试演 trial show (The China National Grand Theater will have its first trial show on September 25. ) 失业保险 unemployment insurance benefits
“十一五”发展规划 the 11th Five-Year Development Guidelines
试用/测试（新产品的） trial run (We were very disappointed with the results from the new car's first trial run. )
施政报告 policy address (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Donald Tsang delivered the 2008-09 Policy Address at the Legislative Council Wednesday, saying the HKSAR government will proceed with the legislative work on a statutory minimum wage. 香港特区行政长官曾荫权15日在特区立法会发表施政报告，指出政府将为最低工资展开立法工作。) 十字绣 cross embroidery; cross-stitched embroidery 失足青年 young offender of the law; juvenile delinquent 首创精神 pioneering spirit
首次公开发行的股票 initial public offering (IPO) 首次上市（股票） IPO (Initial Public Offering) 首次载人航天飞行 first manned spaceflight 首发阵容(足球) first team
收购兼并 merger and acquisition
首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship) 售后服务 after-sale services 售后服务站 after-sale service station
手机报 SMS news (About 75 percent of newspapers have launched online papers and 55 percent of them are providing SMS news, the report says. 有报道称，大约有75%的报纸已经设立了网络版，其中55%向用户提供手机报。)
手机充值 cellular phone replenishing
手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone; mobile access fee 手机综合症 mobile phone disease 首脑会议 summit conference
收拍 put away the racquets; conclude （a sports competition in badminton, Ping-Pong, tennis, etc. ） 收盘价 closing price 首期按揭 down-payment 首日封 first day cover
收容遣送工作 handling of indigent migrants 瘦肉精(盐酸克伦特罗) clenobuterol hydrochloride 收入差距 income gap
收入分配调节 regulation of income distribution 收视率 viewing rate
寿司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished 首席大检察官 procurator-in-chief 授信贷款 credit extension loan 授信额度 line of credit 首映式 opening of a film 受灾地区 disaster-affected are
受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster
手足口病 hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD). (The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases is
rising swiftly in Beijing. 北京市手足口病发病数呈快速上升趋势。) 首班车时间 first vehicle hour
首次公开发行 initial public offering ( IPO)
首飞 maiden flight (China's first home-grown passenger jet aircraft \make its maiden flight on September 21. 作为我国首架拥有自主知识产权的支线飞机，被命名为\翔凤\的ARJ-700飞机已初定于9月21日首飞。) 首付 down payment
（房款）首付 down payment
（企业）收购 acquisition (Hangzhou-based Wahaha Group Co Ltd is interested in acquiring assets of Sanlu Group, the Beijing News reported Monday, citing Wahaha Group chairman Zong Qinghou. He said no matter if an acquisition goes through, Wahaha will build its own milk powder production line. According to earlier reports, at least 3 dairy companies have expressed interest in Sanlu. 据《新京报》13日报道，杭州娃哈哈集团董事长宗庆后近日表示，娃哈哈有兴趣收购三鹿，同时表示不管能否成功收购三鹿，都将建立自己品牌的娃哈哈奶粉生产线。据先前报道，至少已有3家乳企表示出收购三鹿的意愿。) 手机用户 mobile phone user/subscriber 瘦肉精 brown meat essence 数据通信 data communication
树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image 数码港 cyberport
枢纽工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project
淑女班 gentlewoman class (A “gentlewoman class” with a curriculum including subjects like ancient Chinese civilization and traditional craftwork of embroidery has been set up at the Wuhan Institute of Technology, local media said Thursday.据武汉媒体报道，武汉科技学院日前专门开设\淑女班\，课程包括国学经典、刺绣等。)
书市 book fair (The 2010 Spring Book Fair in Ditan Park attracted only a modest group of visitors at its opening day on Thursday, with nippy weather and a decline in public interest blamed. 在地坛公园举行的2010年春季书市在周四开幕日当天只吸引了数量不多的访客，一方面是因为天气寒冷，另一方面是因为公众热情有所减退。) 税务师 tax accountant 数字地球 digital globe
数字蜂窝移动通信 digital cellular mobile telecommunications
数字鸿沟 digital gap (In an address to the 2010 Global City Informatization Forum, China's Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said the priority for information technology service will be given to rural areas. \在2010全球城市信息化论坛上，科技部部长万钢在演讲中称将优先为农村地区提供信息科技服务。他说：“中国需要进一步消除城乡间的?数字鸿沟?。”) 数字图书馆 digital library
耍花招 Monkey business (I think there's some kind of monkey business going on in that house across the street. People are going in and out all day long; maybe they're selling drugs or something. 我觉得，马路对面那幢房子一定有人在进行着不正当的行为。他们一天到晚出出进进的，可能在贩毒，或搞其它勾当！)
刷卡,划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card 甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale
衰退产业援助机制 mechanisms to aid declining industries
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton 酸雨 acid rain
双层公共汽车 double-deck bus 双重标准 double standards
双重遏制政策 dual containment policy 双重国籍 dual nationality 双轨制 double-track system 双解码 double decoding 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; two Bachelor's degrees 双赢局面 win-win situation 双拥 Double Support
双增双节 two increases and two reductions 双职工 working couple; man and wife both at work
双核家庭 dual-core family (This refers to a family where both husband and wife are only children or the single \of their respective families before they got married. The new family, of course, has two \.) 双向三车道 dual three-lane carriageway 双学士 double bachelor's degree 双眼皮 double eyelid
双眼皮手术 double eyelid surgery 水电站 hydroelectric plant
税法的统一性和权威性 uniformity and authority of tax laws 税后利润 after-tax profit
水荒 water scarcity (The General Assembly designated the first World Water Day in 1993, and on March 22 every year since, the focus has been on a different aspect of freshwater sustainability, including sanitation and water scarcity. 联合国大会在1993年确定了首个世界水日，自此之后，每年3月22日被定为世界水日。世界水日的主题集中在淡水资源可持续利用的不同方面，包括水资源清洁状况以及水荒。) 水货 smuggled goods
水货 grey import. It is also know as a parallel import, which is made available in the local “grey market” by retailers who order the trademark goods directly from overseas wholesales at a lower price and without going through official import channels.
