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賽季 sports competition season
塞翁失馬，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三八紅旗手 woman pace-setter
三八線 38th Parallel
360度環幕電影 Circamara
三班倒 three shifts
三步走戰略 the three-step development strategy
三產 tertiary industry
三大法寶 the three main and effective method
三大作風 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)
三廢(廢氣、廢水、廢渣） “three wastes”(waste gas, waste water and waste residues)
三分鐘熱度 brief period of enthusiasm
三高農業 "three highs" agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)
三個代表 three represents theory (the Party must always represent the requirements of the development of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of the development of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China.)
三個有利於 three favorables (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards
三股企業 three-share enterprises—enterprises whose shares are purchased by government departments, local authorities and other enterprises
《三國演義》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
三好學生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)
散戶 retail / private investor
三講教育（講學習、講政治、講正氣） three emphases education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct); stress the need to study, to be political-minded and to be honest and upright
三角戀愛 love triangle
三角債 chain debt
散客 individual traveler
三來一補企業 "the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade."
三連冠 three successive championships
三民主義 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三農問題 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers
三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute
三權分立 separation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers
三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty. / At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
三通 "three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping services across the Taiwan Straits "
三通一平 "three supplies and one leveling; supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground (conditions ready for further economic development)"
三維電影 three-dimensional movie
三維動畫片 three-dimensional animation
三無企業 "three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)"
三峽工程 Three Gorges Project
三峽水利樞紐二期工程 the second phase of the key water control project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River
三下鄉 "a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers"
“三沿”開放（沿海、沿邊、沿江） "Sea-shore, River-shore, Border-shore" opening-up
散裝 load in bulk
三字經 three-character scripture
三資企業(中外合資企業,中外合作企業,外商獨資企業) "three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China "
三自原則 principles of self-administration, self-support and self-propagation
桑拿浴 sauna
散夥飯 goodbye dinner
三無人員 （無合法證件，無正常居所，無正當生活來源） people without identification papers, a normal residence permit, and a source of income; “sanwu” people
三峽移民 Migrants from Three Gorges area
掃黃,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications
掃盲 eliminate illiteracy
掃尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work
森林覆蓋率 forest coverage; percentage of forest cover
沙塵暴 sand storm; dust storm
殺雞用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
傻冒 blockhead; simpleton; foolishness; to exude foolishness
沙漠化 desertification
殺手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master card
剎住大吃大喝、公費旅遊、鋪張浪費的奢侈之風 put a stop to extravagance and waste （wining and dining of official guests，touring the country at public expenses）
煞住歪風 put an end to the unhealthy practice
傻瓜相機 Instamatic (商標名， 焦距、鏡頭均固定，被稱為foolproof相機)
山不在高，有仙則名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "
閃電戰 blitz; lightning war
《山海經》 the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
閃客 flash
山姆大叔 Uncle Sam
煽情 arouse one's enthusiasm or fervor
閃存卡 flash memory card
商辦工業企業 industrial enterprises run by commercial units
上班時間 office hour
商標冒用 trade mark infringement
商標條款 brand clause
商標專利權 exclusive right to use trademark
商潮 business wave
上崗 go to one's post; go on duty
上崗證 work license
上海合作組織 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
上海合作組織秘書處 Secretariat of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
