待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting
待业 job-waiting
单刀赴会 start a solo run
单循环制 single round-robin system
弹性工资 flexible pay
弹性外交 elastic diplomacy 来源：考试大
党群关系 Party-masses relationship
党政机关 Party and government organizations
倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring
倒计时 countdown
倒票 speculative reselling of tickets
倒爷 profiteer
捣浆糊 give the runaround
盗版VCD pirated VCD
盗打（电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means
盗用公款 embezzlement
等外品 off-grade goods, rejects
DXP外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts
低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)
地方保护主义 regional protectionism
地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances
地球村 global village
地区差异 regional disparity
地热资源 geothermal resources
地市级城市 prefecture-level city
第二产业 secondary industry
第二上市 secondary listing
第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector
第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile
第一发球权 first inning
第一发球员 first server
第一双打 first pair 来源：考试大
点球 penalty kick
点子公司 consultancy company
电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number 来源：考试大
电话会议 teleconference
电脑犯罪 computer crime
电视直销 TV home shopping
电信运营商 telecom operators
电子商务认证 e-business certification 来源：考试大
吊球 drop shot
吊销执照 revoke license
钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project
定向培训 training for specific posts