Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
9 w; j5 I& C" ~( ^• A股市场 A share market  
9 v0 K( N4 G6 m# G• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
" I4 k" L, H( J! I• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
$ |& y  K; Q) C! z+ }& u• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
& q+ I9 C' d2 D, s% i: ]• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
4 z, c2 m: c% w• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 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
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
( W6 Z' R7 K5 [; v# Y* D• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
+ q5 S: I- g7 |( d* m; H, O• 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  
7 s( d2 F- n  v, L• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
8 X, m$ N" a4 b1 A$ q• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
6 E' W& H+ a: V• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
0 [+ n% K5 C2 M& Y9 G• 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  
• 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  
" J6 Y5 {2 y( |. t, R• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
) Y8 u6 i, G9 k' R• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
$ Q  d) h# r9 E4 x% n- V9 g8 S• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
! E3 R% q% e2 f4 v• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
5 O; h8 m' q; Z3 J9 P. @) v1 n• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
, d; W/ z9 o# h5 }8 O1 r  M• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
8 {& W2 H& W: r& @- N2 u3 F% M• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
. [! q$ x' C1 N, u- V• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
* ^, ~  V9 @* a0 A# B• B超 type-B ultrasonic
& u2 j- g' w( \/ c' M# ?+ c# F• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
! a! A" n# T; Y: s0 K• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
3 G$ v7 E/ Z- j# _) l: j• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
9 p- B: S. o9 d3 m3 ^• 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
( e" I- H' f; i& S• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
$ K, P2 y/ W/ Y( r• 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.
) u' i; q( b- E4 P' Y  L3 H• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
, g. I. _6 q- O* `( Q% N9 j( u• 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
6 M+ Q- q) V( }2 Q' O+ G• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
- |2 x% \# I4 A) ~3 R: z" S• 白领工人 white-collar worker
$ M: P- @" t% p) N' s2 D) n• 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
9 @$ H- s/ G+ j2 y3 `5 j. F( y• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
, L1 E1 b0 k7 s, {5 B• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
6 J. f+ x% K# f+ u# l6 L9 r  Y• 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
* {7 ?3 {9 p+ a' j+ V, a/ T$ O* V• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
/ H  B8 z, C$ J% P- o- J• 摆架子 put on airs  
6 H2 J% K; w2 v• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
' q+ v1 m* |4 c* r# ]• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
7 F# O, C- J5 T/ m/ q• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
2 @* _8 F" X* H6 o1 }/ b, a• 半边天 half the sky
  @. K# d/ n" ~7 a% ?• 班车 shuttle bus
$ B* f! u5 Z4 `  g; ?- F" o• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
4 k! M$ U- {  @& n+ d& P: @3 I. C• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
1 p7 N2 L! f8 B0 _# y/ l5 S3 T0 n8 @• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
7 C/ G2 ~. W4 A; E• 半决赛 semifinal
' U/ d& K+ x- d• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
' t! A  x+ W! l. C• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
  N$ W' |; }0 A• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
! v9 [, Q4 ]2 I+ S& s. h- z• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
& q* h/ [) D: s( h• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
5 N+ Z4 B) M3 d; h; Z• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
/ a8 p5 {; g7 d& p: w& V• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
& X; Y% @3 G+ c  Y/ Z& v4 Q9 b• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
0 r, o$ T+ k% d7 C' i+ ?- z• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
" a( z+ V( h. a) D) c8 {• 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  
• 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
$ Q- [+ S+ D7 W7 p2 Q( g7 K) L9 Q• 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
5 q) m- Z- C8 {1 E7 j. p& ^" g• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
) p: q+ L1 R. g# H• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
0 b5 D/ M( F% B6 I. [! B• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
, e3 p" _6 J6 c包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
: m' S. C( t, q0 w% B• 曝光 make public; expose
( n, b+ q7 m; X- r$ Q/ R• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
9 \" b8 F2 N1 O3 y% j* O$ M• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
5 \# n- y! D- p# e7 ]! G* c6 Z( ~  c0 {• 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
" D. V6 ]" ^3 b7 i1 `" I, o! B• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
, ^8 s8 A; m5 C  ?3 S• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
2 R$ Y7 @1 z+ c& D5 z1 s& H- U$ E5 L• 报界 the press
8 A5 l; K- {  `3 L• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
$ t2 e3 z3 e* Y0 @2 I6 ]3 N• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
; `# c4 V2 l* S9 w- O• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
3 F. P+ ^) p0 g  |1 ~• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
& }% r% n4 C8 {6 Q- C* U• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
. v. u2 ^8 t' c! j5 W• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
) h9 c7 N5 u6 f! Z+ d• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
