S塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 三大作风 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism) 三个代表 "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) 三好学生 merit student; three good student (good in study, attitude and health)三角债 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. 三下乡 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 三资企业 foreign-invested enterprises: Sino-foreign joint ventures (中外合资企业)， cooperative businesses (中外合作企业)，and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China (外商独资企业) 三字经 three-character scripture桑拿浴 sauna 扫黄、打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications 扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work 沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm 上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside and mountain areas 上市 to be listed 上网 to get on the internet 身体素质 physique; physical constitution 审时度势 size up the situation失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted 师兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade 山不在高，有仙则名 No matter how high the nountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there s fairy 上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 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 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 实现中华民族伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people世界观、人生观、价值观 world outlook; outlook on life; values 市场疲软 sluggish market 事业单位 public institution 试用期 probationary period 适者生存 survival of the fittest 收入 invisible income; off-payroll income; side money 首创精神 pioneering spirit 首期按揭 down-payment刷卡、划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card 甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale 水货 smuggled goods 硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study 死机 system halted 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 素质教育 education for all-around development, quality-oriented education 随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions
