中国特色英语

pedestrian overpass

步行天桥

show magnanimity

采取高姿态

make/go the rounds of the wards

查房

grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both

两手抓，两手都要硬

Truth will come to light sooner or later.

纸包不住火

seize the current opportunity, deepen the reform, open China wider to the outside world, promote development and maintain stability

抓住机遇,深化改革,扩大开放,促进发展,保持稳定

ABS (anti-lock braking system)

防抱死系统

not take it; not go for it

不买帐

system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances

地方财政包干制

steering committee

筹划指导委员会

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量

fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan

发烧友

combat corruption and build a clean government

反腐倡廉

to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle

包车

mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)

疯牛病

Chinese tunic suit

中山装

A timely snow promises a good harvest.

瑞雪兆丰年

unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises

乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费

three favorables (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards

三个有利于

job-waiting

待业