Ficobase

赛季

sports competition season

塞翁失马，焉知非福

Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

三八红旗手

woman pace-setter

三八线

38th Parallel

360度环幕电影

Circamara

三班倒

three shifts

三步走战略

the three-step development strategy

三产

tertiary industry

三大法宝

the three main and effective method

三大作风

the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)

三废(废气、废水、废渣）

“three wastes”(waste gas, waste water and waste residues)

三分钟热度

brief period of enthusiasm

三高农业

"three highs" agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)

三个代表

three represents theory (the Party must always represent the requirements of the development of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of the development of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China.)

三个有利于

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

三股企业

three-share enterprises—enterprises whose shares are purchased by government departments, local authorities and other enterprises

《三国演义》

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

三好学生

merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)

散户

retail / private investor

三讲教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气）

three emphases education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct); stress the need to study, to be political-minded and to be honest and upright

三角恋爱

love triangle

三角债

chain debt

散客

individual traveler

三来一补企业

"the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade."

三连冠

three successive championships