八股文 eight-legged essays
八卦 trigram
八正道 Eightfold Path
本命年 this animal year of sb.
冰糖葫蘆 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
處世之道 philosophy of life
大鍋飯 communal pot
大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
大陸中國 Mainland China
道 Dao（cf. logo）
道 Daoism（Taoism）
道 Daosim, the way and its power
端午節 Dragon Boat Festival
多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/ great happiness
功夫 kungfu ；kung fu
關系戶 closely-related units
關系網 personal nets, closely-knitted guild
鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)
合乎國情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
黑心棉 shoddy cotton
紅寶書 little red book
紅色中國 socialist China
紅學（《紅樓夢》研究） redology
還願 redeem a wish (vows)
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚紗攝影 bride photo
婚外戀 extramarital love
混沌 chaos
機器閱卷 machine scoring
基層監督 grass-roots supervision
基礎稅率 base tariff level
即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
集中精力把經濟建設搞上去 go all out for economic development
加強輿論監督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion
家長 family head
家政服務 household management service
甲A球隊 Division A Soccer Team
價格聽證會 public price hearings
假帳 accounting fraud
漸進式台獨 gradual Taiwan independence
江湖（世界） the jianghu World （the traits’ world）
矯情 use lame arguments
叫闆 challenge; pick a quarrel
借調 temporarily transfer
噱頭；掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
開放 kaifang （Chinese openness to the outside world）
空 sunyata
孔子Confucius
叩頭 kowtow
擴大内需，刺激消費expand domestic demand and consumption
擴大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.