Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
0 V5 z2 i" l1 K: M9 U7 X) F) |! J• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
" f9 I" c; _% T9 e. }# m• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
4 |) Y+ n  k0 D& E: {# p2 ~• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
' t1 _  A* S. t+ ~• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
- l" D; x3 N1 J6 ?• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
$ M1 u6 V9 b. u  [" w% b• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
, X5 H& K" r" P6 n• 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)  
3 `! d& V* o6 d9 a/ z: y4 C• 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
% l) I  q+ v/ |9 J( X& v• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
7 C: N0 w+ j) V6 a2 S! J• 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
: u. ]* v6 Q  K% J0 O: h- [* O• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
9 N, p+ r8 [/ V$ v% ]0 X% E1 b• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
4 L, N- B8 p) E  W4 R2 `• 暗箱操作 black case work
( S/ o  o" i8 L% [  C• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
# ]  M- s3 o. a# H• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
* k. s' V+ P0 k1 J' f# U6 O% r" |• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
7 N" t* p7 O! N" R! ~; X( @• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
- u! {7 X( V9 V• 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  
! ^" E8 w1 L+ B' t• 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  
/ Z$ F9 R* a! @* l• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
" Y* q6 Y; U9 s• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
3 Q* Q) `2 s1 z: a• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
2 V- a5 N/ u& z- D. O• 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
. k; g7 t3 j; V, s; W- M  p• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
+ J* b* S0 O, R  k' N) n- a6 u7 q; n9 t• 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  
  P7 p7 O3 H5 H9 R7 t' j. x• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
; z6 g. T! |! }. W& i• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 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
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
: m! O: b/ s6 e# J• 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
4 c( _" H1 @/ c' D! n• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
$ q* ?7 r- B( r8 W7 ]• 白领工人 white-collar worker
3 C& Z* o$ u7 g5 L8 P• 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
• 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
7 ?4 I9 V9 @4 y) M• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
: o9 @- ?8 b  v  \& ~• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
4 d2 m/ H7 j+ v& H1 }• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
, {1 T7 t" f1 \9 w$ _  ?" _• 摆架子 put on airs  
' c% a! l4 }$ v3 f6 v7 ]! M• 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  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
. y  H+ ^8 M2 w+ P  i, H4 u• 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  
2 p4 ?. V5 M- W' C# b, s• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
; G+ }1 g% I" ^/ V& ?, v• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
- q4 s& Y$ a3 m+ k; D; B• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
+ z& m* J; R. G! P6 t" _, |! Z% @• 半决赛 semifinal
: |& u! `7 D/ Y0 S4 o/ n3 e3 B# Z• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
. k: A4 b) q1 G• 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
• 版权法 copyright law
$ p$ `. L' ^6 s3 ^• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
2 T+ J1 g) s5 u& z7 J/ Z• 伴生矿 associated minerals
& V1 B2 l4 P% z  g) F• 版税率 royalty rate
% ~: A0 ]/ _2 A- m. t  `, ~• 半托 day care (for kids)  
" K) K$ N$ ~) @  O• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
2 P: v( ^6 h$ f, ?1 O1 H• 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  
6 G) O3 u( s1 C' J0 c. D% W0 L" @• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
( o$ u/ G) H5 }7 @1 T, c• 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
* w1 d7 v" ~" \• 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)
8 s% G% S+ U. v+ v. U• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
7 r; Y% i% s8 q1 p& }% ~) q. ]• 包干到户 work contracted to household
& E; E- v' l8 S0 w0 |• 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
' s3 o) S, E# g' L+ K• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
! E2 h, W5 }5 |1 x% L$ v• 保护价格 protective price
$ D- C) c, ~2 {# ^+ B5 w0 K5 M' [• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
! L& _! z- {! E2 o& X* A• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
5 B  J/ B: s2 D& V1 z• 保护主义 protectionism
9 k! f# r$ K& O• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
- M7 O+ _9 ^0 ?, Y• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
% d0 @% l' s! P% o  C9 d4 W• 保健操 health exercises
+ D1 L2 o( G- p: A• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
* F' x( v# N/ I# V8 `; v• 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
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
1 U2 o9 r) e' x2 s1 B  L: o• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
# J. v. K+ s+ r' {. w# V• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
& E0 m5 d- Z1 A( a• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
  v9 h+ k( P' l# e) l" ~3 g• 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
8 {! P# j% J% Y7 z- h( B- O8 d2 U• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
1 [7 I* |3 G8 V3 h2 L* o4 s• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
) N$ ]" z, q/ |# S• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
0 Y  ?2 N* T" }7 |( x6 `) O• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
7 U0 B# @2 d5 {/ Q! u; S• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
. m- g3 R+ H+ Q% D  z• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
3 J5 O: q# t0 C! G" j" `( G0 l6 n9 W* r• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
% `# R' E( N6 I$ @• 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  
9 j  Z, X5 T4 T6 Z9 Z• 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  
2 S# `2 P, R  @8 b7 \3 y• 报关员 declarant  
' x2 S  {  J# `3 \) e. [4 E8 a; d• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
# k, I; C" ]6 e7 G1 o9 N• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
, O5 C0 Y  H/ T( o% ~4 z1 d• 保理业务 factoring business  
  W! u/ c3 k0 X# N• 保险费 insurance premium
- ?+ F, G9 M- F5 _* B" |• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
" H2 i% Z* }9 [7 z2 ?* Y: U9 |4 u: G• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
, I! a, P1 j* K. M• 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
% S; x) r4 }! o$ t& D• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
3 q# J: Z9 a# R9 D• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
' Q" I( ?$ A  W- K• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
' s* Q7 @0 l9 {$ K• 备件 spare parts  
( _' n" V% e1 E% y0 ]• 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)  
• 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.  
