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  
3 ?7 Y+ c5 P/ F( s3 a• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
3 D$ z7 D2 Z' o5 W. X• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
" T0 y* y5 Y1 t/ m" G0 R5 h• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
# d! Z" g% j! y0 r) i! W- [3 h• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
* S" u! D$ r4 O• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
7 [; v. r* P4 g% F. i9 `2 s; T• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
* W+ z! s& H8 l: y' w. ~  f( o( u• 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
/ ?2 \; _' m4 u) B& a3 d# W• 安全岛 safety strip
% L( E  ]1 C5 U* w• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
  Y3 ]. X) p! P• 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
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
  m# B0 b' I( O' c$ Q- t• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
% {* y/ h3 N4 I1 E) c• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
+ p* z$ X& Q9 J3 o• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
8 ^& B/ a. e% o; L; V% c• 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  
* h% x" S' I6 V& ^; ]' E$ `• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
2 Z$ a& R. D9 a& ~• 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
• 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
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
( {# R- w3 x# N+ F* i• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
+ _5 }& p5 r' [5 C. C5 R• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
9 I- u" ]9 ~) x, G9 Q0 e9 C; l! M1 J• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
! |$ q5 W9 K/ m& `" A3 o; E6 [• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
" B5 d4 N7 [/ B: a0 u• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
8 I/ h& _  m' Z/ m8 ^$ b• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
4 I8 I0 N2 Z0 f# j( G• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
7 K% h3 _7 V. U* h• 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
8 ?2 \: K$ w: z) l" R• 拜金主义 money worship
/ K! _  C$ h2 y3 F# C$ e• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
8 n9 ^! S) z! q: \• 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。)
* |( D2 z' g7 c( h/ K7 e• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
! O% ~$ M6 Y4 @7 t$ U0 r• 百年老店 century-old shop
$ E6 g  K8 ?: [' X% F' S" r; K• 白皮书 white paper
! ]* F4 k' u1 B' i: q5 ]• 白热化 white heat
! B6 u4 h: _- `$ `9 K• 白色农业 white agriculture
# x% P, H. Y/ ~, s• 白色污染 white pollution
% ?7 f/ x# G/ j! E; R/ ]; ^• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
) c: Y" b% r" k4 C• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
9 t* ?" n1 h; y( O. [" `• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
' ~# u+ R4 h1 D; A5 r; A: E• 摆架子 put on airs  
# Z) m. H1 D& x+ K0 z8 v8 {• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
" p) r" O. X; a% g2 {/ q  R8 a• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
2 i& ]  e* h8 d• 白色行情表 white sheet  
& a" E2 A- J/ S  _8 P* Q7 b  B% E• 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  
6 N: W7 D( d0 J0 z' Q! m• 白雪公主 Snow White  
% Q# O( q$ H! T% c& m• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
6 H/ @; t4 u9 x• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
" z  s. A* T- ^: Y• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
3 k( r' y7 x  C4 ~* v• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 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
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
; E7 C1 Q) Z8 B4 u6 N# z% q• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
: q- m! f7 Z3 F- e+ z) B• 斑马线 zebra crossing
  l, M* E+ ]1 [+ D! A0 O% a• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
( M3 e& u9 s. K+ g• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
( [( g9 U5 D7 A/ m& w• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
) `, Q; L5 }4 a2 x5 i2 ^7 |• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
/ T9 L+ G; q/ A• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
( _- ]3 q' o8 B$ Z. S• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
2 Z1 p' m/ l7 s' M3 F% y• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
( t# A3 _! \0 M4 Y+ s• 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
• 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)
4 o$ I/ y$ F$ ^! i8 W9 `• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
+ j$ M; P3 ^- a7 T• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
/ k$ h6 F$ D) W6 a$ D. J• 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
1 X6 s; _& A5 K4 T• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
7 H/ A: `' z' X* K( `" d/ x• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
3 s, _" E4 }. B, M; a• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
9 R5 }0 ~$ z8 C( ]% O1 [• 报价单 quotation of prices
9 L1 v  Q- O  s$ \- n5 }• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
! e& D- F6 ~- l: J• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
6 f1 R, m3 F5 j+ B5 y• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
7 _' g5 j7 j; m3 I/ ^6 _9 R% r• 保龄球 bowling
6 C# F( l5 r. y" r( `• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
) y9 d7 [/ \9 s# T0 P4 V. _+ F' M4 d• 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
4 u6 A$ a4 ]( G9 q* g2 f• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
