活，确保离退休人员的基本生活，保证按时足额发放基本养老金。guaranteeing that the living allowances for workers laid off from state-owned enterprises and that the pensions of retirees are paid on time and in full)
食品安全 food safety
良种补贴 subsidies for growing superior grain cultivators
联名存款帐户 joint account
连锁经营 chain-store operations
连体姐妹 conjoined twin sisters
连体婴儿 conjoined twin babies
疗效食品 remedy diet
《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio
劣等品 shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (informal)
猎头公司 head-hunting company
列席会议 attend a conference without voting rights
立法听证会 legislative hearing
利率形成和传导机制 setting and transmitting interest rates
临时巴勒斯坦国 provisional Palestinian state
临时工 temporary worker
临时牌照 temporary licence
临时主教练 caretaker coach
领海 territorial waters
零和博奕 zero-sum game; zero game
另类 a different, special, completely new or fashionable type or trend
另类音乐，非正统音乐 alternative music
零配件 spare and accessory parts
另起炉灶 make a fresh start
灵巧导弹 agile missile
（建议）零售价 (suggested)retail price
领头羊 bellwether
领土归属 territorial entitlement
领土完整 territorial integrity
薪领工人 new-collar workers
临时抱佛脚 make hasty, last-minute efforts
临时线路 temporary line
流窜犯 mobile criminal
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."
流动服务 mobile service
流动人口 transient population; floating population
流动售货 mobile vending
流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile
流动性负债 current liabilities
流动性资产 current assets
流动资产 current assets; liquid assets
流动资金 circulating fund; floating money; liquid fund; working fund
流水账 daybook;day-to-day account;current count
流通股 circulation stock
流通领域 circulation domain
流通企业 distribution firm
流通系统 system for the distribution of commodities
留校 work at one"s Alma Master after graduation
流行款式 fashion
流行事物 the in-thing
流行文化 pop culture
流星雨 meteor shower
流行字眼 vogue word; in-word; often-heard word
溜须拍马 fawn on; apple polish
留学咨询 consulting on the study abroad
六艺:礼、乐、射、御、书、数 "six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic"
留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary
流转税 turnover tax; indirect tax
六方会谈 the Six-Party Talks
流感监测站 influenza monitoring station
流感疫苗接种 influenza vaccinations
流通股 tradable share
流行偶像 pop idol
利息税 tax on interest from deposits
龙的传人 descendants of the dragon—the Chinese people
垄断行业 monopolized industry
隆乳 mammaplasty
龙头产品 flagship product
(行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry
露马脚 give oneself away; reveal oneself; let the cat out of the bag; show the cloven hoof
陆地和海洋生态系统 terrestrial and marine ecosystems
陆基巡航导弹 ground-launched cruise missile
录取通知书 letter of admission
录取通知书 acceptance letter
录取线 admission line
路演 road show
乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 "unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises "
乱检查 make unwarranted inspections
乱码 messy code
乱收费 arbitary charges
乱摊派 requisition donations arbitrarily
乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines"
劣质工程 shoddy engineering
轮岗 work shift
轮流（坐庄） in turn
论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense
《论语》 Analects of Confucius
轮值主席 rotating chairman
裸机 bare mobile phone
录取分数线 entry score
绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate
绿化 afforestation
绿化运动 afforestation drive
绿卡 green card
旅客列车票价 price of passenger train tickets
绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运 Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics, People"s Olympics
绿色产品 green product
绿色电脑 green computer
绿色急救通道 emergency green path
绿色科技 green science annd technology
绿色能源 green energy resource
绿色农业 green agriculture
绿色企业 green enterprise
绿色食品 green food
绿色通道（办证快捷通道） green channel; landscaped roadways
绿色银行 green bank
旅行纪录片 travel documentary
旅行结婚 honeymoon trip; wedding vacation; wedding travel
履行义务 fulfill obligations
旅游车 touring bus
旅游定点饭店 certified restaurant/hotel for tourism
旅游黄金周 golden week for tourism
旅游热 tourism wave

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马大哈 careless, casual and carefree
马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
马尔萨斯人口论 Malthusian Theory of Population; Malthusianism (Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766-1834, British economist)
码分多址 (一种扩频多址数字式通信技术) CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
马拉松会议 marathon meeting
马拉松式竞选活动 marathron campaign
马路菜场入室工程 the project to build indoor free market to accommodate street vegetable vendors
马路新闻 hearsay;gossip
马屁精 flatterer;boot-licker;apple-polisher
马赛克 mosaic
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. ) "
玛雅文化 Mayan civilization
脉冲发射器 impulse sender
买方市场 buyer"s market
麦克马洪线 McMahon Line
买壳上市 go public through buying a shell
买空卖空 bulls and bears; fictitious transaction
买一送一 "two-for-one offer, buy one get one free"
瞒产 give a false report of the out put; lie about the grain output
满产 produce in a full capacity
慢车道 lowway; slow-traffic lane
漫话 talk at random;discuss informally
慢镜头 slow-motion
