三连冠 three successive championships 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. 三通 three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping services across the Taiwan Straits 三通一平 "three supplies and one leveling"； supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground （conditions ready for further economic development） 三维电影 three-dimensional movie 三维动画片 three-dimensional animation 三无企业 three-no-enterprises （It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.） 三下乡 a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside 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 散户 retail / private investor 桑那浴 sauna 扫黄、打非eliminate pornography and illegal publications 扫尾工作 round-off work； wind-up work 杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace——one's trump or master card 沙尘暴sand storm； dust storm 山不在高，有仙则名；No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy； 商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau 商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing 商品条码 bar code 上山下乡 （of educated urban youth） go and work in the countryside or mountain areas 上市 to be listed 上网 to get on the Internet 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 社会热点问题 hot spots of society 社会治安情况 public security situation, law-and-order situation 涉外经济 foreign-related business 申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games 身体素质 physique； physical constitution 神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card 审时度势 size up the situation 渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities 生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture 失恋 be disappointed in love； be jilted 失学儿童 dropout 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 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 实体经济 the real economy 实现零的突破 fulfill the zero （gold medal, medal, etc） breakthrough 实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relatively comfortable life, attain the goal of building a well-off society 实现民伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to 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 食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China 史记 Shi Ji/ Historical Records 世界观、人生观、价值观 world outlook； outlook on life； values 市场疲软 sluggish market 市场准入 market access 市盈率p/e （price/earning） ratio 市值 market capitalization 事业单位 public institution 试用期 probationary period
