zhànɡuǒ shíqī yǒuyíwèi lǎorén mínɡjiào sàiwēnɡ 战国时期有一位老人,名叫塞翁。 tā yǎnɡle xǔduō mǎ yìtiān mǎqún zhōnɡ hūrán yǒuyìpǐ zǒushī le 他养了许多马,一天马群中忽然有一匹走失了。 línjūmén
Category: Polular Word
Popular Word – 小客车摇号“中签率” License Plate Lottery
北京市28日发布《小客车数量调控暂行规定》实施细则(2013年修订),从明年起到2017年的四年间,增量小客车年度配置指标由24万个减少到15万个,将根据个人参加摇号的累计次数设置阶梯中签率,示范应用新能源车中的纯电动车将单独摇号。 Beijing will adjust the license plate lottery system next year to give lottery applicants who have been applying for
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庞氏骗局(páng shì piàn jú) Ponzi scheme A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors,
Popular Word – 《反浪费条例》取消“一般公务用车” No Official Cars
中共中央、国务院近日印发《党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例》,对党政机关经费管理、因公临时出国(境)、公务接待、公务用车等作出全面规范。条例要求,全国党政机关取消一般公务用车,机关办公楼不得追求成为“地标”,政府采购不得指定品牌产地,严禁无明确公务目的的差旅活动。 The country will cancel official cars for general use and will only keep "necessary" official vehicles for law enforcement,
Popular Word – “土豪,我们做朋友吧!”Rich, But Unpopular and Poor in Taste
“土豪”一词由来已久。而前不久在网络上,很多人都争相和“土豪”做起了朋友,“土豪金”等衍生词也一跃成为网络热词。下面就让我们一起解读中西“土豪”文化吧! One of the hottest buzzwords in China right now is no doubt tuhao, a sarcastic, light-hearted term referring to
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公铁行(gōng tiě xíng) BMW The Chinese is a back translation from the English BMW, which stands for bus, metro and
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孕傻(yùn shǎ) pregnancy stupidity It is believed that women during pregnancy will suffer deterioration of cognition capability and memory because
popular word – 2.5颗粒
Zhong Nanshan, an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, is the representative at the National People’s Congress (NPC). Upon arriving in Beijing for the meeting, he did an interview with CCTV reporter Xiadan. Below is part of the interview talking about the Chinese name of PM2.5 and the relationship between health and the GDP.
记者:细颗粒物、烟尘、细飘尘,在您看来,(PM2.5)什么样的命名更为合适呢?
Reporter: What in your opinion is the better name for PM2.5?
钟南山:确实是很难取一个名,因为2.5是一个指的特定的颗粒,细颗粒太多了,很难理解。我觉得2.5颗粒,它也是颗粒,另外一下子大家都明白了,2.5微米的颗粒。
Zhong Nanshan: It’s really hard to name it. As 2.5 refers to particulate matter and there are too many particulate matters, it’s hard to understand. Besides, I consider that people will understand what particulate matter 2.5 refers to telling from its name, that’s less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter.
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隐性涨价(yǐn xìng zhǎng jià) hidden price hike Many producers of daily necessities have shrunk the contents of their products while
Popular Word – 2014年国家公务员考试 National Civil Servant Exam
据国家公务员局的统计:2014年度中央机关及其直属机构公务员录用考试公共科目笔试24日在全国各考点同步举行,99万考生步入考场。 As many as 990,000 candidates took the National Public Servant Exam on Sunday, according to the State Administration of