New Era Student Chinese-English Dictionary

Author: Sun Yuan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: For many years, the foreign language publishing house has harbored a wish to provide readers with a comprehensive, practical, yet affordable Chinese-English dictionary. Through years of accumulation by experienced editors and tight organization, this compact-sized, low-priced dictionary, despite its small format, offers rich content with nearly 30,000 entries, has finally been presented to all readers. The content compiled in this book covers everything from politics and diplomacy to fashion and entertainment. Many new words and meanings are included, such as notary public, public relations, public prosecution, defense attorney, defendant, victim, not appearing in court, etc.; as well as massage parlors, bar girls, crystal meth, turtle essence, health foods, cling film, Oscar-winning, etc.; and also tax evasion, fluctuating exchange rates, bid price, insurance policy, customs clearance, moving companies, foreman, etc.; plus the White House, no-confidence vote, infertility, Terracotta Army, bit, laptop computer, wallpaper, bulletproof vest, zodiac year, stupidity poisoning, etc. Additionally, mathematical terms such as common multiple, radical, addend (subtrahend, multiplicand, divisor), variable, complement angle, inequality, etc., are all included without omission. Therefore, this is also a highly contemporary Chinese-English dictionary, making it an essential portable reference book for English learners and daily English users.