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(行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry

旅行结婚 have a honeymoon trip

零配件 spare and accessory parts

零和博奕 zero-sum game; zero game

裸机 bare mobile phone

旅客列车票价 price of passenger train tickets

离退办 office for the affairs of the retired workers

篱笆墙 barriers

blockage to inter-regional trading

另类音乐，非正统音乐 alternative music

理论联系实际 linking theory with practice

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

绿色食品 green food

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

领头羊 bellwether

老油条 wily old bird; old slicker

绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate

劳动合同制 labor contract system

理货公司 tally company

绿化 afforestation

老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise

礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

礼仪小姐 ritual girl

乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 "arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines"

猎头公司 head-hunting company

留学咨询 consulting on the study abroad

留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

劣等品 shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (informal)

乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 "unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises "

临时主教练 caretaker coach

论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense

龙头产品 flagship product

六艺:礼、乐、射、御、书、数 "six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic"

利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

利好因素 wrinkle

利基 niche

轮值主席 chairman on duty

立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture

联想集团 Legend Group

联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output

联合联络小组 joint liaison group

联合投标 syndicated tender

联合国粮农组织 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation)

联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)

联合国环境署 UNEP (United Nations Environment Program)

联合国开发计划署 UNDP (United Nations Development Program)

联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises

连续抽烟的人 chain smoker

连带责任 joint liability

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"

拉选票 seek a vote

拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon

拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth

拉关系 try to curry favor with

廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 "an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government "

廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

廉洁奉公，以正治国 " (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness "

来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing

来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

蓝牙技术 bluetooth

蓝筹股 blue chips

蓝光光盘 Blu-ray Disc

练摊 to be a vendor

路演 road show

粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies

粮油关系 grain and oil rationing registration

良性循环 virtuous circle

录取通知书 letter of admission

录取分数线 enrollment mark

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

两院院士 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering

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"

两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress

两个对等的政治实体 two equal political entities

流星雨 meteor shower

流动人口 transient population

流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile

《论语》 Analects of Confucius

《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio