打白条 issue IOU
打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering
大包干 all-round responsibility system
大路货 staple goods
大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
大款 tycoon
大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall
大事化小，小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
大腕 top notch
大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking
大要案 major and serious criminal cases
大专生 junior college student
大专文凭 associate degree
带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits
待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting
待业 job-waiting
代职 function in an acting capacity
党群关系 Party-masses relationship
党政机关 Party and government organizations
盗版VCD pirated VCD
盗打（电话） free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means
盗用公款 embezzlement
倒票 speculative reselling of tickets
倒爷 profiteer
倒计时 countdown
等外品 off-grade goods, rejects
邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts
低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)
第二产业 secondary industry
第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector
第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile
地方保护主义 regional protectionism
地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances
地球村 global village
地区差异 regional disparity
地热资源 geothermal resources
地市级城市 prefecture-level city
抵抗全球经济衰退 to combat the global economic slump
点子公司 consultancy company
电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number
电话会议 teleconference
电视直销 TV home shopping
电子商务认证 e-business certification
吊销执照 revoke license
钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project
定向培训 training for specific posts
豆腐渣"工程 jerry-built project
东亚金融危机 the southeast Asian Financial crisis (turmoil)
独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise)
短期债务 floating debt
对大中型国营企业进行公司制改革 to corporatize large and medium-sized State-owned enterprises
对冲基金 hedge fund
对外招商 attract foreign investment
多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power
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