· 台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots · 台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come。 · 炭疽 anthrax · 踢皮球 pass the buck · 逃废银行债务 evasion of repayment of bank loans · 韬光养晦 hide one‘s capacities and bide one’s time · 讨价还价 wheel and deal · 统筹兼顾 make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration. overall planning and all-round consideration · 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen · 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment · 团队精神 team spirit. esprit de corps · 团结就是力量 Unity is strength。 · 退耕还林还草 grain for green · 退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture · 鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy. ostrichism · 脱贫致富 “cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity” · 拖欠工资 arrears of wage · 西部大开发 Western Development · 西电东送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China. West-East electricity transmission project · 西电东送 transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region · 洗礼 baptism · 西气东输 transmit the natural gas from the western areas to East China. West-East natural gas transmission project · 乡统筹，村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve · 小而全 small and all-inclusive · 小金库 a private coffer · 小康 a comfortable level of living. a better-off life. moderate prosperity · 小康之家 well-off family. comfortably-off family · 效率优先，兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness · 校训 school motto · 宵夜 a stoke of midnight · 效益工资 achievements-related wages. wages based on benefits · 邪恶轴心 axis of evil · 邪-教 heathendom · 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable bridge · 写真集 photo album · 信得过产品 trustworthy product · 新的经济增长点 new point for/ sources of economic growth · 新干线 “the Shinkansen, bullet train” · 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean · 心理素质 psychological quality · 信息高速公路 information superhighway · 心想事成 May all your wish come true · 新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation · 形成全方位、多层次、宽领域的开放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern · 形而上学 metaphysics · 性价比 cost performance · 形式主义 formalism · 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand · 虚开增值税发票 write false value added tax invoices · 许可证制度 license granting mechanisms · 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind。 · 悬而未决的问题 outstanding question · 选美 beauty contest · 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 · 学历教育 education with record of formal schooling · 学生减负 alleviate the burden on students · 亚太经济合作组织 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) · 亚洲金融危机 financial crisis in Asia · 严打措施 “Strike-Hard”“drive” · 严打斗争 “Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities” · 沿海经济开发区 open coastal economic area · 眼前利益服从长远利益，局部利益服从整体利益，个人和集体利益服从国家利益 subordinate immediate interests to long-term interests, partial interests to overall interests and the interests of individuals and collectives to those of the state