末位淘汰 （under the new personnel system） the person graded last in the performance evaluation will be laid off from his position
　　莫失良机 make hay while the sun shines
　　谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
　　母系氏族社会 matriarchal clan society
　　目标管理 management by objectives, quto management
　　幕后操纵 pull strings behind the scenes； wire-pulling
　　睦邻友好关系（合作） good-neighborly and friendly relations （cooperation）
　　穆斯林 Muslim； Moslem
　　拿手好戏 masterpiece
　　内耗 in-fighting
　　内环路 inner ring road
　　内联企业 enterprises with internal connections
　　内联网（计算机） Intranet
　　内退 early retirement
　　纳米 nanometer
　　纳税人 tax payer； tax bearer
　　纳税申报制度 tax declaration system
　　纳斯达克 National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations （NASDAQ）
　　耐用消费品 durable consumer items （goods）
　　耐用消费品durable consumer goods,consumer durables
　　男高音演唱家 tenorist
　　男权主义思想 male chauvinism
　　南北对话 North-South dialogue
　　南南合作 South-South cooperation
　　南水北调 South-to-North water diversion
　　南水北调工程 divert water from the south to the north project
　　难得糊涂 "Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise."
　　囊括 complete a sweep
　　闹情绪 be disgruntled； be in a fit of pique
　　能官能民 be ready to both serve as an official and be one of the common people
　　能进能出，能上能下 competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots
　　能进能出，能上能下,方谓好汉 He who knows how to fight and how to retreat deserves to be called a brave man.
　　能上网的手机 WAP phone
　　尼姆达（病毒） Nimda
　　泥菩萨 like a clay Buddha fording the river-hardly able to save oneself； each one is looking out for his own survival
　　泥石流 mud-rock flow
　　年利润 annual return
　　年同比 year-on-year； on an annual basis
　　年夜饭 family reunion dinner
　　涅磐（佛） nirvana
　　扭转局面 "reverse the tide, turn the table"
　　农产品的统购派购 unified purchasing of farm produce by the state according to fixed quotes
　　农村剩余劳动力 surplus rural labour （labourers）
　　农工商联合企业 agro-industrial-commercial combines
　　农垦 agricultural reclamation
　　农林间作 agro-forestry
　　农奴制 serfdom； serf system
　　农药残留 pesticide residue
　　农药残留物 pesticide residue
　　农业生态学 agricultural ecology
　　农业增加值 added value of agriculture
　　农转非 rural residents become urban residents
　　弄巧成拙 be too smart by half； Cunning outwits itself.
　　弄虚作假、铺张浪费行为相当严重 falsification, extravagance and waste are still serious problems among some leading cadres in our Party.
　　努力建成一支革命化、现代化、正规化的人民军队 form a revolutionary, modernized and regularized people's army
　　努力实现技术发展的跨越 strive to achieve leapfrog technological progress.
　　女权运动 movement for women's rights
　　暖温带 warm temperate zone
　　诺亚方舟 Noah's Ark
　　欧亚大陆桥 Eurasia Land Bridge
　　欧元 Euro
　　欧洲共同体 European Communities （EC）
　　欧洲货币 Euro-currency
　　欧洲货币一体化 European monetary integration
　　欧洲委员会 European Commission
　　欧洲自由贸易联盟 EFTA （European Free Trade Association）
　　偶像 idol