刷卡, 划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale
涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton
双刃剑 double-edged sword
双向选择 two-way selection, referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market
水货 smuggled goods
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
私人企业 private enterprises (foreign-funded, foreign financed foreign-owned) enterprises
思想僵铁 fossilized concept
四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，
提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、
如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际
政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.)
In his important address to the Central Ideological and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle.
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
四项基本原则 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
(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group)
素质教育 education for all-around development
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