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中国特色词汇的英语翻译 A字头
中国特色词汇的英语翻译 A字头
爱心工程 Loving Care Project
安家费 settling-in allowance
安慰奖 consolation prize
暗箱操作 black case work
按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
按揭贷款 mortgage loan
按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house
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中国特色词汇的英语翻译 B字头
中国特色词汇的英语翻译 B字头
把关 guard a pass
霸权主义 hegemonism
吧台 bar counter
把握大局 grasp the overall situation
拔河(游戏) tug-of-war
摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance
拜金主义 money worship
百年老店 century-old shop
白热化 be white-hot
摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
拜把兄弟 sworn brothers
摆架子 put on airs
白马王子 Prince Charming
拜年 pay New Year call
摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances
班车 shuttle bus
半拉子工程 uncompleted project
板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
斑马线 zebra stripes
班门弄斧 teach one’s grandma to suck eggs
搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work
帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process
傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags
包产到户 fixing of farm output quotas for each household; production contracted to each household
包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
保兑银行 confirming bank
暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
曝光 make public; expose
保护伞 protective umbrella
保健按摩 therapeutic massage
保健品 health care products
爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
暴力片 splatter film
背投屏幕 rear projection screen
被摘牌的公司 delisted company
本命年 one’s year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life
本本主义 bookishness
蹦迪 disco dancing
蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping
闭关政策 closed-door policy
闭门羹 given cold-shoulder
比上不足，比下有余 “worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst”
逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives
变相涨价 disguised inflation
边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
表面文章 lip service; surface formality
表演赛 demonstration match
并网发电 combined to the grid
伯乐 a good judge of talent (a name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)
剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
博彩（业） lottery industry
剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody
薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
不打不成交 “No discord, no concord. “
不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result
不感冒 have no interest
不管部部长 minister without portfolio
不良贷款 non-performing loan
不买帐 not take it; not go for it
步行街 pedestrian street
步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency