赛季 sports competition season
塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三八线 38th Parallel
360度环幕电影 Circamara
三班倒 three shifts
三步走战略 the three-step development strategy
三产 tertiary industry
三大法宝 the three main and effective method
三大作风 the Party’s three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)
三废(废气、废水、废渣） “three wastes”(waste gas, waste water and waste residues)
三分钟热度 brief period of enthusiasm
三高农业 “three highs” agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)
三个代表 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.)
三个有利于 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
三股企业 three-share enterprises―enterprises whose shares are purchased by government departments, local authorities and other enterprises
《三国演义》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)
散户 retail / private investor
三讲教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气） 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
三角恋爱 love triangle
三角债 chain debt
散客 individual traveler
三来一补企业 “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.”
三连冠 three successive championships
三民主义 the Three People’s Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People’s Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三农问题 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers
三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute
三权分立 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)”
三维电影 three-dimensional movie
三维动画片 three-dimensional animation
三无企业 “three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)”
三峡工程 Three Gorges Project
三峡水利枢纽二期工程 the second phase of the key water control project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River
三下乡 “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”开放（沿海、沿边、沿江） “Sea-shore, River-shore, Border-shore” opening-up
散装 load in bulk
三字经 three-character scripture
三资企业(中外合资企业,中外合作企业,外商独资企业) “three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China ”
三自原则 principles of self-administration, self-support and self-propagation
三等功 third-class merits
桑拿浴 sauna
散伙饭 goodbye dinner
三无人员 （无合法证件，无正常居所，无正当生活来源） people without identification papers, a normal residence permit, and a source of income; “sanwu” people
三峡移民 Migrants from Three Gorges area
扫黄,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications
扫盲 eliminate illiteracy
扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work
扫除文盲 eliminate illiteracy
森林覆盖率 forest coverage; percentage of forest cover
沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm
杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
傻冒 blockhead; simpleton; foolishness; to exude foolishness
沙漠化 desertification
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace–one’s trump or master card
刹住大吃大喝、公费旅游、铺张浪费的奢侈之风 put a stop to extravagance and waste （wining and dining of official guests，touring the country at public expenses）
煞住歪风 put an end to the unhealthy practice
傻瓜相机 Instamatic (商标名， 焦距、镜头均固定，被称为foolproof相机)
山不在高，有仙则名 “No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; ”
闪电战 blitz; lightning war
《山海经》 the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
闪客 flash
山姆大叔 Uncle Sam
煽情 arouse one’s enthusiasm or fervor
闪存卡 flash memory card
商办工业企业 industrial enterprises run by commercial units
上班时间 office hour
商标冒用 trade mark infringement
商标条款 brand clause
商标专利权 exclusive right to use trademark
商潮 business wave
上岗 go to one’s post; go on duty
上岗证 work license
上海合作组织 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
上海合作组织秘书处 Secretariat of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
上海五国第六次峰会 the sixth summit of Shanghai Five
上海五国机制 the Shanghai Five mechanism
商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau
商界 the business circle
上马 start a project
上门服务 door-to-door service
上门推销员 knocker
商品步行街 shopping mall
商品储备 commodity supply
商品房 commercial residential building
商品房空置 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
商品过剩 glut of goods
商品化 commercialization
商品货币 commodity money
商品交易 commodity transaction
商品交易所 commodity exchange(center)
商品经济 commodity economy
商品条码 bar code
商品销路 commodity outlet
上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上市公司 listed companies
上网 to get on the Internet, surf the net
商务代表 commercial or trade representative
商务旅游 business travel
上新台阶 reach a new level; reach a higher stage of development
商业报价 commercial offer
商业保险资金 commercial insurance funds
商业炒作 commercial speculation
商业存在（服务贸易） commercial presence
商业贷款 commercial loan
商业道德 business ethics
商业动向 business trend
商业发票 commercial invoice
商业街 commercial street; business district
商业网点和设施 commodity network and facility
商业网点 commodity network
商业信贷原则 principles for commercial credit
商业预测 business forecasting
上有天堂，下有苏杭 “Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.”
上火 suffer from too much internal heat
商务出境 outbound tour for commercial affairs
扫黄运动 anti-porn drive
少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 “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 ”
少数民族地区 regions inhabited by ethnic groups
社会保障制度 social security system
社会保障支出 expenditure for social security
社会保障基金 social security funds
社会福利彩票 social welfare lotteries
社会公众利益 interests of the general public
社会化服务体系 socialized service system; social service system
社会集团购买力 the purchasing power of a social group
社会力量办学 running of schools by non-governmental sectors
社会名流 celebrity
社会热点问题 hot spots of society
社会事业 social undertakings
社会投资 nongovernmental investment
社会效益 social effect /results /benefit
社会舆论 public opinion
社会治安情况 public security situation
社会主义价值观 socialist value outlook
社会主义精神文明建设 socialist ideological and ethical progress
社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy
社会主义先进文化 an advanced socialist culture
社会主义政治文明建设 socialist political civilization
社会总产值 total social output value
社会总供给 total social supply
社会总需求 total social demand
社交 social intercourse
舍近求远 reject what is near at hand and seek what is far away
舍利子 Buddha’s relics
社论 editorial
社区服务 community services
蛇头 snakehead
涉外经济 foreign-related business
热线电话 telephone hotline
摄政王 acting king; prince regent
社会保险机构 social security institutions
社会公敌 a threat to society
社会信用体系 the social credit system
社会主义初级阶段 the primary stage of socialism
申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games
申办城市 the bidding cities
申办2008年奥运会 bid for 2008 Olympics
深层文化 deep culture
深化改革 deepen the reform
深加工 deep processing; further processing
深加工、高附加值矿产品 deep-processed mineral products with high added value
审时度势 size up the situation
申诉权 right of petition
身体素质 physique; physical constitution
神童 child prodigy
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities
身外之物 worldly possessions
审议会议 review conference
神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card
申报财产 declare one’s assets
生产线 production line
生产性投资 productive investment
省会 provincial capital
圣火 sacred fire (such as the Olympic torch)
生活补助 living subsidies
生活津贴 living allowance or subsistence allowance
升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
生计问题 bread-and-butter issue
生命银行 bank for keeping the donated organs and remains of dead persons for medical use
生态活动 eco-activity
生态建筑 ecological construction
生态林 ecological forest
生态旅游 ecotourism
生态农业 environmentally friendly agriculture
生态危机 eco-crisis
生态效益 ecological benefit
生态系统 ecological system(ecosystem)
生物工程 biological engineering
生物恐怖主义 bioterrorism
生物圈 biosphere
生物钟 biological clock; living clock; biochronometer
声讯台 information service center
生意兴隆 Business flourishes
圣战(伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争) jihad
生态补偿机制 a mechanism for ecological compensation
生效 come into force; take effect
升学率 enrolment rate
审美疲劳 aesthetic fatigue
申请破产保护 file for bankruptcy protection
申请专利 apply for a patent
神舟飞船 the Shenzhou spaceship
涉嫌犯罪案件 suspected criminal case
实报实销 complete reimbursement
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
市场饱和 market saturation; saturated market
市场波动 market fluctuation
市场导向的就业机制 market-oriented employment mechanisms
市场供求关系 relation between market supply and demand
市场化 marketization
市场疲软 sluggish market
市场调节 market regulation; regulation market
市场营销学 marketing
市场占有率 market share
市场准入 market access, market admittance
时代的必然要求 inevitable demand of the times
时代感 sense of the times
适当增加中央预算内经常性建设投资 appropriately increase investment from the central budget for regular construction
试点工程；试点项目 pilot project
适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight fiscal policy
适度微调 an appropriate amount of fine-tuning
实干 be steadfast and earnest in one’s work; get right on the job
实干家 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
试管婴儿 test-tube baby
市话 local calls
实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
实际使用投资 actual utilized investment
实际增长 grow in real terms
释迦牟尼 Sakyamuni
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
世界奥林匹克日 the International Olympic Day
世界大学生运动会(大运会） Universiade; college students’ athletics meet
世界观、人生观、价值观 world outlook; outlook on life; values
实况转播 live broadcast
实例化教学 case study teaching
失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted
适龄儿童入学率 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
视频点播 video on demand (VOD)
食品加工 food processing
食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People’s Republic of China
世上无难事，只要肯攀登 “Where there is a will, there is a way. ”
实时达帐 real-time account settlement
实施精品战略 follow a strategy of product excellence
实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
事实求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
实收资本 paid-in capital
实体 entity
实体经济 the real economy
世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
十五计划《纲要》突出了战略性、宏观性、政策性 The Outline for the Tenth Five-Year highlights its strategic vision, broad perspectives and policy considerations
失物招领处 lost- and- found offices
实现零的突破 “fulfil the zero (gold medal, medal, etc) breakthrough”
实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life
实现中华民族伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
适销对路的产品 readily marketable products
实行股份制 enforce stockholding system
实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to
实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people
师兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice
失学儿童 dropout
事业单位 public institution
