Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
  j3 H9 A- Q- ?; i0 P• A股市场 A share market  
# y2 ^. f8 V- X- |6 b- s, f• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
- t* z) w+ P$ L8 P• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
: L( I! x3 \; s• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
" U% s- _8 d) M" ^3 D' r, s• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
; I8 {. [! U2 y• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
5 [% Z, W- B) g' Q• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
9 d' b7 w5 b& x: ]  l• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
• 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
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
8 n+ f% i+ Y* z! E& I  t, v" @+ M7 h• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
9 R  {7 m- l! X9 o• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
3 g  T6 p9 E4 _; s9 M! }2 r4 k/ H• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
0 k. y! ^& m8 p5 s5 L$ `5 O+ h• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
9 E6 ^" ^7 o  l% ^1 g• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
$ k) r" ^3 n, G. @: _, ~# J: H; 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
, o: {+ T. c, J5 y• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
8 C% ~6 |$ m; c• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
• 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  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
7 ?& S% l9 M" N• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
# H; h/ Y& a9 ~: R) ^• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
9 c( P1 b: P+ k  s8 |• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
# R4 I2 r1 m0 t6 u* L: y! n: Z• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
" H# p0 S$ M6 @) h• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
5 {0 w) H- D9 j" V• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
2 J- g9 l$ f0 L1 t: t% N1 N• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
% f  |5 ], X; H• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
6 n2 r8 |. ~/ Q; N• 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
* R4 S( F" K. b9 p& O: q" E• 拜金主义 money worship
. _; \4 C8 y3 J7 k• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
1 B5 K0 _  H* m. j• 白领工人 white-collar worker
& u& c; H1 U$ [' M" a' V7 Q- H• 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
, ~$ M7 F* A. N- A5 V• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
/ k% n" L6 f7 }! t, H# f• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
, A' e, f- |- j• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
1 ?* Q( g/ N  F* [  I/ r7 U' n• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
8 a) M7 ]3 e8 z" J$ X1 D• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
  {6 e4 r/ s& W% _" y; d$ Z• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
$ \. |- u; Q: P: [" {% w• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
! F- D' Q. w. R• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
* y& q, P+ t' t. J. P1 `" {/ P7 U# \• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
) M+ h* o" d) q" o7 I/ \: `• 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  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
. r+ n3 Z- `0 z7 |• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
2 g7 H% S0 n1 U9 M• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
" ]# V9 E" z* t• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
% }% n% c2 N4 M; s3 r. P- ]. r, \• 伴宴人员 escort  
4 j8 w6 Q6 H5 ]: B+ }7 j• 搬运工人 transport worker
& c: ?0 o% w5 H3 T3 W/ C• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
/ M5 W6 `4 {! J+ M, x% |• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
+ @5 x) {/ R' V1 r1 d• 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
1 d! U6 ]$ C, J7 T' ^2 z• 保兑银行 confirming bank
• 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
  b. [3 c$ T: |3 v( t• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
! k# {4 r" N0 l2 {; N• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 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
- J! x: C1 c* d' w$ @' H8 w• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
% L; l# Z+ N* X/ X/ v• 报价单 quotation of prices
+ O6 G4 I. ?- s& N; v• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
: ^  Q) c: G5 t& y) l• 保健操 health exercises
8 V; f* f1 h( ^3 |5 `• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
! R7 Q; e  ~( x; p% d• 保健食品 health-care food  
0 c- ?8 b6 A7 t/ U• 报界 the press
. J0 N; m$ R) d$ R* Q4 o2 M• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
' {5 r: q% @) j* J  i9 U• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
7 T+ D( m- _# S$ |+ \• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
1 ^( `' y8 B/ s0 L- O• 保释 on bail
+ D$ a# u; f5 }& {$ y: ?: _• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
• 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
0 S" B4 G2 O8 ?( ~5 P$ {! s- a% C• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
' R0 {9 I2 Z1 h7 i% R  K3 j6 L8 W• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
