Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
+ F' C1 \1 y% I0 O( k# h• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
2 r1 T* o) M- P. E" [% h• A股市场 A share market  
4 n3 ^. o& z" W( K9 `# n( J• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
5 b# Q& j4 r) N* H# M: D• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
3 {! z* x* `* Q• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
3 ~8 f4 |% {3 F+ T+ {• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
6 ?2 }% @2 o9 R+ }• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
$ U" S. u* q2 q$ _. c, b# E0 Z• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
% {3 {+ ^* y, I" Q• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
, P" ?2 ?1 ?4 S* M8 P• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
) h8 n+ c; _: v- l• 安全岛 safety strip
7 q8 l6 Y) c- R6 p* y( C- C• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
7 H8 W# R* Y! S, ~+ Y• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
1 O  `5 t  G7 T• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
$ g3 f/ Q/ T0 s) o: a• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
1 {7 z+ q2 }- _, T• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
7 `% c* b% K2 S' Q' v  _• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
1 p6 J. f+ z* v5 X. b• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
/ z- d0 |# u: Y( Q• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
- |6 y  W" p* y& h/ a2 a/ z% q3 R• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
! O) Q3 I5 K2 L* v/ w. y9 y• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
( m% M$ u8 x% q" {: X0 |• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
5 \1 u# H. l/ K8 m. K• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
: L3 y9 ~8 H3 ]3 `3 }• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
9 n( i. U% N) Y4 F* Y• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
' Q  l- ~( X! s5 \( H% ?, V• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
; w* h3 B) M  E# ]5 Y; |• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
  A8 P. E/ Y3 J3 ?3 Q( D: `2 z; u% R: M• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
8 [. @- B% Z- D1 _/ }  }+ f• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
0 E9 @" u* U0 f6 ~• 吧台 bar counter
7 `$ `0 U/ l3 ?  [4 j• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
% A* u9 ]5 x" r0 v4 ~1 b+ C• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
- K) m8 N* L& R• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
• 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance, do for show • 白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace
  N# p  N5 l; [) h" N6 E• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
+ a6 U8 Z1 Q5 H, W• 白领工人 white-collar worker
3 A1 h& g7 x) _/ S9 h* F2 e• 白领工人 White collar (早在1928年，人们开始用whiteollar来形容非体力劳动者，如老师、公务员等。“白领”顾名思义，表示其职业要求着装整齐、清洁。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
- Z, v/ U! q- x) T. Z* ?& P3 E• 白色农业 white agriculture
& b' T* X) Y# x% i• 白色污染 white pollution
; `& r! H: Q! g4 t4 f• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
2 D! `" R) k% {8 R" l. W• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
  t* Y0 E; v. p8 g% F- a4 j• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
) |, ]* j! D$ {• 白色行情表 white sheet  
• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
: R; h5 ^4 j! h& h; A0 }9 b• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
  Y2 A) W! U0 K  t5 S2 }• 半边天 half the sky
: ^  C* n4 Y. b" U3 P1 z• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
  H$ e% }3 ?; ]$ c• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
! h, V( n1 g  Q' a3 I% H• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
, |% j/ H5 X8 l0 O/ a  ^& O+ v0 C$ O# n• 半决赛 semifinal
1 y- W# G1 C2 o; Q$ r• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
/ P, I6 t; l; f" \7 Z• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
( q) U1 ]4 P! ?9 }( ]7 h• 斑马线 zebra crossing
) X+ \% K+ X2 a1 Y; g/ x- {• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
7 ]" t) r& f( @: ?• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
* ^7 B/ k. H+ n/ Y  ?' P• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
0 z! H, k5 t. E• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
6 Z0 L$ c! \( U( U: O& M$ {• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
  q/ H3 M( [8 q• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
: ?0 y, W7 l6 u2 R( L) H• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
' Q0 z/ G$ D: f0 C/ [+ b• 保持清醒头脑，增强忧患意识和历史责任感 remain sober-minded, become more aware of potential problems and enhance our sense of historical responsibility
( [- `; }  m* Y  P) [0 g9 b• 保兑银行 confirming bank
7 g7 B& n- I# B/ \+ J• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
6 b$ w% W' s  ^+ [" N2 ?" r& ^, R0 [( L• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
4 F2 E) r* k  ~6 w包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
3 b4 p0 g( o* q• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
- t7 x2 C" d% G( D9 T$ ?$ B9 t' a• 保护伞 protective umbrella
1 c  ?0 W. T) W) M% F' j; Q• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
5 h3 u8 w; q8 o+ }! P$ O. I/ E- I• 保护主义 protectionism
0 f7 \& N; w& M! m2 g• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
6 l2 G7 C8 K) Y4 }; ^; G• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
4 l) ]  R9 r# ^/ W0 t. z8 z0 C  ?• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
6 D" z# }! P# l, D% C• 保健食品 health-care food  
! v! {- f: v, ]/ N2 A, g7 m• 报界 the press
' _; q* g2 S" T! V. C• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
& o9 M! C9 J9 {* _9 p0 v& }• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
( _" }, F% J; _. U• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
* U. F- o5 g; d5 k1 R$ t• 报销 apply for reimbursement
, i. i, P0 R/ |• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
• 保障措施 supporting measures
: `, j' L% i/ X9 ~4 C9 {• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
) G1 t5 V  C! j4 x• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
