隔三岔五]五花八门的特色词语A~Z

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A

AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch

《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q

艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

安居工程 Housing Project for low-income families

暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly

奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult


B

B to B (B2B) business to business
B to C (B2C) business to consumer

摆架子 put on airs

摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances

拜把兄弟 sworn brothers

半拉子工程 uncompleted project

傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man;
lean on a moneybags

本本主义 bookishness

《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches

奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life

逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives

比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many;
to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst

闭门羹 given cold-shoulder

变相涨价 disguised inflation

不败记录 clean record, spotless record

不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force

不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

《不见不散》 Be there or be square.

不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city

不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency

C

沧海桑田 Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into
seas--time brings great changes to the world. What was once the sea has
now changed into mulberry fields--the world is changing all the time.

仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket

茶道 sado

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

城市中年雅皮士 muppie （一批中年专业人士，附庸风雅，矫揉造作cutesification，
崇尚精品至上boutiqueification，攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风，
由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成）

[d]D[/d]

"达标"活动 "target hitting" activities

大款 tycoon

大腕 top notch

大专文凭 associate degree

倒票 speculative reselling of tickets

倒爷 profiteer

点子公司 consultancy company

电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number

G

个人自扫门前雪， 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one’s own potatoes

各大菜系 major styles of cooking

公正、公平、公开 just, fair and open

广域网 wide area network (WAN)

H

海市蜃楼，镜花水月, 无稽之谈 a mare’s nest

豪赌 unrestrained gambling

好出风头的运动员 exhibitionist, grandstander

好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster

黑店 gangster inn

红包 （中）red paper containing money as a gift, (贬) bribe, kickback

虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg.

婚外恋 extramarital love

J

吉祥物 mascot

集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony

假唱 lip-synch

紧箍咒 inhibiting magic phrase

局域网 local area network (LAN)

举报电话 informants' hot-line telephone

K

开后门under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means

开小灶 give special favor

开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night

抗震棚 quake-proof shelter



科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force

L

拉关系 try to curry favor with

来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress

两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual
civilization(both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup.

练摊 to be a vendor

M

美声唱法 bel canto

门前三包 be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order
in a designated area outside the unit building

明明白白消费（2000年保护消费者权益工作主题）transparent consumption

磨洋工 dawdle along

N

难得糊涂 Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise.

闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique

年夜饭 family reunion dinner

Q

敲竹杠make somebody pay through the nose; put the lug on; rob by a trick

勤工俭学 part-work and part-study system; work-study program

全民健身计划纲要 outline of the nationwide body-building plan

拳头产品 competitive products; knock-out products; blockbuster

R

绕圈子 beat around the bush

人才流失brain drain

入水时水花很少 clean entry

S

三八红旗手 woman pace-setter

"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

三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)

"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)

三角恋爱 love triangle

三角债 chain debt

"扫黄"、"打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications

沙尘暴sand storm; dust storm （我爱罗？）

商品条码 bar code

《生死抉择》 "Live or Die"


刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card

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

司仪 MC (master of ceremonies)

T

抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker

逃票者 ticket evader

筒子楼：tube-shaped apartment

退耕还林还草 grain for green

W

网恋 online love affair

网民 netizen; net citizen; cyber citizen

网友 net friend

往事如风 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past.

文明街道 model community

文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy

X

下岗 laid-off workers

向钱看 mammonism, put money above all

信息港 inforport; cyber port

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

学生减负 alleviate the burden on students

寻呼小姐 operators who work with paging centres

巡回招聘 milk round

Y

压水花技术 rip entry

亚健康 subhealthy

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

羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall

养路费 road toll

摇钱树 cash cow

[被过滤] dancing outreach

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.

义务教育 compulsory education

以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

易拉罐 pop can

应试教育 examination-oriented education system

有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

晕菜 numbed; dumbfounded

Z

"宰人" rip off

在职博士生 on-job doctorate

糟粕 dross

早恋 puppy love

沾光 benefit from one's association

站票 standing-room-only ticket

站台票 platform ticket

招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office

真空包装 vacuum packing

抓住机遇 seize the opportunity

驻港部队People's Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong

专卖店 exclusive agency; franchised store

抓大放小 to invigorate large enterprises while relaxing control over small ones; focus on the
restructuring of major enterprises and leave minor ones to fend for themselves

撞线 breast the tape