3 @# L3 m2 B( ~% [+ \• 包装业 package industry
% X6 q; F" g: I% F- W1 {1 y• 保安员 security staff
$ j" E; y& T. k4 k  K2 Z) w) X* {• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
- b$ {0 u( `' V8 V• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
2 N" \- f; u, ~3 b6 a. E0 \) c• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
) a/ f2 ?4 F# g• 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  
' S& t+ N' r$ O! q3 N. u• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
3 S0 P1 O0 ?- f; t, z. ]# w: E: k• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
# {- f4 g$ `- x! R+ ?• 保险费 insurance premium
- a8 v$ |# g( o; [- g3 D" F• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
- h! p  L/ k* a) `• 保险索赔 insurance claim
, I- t+ q/ E, M4 }• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
$ }! Z/ k1 W( }+ o* A• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
  l' B6 U$ q" M2 D• 保证金 margins, collateral  
/ y5 C; R5 ~  y; K* y4 |' y• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
- t# @; i, q% B' |• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
; g8 l" y0 r& \• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
2 l+ [* U9 {  b/ {( D* k; I1 ^% p• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
3 [  @% X1 }' B+ U( e" Y# h• 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
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
3 Y+ d+ M. M. f0 {1 P- T• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
9 N/ U$ ~. K" d* b* p• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
) D1 J& {% a" d- q6 X3 K• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
# G* m$ j  \5 o/ A• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
0 o0 C0 d# j! N% \3 V• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
( c9 x# k* L" o, z9 \5 s1 O( u• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
" [& J' u3 ?5 W4 ]( K6 M7 Q0 f5 z/ R3 I• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
0 i) J3 t& S. M( A% W9 ?• 比较文学 comparative literature
6 e/ y/ l7 z* \" q• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
% P# d( |. ?1 O1 S• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
2 m3 r" k$ i, ?• 边际效益 marginal benefit
* [1 S" p0 D8 h) ?: ~• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
$ O% ~) ^0 t, F3 b, _• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
  T' z. ~5 E' z" v, g• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
" e' I4 o8 c9 p2 ]2 S4 @• 边远地区 remote and border areas
: @! G( s% S9 v4 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
9 `& b0 [; E7 u; ?6 A• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
- r" `0 y% x8 w' h: O; R• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
: Z; B+ v% c" x) j  q. t• 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
. }+ C7 a4 I3 u• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
, T  t8 F. i, v* }& j• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 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
• 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
6 m7 v  q2 t/ d6 t• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
! ~4 z* L4 X# d/ v, [& s• 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  
- ^% s/ [" a: |4 s• 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
% B5 B6 o2 ?" l0 _& i6 u• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
; d, ?9 u: K  M• 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
4 O8 T7 O3 |7 S: P• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
6 x0 a3 z$ q$ a% Q9 A: }• B to B (B2B) business to business  
9 e0 ?' m7 W5 f• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
* n; S* O. A! `: }& R1 j# e2 @• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
* C0 _& }' U/ g• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
- N) J$ A& B% @) D• 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
* Z. ?+ Q  w2 i+ I( K. e" T3 Y/ _6 y• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
7 I! H1 k4 C5 ~6 _• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
+ E. l3 ?. x6 x! {• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
. T: E' p! C- t/ V8 m* \+ i• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
! |4 w& I$ D, l• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
" ]- a: f& z$ d9 |2 n• 不记名投票 secret ballot
4 r6 k; o! J* Q: g5 d% S7 `! ^2 i• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
  c  D+ x- F2 }! T; F• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
0 P. |, I; H3 E3 E• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
0 T: d" l/ t2 z# ]6 v' p, m1 J3 ?• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
, m3 Z" A, U! B# p4 N• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
8 e2 J, A" Z0 R5 @7 z# Z- k/ @• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
- L" a1 U6 @6 Y% ~• 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.  
' O% j$ N# u4 V1 |+ T3 R) k7 p* }' V• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
) p$ |  f2 o& z/ T" p/ c• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
* Z% n1 h" P" F1 e  r5 m• 步行街 pedestrian street  
0 K! Z  x1 T! N) f6 t• 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。