The international morse code distress signal, S.O.S., is another "word" with a false acronymic origin. S.O.S. does not stand for Save Our So...
· 中国移-动-通-信公司 China Mobile · 中国证监会 China’s Securities Regulatory Commission · 中国证券监督管理委员会 China Securities Regulatory Commi...
· 政企分开 separate government functions from enterprise management · 政治合格,军事过硬,作风优良, 纪律严明,保障有力 be qualified politically and competent milit...
· 宰人 rip off · 造假帐 falsified accounts · 早恋 puppy love · 增强人民体质 build up people’s health · 增值税 value added tax...
· 有中国特色的社会主义民主政治 a socilalist democracy with Chinese characteristics · 鹬蚌相争,渔人得利 when the snip and the calm grapple, it is the fisherman...
· 以上海浦东开发开放为龙头,进一步开放长江沿岸城市 open more cities along the Yangtze River, while concentrating on the development and opening of the Pudong Area of S...
· 羊肉串小摊 barbecue stall · 洋务运动 Westernization Movement · 摇钱树 cash cow · 摇头丸 dancing outreach · 以产定人,减员增效 employ work...
· 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 ·...
· 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 co...
· 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 o...