失业金 unemployment compensation
十一界三中全会 the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party
市盈率 p/e (price/earning) ratio
试用期 probationary period
适者生存 survival of the fittest
施政纲领 administrative program
市政工程 municipal works; municipal engineering
市值 market capitalization
使中国经济与国际接轨 To bring China’s economy more in line with international practice
师资 qualified teachers
市场导向 market orientation
市场定位 market positioning
市场化制度 market-driven system
试点项目 pilot project
始发站 starting station
世界精神卫生日 World Mental Health Day
世界田径锦标赛 World Athletics Championships
世界预防自杀日 World Suicide Prevention Day
世界知识产权组织 World Intellectual Property Organization
石漠化 spread of stony deserts
实施办法 measures for the implementation
实事求是的态度 down-to-earth attitude
实施条例 regulations for the implementation
实施稳健的财政政策和货币政策 follow prudent fiscal and monetary policies
实施细则 rules for the implementation
失业保险 unemployment insurance benefits
十字绣 cross embroidery; cross-stitched embroidery
失足青年 young offender of the law; juvenile delinquent
首创精神 pioneering spirit
首次公开发行的股票 initial public offering (IPO)
首次上市（股票） IPO (Initial Public Offering)
首次载人航天飞行 first manned spaceflight
首发阵容(足球) first team
收购兼并 merger and acquisition
首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship)
售后服务 after-sale services
售后服务站 after-sale service station
手机充值 cellular phone replenishing
手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone; mobile access fee
手机综合症 mobile phone disease
首脑会议 summit conference
收拍 put away the racquets; conclude （a sports competition in badminton, Ping-Pong, tennis, etc. ）
收盘价 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(盐酸克伦特罗) clenobuterol hydrochloride
收入差距 income gap
收入分配调节 regulation of income distribution
收视率 viewing rate
寿司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished
首席大检察官 procurator-in-chief
授信贷款 credit extension loan
授信额度 line of credit
首映式 opening of a film
受灾地区 disaster-affected are
受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster
首班车时间 first vehicle hour
首次公开发行 initial public offering ( IPO)
首付 down payment
数据通信 data communication
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
数码港 cyberport
枢纽工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project
税务师 tax accountant
数字地球 digital globe
数字蜂窝移动通信 digital cellular mobile telecommunications
数字图书馆 digital library
刷卡,划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale
衰退产业援助机制 mechanisms to aid declining industries
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
酸雨 acid rain
双层公共汽车 double-deck bus
双重标准 double standards
双重遏制政策 dual containment policy
双重国籍 dual nationality
双轨制 double-track system
双解码 double decoding
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向收费 two-way charge system
双向选择 two-way selection (referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market)
双学位 double degree;two Bachelor’s degrees
双赢局面 win-win situation
双增双节 two increases and two reductions
双职工 working couple; man and wife both at work
双向三车道 dual three-lane carriageway
双学士 double bachelor’s degree
双眼皮手术 double eyelid surgery
税法的统一性和权威性 uniformity and authority of tax laws
税后利润 after-tax profit
水货 smuggled goods
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting
税前/税后收入 pretax / after-tax income
水土流失 soil erosion
水下导弹 submarine-based missiles
水下通信 subsurface communication
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 “Such kindness of warm sun, can’t be repaid by grass. ”
水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
税收起征点 tax threshold
数码相机 digital camera
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
说服教育 persuasion education
说明会 explanation session
说起来容易做起来难 Easier said than done.
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas
死而后已 until my heart stops beating
司法解释 judicial interpretation
四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.) “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.”
四个现代化 four modernizations (the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology)
四合院 courtyard dwellilngs; quadrangle dwellings
死机 system halted
四连冠 four straight (consecutive) championships, (four championships on the run)
私人轿车牌照 individual car plate
私人企业 private enterprise
私人游资 mobile private capital
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
四书(《大学》、《中庸》、《论语》、《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
死亡人数 death toll
思想包袱 mental load
思想道德教育 ideological and moral education
四项基本原则 “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
思乡曲 Nostalgia
司仪 MC (master of ceremonies)
私营企业 privately-run enterprise
四有新人 “new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline”
死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan
司法公正 judicial fairness
私房菜 private home cuisine
四库全书 Complete Library of the Four Branches； the Siku Quanshu
SOHO一族(小型办公室和家庭办公室) SO (Small Office) HO (HomeOffice)
送货上门 provide home delivery service
(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group)
送温暖工程 heart-warming project
搜索引擎(计算机) search engine
所有权经营权分离 separate ownership from managerial authority
夙敌 “arch-rival
速递业务 express delivery services
素质教育 quality education; education for all-around development; competence-oriented education
酸雨 acid rain
速冻食品 frozen food
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
随礼 give presents as returns
岁岁平安 Peace all year round
随团旅游 group travel
损公肥私 benefit oneself at the expense of public interests
孙子兵法 The Art of War
所得税 income tax
诉讼辩护人 defender
诉讼参与人 participant in proceedings
诉讼代理人 agent ad litem
诉讼权力 litigation right
