主题：中国惯用语、俗语（连载...）

R 让利：surrender part of the profits 让人恶心：It just made me sick. 热情洋溢：heart-warming 热心公益：public-good-minded 人才流失：brain drain 人而无信，不如其可也：How can one be acceptable without being trustworthy in words? 人逢喜事精神爽：Joy puts heart into a man. 人贵有自知之明：Selfknowledge is wisdom. 人尽其材：make the best possible use of human resourses 人民生活水平：quality of life / the living standards 人情世故：worldly wisdom 人情味：human touch 人情债：debt of gratitude 人人为我，我为人人：All for one and one for all. 人生何处不相逢：Friends may meet but mountains never greet. 人无远虑，必有近忧：Worries will soon come if one gives no thought to a long-term plan. 人心所向，大势所趋：accord with public will and the general trend of events 仁至义尽：ecercise great restraint and do one's very best 认真执行：conscientiously carry out 任人唯亲：appoint people by favoritism 任人唯贤：appoint people on their merits 入世：accession into the WTO 软环境：intangible infrastructure

三八红旗手：woman pacesetter 三步走战略：three-step development strategy 三个和尚没水吃：Everybody's business is nobody's business. 三角债：chain debts 三句话不离本行：talk shop all the time 三来一补：compensation trade and three forms of OEM 三十年河东，三十年河西：Fortune rotates. 三资企业：three forms of foreign-invested enterprises 《三字经》：Three-Character Primer 杀手锏：one's trump card 山中无老虎，猴子称大王：Among the blind, the one-eyed is the king. “打黄打非”斗争：fight against pornography,illegal publications and piracy 善有善报：One good turn deserves another. 商业炒作：commercial speculation 上梁不正下梁歪：Fish begins to stink at the head. 上有政策，下有对策：beat the system 身在福中不知福：take one's happy life for granted 深层次矛盾：deep-rooted structural imbalance 深化改革：intensify reform 深入浅出：explain the profound in simple terms 深入实际：keep one's feet firmly on the ground 审时度势：size up the trend of events 生搬硬套：copy and apply mechanically 生活待遇：benefit one receives 生存权和发展权：rights to subsistence and development 生态旅游：eco-tourism 生意兴隆。财源茂盛：thriving business and rolling money 盛会：grand gathering / grand event 盛情款待：give hearty hospitality 盛情难却：It would be ungracious not to accept somebody's kindness. 失足青年：a juvenile delinquent / a misguided youngster 十分佩服：hold somebody in high esteem 实事求是：seek truth from facts/be realistic/in a down-to-earth manner 实现小康目标：achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relatively comfortable life 实现中华民族的伟大复兴：bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 实行国民待遇：grant the national treatment to 使中国经济走向世界：make China's economy more competitive on the world market/ make China a more active economic player in the world 世上无难事，只要肯攀登：Where there is a will, there is a way. 事半功倍：get better result with less effort 事倍功半：do more with by doing less/get half the result with twice effort 事实胜于雄辩：Facts speak louder than words. 事物总是一分为二的：Everything has two sides. 势利眼：snobbish 适度超前：moderate oversupply/leave room for maneuver/in advance 适度从紧：moderately tight 适度规模：optimum scale 适销对路的产品：the right products/readily marketable products 逝者已矣，来者可追：What's gone is gone,let's face the future. 收拾烂摊子：pick up the pieces 手中有粮，心里不慌：Food in hand, ease in mind. 守约，保质，薄利，重义：honor contract,guarantee quality,get moderate profit and value obligations 首创精神：initiative/pioneering spilit/innovative 受到良心的谴责：get one's conscience smitten 甩卖：clearance sale 恕不奉陪：Excuse me for not keeping your company. 恕不远送：Excuse me for not accompanying you farther. 双喜临门：Double blessing descends upon the house./Two happy events comeat the same time. 水货：smuggled goods 水土不服：unaccustomed to climate in a new place 顺其自然：leave things to chance 说别人的坏话：badnmouth somebody 说不过去：can't be justified 说大话：brag/boast/talk big 说话算数：say all this in good faith/mean what one says 说露嘴：make a slip of tongue 说三道四：make irresponsible remarks 说一套，做一套：talk the talk and walk the walk 四不像：a hodge-podge of something 随缘：leave things to chance

T 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫：You wear out iron shoes in hunting when all the time it's easy to be found. 抬杠：argue for the sake of arguing 太过分：go too far 态度坚决：take a tough stand 特异功能：psychic power 提倡节约，反对浪费：call for economy and guard against waste 提高对外开放水平：open up wider to the outside world 提高生活水平：improve the living standards 体察民情：closely observe how things are going with the people 天时、地利、人和：opportunities of time,favorable geographical location and popular support 天无绝人之路：Heaven never cuts off a man's means. 天下为公：All are equal under the heaven./The whole world is one community./Everything is for the public weal. 天灾人祸：natural disasters and human foe 条块结合：integration of departments and regjions at different levels 天下无不散的宴席：All good things must come to an end. 跳槽：job hopping 铁饭碗：permanent employment 铁哥们：buddies 听其自然：let things slide 听天由命：bow to the will of God/follow your own star 停薪留职：on leave with no pay 通融：accommaodation / make an exception 同甘共苦：share weal and woe 同是天下沦落人，相逢何必曾相识：Both of us in misfortune go from shore to shore,meeting now,need we have known each other before? 同乡会：association of fellow townsmen 同舟共济：in the same boat 捅娄子：be in a jam 头痛医头，脚痛医脚：deal with piecemeal with no attempt to correct the root 头头是道：clear and straightforward / closely reasoned and well argued / do things in good order 团年饭：family reunion dinner on lunar New Year's Eve 脱贫：cast off poverty 脱贫致富：emerge from poverty and get rich

W 歪打正着：score a lucky hit 歪风邪气：malpractice 外粗内秀的人：a rough diamond 外快：side money 外向型：export-oriented 外引内联：secure investment from overseas and enter into partnership with order companies at home 完善制度：improve a system 玩命儿做事：do something like hell 万金油：Jack of all trades. 万事俱备，只欠东风：All is ready except for what is crucial. 网虫：netter / Internet geek 网恋：online love affairs 网民：netizen / cyber citizen 网上冲浪：surf the Internet 望子成龙：hope one's children will have a brilliant future 威武之师，文明之师：mighty and civilized forces 为人师表：role model / be worthy of the name teacher 温饱问题：basic needs for living / subsistence 文明之约：civic virtues pledge 文明国家：culturally advanced country 文明街道：model community 文明礼帽月：Civic Virtues Month 文明守则：codes of public conduct 稳定压倒一切：Maintaining stability is of top priority. 稳中求进，有效增长：strive for sustained and well-performing growth 问心无愧：have a good conscience / have done one's best 无稽之谈：fantastic talk/sheer nonsense/groundless statement 无可非议：irreproachable/ unquestionable 无名英雄：unsung(unknown) hero 无所作为：attempt nothing and accomplish nothing 无缘分：The two are just across the way. 物尽其用：make the best use of everything 物质生活：living standards 物质文明：high material standards / sound economic development

X 西部大开发：West China development 希望工程：Project Hope 希望小学：Hope Primary School 瞎指挥：boss somebody around / give confusing orders 下不了台：on the spot /unable to back down with a good grace 下放权力：devolution 下海：plunge into the business sea / start a business 下岗分流：reposition of redundant hands 下游企业：down-stream enterprises 先锋模范作用：play a vanguard and exemplary role 先进工作者：role model employees 现身说法：advise somebody by citing one's own experience as an example 乡巴佬：a country hick 相辅相成：complement each other 相生相克：mutually reinforce and neutralize 想不开：take something to heart 想不通：not convinced/can't figure out why 消气：cool/calm one's anger 小道理服从大道理：The minor principle should be subordinated to the major one. 小而全：small and all-inclusive 小康：relative affluence/enjoy fairly comfortable life 小算盘：petty niggling 心理不平衡：feel disturbed 心里美：wholesome mentality 心情复杂：mixed feelings 心往一处想，劲往一处使：think with one mind and work with one heart 心有灵犀一点通：Hearts which have a common beat are linked. 心悦诚服：fully convinced 辛苦了：How was the fight?/You've been working very hard./Thank you for all the trouble you've taken. 新官上任三把火：A new broom sweeps clean. 新新人类：New Human Being / X Generation 新秀：up-and-coming star / rising star 形势逼人：The trend of events is pressing. 形势喜人：The trend of events is encouraging. 胸怀祖国，放眼世界：have national and global view in mind 虚报浮夸：false reports and exaggerate 宣传和舆论工作：public awareness work 喧宾夺主：steal the show 血汗钱：hard-earned money

Y 雅俗共赏：Everyone can enjoy. / appeal to all 严打：Strike-Hard Operation,campaign to crack down on criminal activities 严肃处理：seriously investigate and correct 言而无信：go back on one's word / fair to keep faith 言而有信： true to one's word / keep one's word 眼中钉：a thorn in one's flesh / the most hated person 扬长避短：give play to one's strong points and avoid one's shortcomings 摇钱树：cash cow 咬文嚼字：chop logic / mince words 要面子：keen on face-saving 叶落归根：return to one's ancestral home at old age 一把手：first in command / boss 一边倒：lean to one side / enjoy overwhelming superiority 一不做，二不休：be in for a penny,in for a pound 一步到位：achieve a goal in one leap 一次性付款：lump-sum payment / pay in full 一刀切：take across-the-board apporach to... 一分钱一分货：One gets what one pays for. 一概而论：lump together / lump things under one head 一个巴掌拍不响：It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个鼻孔出气：sing the same tune 一国两制：one country, two system 一会生，两回熟：difficult the first time,easy the second / strangers first met, friends the second 一见如故：hit it off well right from the start 一块石头落地：One's mind is at last set at rest. 一揽子解决：package settlement 一诺值千金：A promise is a promise. 一切仅在不言中：All is understood,and no words are necessary. 一切向钱看：Put money above all else/ monry oriented 一手抓经济，一手抓民主法制：We attach equal importance to both economic development and democracy and legal system advancement. 一条龙服务：one-stop-shopping service / one package service 一碗水端平：an impartial approach 一言堂：What one says goes. 一言为定：It's a deal. 一要吃饭，二要建设：First,feed the people;and second,build the country. 一衣带水：seperated by a narrow strip of water 一支笔审批：one-chop approval 一专多能：specialized and versatile 依法行政：perform official duties according to law 以不变应万变：meet changes with constancy 以工养农：finance agriculture with revenue generated from industries 以进养出：use imports to serve the expansion of exports 以路养路：use tolls to repay loans for road construction and finance new road development 以人为本：people foremost / anthropocentric 以史为鉴，面向未来：keep in mind the past and look toward the future 以...为龙头：with ...as thepowehouse / take the lead in 以···为依托：with ...as the base 以···为重：take to heart 以质量求发展：strategy of growth through quality 义卖：charity sales 义演：benefit performance 阴盛阳衰：rise of yin and fall of yang / Women do better than men. 隐形就业：unregistered employment / veiled reemployment

