叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel
借调 temporarily transfer
噱头;掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
开放 kaifang (Chinese openness to the outside world)
空 sunyata
孔子Confucius
叩头 kowtow
扩大内需,刺激消费expand domestic demand and consumption
扩大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.
乱摊派,乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
牌楼 pailou;pai-loo
泼水节 Water-Splashing Day
儒学 Confucianism
三纲:君为臣纲,父为子纲,夫为妻纲 three cardinal guides: ruler guides subject, father
guides son husband guides wife
伤痕文学 scar literature or the literature of the wounded