八股文 eight-legged essays
八卦 trigram
八正道 Eightfold Path
本命年 this animal year of sb.
冰糖葫蘆 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …
禪 dhyana; dhgaya
禪宗 Zen Buddhism
處世之道 philosophy of life
大鍋飯 communal pot
大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
大陸中國 Mainland China
道 Dao（cf. logo）
道 Daoism（Taoism）
道 Daosim, the way and its power
端午節 Dragon Boat Festival
多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/ great happiness
功夫 kungfu ；kung fu
關係戶 closely-related units
關係網 personal nets, closely-knitted guild
鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)
合乎國情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
黑心棉 shoddy cotton
紅寶書 little red book
紅色中國 socialist China
紅學（《紅樓夢》研究） redology
還願 redeem a wish (vows)
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚紗攝影 bride photo
婚外戀 extramarital love
混沌 chaos
機器閱卷 machine scoring
基層監督 grass-roots supervision
基礎稅率 base tariff level
即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
集中精力把經濟建設搞上去 go all out for economic development
加強輿論監督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion
家長 family head
家政服務 household management service
甲A球隊 Division A Soccer Team
價格聽證會 public price hearings
假帳 accounting fraud
漸進式獨立 gradual waiwa independence
江湖（世界） the jianghu World （the traits’ world）
矯情 use lame arguments
叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel
借調 temporarily transfer
噱頭；掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
開放 kaifang （Chinese openness to the outside world）
空 sunyata
孔子Confucius
叩頭 kowtow
擴大內需，刺激消費expand domestic demand and consumption
擴大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.
亂攤派，亂收費 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
牌樓 pailou；pai-loo
潑水節 Water-Splashing Day
儒學 Confucianism
三綱：君為臣綱，父為子綱，夫為妻綱 three cardinal guides: ruler guides subject, father guides son husband guides wife
傷痕文學 scar literature or the literature of the wounded
上火 excessive internal heat
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
雙喜 double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英)
四諦 Four Noble Truth
四化 Four Modernizations
四美（心靈美、語言美、行為美、環境美）： the Four Virtues are golden heart, refined language, civilized behavior, and green environment
鐵飯碗 iron rice bowl
鐵交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post
脫貧 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
外出打工人員 migrant workers
無常 anity
無我 anatman
五常：仁、義、理、智、信 five constant virtues: benevolence (humanity), righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity
五講(講文明、講禮貌、講衛生、講秩序、講道德)：the Five Merits focus on decorum, manners, hygiene, disciplines and morals
五行說 Theory of Five Elements
武術 wushu（Chinese Martial Arts）
相聲 cross-talk
小品 witty skits
孝順 to show filial obedience
孝子dutiful son
虛無 nothingness
宣紙 rice paper
衙門 yamen
養兒防老：raising sons to support one in one’s old age
夜貓子 night people; night-owls
陰、陽 yin, yang
姻緣 yinyuan（prefixed fate of marriage）
治則興，亂則衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline
中和 harmony (zhonghe)
中庸 the way of medium （cf. Golden Means）
終生職業 job-for-life
坐禪 metta or transcendental meditation
新興事物 Newly Sprouted Things
中國電信 China Telecom
中國移動 China Mobile
十五計劃 the 10th Five-Year Plan
中國電腦聯網 Chinanet
三峽工程 the Three Gorges Project
希望工程 Project Hope
京九鐵路 Beijing CKowloon Railway
扶貧工程 Anti-Poverty Project
菜籃子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
溫飽工程 Decent-Life Project
安居工程 Economy Housing Project
掃黃 Porn-Purging Campaign
西部大開發 Go-West Campaign