( ~' }7 Y* O: B• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
) \8 f; ]' N" [% B4 v7 p• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
, K- ]3 B! M" N6 n2 ]• 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
6 I( S" D& p7 B) H6 p  ~• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
% V( \. ^3 P  t' E• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
! w8 G+ }) p+ M, N9 L, z- s• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
. X3 Z, P  t" b) A8 S" t- E1 o• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
7 U; e5 L. O) c- v• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
. B( X, G+ F6 f% D8 ?( R• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
' E6 a7 {+ t  Y) x$ i! W• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
: I' b2 R4 y% r4 P: q• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
5 `- ^% B/ s5 G: t! \5 p! x5 ^• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
4 f( t& q4 [( _& p+ {& M• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
9 J) T6 v4 r( F1 z• 保险费 insurance premium
0 \+ f" w4 }$ V% k- ]  x. v• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
% ?. _- `$ U5 x6 Z/ l5 i• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
6 k! S6 z& j- G2 S) A6 w  W• 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
• 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
• 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  
* d' C* B5 b( y+ D- e+ v6 Y• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
4 Q/ u' |4 I, W2 Z8 }2 Z• 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
7 Z! y  r7 I/ j# ?2 o6 H• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
# U! B( x/ H& R• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
# g1 v% @/ j7 [4 S• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
$ ~- \; {1 F5 f. Z$ n' H1 i• 本票 cashier's cheque
/ x3 G8 ?2 r* U9 y  x$ u1 p9 s. ?• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
1 |" Y/ F4 l7 k• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
0 j" G9 \8 r* I2 R5 R/ h7 X: z• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
$ k  i9 Q, x0 J) E) p( V7 ?- \• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
. M9 U" T0 _3 p1 e  i" I• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
$ U2 l8 ]% V. x: v1 W5 b0 P- {8 I• 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”
4 ]0 m! H  I: O/ m2 @: ~• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
  I% p* [* T9 m• 毕业设计 graduation design
% V, ^$ P: M9 C9 P• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
& ]+ l- G7 `2 y% q: V! X7 h& X• 便当 brown bag
& \' d2 i7 T' m3 Q0 J7 W+ _• 边防证 fronter pass
4 i* X3 @; s7 T: n' p9 W0 R/ F• 边际效益 marginal benefit
" V+ X5 U; k) o1 p/ ~• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
* i+ ]7 f! u; m9 A9 I1 o• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
) M/ `9 C* L4 u• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
, D; H7 |1 u. a% g• 边远地区 remote and border areas
• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
4 ]- V9 m& |$ u: P7 x• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
5 r; J7 G- [5 o6 n• 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
5 M1 d6 e8 O! j0 Q• 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
3 r  Q/ J: T" G7 |# m, T! a2 `• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
# B0 p- ^. U0 c1 i- P! {9 ~• 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
& N" H) P- f2 g6 d5 x, f1 t• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
, O  m: u2 u% |- {3 e• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 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  
4 R) H& Z2 b$ n! [5 _, v# {& [7 _• 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
• 博士后 post-doctoral
3 E% F! {3 v; H* g• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
; @- K2 ^6 C, o+ a! m/ Z) k& p$ U& X• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
) y0 W% d# I% T& t: h" L3 p• BP 机 beeper, pager
" U# e) w5 N) G( f• B to B (B2B) business to business  
% b3 q3 K+ l) u2 S  L9 D" ~• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
( n, [6 \! t2 w• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 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  
3 K3 B4 N8 z  g8 g, T• 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. "  
4 w5 ]& y$ y1 U; @8 _, b& H! T8 M• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
7 t; N# a7 J2 u1 h! w• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
+ W$ [. ~. p4 p9 X2 g( |6 J• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
* R8 T6 S2 G; H; z7 ?  ]• 不感冒 have no interest
9 G  D; x$ f8 i0 Z: ~• 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
$ W/ N6 Z% B" s) c6 W3 T• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
1 Q* U* u  A% E8 m! l• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
; v1 [  f0 i6 h$ h• 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  
" B( l) l* g0 G) L$ L  U• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
2 A2 x6 K5 U- y" S; t4 I• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
6 h0 V2 z, N) `8 m• 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  
0 ^% a3 i+ c0 M• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
- o; t9 V. {5 N$ P' H4 @! q• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
2 i$ V+ U6 w$ q6 N• 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

spark

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SlimPig

这些词在国内很流行，这里用的比较少了。