- _% \5 h/ a" D• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
" D8 R- F0 _1 s+ k7 z• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
: X8 J6 N+ c, C5 W( K; M• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
5 u8 N4 w1 O' M: l& q+ K% p! X9 R0 C* _• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
2 C2 }$ |& W7 g8 w4 o• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
# ^: c, M2 G3 ?4 O, f• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
+ D4 \% j: H) o& A. F; s• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
9 I  X8 U4 a4 S, P• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
3 R! h$ g! r2 M2 `+ K• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
2 Y9 B& ~/ n' v/ b* Z+ N• 比较经济学 comparative economics
% S2 r: s" Q' K$ F• 闭卷 closed-book exam
% m  G$ r2 N, P: D• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
  j/ b1 a% F$ ^8 Z2 @• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
2 U# X& e/ g& {9 _' u) E• 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  
" K' D, a5 v# I. N; `• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
  ]) N/ l+ A, Q' l2 n• 毕业设计 graduation design
/ r& [3 ?2 g' J8 s. H  B• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
6 e$ O7 }% K0 h. f* L• 边防证 fronter pass
+ _% K9 K3 y/ _9 O5 ]0 B  a9 m; e• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
" ]$ {: u3 ]- }% q• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
7 P9 C* W* G- N% z! O" E! x• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
; b' ?( G' F& D$ q1 O• 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
' {2 J0 d% L5 J' s( W• 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
/ G7 _7 ^; z* |8 a' s9 a• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
: _) j1 O. o; B! g' ^: J• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
& F( W' O  e, O: l% S• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
# `* d4 P$ ?: Z# U; s3 D• 病毒性感染 viral infection
4 j, u" z0 _: _, f" F4 R: R; r! z• 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"  
2 ?7 k5 D4 X4 g6 ^• 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
) ^& q0 k$ y$ ]9 |6 w6 T• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
5 F( S( ^$ S! R6 p2 o• 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)
: x/ I+ n5 A- z' R1 ]• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
! ?. s) Z. |0 y* m2 T+ {. d! }+ t• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
: Y8 F1 {; x+ f• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
6 r) _0 q" E& Z2 I; N  o• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
+ d" S: E2 i* P/ o• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
- Z- n1 v) A# `- Q5 g( r• 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  
• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
, v/ C2 T$ i- e5 Q) B• 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
' i+ L- M' [3 C; o2 R/ I; u• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
- K# z# a9 \' N4 o1 t• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
/ p+ K0 y0 a/ S# c6 b• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
7 o) N/ z9 A3 D0 m# ~) ]• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
. E5 v! F: t) O9 Z8 e: N4 S• 不可抗力 force majeure  
3 t4 y7 s4 K- R0 u# S: z' G• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
( y1 g. b  k# ]# m7 J9 _- S1 G0 j) ?• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
( A% z3 c% g+ I/ P  e' R  ^0 _• 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)
4 P, o' h/ D/ E• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
. Y) W8 @- n! Z: j3 D4 f& U• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
' ~/ c* e9 c$ b: W• 不速之客 gate-crasher
- ^8 N( o* Z1 q& B7 ]• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
2 b6 t! W0 E6 o  h( A0 r6 ]& q- e+ y" L• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
& |/ Q% D8 d5 i- l, I• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
$ M2 j* j. o  r; Y( q$ D6 N: ^• 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。