官吏: bureaucrat, official...
座谈会: conference, symposium, rap session...
没完没了: without end, incessantly, on and on...
换位: to swap places, (logic) conversion, (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)...
招待: to receive (guests), to entertain, reception...
一年到头: all year round...
公费: at public expense...
先进: advanced (technology), to advance...
运气: luck (good or bad)...
空虚: hollow, emptiness, meaningless...