水利工程 water conservancy project (\the reservoirs and other water conservancy projects in southwest China, the drought would have happened earlier and resulted in more loss,\ said at a press conference. （水利部副部长）刘宁在记者招待会上说：“如果我国西南部没有修建水库和其它水利工程，那么干旱发生的时间会更早，损失也将更大。”)
水龙卷 waterspout (A rare waterspout was seen near Po Toi at about 8 am on August 19 and was detected on the Hong Kong Observatory's weather radar. 据香港天文台气象雷达监测，蒲台岛附近海域8月19日早上8时左右出现罕见水龙卷。)
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting 税前/税后收入 pretax / after-tax income 水土流失 soil erosion
水下导弹 submarine-based missiles 水下通信 subsurface communication
水刑 waterboarding. (CIA interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on 2 key prisoners from Al-Qaida.美国中情局审讯人员曾对两名\基地\关键头目使用水刑(一种模拟囚犯溺死的酷刑)多达266次。水刑被奥巴马政府高官称为非法酷刑。)
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 \ 水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 税收起征点 tax threshold 数码相机 digital camera
顺风车 free ride. (John is expecting me to give him a free ride to work every day. 约翰每天都想搭我的顺风车上班。)
熟女 sophisticated lady (The term refers to a woman between 30 and 50 who has proper manner, a decent job, rich experience in life and well-polished taste in fashion.)
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. 说服教育 persuasion education 说明会 explanation session
说起来容易做起来难 Easier said than done. 输血 blood transfusion
私奔 elope (2 childhood sweethearts, aged 6 and 7, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, wanting to tie the knot under the African sun. 德国北部汉诺威一对年纪分别为6岁和7岁的小情侣新年前夜竟然私奔，他们想跑到非洲的艳阳底下结为连理。)
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas 死而后已 until my heart stops beating
司法独立 judicial independence (It's human nature to plead for a criminal who is from the same country or the same family, but judicial independence should be fully respected and everyone should be equal before the law. 为本国或家庭成员中的有罪之人辩护是人之常情，但司法独立应得到全面尊重，在法律面前应做到人人平等。)
司法解释 judicial interpretation
四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.) \his important address to the Central Ideological and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle.\
四个现代化 four modernizations (the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology)
四合院 courtyard dwellings; quadrangle dwellings (北京话、北京的风土人情在“四合院文化”中发展、成熟。Beijing dialect and customs developed and matured in courtyard dwellings culture.) 死机 system halted
四连冠 four straight (consecutive) championships, (four championships on the run)
私人轿车牌照 individual car plate 私人企业 private enterprise 私人游资 mobile private capital
私人侦探 private detective (Because of an editing error, a story on Page A1 of yesterday's Times incorrectly reported that the Bourne town administrator will hire aprivate detective within the next month to investigate personnel issues at the Bourne Fire Department. 由于编辑失误，昨天《泰晤士报》的头版新闻出现了错误报道，称伯恩镇的官员将在未来一个月内雇佣一位私人侦探调查伯恩镇消防队的人事问题。) 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) 私塾 private school 死亡率 mortality 死亡人数 death toll
死亡之组 group of death (Australia, China and Asian champions Iraq were drawn together in a 'group of death' for the 2010 World Cup, meaning at least one will not get through third round qualifying. 2010年世界杯抽签结果揭晓，澳大利亚、中国和亚洲冠军伊拉克分到了\死亡之组\，这表示，至少有一支球队将无法进入第三轮比赛。) 思想包袱 mental load
思想道德教育 ideological and moral education
四项基本原则 \s democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought\
思想僵硬 fossilized concept 思乡曲 Nostalgia
司仪 MC (master of ceremonies) 私营企业 privately-run enterprise
四有新人 \, good education and a strong sense of discipline\
死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan 司法公正 judicial fairness 私房菜 private home cuisine
四库全书 Complete Library of the Four Branches； the Siku Quanshu
私募股权 private equity (CVC capital Partners, a leading global private equity firm, announced Monday the opening of its Beijing office as it looked to China for more investment opportunities.) 私募资本 private equity investments
四人双桨 quadruple sculls (China clinched the gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls at the Beijing Olympics Sunday, its first ever Olympic rowing gold medal. 17日下午，中国夺得奥运会赛艇女子四人双桨比赛金牌，这是中国赛艇队奥运历史上的第一金。)
私生子 lovechild (New Yorker John R. Burton has filed a suit for a share of John F.Kennedy's estate, claiming to be the lovechild of the former US president and Marilyn Monroe. The 53-year-old also called for DNA testing to prove he is the late president's eldest son. But Susan Frunzi, who is representing the Kennedy estate, doubted the truthfulness of the suit and said \岁的纽约男子约翰·R·巴顿自称是美国已故前总统肯尼迪与梦露的私生子。他向法院起诉，要求合法继承肯尼迪的遗产。约翰还希望接受DNA测试，来证实自己是肯尼迪长子。但负责为肯尼迪家族处理财产的律师苏珊却对此嗤之