A-B
AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch
安居工程 housing project for low-income urban residents
按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
按揭贷款 mortgage loan （mortgage n.抵押 v. 抵押）
按揭购房 take out a mortgage to buy a house, buy a house on time
按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance
暗亏 hidden loss
暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly
奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult
B to B （B2B） business to business
B to C （B2c） business to consumer
巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse
把……当成耳旁风 Like water off （on） a duck's back
把握大局 grasp the overall situation
白马王子 Prince Charming
白色农业 white agriculture; white engineering agriculture
白色行情表 white sheet
白手起家 start from scratch （from scratch 最开始的 From the very beginning.）
白雪公主 Snow White
摆架子 put on airs
摆谱 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances
拜把兄弟 sworn brothers
拜年 pay New Year calls or visits
搬迁户 relocated families
半拉子工程 uncompleted project
傍大款 find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags
棒球运动记者 scribe
包二奶 have a concubine （originally a Cantonese expression）
包干到户 work contracted to households
包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包工到料 contract labor and materials
保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy （ momentum n. 动力, 要素; 动量,冲量）
保持国有股 keep the State-held shares
保健食品 health-care food
保理业务 factoring business
保税区 the low-tax; tariff-free zone; bonded area/zone
保证金 margins; collateral
保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority area
保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings
报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project
奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life
本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
蹦击 bungee; bungee jumping
逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives
比较经济学 comparative ecnomics
比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but better than the worst
闭门羹 given cold-shoulder
边际报酬 marginal return
边缘科学 boundary science
便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop；notebook computer
变相涨价 disguised inflation
标书 bidding documents
表演赛 demonstration match
剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody
博彩（业） lottery industry
补缺选举 by-election
不败记录 clean record, spotless record
不承诺放弃使用武力 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 neven been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result
不可再生资源 non-renewable resources
不良贷款 non-performing loan
不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city
不正之风 bad （harmful） practice; unhealthy tendency
布达拉宫 Palata Palace
步行天桥 foot bridge
C
擦边球 edge ball, touch ball
擦网球 net ball
财政收入 fiscal revenue
采取高姿态 show magnanimity
菜篮子工程 shopping basket program
参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs
仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket
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.
藏学 Tibetology
草根工业 grass root industry （refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wild grass）
层层转包和违法分包 multi-lever contracting and illegal sub-contracting
查房 make/go the rounds of the wards
差额投票 differential voting
差额选举 competitive election
拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
拆迁户 households or units rellocated due to building demolition
搀水股票 water-down stocks （ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a business at a cost lower that their face value）
产粮大省 granary province
产品结构 product mix
产权明晰、责权分明、政企分开、科学管理 clearly established ownership, well-defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from adminastration and scientific management
产权制度、产权关系 property order; property relations
产销直接挂钩 direct link production with marketing
产业的升级换代 upgrading of industries
产业结构升级 ungrading of industrial structure
长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta
长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 long-term conexsistance, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and sharing of weal or woe
长线产品 product in an excessive supply
畅通工程 "Smooth Traffic Project"
唱高调 mouth high-sounding words
超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer
超前消费 over-consuming, excessive consumption
朝阳产业 sunrise industry
炒作 speculation
彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force
成分指数 component index
成组技术 group technology
承包 contract with
城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
筹备委员会 preparatory committee
传销 pyramid selling; multi-level marketing
窗口行业 various service trades
春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program
春运 （passenger） transport during the Spring Festival
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
磁悬浮列车 Maglev（magnetically levitated train）
此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.
促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy
D-F
大款 tycoon
大满贯 grand slam
大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall
大腕 top notch
带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits
待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting
单刀赴会 start a solo run
倒票 speculative reselling of tickets
捣浆糊 give the runaround
低调 low keyed （a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach）
地方保护主义 regional protectionism
地区差异 regional disparity
点球 penalty kick
点子公司 consultancy company
电子商务认证 e-business certification
吊球 drop shot
豆腐渣工程 jerry-built projects
对……毫无顾忌 make no bones about……
多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power
夺冠 take the crown
发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan
发展是硬道理 Development is of overiding importance./Develpment is the absolute need.
反败为胜 bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire
反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government
防洪工程 flood-prevention project
放下架子 to relinquish haughty airs; to get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs
费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes
分期付款 installment payment
分流 repositon of redundant personnel
粉领族 pink-collar tribe （Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc）
扶贫 poverty alleviation
福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system
