中国特色英语（一）b

C
· 擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"
· 菜篮子工程 shopping basket program
· 菜鸟，新手 green hand
· 采取高姿态 show magnanimity
· 财务报表 financial statement
· 参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine²
· 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs
· 仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket
· 层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting
· 茶道 sado
· 差额选举 competitive election
· 查房 make/go the rounds of the wards³
· 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
· 拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition⁴
· 禅 dhyana
· 产粮大省 granary province
· 产品积压 overstocked products
· 产品结构 product mix
· 产品科技含量 technological⁵ element of a product
· 产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
· 产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management "
· 产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order
· 唱高调 mouth high-sounding words
· 长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta⁶
· 长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River
· 长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 "long-term coexistence, mutual⁷ supervision⁸, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe⁹ "
· 畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project
· 常务理事 executive member of the council
· 超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsuming; excessive consumption; spend beyond one's means
· 超前意识 superior consciousness
· 超载过牧 overgraze
· 炒作 speculation¹⁰ (stock); sensationalization (news)
· 扯皮 shirk; pass the buck¹¹
· 城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system
· 承包 contract with
· 城乡信用社 credit corroborative¹² in both urban and rural areas
· 吃老本 live on one's own fat; bask¹ in one's past glory; rest on one's laurels¹³
· 持续、稳定、协调发展 sustained, stable and coordinated¹⁴ development
· 吃大锅饭 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"" "
· 吃皇粮 "receive salaries, subsidies¹⁵, or other supported from the government"
· 充电 recharge one's batteries; update one's knowledge; brush up
· 冲帐 strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry
· 重复建设 building redundant¹⁶ project; duplication of similar projects
· 充值卡 rechargeable card
· 筹备委员会 preparatory committee
· 筹划指导委员会 steering¹⁷ committee
· 臭老九 stinking¹⁸ ninth category (of class enemies next to landlords, reactionaries¹⁹ and even spies, etc. , a term of abuse by ultra-Leftists for teachers and other educated people in the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution)
· 出风头 show off;in the limelight
· 出家 pravrajana; cloister²⁰
· 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports
· 触摸屏 touchscreen
· 出气筒 punching bag
· 传销 pyramid sales; multi-level marketing²¹
· 穿小鞋 make it hot for; make trouble for
· 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival
· 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence²².
· 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
· 从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy
· 粗放经营 extensive operation
· 粗放式管理 extensive management
· 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy

D

· 打白条 issue IOU
· 打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home
· 大包干 all-round responsibility system
· 大而全 large and comprehensive; large and all-inclusive
· 大规模杀伤性武器 mass destruction weapon
· 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering
· 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods
· 打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products
· 大减价 markdown sales
· 大贱卖 big offering
· 大款 tycoon
· 大腕 top notch, big shot
· 大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series
· 大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking
· 大要案 major and serious criminal cases
· 大专生 junior college student
· 大专文凭 associate degree
· 待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting"
· 代培 train on contract; be commissioned to train; directional training
· 代销店 commission agent
· 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits
· 带薪假期 paid holiday
· 待业 job-waiting
· 待业人员 job-waiting people
· 呆帐 dead account
· 代职 function in an acting capacity
· 单边主义 unilateralism
· 党风建设 construction of the Party conduct
· 党群关系 Party-masses relationship
· 党政机关 Party and government organizations
· 盗版VCD pirated VCD
· 德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education "
· 邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts
· 低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)
· 地方保护主义 regional protectionism
· 地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances
· 第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile
· 电脑盲 computer illiterate
· 电脑迷 mouse potato
· 点球 penalty kick
· 电视直销 TV home shopping
· 点子公司 consultancy company
· 吊销执照 revoke license
· 丁克一族 DINK (Double Income No Kids)
· 钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project
· "东突"恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist
· "豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project
· 渡假外交 holiday-making diplomacy
· 独生子女 the only child in one's family
· 对外招商 attract foreign investment
· 多媒体短信服务 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
· 多元化 pluralism
· 多种经营 diversified economy