八股文 eight-legged essays

　　八卦 trigram

　　八正道 Eightfold Path

　　本命年 this animal year of sb.

　　冰糖葫蘆 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples，etc.)

　　不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …

　　禪 dhyana; dhgaya

　　禪宗 Zen Buddhism

　　處世之道 philosophy of life

　　大鍋飯 communal pot

　　大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done

　　大陸中國 Mainland China

　　道 Dao(cf. logo)

　　道 Daoism(Taoism)

　　道 Daosim， the way and its power

　　端午節(jié) Dragon Boat Festival

　　多子多福：The more sons/children， the more blessing/ great happiness

　　功夫 kungfu ;kung fu

　　關(guān)系戶 closely-related units

　　關(guān)系網(wǎng) personal nets， closely-knitted guild

　　鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)

　　合乎國情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people

　　黑心棉 shoddy cotton

　　紅寶書 little red book

　　紅色中國 socialist China

　　紅學(xué)(《紅樓夢》研究) redology

　　還愿 redeem a wish (vows)

　　婚介所 matrimonial agency

　　婚紗攝影 bride photo

　　婚外戀 extramarital love

　　混沌 chaos

　　機器閱卷 machine scoring

　　基層監(jiān)督 grass-roots supervision

　　基礎(chǔ)稅率 base tariff level

　　即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery

　　集中精力把經(jīng)濟建設(shè)搞上去 go all out for economic development

　　加強輿論監(jiān)督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion

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　　八股文 eight-legged essays

　　八卦 trigram

　　八正道 Eightfold Path

　　本命年 this animal year of sb.

　　冰糖葫蘆 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples，etc.)

　　不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …

　　禪 dhyana; dhgaya

　　禪宗 Zen Buddhism

　　處世之道 philosophy of life

　　大鍋飯 communal pot

　　大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done

　　大陸中國 Mainland China

　　道 Dao(cf. logo)

　　道 Daoism(Taoism)

　　道 Daosim， the way and its power

　　端午節(jié) Dragon Boat Festival

　　多子多福：The more sons/children， the more blessing/ great happiness

　　功夫 kungfu ;kung fu

　　關(guān)系戶 closely-related units

　　關(guān)系網(wǎng) personal nets， closely-knitted guild

　　鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)

　　合乎國情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people

　　黑心棉 shoddy cotton

　　紅寶書 little red book

　　紅色中國 socialist China

　　紅學(xué)(《紅樓夢》研究) redology

　　還愿 redeem a wish (vows)

　　婚介所 matrimonial agency

　　婚紗攝影 bride photo

　　婚外戀 extramarital love

　　混沌 chaos

　　機器閱卷 machine scoring

　　基層監(jiān)督 grass-roots supervision

　　基礎(chǔ)稅率 base tariff level

　　即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery

　　集中精力把經(jīng)濟建設(shè)搞上去 go all out for economic development

　　加強輿論監(jiān)督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion

　　家長 family head

　　家政服務(wù) household management service

　　甲A球隊 Division A Soccer Team

　　價格聽證會 public price hearings

　　假帳 accounting fraud

　　漸進式臺獨 gradual Taiwan independence

　　江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’ world)

　　矯情 use lame arguments

　　叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel

　　借調(diào) temporarily transfer

　　噱頭;掉包袱 gimmick， stunt

　　開放 kaifang (Chinese openness to the outside world)

　　空 sunyata

　　孔子Confucius

　　叩頭 kowtow

　　擴大內(nèi)需，刺激消費expand domestic demand and consumption

　　擴大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.

　　亂攤派，亂收費 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge

　　牌樓 pailou;pai-loo

　　潑水節(jié) Water-Splashing Day

　　儒學(xué) Confucianism

　　三綱：君為臣綱，父為子綱，夫為妻綱 three cardinal guides： ruler guides subject， father guides son husband guides wife

　　傷痕文學(xué) scar literature or the literature of the wounded

　　上火 excessive internal heat

　　世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia

　　雙喜 double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英)

　　四諦 Four Noble Truth

　　四化 Four Modernizations

　　四美(心靈美、語言美、行為美、環(huán)境美)： the Four Virtues are golden heart， refined language， civilized behavior， and green environment

　　鐵飯碗 iron rice bowl

　　鐵交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post

　　脫貧 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty

　　外出打工人員 migrant workers

　　無常 anity

　　無我 anatman

　　五常：仁、義、理、智、信 five constant virtues： benevolence (humanity)， righteousness， propriety， wisdom and fidelity

　　五講(講文明、講禮貌、講衛(wèi)生、講秩序、講道德)：the Five Merits focus on decorum， manners， hygiene， disciplines and morals

　　五行說 Theory of Five Elements

　　武術(shù) wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)

　　相聲 cross-talk

　　小品 witty skits

　　孝順 to show filial obedience

　　孝子 dutiful son

　　虛無 nothingness

　　宣紙 rice paper

　　衙門 yamen

　　養(yǎng)兒防老：raising sons to support one in one’s old age

　　夜貓子 night people; night-owls

　　陰、陽 yin， yang

　　姻緣 yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)

　　治則興，亂則衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline

　　中和 harmony (zhonghe)

　　中庸 the way of medium (cf. Golden Means)

　　終生職業(yè) job-for-life

　　坐禪 metta or transcendental meditation

　　新興事物 Newly Sprouted Things

　　中國電信 China Telecom

　　中國移動 China Mobile

　　十五計劃 the 10th Five-Year Plan

　　中國電腦聯(lián)網(wǎng) Chinanet

　　三峽工程 the Three Gorges Project

　　希望工程 Project Hope

　　京九鐵路 Beijing CKowloon Railway

　　扶貧工程 Anti-Poverty Project

　　菜籃子工程 Vegetable Basket Project

　　溫飽工程 Decent-Life Project

　　安居工程 Economy Housing Project

　　掃黃 Porn-Purging Campaign

　　西部大開發(fā) Go-West Campaign