上海五國第六次峰會 the sixth summit of Shanghai Five
上海五國機制 the Shanghai Five mechanism
商檢局 Commodity Inspection Bureau
商界 the business circle
上馬 start a project
到府服務 door-to-door service
到府推銷員 knocker
商品步行街 shopping mall
商品儲備 commodity supply
商品房 commercial residential building
商品房空置 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
商品過剩 glut of goods
商品化 commercialization
商品貨幣 commodity money
商品交易 commodity transaction
商品交易所 commodity exchange(center)
商品經濟 commodity economy
商品條碼 bar code
商品銷路 commodity outlet
上山下鄉 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上市公司 listed companies
上網 to get on the Internet, surf the net
商務代表 commercial or trade representative
商務旅遊 business travel
上新臺階 reach a new level; reach a higher stage of development
商業報價 commercial offer
商業保險資金 commercial insurance funds
商業炒作 commercial speculation
商業存在（服務貿易） commercial presence
商業貸款 commercial loan
商業道德 business ethics
商業動向 business trend
商業發票 commercial invoice
商業街 commercial street; business district
商業網點和設施 commodity network and facility
商業網點 commodity network
商業信貸原則 principles for commercial credit
商業預測 business forecasting
上有天堂，下有蘇杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
商務出境 outbound tour for commercial affairs
掃黃運動 anti-porn drive
少數服從多數、下級服從上級、局部服從全體、全黨服從中央 "the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee "
少數民族地區 regions inhabited by ethnic groups
社會保障制度 social security system
社會保障支出 expenditure for social security
社會保障基金 social security funds
社會福利彩票 social welfare lotteries
社會公眾利益 interests of the general public
社會化服務體系 socialized service system; social service system
社會集團購買力 the purchasing power of a social group
社會力量辦學 running of schools by non-governmental sectors
社會名流 celebrity
社會熱點問題 hot spots of society
社會事業 social undertakings
社會投資 nongovernmental investment
社會效益 social effect /results /benefit
社會輿論 public opinion
社會治安情況 public security situation
社會主義價值觀 socialist value outlook
社會主義精神文明建設 socialist ideological and ethical progress
社會主義市場經濟 socialist market economy
社會主義先進文化 an advanced socialist culture
社會主義政治文明建設 socialist political civilization
社會總產值 total social output value
社會總供給 total social supply
社會總需求 total social demand
社交 social intercourse
捨近求遠 reject what is near at hand and seek what is far away
舍利子 Buddha's relics
社論 editorial
社區服務 community services
蛇頭 snakehead
涉外經濟 foreign-related business
熱線電話 telephone hotline
攝政王 acting king; prince regent
社會信用體系 the social credit system
社會主義初級階段 the primary stage of socialism
申辦奧運會 bid for the Olympic Games
申辦城市 the bidding cities
申辦2008年奧運會 bid for 2008 Olympics
深層文化 deep culture
深化改革 deepen the reform
深加工 deep processing; further processing
深加工、高附加值礦產品 deep-processed mineral products with high added value
審時度勢 size up the situation
申訴權 right of petition
身體素質 physique; physical constitution
神童 child prodigy
滲透、顛覆和分裂活動 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities
身外之物 worldly possessions
審議會議 review conference
神州行電話卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card
申報財產 declare one’s assets
生產線 production line
生產性投資 productive investment
省會 provincial capital
聖火 sacred fire (such as the Olympic torch)
生活補助 living subsidies
生活津貼 living allowance or subsistence allowance
升級換代 updating and upgrading (of products)
生計問題 bread-and-butter issue
生命銀行 bank for keeping the donated organs and remains of dead persons for medical use
生態活動 eco-activity
生態建築 ecological construction
生態林 ecological forest
生態旅遊 ecotourism
生態農業 environmentally friendly agriculture
生態危機 eco-crisis
生態效益 ecological benefit
生態系統 ecological system(ecosystem)
生物工程 biological engineering
生物恐怖主義 bioterrorism
生物圈 biosphere
生物鐘 biological clock; living clock; biochronometer
聲訊臺 information service center
生意興隆 Business flourishes
聖戰(伊斯蘭教徒對異教徒的戰爭) jihad
生態補償機制 a mechanism for ecological compensation
生效 come into force; take effect
升學率 enrolment rate
審美疲勞 aesthetic fatigue
申請破產保護 file for bankruptcy protection
申請專利 apply for a patent
神舟飛船 the Shenzhou spaceship
涉嫌犯罪案件 suspected criminal case
實報實銷 complete reimbursement
時不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
市場飽和 market saturation; saturated market
市場波動 market fluctuation
市場導向的就業機制 market-oriented employment mechanisms
市場供求關係 relation between market supply and demand
市場化 marketization
市場疲軟 sluggish market
市場調節 market regulation; regulation market
市場行銷學 marketing
市場佔有率 market share
市場準入 market access, market admittance
時代的必然要求 inevitable demand of the times
時代感 sense of the times
適當增加中央預算內經常性建設投資 appropriately increase investment from the central budget for regular construction
試點工程；試點項目 pilot project
適度從緊的財政政策 moderately tight fiscal policy
適度微調 an appropriate amount of fine-tuning
實幹 be steadfast and earnest in one's work; get right on the job
實干家 man of action-a person who is earnest and down-to-earth in his work; a person who engages himself wholeheartedly in his work and has been successful
試管嬰兒 test-tube baby
市話 local calls
實話實說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
實際使用投資 actual utilized investment
實際增長 grow in real terms
釋迦牟尼 Sakyamuni
實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
世界奧林匹剋日 the International Olympic Day
世界大學生運動會(大運會） Universiade; college students' athletics meet
世界觀、人生觀、價值觀 world outlook; outlook on life; values
實況轉播 live broadcast
實例化教學 case study teaching
失戀 be disappointed in love; be jilted
適齡兒童入學率 enrolment rate for children of school age
十六大精神 the guiding principles of the Sixteenth National Congress
石漠化 stony desertification
視頻點播 video on demand (VOD)
食品加工 food processing
食品衛生法 Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China
世上無難事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. "
實時達帳 real-time account settlement
實施精品戰略 follow a strategy of product excellence
實事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
事實求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
實收資本 paid-in capital
實體 entity
實體經濟 the real economy
世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
十五計劃《綱要》突出了戰略性、宏觀性、政策性 The Outline for the Tenth Five-Year highlights its strategic vision, broad perspectives and policy considerations
失物招領處 lost- and- found offices
實現零的突破 "fulfil the zero (gold medal, medal, etc) breakthrough"
實現小康目標 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life
實現中華民族偉大復興 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
適銷對路的產品 readily marketable products
實行股份制 enforce stockholding system
實行國民待遇 grant the national treatment to
實行計劃生育、控制人口數量、提高人口素質 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people
師兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice
失學兒童 dropout
事業單位 public institution
失業金 unemployment compensation
十一界三中全會 the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party
市盈率 p/e (price/earning) ratio
試用期 probationary period
適者生存 survival of the fittest
施政綱領 administrative program
市政工程 municipal works; municipal engineering
市值 market capitalization
使中國經濟與國際接軌 To bring China’s economy more in line with international practice
師資 qualified teachers
市場導向 market orientation
市場定位 market positioning
市場化制度 market-driven system
試點項目 pilot project
始發站 starting station
世界精神衛生日 World Mental Health Day
世界田徑錦標賽 World Athletics Championships
世界預防自殺日 World Suicide Prevention Day
世界知識產權組織 World Intellectual Property Organization
石漠化 spread of stony deserts
實施辦法 measures for the implementation
實事求是的態度 down-to-earth attitude
實施條例 regulations for the implementation
實施穩健的財政政策和貨幣政策 follow prudent fiscal and monetary policies
實施細則 rules for the implementation
十字繡 cross embroidery; cross-stitched embroidery
失足青年 young offender of the law; juvenile delinquent
首創精神 pioneering spirit
首次公開發行的股票 initial public offering (IPO)
首次上市（股票） IPO (Initial Public Offering)
首次載人航太飛行 first manned spaceflight
首發陣容(足球) first team
收購兼併 merger and acquisition
首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship)
售後服務 after-sale services
售後服務站 after-sale service station
手機充值 cellular phone replenishing
手機入網費 initiation charges for mobile phone; mobile access fee
手機綜合症 mobile phone disease
首腦會議 summit conference
收拍 put away the racquets; conclude （a sports competition in badminton, Ping-Pong, tennis, etc. ）
收盤價 closing price
首期按揭 down-payment
首日封 first day cover
收容遣送工作 handling of indigent migrants
瘦肉精(鹽酸克倫特羅) clenobuterol hydrochloride
收入差距 income gap
