现代发展:
基层监督 grass-roots supervision
基础税率 base tariff level
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚外恋 extramaritallove
婚纱摄影 bride photo
即开型奖券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
集中精力把经济建设搞上去 go all out for economic development
家政服务 household management service
加强舆论监督 ensure the correct orientationis maintained in public opinion
假帐 accounting fraud
扩大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group
扩大内需,刺激消费expand domesticdemand and consumption
传统文化:
八卦 trigram
阴、阳 yin, yang
道 Dao
江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’ world)
e.g. You can’t control everything in a traits’ world. (人在江湖,身不由己)
道 Daoism(Taoism)
上火 excessiveinternal heat
儒学 Confucianism
红学(《红楼梦》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
开放 kaifang (Chinese opennessto the outside world)
伤痕文学 scar literature or the literature of the wounded
合乎国情,顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
乱摊派,乱收费 impositionof arbitrary quotas and service charge
脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治则兴,乱则衰 Order leads to prosperityand chaos to decline
传统节日:
国庆节 National Day
中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day/Festival
春节 Spring Festival
元宵节 LanternFestival
儿童节 Children’s Day
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
妇女节 Women’s Day
泼水节 Water-SplashingDay
教师节 Teachers’ Day
五四青年节 Youth Day