满勤 1. work full hours; 2. perfect work attendance record
漫谈会 informal discussion
满堂红 successful in every endeavour
慢性萧条 chronic depression　
满意度 degree of satisfaction
盲流 blind influx (labourers aimlessly flowing from rural areas into large cities)
盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside
盲目投资 blindness in investment
盲目投资 blind investment, haphazard investment
忙音 signal for the busy line
漫游 roaming service
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
矛盾的普遍性 universality of contradictions
毛利 gross proceeds
猫腻儿 illegal deal; underhanded activity;something fishy
茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
贸易壁垒 trade protectionism
贸易和投资自由化和便利化 TILF (Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation)
贸易逆差 adverse balance of trade; trade deficit; trade gap
贸易顺差 favorable balance; trade surplus
贸易与发展委员会 Committee on Trade and Development
贸易战 trade war
贸易制裁 trade sanction
贸易自由化 trade liberalization
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.
美国之音 Voice of America (VOA)
媒介语 mediating language
眉毛胡子一把抓 go about several tasks at a time
美声唱法 bel canto
美食节 gourmet festival
没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
没治 1. hopeless; 2. too bad; 3. terrific; very good; excellent
门儿清 well-informed; completely aware
门户开放政策 open-door policy
门户网站 portal
门罗主义 Monroe Doctrine
门前三包 "be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building "
蒙古包 (Mongolian) yurt
蒙古大夫 quack; quack doctor
朦胧诗 misty poetry
孟子 Mencius
迷彩服 battle fatigues; camouflage coat
米袋子省长负责制 provincial governors assuming responsibility for the rice bag (grain supply)
蜜罐 honey jar
密码电话学 ciphony(cipher telephone)
密码箱 code case
蜜月旅行 honeymoon trip
免费搭车者(享受其他国家最惠国待遇而不进行相应减让的国家) free-rider
面目一新 take on an entirely new look
免税商店 duty-free shop
免税商品 tax-free commodities
免淘米 clean rice
面向21世纪的中美建设性伙伴关系 a constructive, strategic partnership between China and the United Stated aimed at the next century
免验放行 pass without examination (P.W.E)
面值 face value
灭绝的物种 extinct species
民办教师 citizen-managed teachers (teachers in rural citizen-managed or state-managed schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government)
民办教育 non-government funded education
民法通则 general provisions of the civil law
民工潮 farmers" frenzied hunt for work in cities
民航 civil aviation
民间协商 consultation on a non-governmental basis
民间艺人 folk artisan
民间资本 private capital
民进党 Democratic Progressive Party
民事诉讼 civil procedure
民意测验 opinion poll; opinion survey
民以食为天 people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man
民营企业 individually-run enterprises
民约 non-governmental regulations; folk law
民政 civil affair
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 "
民主集中制 democratic centralism
民主监督 democratic supervision
民主决策 make decisions through a democratic process
民族国家 nation state
民族凝聚力 national cohesion
民族区域自治 regional autonomy of ethnic minorities
民族事务委员会 Ethnic Affairs Commission
民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture
民族乡 minority town
民族意识 national consciousness
民族优越感 ethnocentrism
民办高校 private higher learning institution
名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
明码标价制度 system that commodity prices must be marked
明明白白消费（2000年保护消费者权益工作主题） transparent consumption
名片 business card
名人效应 celebrity charm
明文 explicit terms
名优 famous actor; famous high quality brand
名誉教授 honorary professor; emeritus professor
民工 migrant worker
明星效应 celebrity effect
民间文化遗产 folk cultural heritage
民事伴侣关系 civil partnership
民意 will of the people
摸彩 draw lot for prize
模仿秀 imitation show
抹黑 stain somebody"s name; bring shame on
模糊逻辑 fuzzy logic
模糊战略(美国在台湾问题上奉行的政策) indistinct strategy; ambiguous strategy
模块 module
摩门教 Mormon Church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam
模拟装置 simulator
末日论者 doomster
莫失良机;趁热打铁 make hay while the sun shines
末位淘汰 (under the new personnel system) the person graded last in the performance evaluation will be laid off from his position
磨洋工 dawdle along
摸着石头过河 test each step before taking it;advance cautiously
末班车时间 final vehicle hour
谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
目标跟踪雷达 target-tracking radar(TTR)
目标管理 management by objectives; quota management
目测 visual range estimation
幕后操纵 pull strings behind the scenes; wire-pulling
幕后花絮 behind- the-scenes look
睦邻友好关系(合作) good-neighborly and friendly relations (cooperation)
穆斯林 Muslim; Moslem
目无法纪 defy the law ( or standards of discipline)
母系氏族社会 matriarchal clan society
牧业税 livestock tax
母婴传播 mother-baby transmission (mother-to-child HIV transmission)

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纳米 nanometer
拿腔拿调 speak affectedly
拿手好戏 masterpiece
拿手项目 specialty
纳税人 tax payer; tax bearer
纳税申报制度 tax declaration system
纳斯达克 National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
耐用消费品 durable consumer goods, consumer durables
南北对话 North-South dialogue
难得糊涂 "Where ignorance is bliss, it"s folly to be wise."
