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⌒拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth
⌒拉关系 try to curry favor with
⌒垃圾融资 junk financing
⌒ 垃圾债券 junk bond
⌒拉拉队 cheering squad
⌒拉拉队长 "cheer-leader, rooter king"
⌒拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon
⌒拉选票 seek a vote
⌒来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone
⌒来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing
⌒蓝筹股 blue chips
⌒蓝牙技术 bluetooth
⌒劳动合同制 labor contract system
⌒老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas "
⌒老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
⌒老油条 wily old bird; old slicker
⌒老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise
⌒篱笆墙 barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading
⌒利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery
⌒利好因素 wrinkle
⌒理货公司 tally company
⌒利基 niche
⌒礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
⌒立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture
⌒礼仪小姐 ritual girl
⌒联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output
⌒连带责任 joint liability
⌒联合国环境署 UNEP (United Nations Environment Program)
⌒联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)
⌒联合国开发计划署 UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
⌒联合国粮农组织 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation)
⌒联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises
⌒联合联络小组 joint liaison group
⌒联合投标 syndicated tender
⌒廉洁奉公，以正治国 " (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness "
⌒练摊 to be a vendor
⌒联想集团 Legend Group
⌒ 连续抽烟的人 chain smoker
⌒廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
⌒廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration
⌒廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 "an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government "
⌒两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation
⌒两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"
⌒两个对等的政治实体 two equal political entities
⌒两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress
⌒粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
⌒两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual civilization(both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup.
⌒两手抓，两手都要硬 grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both
⌒两思（致富思源，富而思进） to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence
⌒良性循环 virtuous circle
⌒粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration
⌒两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering
⌒《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio
⌒劣等品 shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (informal)
⌒猎头公司 head-hunting company
⌒临时主教练 caretaker coach
⌒零和博奕 zero-sum game; zero game
⌒另类音乐，非正统音乐 alternative music
⌒零配件 spare and accessory parts
⌒领头羊 bellwether
⌒留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."
⌒流动人口 transient population
⌒流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile
⌒流星雨 meteor shower
⌒留学咨询 consulting on the study abroad
⌒六艺:礼、乐、射、御、书、数 "six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic"
⌒留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary
⌒龙头产品 flagship product
⌒(行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry
⌒路演 road show
⌒乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 "unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises "
⌒乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines"
⌒论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense
⌒《论语》 Analects of Confucius
⌒轮值主席 chairman on duty
⌒裸机 bare mobile phone
⌒绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate
⌒绿化 afforestation
⌒ 绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运 green, high-tech and people friendly Olympic Games
⌒绿色急救通道 emergency green path
⌒绿色食品 green food
⌒旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip