澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul

　　奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

　　本本主义 bookishness

　　《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

　　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

　　不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force

　　不分上下的总统选举结果the neck-and-neck presidential election result

　　《不见不散》 Be there or be square.

　　来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

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

　　联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises

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

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

　　三资企业 three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures(中外合资企业), cooperative businesses (中外合作企业) and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China(外商独资企业)

　　商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing

　　商品条码 bar code

　　上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas

　　上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzou 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

　　树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image

　　刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card

　　涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton

　　双刃剑 double-edged sword

　　无绳来电显示电话 cordless telephone with caller ID

　　物业管理 estate management, property management

　　一线员工 worker at the production line

　　医疗保险 medical insurance

　　移动电话双向收费 two-way charges for cellular phones

　　以经济建设为中心 focusing on the central task of economic construction

　　以谋略制胜 outmaneuver