收入分配調節 regulation of income distribution
收視率 viewing rate
壽司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished
首席大檢察官 procurator-in-chief
授信貸款 credit extension loan
授信額度 line of credit
首映式 opening of a film
受災地區 disaster-affected are
受災群眾 people afflicted by a natural disaster
首班車時間 first vehicle hour
首次公開發行 initial public offering ( IPO)
首付 down payment
數據通信 data communication
樹立企業良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
數位港 cyberport
樞紐工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project
稅務師 tax accountant
數字地球 digital globe
數字蜂窩行動通訊 digital cellular mobile telecommunications
數字圖書館 digital library
刷卡,劃卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
甩賣 clearance sale; be on sale
衰退產業援助機制 mechanisms to aid declining industries
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
酸雨 acid rain
雙層公共汽車 double-deck bus
雙重標準 double standards
雙重遏制政策 dual containment policy
雙重國籍 dual nationality
雙軌制 double-track system
雙解碼 double decoding
雙刃劍 double-edged sword
雙向收費 two-way charge system
雙向選擇 two-way selection (referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market)
雙學位 double degree;two Bachelor's degrees
雙贏局面 win-win situation
雙增雙節 two increases and two reductions
雙職工 working couple; man and wife both at work
雙向三車道 dual three-lane carriageway
雙眼皮手術 double eyelid surgery
稅法的統一性和權威性 uniformity and authority of tax laws
稅後利潤 after-tax profit
水貨 smuggled goods
水墨畫 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting
稅前/稅後收入 pretax / after-tax income
水土流失 soil erosion
水下導彈 submarine-based missiles
水下通信 subsurface communication
誰言寸草心，報得三春暉 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
水漲船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
稅收起徵點 tax threshold
數位相機 digital camera
碩博聯讀 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
說曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
說服教育 persuasion education
說明會 explanation session
說起來容易做起來難 Easier said than done.
四大金剛 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas
死而後已 until my heart stops beating
司法解釋 judicial interpretation
四個如何認識 (江澤民總書記在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作會議上發表的重要講話中，提出並精闢闡述了如何認識社會主義發展的歷史進程、如何認識資本主義發展的歷史進程、如何認識我國社會主義改革實踐過程對人們思想的影響、如何認識當今的國際環境和國際政治鬥爭帶來的影響等當前直接影響幹部群眾思想活動的重大問題.) "In his important address to the Central Ideological and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle."
四個現代化 four modernizations (the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology)
四合院 courtyard dwellilngs; quadrangle dwellings
死機 system halted
四連冠 four straight (consecutive) championships, (four championships on the run)
私人轎車牌照 individual car plate
私人企業 private enterprise
私人遊資 mobile private capital
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
四書(《大學》、《中庸》、《論語》、《孟子》） The Four Books (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, The Mencius)
私塾 private school
死亡率 mortality
死亡人數 death toll
思想包袱 mental load
思想道德教育 ideological and moral education
四項基本原則 "the Four Cardinal Principles of adherence to the socialist road, the people's democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought"
思想僵硬 fossilized concept
思鄉曲 Nostalgia
司儀 MC (master of ceremonies)
私營企業 privately-run enterprise
四有新人 "new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline"
死帳 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan
司法公正 judicial fairness
私房菜 private home cuisine
四庫全書 Complete Library of the Four Branches； the Siku Quanshu
SOHO一族(小型辦公室和家庭辦公室) SO (Small Office) HO (HomeOffice)
送貨到府 provide home delivery service
(企業集團的）鬆散層 loose level (of an enterprise group)
送溫暖工程 heart-warming project
搜索引擎(電腦) search engine
所有權經營權分離 separate ownership from managerial authority
夙敵 "arch-rival
速遞業務 express delivery services
素質教育 quality education; education for all-around development; competence-oriented education
酸雨 acid rain
隨行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
隨禮 give presents as returns
歲歲平安 Peace all year round
隨團旅遊 group travel
損公肥私 benefit oneself at the expense of public interests
孫子兵法 The Art of War
所得稅 income tax
訴訟辯護人 defender
訴訟參與人 participant in proceedings
訴訟代理人 agent ad litem
訴訟權力 litigation right
