Ficobase

枪手

1. gun shooter; 2. ghostwriter

抢滩

snatch market share

强硬路线

hard line

强硬派伊斯兰教徒

hard-line Islamist

强化银行资本充足率约束

strengthen capital requirements for banks

强化政府公共卫生管理职能

beef up the government’s role in public health administration

强制隔离

forced quarantine

侨胞

countrymen residing abroad

巧妇难为无米之炊

If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.

桥商

overseas Chinese merchant or businessman

翘尾巴

be cocky; get stuck-up

侨务

affairs concerning nationals residing abroad

敲竹杠

fleece

汽车餐厅；“得来速”

drive-thru

切入点

point of penetration; breakthrough point

切身利益

vital interests

企划推广

marketing layout

钦差大臣

imperial envoy; imperial commissioner

勤工俭学

part-work and part-study system; work-study program; work for study

禽流感

bird flu

亲民党

People First Party

侵吞公款

embezzle public funds/ embezzlement of public funds

勤政廉政建设

keep government functionaries honest and industrious

清仓处理

clearance sale

清仓拍卖

rummage sale