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(行业中的) 龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry /

旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip /

零配件 spare and accessory parts /

零和博奕 zero-sum game; zero game /

裸机 bare mobile phone /

旅客列车票价 price of passenger train tickets /

离退办 office for the affairs of the retired workers /

篱笆墙 barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading /

另类音乐，非正统音乐 alternative music /

理论联系实际 linking theory with practice/

老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas" /

老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché /

绿色食品 green food /

绿色奥运, 科技奥运, 人文奥运 green, high-tech and people friendly Olympic Games/

绿色急救通道 emergency green path /

领头羊 bellwether /

老油条 wily old bird; old slicker /

绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate /

劳动合同制 labor contract system /

理货公司 tally company /

绿化 afforestation /

老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise /

礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. /

礼仪小姐 ritual girl /

乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines" /

猎头公司 head-hunting company /

留学咨询 consulting on the study abroad /

留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary /

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope. " /

劣等品 shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (informal) /

乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 "unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises" /

临时主教练 caretaker coach /

论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense /

龙头产品 flagship product /

六艺: 礼、乐、射、御、书、数 "six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic" /

利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery /

利好因素 wrinkle /

利基 niche /

轮值主席 chairman on duty /

立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture /

联想集团 Legend Group /

联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output /

联合联络小组 joint liaison group /

联合投标 syndicated tender /

联合国粮农组织 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation) /

联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee) /

联合国环境署 UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) /

联合国开发计划署 UNDP (United Nations Development Program) /

联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises /

连续抽烟的人 chain smoker /

连带责任 joint liability /

垃圾融资 junk financing /

垃圾债券 junk bond /

拉拉队 cheering squad /

拉拉队长 "cheer-leader, rooter king" /

拉选票 seek a vote /

拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon /

拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth /

拉关系 try to curry favor with /

廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 "an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government" /

廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) /

廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration /

廉洁奉公，以正治国 " (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness" /

来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing /

来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone /

蓝牙技术 bluetooth /

蓝筹股 blue chips /

蓝光光盘 Blu-ray Disc/

练摊 to be a vendor /

路演 road show /

粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies /

粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration /

良性循环 virtuous circle /

录取通知书 letter of admission/

录取分数线 enrollment mark/

两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual civilization (both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup. /

两手抓，两手都要硬 grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both/

两思（致富思源，富而思进） to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence /

两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering /

两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation /

两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine" /

两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress /

两个对等的政治实体 two equal political entities /

流星雨 meteor shower/

流动人口 transient population /

流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile /

《论语》 Analects of Confucius /

《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio