塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
三八线 38th Parallel
三个步骤策略 the three-step development strategy
三产 tertiary industry
三大作风 the Partys three important styles of work （integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism）
三废（废气、废水、废渣） three wastes（waste gas, waste water and waste residues）
三高农业 three highs agriculture （high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture）
三个代表 three represents theory （the Party must always represent the requirements of the development of Chinas advanced productive forces, the orientation of the development of Chinas advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China.）
三个有益于 three favorables （whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the peoples living standards
三好学生 merit student； three good student（good in study, attitude and health）
三讲教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气） three emphases education （to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct）； stress the need to study, to be political-minded and to be honest and upright
三角恋爱 love triangle三角债 chain debt
三来一补企业 the enterprises that process raw materials on clients demands, as百度竞价推广ble parts for the clients and process according to the clients samples； or engage in compensation trade.
三连冠 three successive championships
三民主义 the Three Peoples Principles （Nationalism, Democracy and the Peoples Livelihood） put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
三农问题 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers
三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute
三权分立 separation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers
三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty. / At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
三通 three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping services across the Taiwan Straits
三通一平 three supplies and one leveling； supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground （conditions ready for further economic development）
三维电影 three-dimensional movie
三维动画片 three-dimensional animation
三无企业 three-no-enterprises （It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.）
三峡工程 Three Gorges Project
三下乡 a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers
三资企业（中外合资企业,中外合作企业,外商独资企业） three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures： Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China
三字经 three-character scripture
三自原则 principles of self-administration, self-support and self-propagation
散户 retail / private investor
桑拿浴 sauna
扫黄,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications
扫盲 eliminate illiteracy
收尾工作 round-off work； wind-up work
森林覆盖率 forest coverage； percentage of forest cover
杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the maceones trump or master card
沙尘暴 sand storm； dust storm
沙漠化 desertification
刹住大吃大喝、公费旅游、铺张浪费的奢侈之风 put a sTOP to extravagance and waste （wining and dining of official guests，touring the country at public expenses）
山不在高，有仙则名 No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy；
山姆大叔 Uncle Sam
煽情 arouse ones enthusiasm or fervor
闪电战 blitz； lightning war
闪客 flash
商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau
产品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
产品化 commercialization
产品经济 commodity economy
产品条码 bar code
商务旅游 business travel
商业炒作 commercial speculation
商业存在（服务贸易） commercial presence
商业贷款 commercial loan
商业网点 commodity network
上岗 go to ones post； go on duty
上岗证 work license
上海合作组织 Shanghai Cooperation Organization （SCO）
上海五国第六次峰会 the sixth summit of Shanghai Five
上海五国机制 the Shanghai Five mechanism上马 start a project
上门服务 door-to-door service
上门营销推广员 knocker
上山下乡 （of educated urban youth） go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上市公司 listed companies
上网 to get on the Internet, surf the net
上新台阶 reach a new level； reach a higher stage of development
上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.
少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee
蛇头 snakehead
舍利子 Buddhas relics
社会保障支出 expenditure for social security
社会保障规范 social security system
社会福利彩票 social welfare lotteries
社会化服务体系 socialized service system； social service system
社会力量办学 running of schools by non-governmental sectors
社会名流 celebrity
社会热门问题 hot spots of society
社会效益 social effect /results /benefit
社会治安状况 public security situation
社会主义精神文明建设 socialist ideological and ethical progress
社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy
社论 editorial
社区服务 community services
涉外经济 foreign-related business
摄政王 acting king； prince regent
申办2008年奥运会 bid for 2008 Olympics
申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games
申办城市 the bidding cities
申请破产保护 file for bankruptcy protection
申诉权 right of petition
身体素质 physique； physical constitution
身外之物 worldly possessions
深加工 deep processing； further processing
神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card
审时度势 size up the situation
渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities
升级换代 updating and upgrading （of products）
生计问题 bread-and butter issue
生命银行 bank for keeping the donated organs and remains of dead persons for medical use
生态建筑 ecological construction
生态林 ecological forest
生态旅游 ecotourism
生态农业 environmentally friendly agriculture
