· 臺灣同胞 Taiwan compatriots

    · 臺灣、香港、澳門保持原有的資本主義制度和生活方式長期不變 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come.

    · 炭疽 anthrax

    · 踢皮球 pass the buck

    · 逃廢銀行債務 evasion of repayment of bank loans

    · 韜光養晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

    · 討價還價 wheel and deal

    · 統籌兼顧 make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration

    · 同鄉會 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen

    · 筒子樓 tube-shaped apartment

    · 團隊精神 team spirit; esprit de corps

    · 團結就是力量 Unity is strength.

    · 退耕還林還草 grain for green

    · 退耕還林還牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture

    · 鴕鳥政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism

    · 脫貧致富 "cast （shake, throw） off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity"

    · 拖欠工資 arrears of wage

    · 西部大開發 Western Development

    · 西電東送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project

    · 西電東送 transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region

    · 洗禮 baptism

    · 西氣東輸 transmit the natural gas from the western areas to East China; West-East natural gas transmission project

    · 鄉統籌，村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve

    · 小而全 small and all-inclusive

    · 小金庫 a private coffer

    · 小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity

    · 小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family

    · 效率優先，兼顧公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

    · 校訓 school motto

    · 宵夜 a stoke of midnight

    · 效益工資 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits

    · 邪惡軸心 axis of evil

    · 邪-教 heathendom

    · 斜拉索橋 stayed-cable bridge

    · 寫真集 photo album

    · 信得過產品 trustworthy product

    · 新的經濟增長點 new point for/ sources of economic growth

    · 新干線 "the Shinkansen, bullet train"

    · 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

    · 心理素質 psychological quality

    · 信息高速公路 information superhighway

    · 心想事成 May all your wish come true

    · 新新人類 New Human Being;X Generation

    · 形成全方位、多層次、寬領域的開放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern

    · 形而上學 metaphysics

    · 性價比 cost performance

    · 形式主義 formalism

    · 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand

    · 虛開增值稅發票 write false value added tax invoices

    · 許可證制度 license granting mechanisms

    · 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

    · 懸而未決的問題 outstanding question

    · 選美 beauty contest

    · 學而優則仕 （a Confucian slogan for education） a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career

    · 學歷教育 education with record of formal schooling

    · 學生減負 alleviate the burden on students

    · 亞太經濟合作組織 APEC （Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation）

    · 亞洲金融危機 financial crisis in Asia

    · 嚴打措施 "Strike-Hard""drive"

    · 嚴打斗爭 "Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities"

    · 沿海經濟開發區 open coastal economic area

    · 眼前利益服從長遠利益，局部利益服從整體利益，個人和集體利益服從國家利益 subordinate immediate interests to long-term interests, partial interests to overall interests and the interests of individuals and collectives to those of the state