西部大开发 Development of the West Regions of China
西气东输 transport the natural gas from the West to the East
吸收游资 absorb idle fund
希望工程 Project Hope
息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters
洗钱 money laundering
喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear
下放权力给 delegating the management of ... (to ...)
下岗职工 laid-off workers
下海 plunge into the commercial sea
下网 off line
下游行业 downstream industry
险胜 cliff-hanging win, narrow victory, nose out
县改市county upgraded to city
县级市county-level city
现代企业制度 modern enterprise system; modern corporate system
线下商贸运作 offline business operation
香格里拉 Shangri-la
向钱看 mammonism, put money above all
项目立项 approve and initiate a project
项目申报 project application
项目预算 project budget
项目支持 project support
削减战略核武器会谈 strategic arms reduction talks (START)
消费信贷 consumer credit services
消费者权益日/International Day for Consumers' Rights and Interests
消费者协会 consumers' association
小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity
小康之家 well-off family
小农经济 small-scale peasant economy; autarkical small-scale farming
效益工资achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits
效益农业 profitable agriculture
写真集 special album of photos for kids, women or weddings
心理素质 psychological quality
新宠 new favorite
新干线 the Shinkansen, bullet train
新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean
新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation
新秀 up-and-coming star, rising star
信、达、雅（严复：翻译标准） faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance
信贷支持 credit aid
信息港 infoport; cyber port
信息化 information-based; informationization
信用紧缩 credit crunch
信用危机credit crisis
星期日泰晤士报 the Sunday Times
形式主义 formalism
形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand
虚拟网 virtual net
虚拟现实 virtual reality
选举权和被选举权 the right to vote and the right to be elected
选举人票 electoral vote
选举人制 electoral system
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
学生处 students’ affairs division
学生减负 to reduce study load, alleviate the burden on students
寻呼小姐 operators who work with paging centers
巡回招聘 milk round
徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
压水花技术 rip entry
压线(口令) Line!
压轴戏 grand finale; last and best item on a theatrical program
亚健康 subhealthy
严打斗争Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities
言情小说 romantic fiction; sentimental novel
研究成果 research results
研究生毕业证/学位证 graduate diploma/graduate degree's diploma
羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall
阳春（最经济方式） no-frills
养老金 pension
养路费 road toll
摇钱树 cash cow
摇头丸 dancing outreach
药物检查 dope control, drug testing
野生动物园 wildlife park; safari park
业内人士 insider
液晶显示屏 liquid crystal display (LCD)
一次性解决问题 solve the problem once and for all
一次性筷子 throwaway chopsticks
一大二公 (concerning the people's commune) large in size and collective in nature
一刀切 cut it even at one stroke--make it rigidly uniform; impose uniformity in all cases; allow no flexibility
一国两制，One country, two systems
一级市场 primary market
一揽子(计划) one-package (plan)
一式两联 (receipt or invoice) in duplicate
一手抓物质文明，一手抓精神文明；一手抓经济建设，一手抓民主法制；一手抓改革开放，一手抓打击犯罪惩治腐败 We must always work for material progress and at the same time for cultural and ethical progress; We should develop the economy and at the same time strengthen democracy and the legal system; We should promote reform and opening to the outside world and at the same time fight crime and punish corruption.
一线员工 worker at the production line
一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.
医疗保险 medical insurance
移动电话双（单）向收费 two/one-way charges for mobile/ cellular phones
