八股文 eight-legged essays
八卦 trigram
八正道 Eightfold Path
本命年 this animal year of sb.
冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …
禅 dhyana; dhgaya
禅宗 Zen Buddhism
处世之道 philosophy of life
大锅饭 communal pot
大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
大陆中国 Mainland China
道 Dao（cf. logo）
道 Daoism（Taoism）
道 Daosim, the way and its power
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/ great happiness
功夫 kungfu ；kung fu
关系户 closely-related units
关系网 personal nets, closely-knitted guild
锅贴 guotie (fried jiaozi)
合乎国情，顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
黑心棉 shoddy cotton
红宝书 little red book
红色中国 socialist China
红学（《红楼梦》研究） redology
还愿 redeem a wish (vows)
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚纱摄影 bride photo
婚外恋 extramarital love
混沌 chaos
机器阅卷 machine scoring
基层监督 grass-roots supervision
基础税率 base tariff level
即开型奖券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
集中精力把经济建设搞上去 go all out for economic development
加强舆论监督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion
家长 family head
家政服务 household management service
甲A球队 Division A Soccer Team
价格听证会 public price hearings
假帐 accounting fraud
渐进式台独 gradual Taiwan independence
江湖（世界） the jianghu World （the traits’ world）
矫情 use lame arguments
叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel
借调 temporarily transfer
噱头；掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
开放 kaifang （Chinese openness to the outside world）
空 sunyata
孔子Confucius
叩头 kowtow
扩大内需，刺激消费expand domestic demand and consumption
扩大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.