2010年笔译：中国特有词汇(一)

　　· 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 one’s capacities and bide one’s time

　　· 讨价还价 wheel and deal

　　· 统筹兼顾 make overall 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 and 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 electricity 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 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 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 level 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 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 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 burden 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 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 disposable 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 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; people foremost