1. 元宵节： Lantern Festival

　　2. 刺绣：embroidery

　　3. 重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival

　　4. 清明节：Tomb sweeping day

　　5. 剪纸：Paper Cutting

　　6.期初存货opening stock

　　7.期房 forward delivery housing

　　8.期末存货closing stock

　　9.旗袍 cheong-sam; Chi-pao

　　10.骑警 horseback police

　　11.启发式教学 heuristic education

　　12.企业重组 reshuffle of the enterprises

　　13.企业孵化器 enterprise incubator

　　14.企业改制 restructuring of enterprise

　　15.企业文化 corporate culture

　　16. 书法：Calligraphy

　　17. 对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets

　　18. 象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters

　　19. 人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow

　　20. 四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle
　　21.洽谈会 fair, meeting

　　22.千代田寿险公司(日本) Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co.

　　23.千禧婴儿 millennium infant; millennium baby

　　24.强化班 intensive training class

　　25.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

　　26.抢跑 false start, beat the gun

　　27.敲竹杠make somebody pay through the nose; put the lug on; rob by a trick

　　28.侨胞 countrymen residing abroad

　　29.侨务affairs concerning nationals residing abroa

　　30. 战国：Warring States

　　31. 风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

　　32. 铁饭碗：Iron Bowl

　　33. 函授部：The Correspondence Department

　　34. 集体舞：Group Dance

　　35.切入点 point of penetration; breakthrough point

　　36.亲民党 People First Party

　　37.禽流感 bird flu

　　38.勤工俭学 part-work and part-study system; work-study program

　　39.轻轨火车 light rail train

　　40.清产核资 asset and capital verification