Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
! C3 W2 ~2 i( v' g2 H6 \; Q; ]• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
$ k/ [3 [- P) y# D$ `• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
% z9 @; J, X5 I9 L# m& ~+ g! \• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
9 \! \  O) s: C# D6 u% w• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
( [9 J9 l  L0 _5 M) V1 j  {• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
; p3 e+ i7 ]' [• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
" X4 d# C/ ]2 C: `• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
* w. Q# D: R1 S% I4 n4 @• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
; W) n1 D1 k% u• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
" Z  }0 [, Y9 b/ }• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
. b* C& M  K1 V4 v7 O• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
# B/ z8 ?1 z/ i6 ^( k+ w/ g9 @; A• 安乐死 euthanasia
+ m! ~: R5 f) G! S1 V7 r• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
6 ]% i9 ~3 u$ }! K& f• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
, G6 ^6 t4 i! P) I, u' D/ W• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
& b: z* I* t, o" @• 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  
, Q( C/ F& |5 T: Y. u: E• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
0 v! B  h# Y) w7 X+ \/ N• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
" z  V' c$ {' S9 U• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
. W7 y6 y- I* P• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
) J5 N+ ~: [2 E, c: u• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 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  
- v# {! ?# \& A  R) n& z/ B• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
" ~- d, X. _& C8 P4 ^7 l: E8 {• 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  
• 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
6 q: B( @9 Q/ U' K/ N• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
, J, q6 V4 @, }5 l1 W1 S& W: x• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
: d+ }# M+ p9 o3 Y+ l! ?$ u" y• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
0 v; h3 n0 p7 R0 L6 V• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
8 G* Z$ x6 B  g! H% m0 A: {6 |8 T• 吧台 bar counter
$ m% G& ]0 `& d' d. N3 D• 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.
• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
7 U6 ?  X+ p: N( h- K/ G• 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
. u) v- h6 o1 m& [: ?( _# I0 d• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
; _% k& X9 G3 a. z• 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
1 z: P- @" s, F' K' [5 g• 白热化 white heat
  J8 D# E. z4 r6 p% J4 m8 d/ l• 白色农业 white agriculture
' v: ~: E; d/ @2 V) n! g7 E- L• 白色污染 white pollution
" X. F1 G' v. R) s/ K# B! z: s' W6 j• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
$ {1 O' U' P2 I% b& s1 H; r• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
: ?  s& t5 H/ I4 e( a# z+ ~3 I• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 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  
6 ?/ z2 Z$ E4 @; N; c• 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.)"  
: z# G7 u# O1 R* w- Q• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
, r% T0 c+ D& j( M9 t5 U• 白雪公主 Snow White  
2 {4 A1 a# I, R% {' e$ l7 x. p0 u• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
2 X6 ^/ D4 W5 q1 [% m• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
9 [# t, f) h, C• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
# ]9 B. K$ y, O2 u• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
. U" l! z, J4 F' w( [( z  z6 H2 O• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
: Y; [; D/ o0 m! m4 p% \: e• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
% a# Z. h, u1 i* }2 [2 A) Q• 版权法 copyright law
2 X) C. |- {2 o9 Z1 e) P• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
; l* m  o5 ?1 H' T• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
3 _/ D& ^; }- b• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
/ J8 {& e$ W7 X2 D/ D  A- y; K• 搬运工人 transport worker
$ g' b, I: M1 H) w3 B# E0 G• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
, a7 Q0 Q. u( k# z# t  B% }• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
+ A8 P& ]4 H& h3 o5 Z( c& P• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 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
• 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
/ P/ E  r' W; ?/ i• 保兑银行 confirming bank
" R; z, }5 h% f; q( o' t4 e; q" Q7 F  p• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
# a" c" m' p! k/ Q& o( X, j• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
' d/ }) Y4 s& h" V5 p& t6 p, a1 T• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
  g2 M7 B3 k, a# S* g* }6 ]包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
# K2 x- f* G# W$ @0 h) {# q• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
0 T; b8 c. s0 O• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 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
, x+ h/ s+ r3 ^• 保护主义 protectionism
& ?, @* N9 \# {7 W  V• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
# \$ x( ~) c( t4 q) ~• 报价单 quotation of prices
( S6 ?. P2 l/ ?$ C0 a( u0 Q• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
" A, h. {5 t* l8 h• 保健食品 health-care food  
/ Q4 o* L7 s/ X% e$ c% r3 l- v• 报界 the press
  d0 o' X/ W4 {+ P7 g' j; I  e• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
0 g1 J7 j* N$ ^# R2 L) a8 K* W• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
; w- }, p( K/ b. w- N# y$ f• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
- U+ x6 h; z$ z• 保释 on bail
& j' L4 U$ D$ \4 P• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
( ]6 ]) _- ]& q( X8 R  `• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
- C* K' ^' k9 J% e- Z/ V8 |• 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