英雄所见略同：Great minds think alike. / We see eye to eye. 英雄无用武之地：There's no scope for one's energies. 赢得市场：gain a large share of the market/ carve a niche in the market 硬道理：absolute priciple / top priority 硬环境：tangible infrastructure 拥军优属：support arm forces and give preferential treatment to famlies of servicemen and martyrs 拥政爱民：support the government and cherish the people 优生优育：promote good prenatal and postnatal care 优势互补：complement each other 忧患意识：awareness of unexpected development/be prepared for any eventualities 有百利而无一弊：have nothing to lose but everything to gain 有备无患：Preparedness averts peril. 有道理：You make a point there./ make sense/ be justified in doing/ well founded 有法必依，执法必严，违法必究：Where there's a law,it must be observed,it's enforcement be strict and lawbreakers be prosecuted. 有分量：carry weight 有根据：well-grounded 有过之而无不及：go farther than 有两下子：know one's stuff / One is really something. 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎：How happy we are to meet friends from afar. 有情人终成眷属：Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 有失身份：beneath one's dignity 有头脑：He is a brain. 有文化，有教养：be well educated and well brought up 有心人：a willing mind / be thoughtful 有意见：have complaints / be displeased with 有缘分：feel a special kinship with / have good chemistry with each other / share a predestined relationship 有缘千里来相会：Separated as we are thousands of miles apart,we come together as if by predestination. 有中国特色：with Chinese characteristics 鱼米之乡：a land of milk and honey 与国际惯例接轨：be compatible with internationally accepted practices 与国际市场接轨：integrate with the world market 与君一席话，胜读十年书：A chat with you is more rewarding than studying for ten years. 与人方便，自己方便：He who helps others helps himself. 舆论向导：direction of public opinion 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼：For a grander sight,climb to a greater height. 冤枉别人：do somebody wrong/bark up the wrong tree at somebody 圆满成功：every success 源远流长：have a long history 约法三章：three-point rulles 月环比：on a month-on-month basis / on a monthly basis

Z 宰客：rip off customers 早恋：puppy love 择优录取：enroll on the basis of competitive selection 择优录用：be selected on merit 怎么说，怎么办：Whatever you say. 沾光：benefit from one's association 瞻前顾后：overcautious and indecisive 占便宜：proit at other's expense/ gain advantage by unfair means 占上风：get the upper hand 站得住脚：be tenable 张冠李戴：misplace 招商会：investment fair 招商引资：attract investment 遮羞布：mask / fig leaf 折腾：cause sufferings /fits and starts/ gut-wrenching 折衷方案： a compromise proposal/ the golden mean 振兴经济：revitalize the economy 振兴中华：rejuvenate the Chinese nation 政绩：work performance 知识经济：knowledge economy 知音：congenial friend / best friend 知足：happy with one's lot 只能意会，不可言传：That can only be sensed and cannot be explained in words. 只争朝夕：Seize the day , seize the hour. 纸包不住火：The truth will out. 纸上谈兵：an armchair strategist 致以节日的祝贺：wish you a pleasant... / extend season's greetings 智力密集型：knowledge-intensive 滞后影响：lagged effect 中资公司：Chinese-funded companies 主随客便:The host will do as the guest pleases. 住房困难户：poorly-housed families/ families with housing proplems 追星族：fanciers 自筹投资项目：self-fjinanced projects 自吹自擂：blow one's own trumpet 自高自大：self-important / conceited 自学成才：self-taught and self-made person 自有资金：equity fund 自圆其说：justify oneself / make out a good case 抓紧落实在；act promptly to implement 抓住机遇：seize opportunities 专款专用：use of funds as ear-marked 转轨经济：transition economy 综合国力：overall national strength 综合效益指标：overall performance indicator 综合治理：retrenchment / over-haul 走过场：muddle through 走家窜户：call on ... from house to house 走进新时代：usher in a new era

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