生物恐怖主义 bioterrorism
生物圈 biosphere
业务兴隆 Business flourishes
声讯台 information service center
省会 provincial capital
圣战（伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争） jihad
失恋 be disappointed in love； be jilted
失学儿童 dropout
失业金 unemployment compensation
师兄弟 （senior and junior） fellow apprentice
施政纲领 administrative program
十五计划《纲要》突出了策略性、宏观性、政策性 The Outline for the Tenth Five-Year highlights its strategic vision, broad perspectives and policy considerations
十一界三中全会 the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party
石漠化 stony desertification
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
实报实销 complete reimbur百度竞价推广ent
实话实说 speak the plain truth； call a spade a spade； tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一准则 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
实例化教学 case study teaching
实时达帐 real-time account settlement
实事求是 seek truth from facts； be practical and realistic； be true to facts
实体经济 the real economy
达成零的突破 fulfil the zero （gold medal, medal, etc） breakthrough
达成小康目的 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life
达成中华民族伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
实行股份制 enforce stockholding system
实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to
实行计划生育、控制人口数目、提升人口素质 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people
食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of Peoples Republic of China
使中国经济与国际接轨 To bring Chinas economy more in line with international practice
世界奥林匹克日 the International Olympic Day
世界大学生运动会（大运会） universiade
世界观、生活观、价值观 world outlook； outlook on life； values
世上无难事，只须肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world；
市场饱和 market saturation； saturated market
市场导向的就业机制 market-oriented employment mechanisms
市场化 marketization
市场疲软 sluggish market
市场推广学 marketing
市场占有率 market share
市场准入 market access
市话 local calls
市盈率 p/e （price/earning） ratio
市政工程 municipal works； municipal engineering
市值 market capitalization
事业单位 public institution
视频点播 video on demand （VOD）
试点工程 pilot project
试点项目 pilot project
试管婴儿 test-tube baby
试用期 probationary period
适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight fiscal policy
适龄儿童入学率 enrolment rate for children of school age
适销对路的商品 readily marketable products
适者存活 survival of the fittest
释迦牟尼 Sakyamuni
回收兼并 merger and acquisition
收盘价 closing price
收视率 audience ratings； television viewing
手机充值 cellular phone replenishing
手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone； mobile access fee
首创精神 pioneering spirit
初次公开发行的股票 initial public offering （IPO）
初次上市（股票） IPO （Initial Public Offering）
首发阵容（足球） first team
首航 maiden voyage （of an aircraft or ship）
首期按揭 down-payment
寿司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished
受灾区域 disaster-affected are
受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster
售后服务 after-sale services
授信贷款 credit extension loan
授信额度 line of credit
瘦肉精（盐酸克伦特罗） clenobuterol hydrochloride
枢纽工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project
树立企业好形象 foster a good and healthy company image
数据通信 data communication
数码港 cyberport
数字地球 digital globe
数字蜂窝移动通信 digital cellular mobile telecommunications
刷卡,划卡 to punch the card； to stamp the card
甩卖 clearance sale； be on sale
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向收费 two-way charge system
双向选择 two-way selection （referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market）
双学位 double degree
双赢局面 win-win situation
双职工 man and wife both at work； working couple
双重遏制政策 dual containment policy
双重轨制 two-tier system ； double-track system
双重国籍 dual nationality
哪个言寸草心，报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass.
水货 smuggled goods
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing； ink and wash painting
水土流失 soil erosion
水下导弹 submarine-based missiles
水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
税法的统一性和权威性 uniformity and authority of tax laws
税前/税后收入 pretax / after-tax income
税务师 tax accountant
说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
说明会 explanation session
说起来容易做起来难 Easier said than done.
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
司仪 MC （master of ceremonies）
私人企业 private enterprise
私人游资 mobile private capital
私营企业 privately-run enterprise
思乡曲 Nostalgia
思想僵铁 fossilized concept
死而后已 until my heart sTOPs beating
死机 system halted
死亡率 mortality
死亡人数 death toll
死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple； Four Devarajas
四个现代化 four modernizations （the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology）
四合院 courtyard dwellilngs； quadrangle dwellings
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
四书（《大学》、《中庸》、《论语》、《孟子》） The Four Books （The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, The Mencius）
四项基本原则 the Four Cardinal Principles of adherence to the socialist road, the peoples democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought
四有新人 new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline
送温暖工程 heart-warming project
搜索引擎（计算机） search engine
夙敌 arch-rival
素质教育 quality education； education for all-around development
酸雨 acid rain
随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
岁岁平安 Peace all year round
所得税 income tax
所有权经营权离别 separate ownership from managerial authority
