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

　　双向选择 two-way selection, referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market

　　水货 smuggled goods

　　硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study

　　私人企业 private enterprises (foreign-funded, foreign financed foreign-owned) enterprises

　　思想僵铁 fossilized concept

　　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.)

　　In 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.

　　四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

　　四项基本原则 the Four Cardinal Principles of adherence to the socialist road, the people's democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought

　　(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group)

　　素质教育 education for all-around development

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　　弹性工资 flexible pay

　　弹性外交 elastic diplomacy

　　逃票 to sneak through without a ticket

　　逃票者 ticket evader

　　套利 arbitrage

　　特困行业和企业industries and enterprises in dire straits

　　特许税franchise tax

　　提高军队在高科技条件下的作战能力 improve the army combat capabilities under high-tech conditions