· 台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots

    · 台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come.

    · 炭疽 anthrax

    · 踢皮球 pass the buck

    · 逃废银行债务 evasion of repayment of bank loans

    · 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

    · 讨价还价 wheel and deal

    · 统筹兼顾 make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration

    · 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen

    · 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment

    · 团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps

    · 团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

    · 退耕还林还草 grain for green

    · 退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture

    · 鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism

    · 脱贫致富 "cast （shake, throw） off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity"

    · 拖欠工资 arrears of wage

    · 西部大开发 Western Development

    · 西电东送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project

    · 西电东送 transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region

    · 洗礼 baptism

    · 西气东输 transmit the natural gas from the western areas to East China; West-East natural gas transmission project

    · 乡统筹，村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve

    · 小而全 small and all-inclusive

    · 小金库 a private coffer

    · 小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity

    · 小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family

    · 效率优先，兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

    · 校训 school motto

    · 宵夜 a stoke of midnight

    · 效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits

    · 邪恶轴心 axis of evil

    · 邪-教 heathendom

    · 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable bridge

    · 写真集 photo album

    · 信得过产品 trustworthy product

    · 新的经济增长点 new point for/ sources of economic growth

    · 新干线 "the Shinkansen, bullet train"

    · 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

    · 心理素质 psychological quality

    · 信息高速公路 information superhighway

    · 心想事成 May all your wish come true

    · 新新人类 New Human Being;X Generation

    · 形成全方位、多层次、宽领域的开放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern

    · 形而上学 metaphysics

    · 性价比 cost performance

    · 形式主义 formalism

    · 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand

    · 虚开增值税发票 write false value added tax invoices

    · 许可证制度 license granting mechanisms

    · 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

    · 悬而未决的问题 outstanding question

    · 选美 beauty contest

    · 学而优则仕 （a Confucian slogan for education） a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career

    · 学历教育 education with record of formal schooling

    · 学生减负 alleviate the burden on students

    · 亚太经济合作组织 APEC （Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation）

    · 亚洲金融危机 financial crisis in Asia

    · 严打措施 "Strike-Hard""drive"

    · 严打斗争 "Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities"

    · 沿海经济开发区 open coastal economic area

    · 眼前利益服从长远利益，局部利益服从整体利益，个人和集体利益服从国家利益 subordinate immediate interests to long-term interests, partial interests to overall interests and the interests of individuals and collectives to those of the state