· 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