男高音演唱家 tenorist
难民营 refugee camp
南南合作 South-South cooperation
男女同工同酬 equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex
男权主义思想 male chauvinism
南水北调 divert water from the south to the north
南水北调工程 South-to-North water diversion project
囊括 complete a sweep
闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique
内宾 domestic guest
内当家 wife
内定 decide internally
内耗 in-fighting
内环路 inner ring road
内联企业 inland associated enterprises
内联网(计算机) Intranet
内水 inland waters
内退 early retirement
内向型经济 domestically-oriented economy
内销公寓 apartments leased only to natives
内地上市公司 mainland-listed company
能官能民 be ready to both serve as an offical and be one of the common people
能见度 visibility
能进能出，能上能下 competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots
能进能出，能上能下,方谓好汉 He who knows how to fight and how to retreat deserves to be called a brave man.
能量预算 energy budget
能上网的手机 Wireless Application Protocol(WAP) phone
能源农业 energy agriculture
逆反心理 negative mentality
尼姆达(病毒) Nimda
泥菩萨 like a clay Buddha fording the river-hardly able to save oneself; each one is looking out for his own survival
泥石流 mud-rock flow
年度国家预算 annual State Budget
年利润 annual return
年龄结构 age structure
年同比 year-on-year; on an annual basis
年夜饭 family reunion dinner
涅磐(佛) nirvana
凝聚力 cohensive force
扭亏为盈 turn losses into gains
扭转局面 "reverse the tide, turn the table"
农产品出口补贴 agricultural export subsidies
农产品的统购派购 unified purchasing of farm produce by the state according to fixed quotes
弄潮儿 wave rider; current leader
农村非农产业 non-agricultural industries in rural areas
农村剩余劳动力 surplus rural labour (labourers)
农村税费改革试点 the experimental reform of rural taxes and administrative charges
农村信用社 rural credit cooperatives
农工党 Chinese Peasants" and Workers" Democratic Party
农工商联合企业 agro-industrial-commercial combines
农机 agricultural machinery
农垦 agricultural reclamation
农林间作 agro-forestry
农民人均纯收入 rural per capita net income
农奴制 serfdom; serf system
弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; cunning outwits itself.
农药残留物 pesticide residue;agricultural chemicals residue
农业产业化经营 the industrialization of agriculture; industrialized agricultural operation
农业生态学 agricultural ecology
农业生物工程 agro-biological engineering
农业税费改革 reform of rural taxes and administrative charges
农业特产税 taxes on special agricultural products
农业增加值 added value of agriculture
农转非 rural residents become urban residents
农村电网改造工程 projects to upgrade rural power grids
农村电网改造项目 projects to upgrade rural power grids
农村合作医疗 rural cooperative medical service
农村劳动力转移培训 job training for farm laborers looking for urban employment
农村六小工程 six categories of small projects for rural areas (water-efficient irrigation, potable water supplies, roads, methane production facilities, hydroelectric plants and pasture enclosure)
农村养老金制度 rural pension system
农村综合试点改革 trials of comprehensive rural reform
农机具补贴 subsidies for agricultural machinery and tools
农技站 agro-technical station
农业面源污染 widespread pollution from the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides in rural area
农业税 agricultural tax
暖温带 warm temperate zone
诺亚方舟 Noah’s Ark
挪占 misappropriate; embezzlement
女权运动 movement for women"s rights
女权主义者 feminist