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塞翁失馬，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三大作風(fēng) the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)
三個(gè)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(xué)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(xiāng) 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(yè) foreign-invested enterprises: Sino-foreign joint ventures (中外合資企業(yè))， cooperative businesses (中外合作企業(yè))，and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China (外商獨(dú)資企業(yè))
三字經(jīng) 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(xiāng) (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside and mountain areas
上市 to be listed
上網(wǎng) to get on the internet
身體素質(zhì) physique; physical constitution
審時(shí)度勢(shì) size up the situation

失戀 be disappointed in love; be jilted
師兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice
時(shí)不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
實(shí)話實(shí)說(shuō) 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(shù)服從多數(shù)、下級(jí)服從上級(jí)、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(shí)踐是檢驗(yàn)真理的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn) Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
實(shí)現(xiàn)中華民族偉大復(fù)興 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
實(shí)行計(jì)劃生育、控制人口數(shù)量、提高人口素質(zhì) promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people

世界觀、人生觀、價(jià)值觀 world outlook; outlook on life; values
市場(chǎng)疲軟 sluggish market
事業(yè)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(chuàng)精神 pioneering spirit
首期按揭 down-payment

刷卡、劃卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card
甩賣(mài) clearance sale; be on sale
水貨 smuggled goods
碩博聯(lián)讀 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
死機(jī) system halted
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

四項(xiàng)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(zhì)教育 education for all-around development, quality-oriented education
隨行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions