S塞翁失馬，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 三大作風 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism) 三個代表 "three represents" theory (Tje Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people) 三好學生 merit student; three good student (good in study, attitude and health)三角債 chain debts 三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty. / At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself. 三下鄉 a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the contryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers 三資企業 foreign-invested enterprises: Sino-foreign joint ventures (中外合資企業)， cooperative businesses (中外合作企業)，and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China (外商獨資企業) 三字經 three-character scripture桑拿浴 sauna 掃黃、打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications 掃尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work 沙塵暴 sand storm; dust storm 上山下鄉 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside and mountain areas 上市 to be listed 上網 to get on the internet 身體素質 physique; physical constitution 審時度勢 size up the situation失戀 be disappointed in love; be jilted 師兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice 時不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 實話實說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade 山不在高，有仙則名 No matter how high the nountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there s fairy 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.少數服從多數、下級服從上級、局部服從全體、全黨服從中央 the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 實現中華民族偉大復興 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 實行計劃生育、控制人口數量、提高人口素質 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people世界觀、人生觀、價值觀 world outlook; outlook on life; values 市場疲軟 sluggish market 事業單位 public institution 試用期 probationary period 適者生存 survival of the fittest 收入 invisible income; off-payroll income; side money 首創精神 pioneering spirit 首期按揭 down-payment刷卡、劃卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card 甩賣 clearance sale; be on sale 水貨 smuggled goods 碩博聯讀 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study 死機 system halted 四十不惑 Life begins at forty.四項基本原則 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 素質教育 education for all-around development, quality-oriented education 隨行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
