Ficobase

三民主义

the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen

三农问题

issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers

三陪

girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute

三权分立

separation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers

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.)"

三峡工程

Three Gorges Project

三峡水利枢纽二期工程

the second phase of the key water control project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River

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"

“三沿”开放（沿海、沿边、沿江）

"Sea-shore, River-shore, Border-shore" opening-up

散装

load in bulk

三字经

three-character scripture

三资企业(中外合资企业,中外合作企业,外商独资企业)

"three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China "

三自原则

principles of self-administration, self-support and self-propagation

桑拿浴

sauna

散伙饭

goodbye dinner

三无人员 （无合法证件，无正常居所，无正当生活来源）

people without identification papers, a normal residence permit, and a source of income; “sanwu” people

三峡移民

Migrants from Three Gorges area

扫黄,打非

eliminate pornography and illegal publications

扫盲

eliminate illiteracy

扫尾工作

round-off work; wind-up work