: _$ g8 X6 X; U/ H& c" ?1 s; b• 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
+ b' }  H; ]* P% g• 保证金账户 margin account
; n& E! l( n; I4 O) a• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
+ Y7 Y; ~& K6 P  T7 x& R3 L• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
$ S0 \+ T2 p9 [. \6 t0 Q1 s• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
" R4 m8 V0 L  J4 i+ Z• 包装精美 delicately packed
' m  i9 f, W" f% Z9 F7 e3 O! B: K• 包装业 package industry
4 w* z5 {* Z" k/ N6 }• 保安员 security staff
- p/ R$ W5 f! {. k( O  w• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
! p5 B, W% ~7 J) ?* B* }• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
& C3 R, A6 m% _' K4 p. Q- M7 q• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
) b  Y7 Y$ X  i• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
! D- r" R! f! O$ R• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
, ?; E: b- w) o  n  N• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
: K1 T$ H! B) D3 B' ^• 保理业务 factoring business  
) o+ B/ k" P" O0 R' d• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
4 @( T% q, C- J0 h" S• 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  
• 保证金 margins, collateral  
# m/ Q" ]9 ]1 d2 G; w" i• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
6 T( D4 r4 A5 K. E% J8 |7 @6 n4 x• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
5 ]* L3 z5 g  Z) x  |. S0 v- H& [• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
4 ~" ^6 ^7 a' C& H2 w7 K; J• 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  
5 X( b8 ?  I9 N• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
( N5 Y% f$ x* Y9 U9 ?2 t5 L! g• 备用资金 reserve fund
3 \& C0 P8 a/ C+ S1 @• 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  
• 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  
' X4 }! l1 [" z+ x$ K• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
4 `4 l3 L1 }% }$ P6 {( F. j• 本票 cashier's cheque
) z3 L9 C# A( ~& {• 本土化 localilzation
' K2 R- m: K; N# W0 ?# j2 g• 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
: y* J. F$ \: E2 p8 W# u• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
" a, R/ f, k" N3 Y$ s5 t* y7 g• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
/ n* A0 q; q" v' R• 比基尼 bikini
- b1 \$ b/ ^$ D4 W$ D% C- m• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
) F0 ~) ~, |+ T- v• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
* o; g, H3 y& A% m3 \# v• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
3 ^3 Q: e6 I# F- ~• 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”
# I) g" s5 q3 V  b- N' o) ~& P• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
9 @% y2 N% \2 V+ S& K! L• 避税 tax avoidance
) A9 ]4 O. H: b$ g+ o• 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
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
/ I" V, K3 h9 s% E8 F2 \8 M• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
3 ~  C, _9 f# C4 G5 f• 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
" x( d$ J0 s8 @0 J+ d! d• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
: C3 w: \+ [% g5 Z* W• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
9 W6 i/ ^9 b- `• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
3 f8 s: ~4 |% g4 a# Q• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
) B( S1 |5 X: w( r, G• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
( y4 G; T2 {- @6 v• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
" G2 U# i5 a+ q$ K. r# L• 病毒性感染 viral infection
8 w4 b! o* Q+ ^$ g" x• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
6 @+ t" U( r* A2 t. ]: b• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
+ I! k- H6 A" M/ a. v• 并网发电 combined to the grid
! {! b2 W8 {; r- r0 @8 S9 h• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
0 [! ^! K- I  U  \3 B• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
1 P+ M# B0 T" x/ I• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
: w" e$ W; v. r9 e• 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
0 G6 `3 S3 P% b5 m• 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  
" m" j4 T# Q  R• 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)
. l+ S* \( f( L  ?• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
5 g6 v" g# h/ p9 w9 _$ Z• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
' G/ o6 Q0 x' c: B: W1 S* R3 r# T• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
3 K! O- l7 Y" B+ S7 D• 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  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
( o0 i9 Q9 x. q- n• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
0 T& i) o0 S% l; c• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
* Z2 O9 V- L& L. j" x• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
! O* w: H* P/ p+ |; {! q) `• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
* L% T! S/ w  L• 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. "  
2 y- o! k! r2 j7 Z• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
9 K/ G5 U) A5 ?. h# o5 l- n, j• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
4 j; j, ^' o9 ]: ^5 y• 不得转让 not negotiable
" |9 q: C. Z0 J1 z• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
3 x$ B' q4 j9 B1 |! v- b( p• 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
) C* m8 ?. s- y$ X' T• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
) e$ O6 Q" N5 V  Q( i• 不记名投票 secret ballot
( K+ ^6 V6 b* ], |/ D- S• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
+ [0 V& X6 A: c3 z• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
+ l3 ?; `9 ]4 p7 G8 ^& O• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
5 m& ~! s3 j- e% b4 _• 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)
! g+ f! r$ k" z- m7 H. ^• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
2 k: q% Q# ~# I• 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
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
( z$ p8 K! q+ z) N% A  W3 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。