"三个代表" "three represents" theory (The Party
should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social
productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced
culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member
of the Chinese people.)
"三讲"教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气）
"three emphases" education (to stress theoretical study, political
awareness and good conduct)
"扫黄"、"打非"
eliminate pornography and illegal publications
(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group)
《三国演义》The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
《山海经》the Classic of Mountains and Rivers
《生死抉择》 "Live or Die"
《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes; Water Margins
<<史记>> Shi Ji/ Historical Records
360度环幕电影 Circamara
In his important address to the Central Ideological and Political Work
Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds
on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to
understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand
the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to
understand the impact of the current international environment and political
struggle.
萨尔瓦多人Salvadorians
萨萨克人Sasaks
塞尔维亚人Serbs
塞努福人Senufos
三 维 动 画 片 three-dimensional animation
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三八线 38th Parallel
三步走战略 the three-step development strategy
三大作风 the Party's three important styles of work
(integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and
practicing self-criticism)
三个有利于 "three favorables" (whether it promotes
the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the
overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living
standards
三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study,
attitude and health)
三角恋爱 love triangle
三角债 chain debt
三来一补企业 the enterprises that process raw materials on
clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the
clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade.
三连冠 three successive championships
三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism,
Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
三十二开本32-mo
三通 three direct links of trade, mail, and air and
shipping services across the Taiwan Straits
三通一平 "three supplies and one leveling"; supply
of water, electricity and road and leveled ground (conditions ready for
further economic development)
三维电影 three-dimensional movie
三无企业 three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with
no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)
三下乡 a program under which officials, doctors, scientist
and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy
knowledge and offer medical service to farmers
三资企业 three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or
ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures(中外合资企业),
cooperative businesses （中外合作企业）
and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China（外商独资企业）
三字经 three-character scripture
桑海人Songhais
桑塔尔人Santalis
扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work
僧伽罗人Singhalese
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master
card
沙尘暴sand storm; dust storm
山不在高，有仙则名；No matter how high the mountain is, its name will
spread far and wide if there is a fairy;
商店shop, store
商法commercial law, mercantile law
商法典code of mercantile law
商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau
商界报纸trade paper
商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
商品交易所Commodity Exchange
商品条码 bar code
商务处commercial counsellor's office
商业区shopping centre
上课(老师)to teach
上课(学生)to take lessons
上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the
countryside or mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上网 to get on the Internet
上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou
and Hangzou on earth.
少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央
the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher
level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the
Central Committee
绍纳人Shonas
社长proprieter
社会开发委员会(联合国)Commission for Social Development
社会热点问题 hot spots of society
社会新闻city news
社会治安情况 public security situation
社会主义经济socialist economy
社论editorial
社论editorial, leading article
涉外经济 foreign-related business
申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games
身体素质 physique; physical constitution
神圣不可侵犯sacred and inviolable
神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card
审计署Auditing Administration
审时度势 size up the situation
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities
升级pass, passing grade
生活标准,生活水平standard of living
生日宴会birthday party
生态灭绝ecocide
生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture
生效to come into force
圣诞节(12月25日)Christmas
圣诞前夕Christmas Eve
圣诞晚会Christmas party
圣母升天节(8月15日)Assumption
圣母往见节(7月2日)Visitation
圣三主日(复活节后的第八个星期日)Trinity Sunday, Trinity
圣神降临周(复活节后的第七周,尤指前三天)Whitsun, Whitsuntide
圣体节Corpus Christi
圣心节Feast of the Sacred Heart
圣周(复活节前一周)Holy Week
圣烛节(2月2日)Candlemas
失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted
失学儿童 dropout
施卢赫人Shluhs
施洗约翰节(6月24日)Midsummer Day
十六开本16-mo
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
时评review,comment
时事问题topicality
实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
实体经济 the real economy
实现零的突破 fulfil the zero (gold medal, medal, etc)
breakthrough
实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a
relative comfortable life
实现中华民伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese
nation
实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to
实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质
promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the
health of the people
实验员laboratory assistant, lab assistant
实用,有效,廉价,方便practical, efficient, economical and convenient for
use
食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China
世界地方自治联盟International Union of Local Authorities,IULA
世界劳工组织World Federation of Trade Unions,WFTU
世界气象组织World Meteorological Organization,WMO
世界退伍军人联盟World Veterans Federation,WVF
世界卫生组织World Health Organization,WHO
世界银行International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development,IBRD
市场,集市market
市场bazar, bazaar
市场经济 free market economy
市场疲软 sluggish market
市场准入 market access
市的,市政的municipal
市区的urban
市政当局municipality
市政厅town hall
市中心 (美作:center)centre
试卷question paper
试用期 probationary period
室内天线indoor aerial
适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight financial policy
适销对路的产品 readily marketable products
适者生存survival of the fittest
手册manual, handbook
手机入网费 mobile access fee
首创精神 pioneering spirit
首都capital
首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship)
受灾地区 disaster-affected are
售后服务 after-sale services
售票员conductor
授信额度 line of credit
书评book review
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
双边和多边经济合作bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation
双边贸易bilateral trade
双层公共汽车double decker bus
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向选择 two-way selection, referring to employer and
employee choosing each other in a job market
双月刊bimonthly
双重国籍dual nationality
水货 smuggled goods
水利部Ministry of Water Resources
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting
睡衣派对pajama party
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves
postgraduate and doctoral study
司法部Ministry of Justice
司仪 MC (master of ceremonies)
私人教师,家庭教师private tutor
私营成分,私营部门private sector
思乡曲 Nostalgia
思想僵铁 fossilized concept
斯洛伐克人Slovaks
斯洛文尼亚人Slovenians
斯瓦希里人Swahilis
死机 system halted
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a
Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas
四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.)
四季节Ember Days
四开本quarto
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
四项基本原则 the Four Cardinal Principles of adherence to the
socialist road, the people's democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the
Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought
四旬节(四旬斋的第一个星期日)Quadragesima
四旬斋,大斋期(复活节前的第四十个星期日)Lent
四旬斋前的第二个星期日Sexagesima
四旬斋前的第三个星期日Septuagesima
四旬斋前的星期日Quinquagesima
苏丹人Sudanese
苏格兰人Scotch
苏陀人Sutos
素质教育 education for all-around development
随军记者war correspondent, campaign badge
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
所在地locality
索马里人Somalis
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