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  
• A股市场 A share market  
+ b* y7 F8 i! A• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
; R) B# P. U* t& ^% o( \( ^• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
  T) u/ G7 `7 d4 r• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
4 u. R$ j# M7 B  K% P• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
, S, W1 }! O; v! a  D• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
4 q8 O" u$ ^' R9 q3 L% m6 E- A7 V• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
% w; y0 N, [! R! {2 a0 o: o• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
• 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
, x+ `( m6 l1 t. J6 p% i  ]- G# ]• 安家费 settling-in allowance
0 V# S* a9 _4 ^- s' W* `• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
: f/ Y. \! s) i4 H• 安理会 Security Council
; S. }( u' J% w• 安全岛 safety strip
2 [& P+ ~  K8 }7 C* o, E• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
# Y0 {! |2 D# c& A& {• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
5 Q+ s1 S3 }" q* U4 f• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
8 G' e2 `9 i' n" \9 W+ u- s• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
7 W- |* c; P" h  m" i+ s• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
  W6 G, q8 z2 H4 U8 Z• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
( I( I" N7 g0 Q+ ~8 R# J5 n• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
" Z: Z6 g0 W# x8 B7 [• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
) s- T- X1 k5 J- r5 m3 ^# b• 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  
# ]' M! R- I+ C) \• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
) `- V0 u3 y* g2 m• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
2 H) p2 R0 N7 |# s" J• 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.)
6 U1 @9 E. s+ Y& v7 l! o  l# C! U• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
. B; Q# _" e% G* W8 F; I& F9 v• 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  
% p6 w2 c! ?. O  H. [9 R* P4 W• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
" W2 {, r& I- V5 W' e• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
; S6 C7 O; x) ?  b  z2 A• 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.
3 j9 A: i2 T3 O) @5 E' v, O• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 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
5 k9 ]; M9 ~5 i$ {9 |0 w+ A% m• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
+ j" s/ x, _; l/ }% 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
• 白皮书 white paper
; E/ M# o4 b. @2 N) _( B1 Q; x  t• 白热化 white heat
• 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.
$ W: {; M$ v2 ~) E• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
1 \2 Y5 {' y" i• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
) O* B3 I4 l: r9 l• 摆架子 put on airs  
+ @7 p  |& t. R2 c1 o' o• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
8 O( F1 {; _9 P. ?; ?• 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  
• 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  
! ]. `5 {( \; a2 \$ E0 i- Z• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
3 o, B1 |) Z: P& Q; l- \6 e5 I• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
  p6 k  |5 m  }" h7 _0 a• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
& k3 |+ n' A( J9 J$ t9 I. @5 Y  l• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
6 |/ \' u3 V/ L; G& u( u• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
& E: A* _( _  k/ D0 h• 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
6 r/ n8 V7 }5 f• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
$ t# s6 ?! M6 l• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
+ u. K! |" f' t3 h. Q( `• 版权法 copyright law
) O$ W# D' j  ]* e! K• 版权贸易 copyright business
) x% K) o+ {, P* \! e- O• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
& `0 O9 k; y7 p# n( a• 版税率 royalty rate
• 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  
• 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  
' Y1 N$ [7 l  o" d8 R• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
! C5 H; L7 h, U. W• 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)
• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
# Q7 v; o, B/ X8 c' U/ u5 T• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
0 ^* }3 G2 I7 L# N• 包干到户 work contracted to household
4 }, ]' R# k% w9 u1 `% H4 ^• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
8 n- @+ o: `' _, Q- t0 A; R2 }包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
& O" _9 ~' W& L! x8 q• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
" h1 U+ H7 a$ p! Y" |% P- u* _5 x• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
% ~: Y' I5 C: U• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
5 q: E4 ~8 \" x• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
  P3 b; ^; G4 ~5 D2 j6 S( W# s• 报价单 quotation of prices
: D3 w& h0 U; M5 `; [• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
0 x: }2 y. G1 S- O: Z& C• 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  
% f" y4 c  l" z• 报界 the press
2 C1 B9 G/ y; V- x- v7 o9 v" Z• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
1 e8 x6 k+ Z, A7 @+ q6 A• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
* B- {0 z, S" d/ j$ A% l• 保释 on bail
$ ?' g, V: q! ~! p# C, K• 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
+ |1 M8 ]  p% T6 O% y) l• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
! c- g7 z8 F1 D7 R• 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
4 D% n7 P+ J; i( T• 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
• 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
5 c, t; ^0 ~. C8 \- s) R: u6 M% r• 包装业 package industry
# F# j$ M2 M$ G4 H• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
: @1 ?3 r) p' W4 p# P6 J• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
6 W; {. D$ S4 H  ]7 z• 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  
" L+ f& ~8 l" N• 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  
0 B2 A* s9 O8 ]- z• 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
9 ?+ C5 ]' @5 R: V' Y0 `5 n/ R• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
; d# S1 P$ d  g6 C3 J• 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
• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
' q7 J5 i5 C  O2 v! D4 H) g9 V• 保证金 margins, collateral  
2 `% h4 c' X! c• 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  
* C/ n6 {' l( ?) k7 v. ?* `• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
7 P8 m7 f. i/ x• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
4 G# c* J, B- N• 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)  
2 @9 p1 l1 J; M5 n$ T# Y$ h0 L• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
: H, H; v6 @9 V( V• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
& |$ }& k: L8 D; v• 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  
7 J9 K. z7 O% B5 a& \  \• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
5 f- u6 S& l- y. L' l: u! G& N" s• 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  
# g$ h5 R' C6 M9 X* }' a• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
; [' Q. t' c* ^2 G# k" c! p, ]• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
2 h( B& G, q8 {3 Y% Z8 m' Y! ~5 v• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
* `: ^% h' b  m5 o0 A. s' o• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
  I/ O. E6 }: U2 z' P• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
; h7 @  m, [! a• 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”
- {1 ]$ ?: X/ u: f% s* k; j" I• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
4 P6 ^# J* m- [, |1 M' n" D  e• 避税 tax avoidance
• 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
, h% I- }" t6 D8 p" v- E- L- Q• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
. ]& W5 f- p8 l1 C; R• 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
( ]4 o7 M: F- r* ~1 p• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
% K" [, {* z  n: x- X; w5 s  V• 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
5 j+ ?6 T8 \7 n% F• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
8 `* m1 n6 ^" d. Q, Z" a" r' O• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
) g4 \% R* o' R0 t  r4 J! d, z• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
: X2 ]% _; \, j: D* j# v' w• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
" [4 e; _+ S- `0 t3 W• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
5 W& W. h' V4 l5 Y: s/ f* [& ~• 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
: t2 X) }5 o' C" |• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
) N/ ~$ X+ N8 q• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
/ w/ P. J" |6 P; t% B7 U2 L+ j: I• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
* C7 _7 q  g6 m• 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
$ X; h8 g3 Q  Z/ H2 {1 |$ v. v; D• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
! M. t$ c3 S7 A3 p6 I, e9 O& K• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
  @; x. a! ~( r- c• 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)
" M* D6 M. ^5 u% M) `5 i0 v• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
4 l6 T, R) o- a& J0 ]• 博士后 post-doctoral
  `' S/ `& K( m• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
& B0 c5 H, |$ \" W% t* D• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
2 J4 i( G" h1 C1 }* M  N( g• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
- @2 J, P5 E& s% k& }• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
2 [: h* ~$ |" s  X3 e• BP 机 beeper, pager
! n' k$ Z/ W6 ~2 x/ u! [* h& q4 J  ~/ q• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
3 U# h% T! _/ [0 o$ ^• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
5 R# P/ y0 ^5 R/ g! M/ f• 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  
! j$ k  t. e; [6 l0 [8 ]. [# I/ d9 W• 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. "  
0 p! C8 Z3 C# Z7 R$ 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.  
' k5 b* U$ ~9 N+ r• 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
  z0 }5 h5 i* Y' D• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
+ ^" \7 `  U  t/ n• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
) N5 U! |/ s( `5 A  D) ^$ q• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
3 Q$ w' h# U9 \+ @• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
3 c/ a4 l6 i6 ~# Z2 G  X• 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  
5 U$ }, @! e, T/ q( ^5 c• 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)
/ t3 i5 c, V( o4 Z! F5 v! X; N% N• 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.  
' H$ K, j' k7 K  b: {• 不速之客 gate-crasher
  H/ q6 T) R- Z# u( @' d+ N5 F• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
& I5 u* R0 u( D* `  S9 j& I$ E• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 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。