擦边球 edge ball， touch ball

擦网球 net ball

采取高姿态 show magnanimity

采取市场多元化战略 adopt the strategy of a multi-outlet market

“菜篮子”工程 the “shopping basket' project （program）

参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs

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

草根工业 grass root industry （refers to village and township enterprises

which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass）

层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting

差额投票 differential voting

差额选举 competitive election

茶道 sado

查房 make/go the rounds of the wards

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition

搀水股票 water-down stocks （ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons