Jargons with Distinctive Chinese Characteristics 中国特色的行话

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1. 以路养路
use tolls to repay investment in road projects

2. 生意兴隆
Business is booming; enjoy a brisk sale

3. 生意冷淡
Business is sluggish; slack sale

4. 看好行情
Favorable price(or market) can be expected.

5. 七害
social evils (vices)

6. 廉政建设
building of an incorruptible government

7. 反腐败
combat corruption

8. 行贿受贿
offer and accept bribes

9. 贪赃枉法
embezzle public property

10. 加强法制建设
tighten up the legal system

11. 盲流
the unemployed migrant people; influx of job hunter

12. 开空头支票
kite flying; give a bad cheque

13. 大款
money bags

14. 暴发户
One rose from rags to riches

15. 漫游
roaming service

16. 爬格子
engage in writing

17. 期房
forward delivery housing

18. 契税
deed tax

19.勤工俭学
part-work and part-study system; work-study program; work for study

20. 清仓处理
clearance sale

21. 鹊桥会
match-makeing party

22. 人事调动
personnel transfer

23. 三八红旗手
woman pace-setter

24. 社会主义市场经济
socialist market economy

25. 涮羊肉
instant-boiled mutton

26. 双向收费
two-way charge system

27. 双向选择
two-way selection

28. 私房菜
private home cuisine

29. 停薪留职
retain one's position with one's salary suspended

30. 同等学力
have the same educational level

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1. 挖墙脚
undermine the foundation of sth; cut the ground from under sb's feet

2. 为国争光
win honors for one's country

3. 委培
consign the training of personnel to a certain school

4. 维护国家领土主权
safeguard the country's territorial sovereignty

5. 温饱工程
adequate food and clothing program

6. 文化底蕴
culture deposits

7. 文明社区
model community

8. 五讲四美三热爱
the movement of "five stresses, four points of beauty and three loves"

9. 业主
home owner

10. 物质文明建设和精神文明建设一起抓
pay attention to ethical as well as material progress

11. 西部大开发
Western development

12. 吸毒窝点
drug den

13. 系列产品
line of products

14. 下岗职工
laid-off workers

15. 现场会议
on-site meeting

16. 现房
completed apartment(or flat)

17. 小金库
a private coffer

18. 小康之家
well-off family; comfortably-off family

19. 宵夜
a stoke of midnight

20. 性价比
cost performance

21. 形象工程
vanity project

22. 巡回招聘
milk round

23. 天价
whopping price

24. 提高全民文化素质
improve the quality of population

25. 同类产品
like product

26. 同乡会
an association of the fellow provincials or townsmen

27. 突发公共卫生事件医疗救治体系
medical treatment system for public health emergencies

28. 拖欠工资
arrears of wage

29. 一个中心,两个基本点
one central task; two basic points

30. 以经济建设为中心
focus on the central task of economic construction

31. 以权谋私
seek the private gain through power

32. 以人为本
people-oriented; people foremost

33. 以身作则,廉洁奉公
set a good example and perform duties honestly

34. 医托
hospital scalper

35. 有法可依,有法必依,执法必严,违法必究
There must be law to go by, the law must be observed and strictly enforced, and lawbreakers must be prosecuted

36. 有关当局
authority concerned; appropriate authority

37. 有理想、有道德、有文化、有纪律
with lofty ideals, integrity, knowledge and a strong sense of discipline

38. 有理,有利,有节
with good reason, with advantage and with restraint

39.舆论监督
supervision by public opinion

40. 跃居世界前列
leap into the front ranks of the world

41. 暂住证
temporary residence permit (card)

42. 暂行办法
interim measure

43. 暂行规定
interim provisions

44. 增加信任,减少麻烦,发展合作,不搞对抗
enhance trust, reduce trouble, develop cooperation and avoid confrontation

45. 债券型基金
bond fund

46. 振兴中华
make China powerful and strong; revitalize the Chinese nation

47. 政务公开、透明
make government affairs transparent

48. 职称
professional title

49. 直接、双向、全面“三通”
the direct, two-way and complete “Three Links”

50.质量第一，顾客至上
quality first, customer supreme

The End!

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QUOTE Created By 淘淘吧 At 2006-12-5
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girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute

The last one, ok. [M14]

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