中国特色英语

Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

塞翁失马，焉知非福

Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

知己知彼,百战不殆

to be a vendor

练摊

strive for survival, development and efficiency on the basis of quality

以质量求生存、求发展、求效益

superior consciousness

超前意识

Poverty Relief Office

扶贫办公室

welfare-oriented public housing distribution system

福利分房

re-employment project / program

再就业工程

arrears of wage

拖欠工资

The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes.

谋事在人，成事在天

salt a false account

做假帐

strive for a relatively comfortable life

奔小康

strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry

冲帐

work license

上岗证

take-out

外卖

A wise goose never lays a tame egg.

虎父无犬子

all-round well-off society

全面小康社会

give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

效率优先,兼顾公平

First impressions are firmly entrenched.

先入为主

put on airs

摆架子