/ l9 Q5 R+ X/ C- X) v! Q• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
, H  X9 Y3 O  P• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
/ j. i, Q. s9 |6 `, Y4 d• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
3 m" ^: k% f4 y9 z+ v1 ?; I• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
$ G3 C3 R! _% v9 W0 F/ @• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
3 O& w" z9 [, J' z5 |, M& C& I• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
* a& B; ^4 S& F# ~" a• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
4 \9 t& m% }+ r5 N: c7 Z• 保健食品 health-care food  
7 f4 g5 p/ S& a• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
5 X3 d: o( {- I• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
0 X# d" @5 D" s( b  b7 k4 c• 保险索赔 insurance claim
, v% [; K* s# q" |• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
, H* Z, m/ z1 T* G4 B• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
• 保证金 margins, collateral  
• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
( y! `. w+ Z. A. C• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
8 k* _# B5 l* M. G2 ?/ F! j( d• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
) V9 W. v' }9 z6 T• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
' S: g' Q3 t  s' E2 S3 C7 `' @• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
! P  ~. ]' ]; |. ~4 M" P, x• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
$ ?* i4 j. T1 z3 |• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
7 A3 o# H& X) U  r1 N• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
& ]4 A" Q$ G; y/ R& R) B, S' }. j• 备用资金 reserve fund
• 北约 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-- established in April 1949--it has 15 member states and a headquarters in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
6 @: w$ q( j0 \$ T! K' Y• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
/ M9 z; t, T; D7 q  g. |( \• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
, j# b3 z1 [  }* y. z2 H• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
4 s, _; M! e7 J2 H• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
# N" @: d- l$ Q: n6 b• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
7 ?5 E+ j3 \. T• 本票 cashier's cheque
9 ^) L2 o* B6 ~• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
" q+ X5 x& F) {• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
! A7 j' |7 V- T" v• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
! n: O! I, S7 ?% i% q" Y( w% c& C4 X7 x• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
, o* D8 Q1 e8 ?4 A% D# h• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
- B3 S& l: R' U  Z+ w• 比上不足比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst”
- G) s# [) e% W/ ~. a• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
: A* x% O8 {1 j7 g% K• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
0 n  P1 z8 l- [% s2 h. k• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
7 e/ K( ]8 L4 u• 便当 brown bag
# y" g$ s( W% G  Y• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
9 }1 b5 y6 |$ d# S" ]- `0 _• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
: c3 h. i% }, d1 x  Q% W• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
+ G3 M; H- I' E# a6 d5 O• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
3 E, n7 g4 C8 Y5 a! E/ |: Y• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
) d! A$ K  Z9 m. g• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
& ^* U$ L1 Q. ?• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
0 ^9 R9 O( u8 |# E, s$ G2 Z• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
* G- I' ~3 ?2 e( e• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
. }4 P6 z% ]( f' T• 标书 bidding documents  
8 {7 A' q; ~: q. `# t• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
4 {9 Q; M$ y4 \• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
, q$ L% L; _& }3 j• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
# a+ Z4 v1 x' ]- L• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
; a3 d' P8 v5 `$ C1 J) Y: ?+ D4 H• 伯乐 good judge of talent (the name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
# q& J. G7 c& C  P- ?8 d2 J6 C% O8 }• 博士后 post-doctoral
9 B# P- G/ q9 I9 M4 I( A" r• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
- x$ B$ o( a) Z+ K9 N+ S• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
' C0 W- V2 k* g+ O• BP 机 beeper, pager
8 p: `; h( v- ?1 x( i4 o0 r( @• B to B (B2B) business to business  
! ?6 ]. {: x! E0 g8 k• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
9 M8 T+ G" j( y" z; I• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
% h" V. m0 c' A• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
9 Y0 b4 }: j7 `) z/ ~% X* @• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
# b- t; H' f1 Q  m; x7 n* M• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
- l( S, t" a  C" [! H: z" s) C2 i+ k• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
4 o$ c( ~! G( b4 @+ x7 Z: Q2 c• 不得转让 not negotiable
& r+ n9 ]8 W, m  I: g3 u• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
' y2 e7 x+ F$ V" p* y• 不感冒 have no interest
7 c. ]' V6 N/ O0 |6 t2 J• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
& z% @9 n& Q, v+ a! ^( g3 B" n3 e. D• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
: \0 C0 _& ]$ E) d0 ?" j% @• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
0 {% S7 U+ Y1 s, U2 i5 m: V7 k• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
- u+ ~4 o  \" z$ }! C4 a2 H• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
6 k! H* _2 Z/ `, h5 j4 o• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
/ [! p3 @6 N7 W) L' J' m2 s• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
4 T7 D& f3 r. S$ \! U• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
* t+ n- E$ i' G' M, i0 k• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
# [- Y5 Q' o2 q; _; T$ I8 t4 s• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
# |. J8 X5 h. C. J; m) {• 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

spark

You are great to write so many. thank you very much. I like.:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

SlimPig

这些词在国内很流行，这里用的比较少了。