Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
: \1 X, k2 l6 M• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
7 T2 u& @; Q6 ^0 v7 Y  \• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
- N- q; `  n! ~- M: A6 W+ D5 L5 d• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
) C+ y8 h' A; A( \• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
+ C  q4 {, r5 D1 b• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
( H1 l' a9 E. ~7 x" ^4 H4 E• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
2 h1 c3 i. q" \8 Y! ^  I8 o: a% h• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
0 T- m5 N6 g' y4 t2 s( q• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
* q9 q' C6 G8 j• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
9 @0 A: d0 ~& S% X1 v• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
  W- n: i8 w" N0 g9 G# o• 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
6 ~" u2 Z. A* I9 e5 ]• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 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
• 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
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
8 R% ?+ c) x9 J, G• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
7 _4 o0 L# I9 F! j! N• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
( d* c) y8 }2 e• 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  
9 V1 ]- r9 Y, j& Z8 @• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
8 c+ v, t5 f& ~8 [• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
( w# _& g) k8 S• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
' d* S- Y( V: l( }( d$ F• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
( c' B3 m' O' G# B• B超 type-B ultrasonic
4 K  y9 {) O% `1 f3 W' \: W5 l• 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
; f3 ]0 v# L. ?0 M• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
! ?* i% I9 T6 Z4 r( t0 A  w8 E/ t• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
4 A+ c! J( ^) ?& q, r• 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
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
& s2 F  F3 n2 Q; q" A• 吧台 bar counter
  r) w6 K- u, R) l( H5 [• 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
! \2 l1 P' Q: d# o9 s  }• 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
• 拜金主义 money worship
, Q+ @* A. ]' ^( W  h2 q• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
% j* ]% ~) ]6 c  ^* i: y1 d• 白领工人 white-collar worker
• 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。)
- |; _+ {9 t$ Z9 b1 D/ \0 {• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
: j7 k! b2 a" D7 o; @4 ]• 白热化 white heat
7 p( ~5 O% o5 R' ^• 白色农业 white agriculture
0 D5 O8 a, M5 f- B; C• 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
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
) y0 |3 K# p9 H" @8 Q, U& l; g  }• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
2 q) i8 E: ?5 ]# _3 u9 g; d5 Z6 D/ l- S2 c• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
% F, u% R7 r/ \; ]/ W$ C$ [• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
8 [! Y- q" p/ V0 M• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
4 H/ V( x+ n5 t! `. g; m* c- W• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
3 {+ P% I/ Q8 J, c' w• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
+ ~- Z+ T# k" C/ M• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
9 h/ a& G6 B/ N* S8 Y• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
  s4 p, h1 A9 ~• 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
3 n5 @3 _- j$ ^+ ]8 b1 u; i• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
1 {! X- @* B% h0 C8 ^• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
, V- |4 y/ r. ^' s- h& K• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
- i6 }/ T) I8 U4 _• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
3 |' G( t# e7 u& V* f! d• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
& E( j# _' s+ H! s9 Z7 e• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
& I9 M0 _) J; J5 w; j• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
4 z/ d- E) z# P• 伴生矿 associated minerals
* R% Q7 T( M; k• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
1 O, j# ^) _2 ~' M0 H• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
5 t3 Y% c( f% @1 F5 R3 D4 b• 搬运工人 transport worker
& `# j0 j& t2 O) S. {: g• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
4 O: ~2 {1 q. P; g) {5 s• 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  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
% u& U; j0 Y/ k; [• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
( N% e3 k  g/ z• 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
9 b+ C' L7 W. h% [$ W• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
% |' |/ Z8 ~. w1 X1 k. e• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
# c7 J7 C+ V, P: d- |1 l4 k• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
) z0 c. Y/ K; b  w• 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
4 V0 x/ K5 r" `- S0 N) N3 K• 曝光 make public; expose
( Y( j4 S3 h( G0 i- i. R• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
" w' m/ e2 B6 j- v) x• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
% T; Z  ^* Q) V( L! O# C! ]• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 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
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
1 D/ [4 \0 y% V• 保龄球 bowling
) K+ L& Q, Y7 [/ W9 |% S6 f3 e& C' l• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
8 ]0 Q+ e1 Y/ [• 保释 on bail
• 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
8 ~$ T. M( Q7 X. ?0 Y2 m• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
+ l/ ?' j6 j/ g# s, X• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
$ o  n. [% Q7 e/ c5 D• 报销 apply for reimbursement
' i# D0 I, v; x) i# b7 O3 y6 M• 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
6 \$ f6 l" J7 g3 }• 保证金账户 margin account
& H1 L8 b% T; A8 y* i& b& p9 K+ q  C• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
4 K9 R$ m5 T5 ^; i! [' d• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
" R' L7 G2 s6 x; P/ h2 |• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
  z7 r: b% P0 u) E% E• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
6 ]1 G3 R, H5 Y  s. h• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
5 p/ Z) J. M7 v6 e• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
: k1 w1 L0 p5 W; C/ d' a• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
) X, W7 Y0 a% R" m) X1 n• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
0 d& |5 w" K5 {( m• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
% ^6 m' \( ?3 h9 A" @# k• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
. A4 d4 N4 h0 M$ l  i. b8 Z1 ~• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
) Y  p' U% j  y  [" x* x. l& G: M8 \; r7 {• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
7 w) y5 [, s1 M5 M8 o• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
5 ^9 a! O) Y. Y• 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  
7 v9 r( J* r" H1 |2 z" i) Q• 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  
• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
0 B+ q$ w9 U$ O3 G; u# w" q& r! h) F• 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.  
) T( [! @7 h  y6 B0 G) j• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
4 U% Y. L' N4 ^' h$ J& L• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
1 I- X! |0 U% L% L7 ^8 x! Z$ d• 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  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
9 t, R' ^6 c/ v2 y  w• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
- j" Y5 R0 _# a/ l5 i! y• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
4 r+ T# r0 a& p• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
3 c3 k, I  h; h- a, J• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
1 N, I4 G$ h2 T$ p: ]• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
" r1 K3 e4 y6 O7 c$ _# Z$ h% n0 Z1 I• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
/ ]8 k& ^7 M% E- p3 x/ H• 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”
/ o' i' z/ f3 u* J7 m) Y• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
/ g5 F  G" x  F• 避税 tax avoidance
+ {  S* Q5 f$ ?2 Y2 D7 Y% q8 @' y• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
' F, q) Q& }5 r, X• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
* ?; Z; m0 D1 x1 X" l! F8 d0 n• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
6 S  d) e8 t9 V• 边远地区 remote and border areas
4 d( X4 q8 z) ^% K4 r4 t• 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)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
4 _3 ^) x, ~/ @5 m/ K9 @  a• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
: D7 q! m* r3 s: ]6 E0 E, \• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
1 m2 ^8 d  K+ L• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
3 n/ n+ X+ }! M1 I$ F% h• 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
" z! v! \4 t$ b. k5 G/ B9 u% u• 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
• 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  
• 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
' ^+ [3 q) u+ P9 [$ P. M• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
' b% b$ i' v- H/ r• 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
) P0 Y1 A' @8 x3 a) s, h• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
. X3 d, g* I1 H: P  s• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
; S+ ]8 d/ Q' R3 D  e5 D& H9 J• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
3 q/ W8 m, v! a/ `! p! C• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
. i8 Z" M: Z5 m, T: p7 X• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
% g4 ?/ h# O) k7 Q• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
0 g' F) w/ q3 A3 {# ]• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 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.  
• 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
( o, s- `( J; m• 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
8 ]; [0 e* E$ `' ~; E' c" U• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
$ D: i* F% g) g2 i/ o/ m• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
0 ?  Z. v7 q: w7 e5 Z% ~. N• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
# ]3 _5 w$ W) K9 [& H: D: N• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
, y( E$ T, N. m& `• 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  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
# O+ ~- P9 R! t$ S, Q: e; Q- H• 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
3 I8 ^8 j1 U' r- i. L' o% H' b  N; c1 V• 步行街 pedestrian street  
& G) ~# H7 g2 l' S( Z• 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。