三维动画片 three-dimensional animation
三峡工程 Three Gorges Project
三无企业 "three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)"
受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster
受灾地区 disaster-affected are
三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute
三农问题 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers
三八线 38th Parallel
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三产 tertiary industry
三步走战略 the three-step development strategy
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
三个代表 three represents theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.)
三高农业 "three highs" agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)
三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)
升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
三角恋爱 love triangle
三角债 chain debt
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)
数据通信 data communication
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
数字地球 digital globe
三字经 three-character scripture
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
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)
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
涉外经济 foreign-related business
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"
四有新人 "new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education
and a strong sense of discipline"
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas
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
手机入网费 mobile access fee
手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone
省会 provincial capital
散户 retail / private investor
刷卡,划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
桑拿浴 sauna
圣战(伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争) jihad
甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale
师兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice
失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted
失学儿童 dropout
扫盲 eliminate illiteracy
扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work
扫黄,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications
狮子座 Leo
施政纲领 administrative program
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向选择 "two-way selection, referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market"
双向选择 two-way choice (in employment practice)
双学位 double degree
双赢局面 win-win situation
双职工 man and wife both at work; working couple
双重轨制 two-tier system ; double-track system
双重国籍 dual nationality
森林覆盖率 forest coverage; percentage of forest cover
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
水土流失 soil erosion
水下导弹 submarine-based missiles
水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
十一界三中全会 the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting
水货 smuggled goods
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master card
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
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）
沙漠化 desertification
食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China
沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm
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
实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
实时达帐 real-time account settlement
实体经济 the real economy
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
说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
思乡曲 Nostalgia
思想僵铁 fossilized concept
私人游资 mobile private capital
私人企业 private enterprise
私营企业 privately-run enterprise
山姆大叔 Uncle Sam
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; "
司仪 MC (master of ceremonies)
首期按揭 down-payment
首次公开发行的股票 initial public offering (IPO)
首创精神 pioneering spirit
首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship)
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities
素质教育 education for all-around development
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
夙敌 "arch-rival
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
《神曲》 Divine Comedy
《生死抉择》 Live or Die
《三国演义》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes; Water Margins
《山海经》 the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
