????? 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(jī)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(jiǎng)券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
????? 集中精力把經(jīng)濟(jì)建設(shè)搞上去 go all out for economic development
????? 加強(qiáng)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(duì) Division A Soccer Team
????? 價(jià)格聽證會 public price hearings
????? 假帳 accounting fraud
????? 漸進(jìn)式臺獨(dú) 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(kuò)大內(nèi)需，刺激消費(fèi)expand domestic demand and consumption
????? 擴(kuò)大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.
????? 亂攤派，亂收費(fèi) 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?yàn)槠蘧V 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(dòng) China Mobile
????? 十五計(jì)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

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