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 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
5 E6 h+ {  {  @+ x: ?2 m# o• 保证金账户 margin account
% K$ i# t! y* R$ G6 e+ G• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
3 Y* k) }) z8 T; `• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
2 y6 z- V: y$ k. i& e• 包装精美 delicately packed
" ]% s) e; J9 J+ X/ S% _$ ^( I• 包装业 package industry
! q* G- a$ [# Z• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
3 A/ t$ \5 k& o3 L! z• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
/ w% A. B$ E+ I- s7 P5 x2 z• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
; R: r: ]5 F  ^0 Y• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
* N3 c" F  m+ p) l- A• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
5 e' l& d# G: s  ^• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
: k' l9 W' T. H& _; C• 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  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
6 O& |" B; I, b- E+ W, e• 保理业务 factoring business  
( E  {5 w& h4 `( W7 Z! p• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
, G1 [& s& f" w4 M. u2 y& d• 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
( J2 P' H8 i" L% E: m5 X- A• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
) o; [9 W/ p- ?5 X8 }# I1 A' `9 S9 M, i• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
& x: W3 s0 f$ `8 x' X2 ^• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
! T7 `: l1 b/ X* ]2 o( t, k• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
. t7 u/ }/ ~& y: s- @3 H• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 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
: t/ ]/ z9 |* F# l$ E• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
1 L2 }, a* t- h4 j) f' O7 B• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
5 B% A9 r2 N& m& z• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
- q5 E* j$ b  L8 C& _% D; T• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
$ k, Z  j3 {; V" f* Y, p! E% Y• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
# P' k( E/ I0 H8 x) p& ^• 比基尼 bikini
; Y, x! ]. W. j  k• 比较文学 comparative literature
$ r  h0 ?) W/ w$ V- T- w1 |" A• 比较经济学 comparative economics
- R* _. M& H; t$ c; g* q# v• 闭卷 closed-book exam
( G6 E9 W+ S7 P$ b; S. _+ P8 i• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
• 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”
, N2 O1 z4 a) C9 }" |% c4 }/ @• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
. O/ b: T& R; v& v8 q: R; G% y• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
; N$ w4 t, P6 k8 {+ G9 v• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
1 k9 [" q5 K6 I4 Z• 便当 brown bag
9 x+ e/ ?( r1 e) ?8 ~2 |• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
# s* [/ f4 s* C# l0 ^- E: q0 i• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
4 C5 _2 T- V7 A# o/ Z$ p* N/ X: C! A• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
! S* J; t" H$ U& E4 D% C' i3 H• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

OliveOil

• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
9 Z. D. T, i: F8 j+ d: a• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
1 o2 v2 j$ J# _0 R9 N% c3 q• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
4 C8 g/ L( W7 R0 g  R2 k• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
) [% Y9 \( W' p• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
6 W( [. B. F. ^( I0 y9 p- \• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
: \1 G! `# X3 {, G* f& }• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
5 \) @  ~' i- i% b1 y' a6 p• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
" r3 p! w( ^# a" M• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
" Y1 D1 H; W8 i- l• 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)
& H5 S3 m9 t- j• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
& x. K- v3 ~- r( N( l1 l  r3 D• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
• 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)
) C/ N% b4 j! Y9 [) z• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
7 _9 N: N( v3 N1 j. e+ ^• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
  H7 }) H% [: D7 w# c• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
0 F$ X5 X" `# h8 ]( c• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
5 U; g- y5 ^2 A3 D2 A; B• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
5 V0 a: h7 L) \• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
8 q# ]. o' l5 J6 ]• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
- h2 Y6 ^1 H: R) D• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
$ {5 a3 g, a9 @- [0 d0 J' P• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
  h2 X( v; w3 P8 I8 E• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
1 M( A( T5 h1 X. c" l! h• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
8 M5 N1 W! |3 D• 不得转让 not negotiable
- i/ p1 \  d! q5 ]" N1 u• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
5 H* ]' _, R( n5 S5 [' }  L* h• 不感冒 have no interest
; q& T4 o2 _* V% o* z• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
4 J2 P4 W: B' `) o0 h2 g8 l• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
: N/ ?9 B( r% j, L4 H• 不记名投票 secret ballot
7 B* R  C  {- B( H" m• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
  H/ G. z: t) b) i3 c+ l6 T3 l• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
6 }9 L. ?$ @* f+ |1 Y• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
! s  w9 I; T" J0 i7 u: U• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
+ h# @- m  d; K0 W) l• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
( ~5 F1 I( K/ i+ n• 不眠之夜 white night　
0 x  t% R, L9 ~& i. W• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 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
' q8 w/ K% W1 m9 G1 R, |6 B7 N• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
• 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。