垃圾债券 junk bond

　　拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth

　　拉拉队 cheering squad

　　拉拉队长 cheer-leader, rooter king

　　拉关系 try to curry favor with

　　来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone

　　来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing

　　劳动合同制 labor contract system

　　老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise

　　'篱笆墙' barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading

　　礼仪小姐 ritual girl

　　利改税substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

　　利好因素 wrinkle

　　利基 niche

　　立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture

　　联合联络小组 joint liaison group

　　廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

　　廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government

　　廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness

　　联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output

　　联合国会费 the UN membership dues (fee)

　　联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises

　　联合投标 syndicated tender

　　联想集团 Legend Group

　　练摊 to be a vendor

　　良性循环 virtuous circle

　　粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies

　　粮油关系：grain and oil rationing registration

　　两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation

　　两弹一艇 A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine

　　'两个对等的政治实体' 'two equal political entities

　　两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress

　　两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual civilization(both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup.

　　'两思'(致富思源，富而思进) to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence

　　老少边穷地区 former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas

　　《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio

　　猎头公司 head-hunting company

　　临时主教练 caretaker coach

　　领头羊 bellwether

　　留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary

　　留学咨询：consulting on the study abroad

　　流动人口 transient population

　　(行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry

　　乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises

　　乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines

　　《论语》 Analects of Confucius

　　论文答辩 (thesis) oral defense

　　裸机：bare mobile phone

　　绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate

　　绿化 afforestation

　　绿色急救通道 emergency green path

　　绿色食品 green food