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  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
7 K& k* @( r, l8 F• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
* R3 W7 F. U1 Z/ I0 N• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
, c  }! Q1 H. f# a: J• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
% ~9 N1 s) X0 E9 U" B* `' k• 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)  
0 ]) _. C4 g( K+ _; G• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
  R+ ?7 p& G. x• 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
• 安全岛 safety strip
- g) ]# R7 X: p1 @* N! o• 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
: c0 U& h3 }# p2 v0 _• 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
0 Y( P: B7 n2 n; Y. x• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
6 I, ~# j1 t5 U2 ~. m  P• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
9 j0 Z" U. s) ~• 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  
• 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  
/ B6 m. }" e1 q- Z; J6 `  S• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
. C$ F; @! A( W/ e• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
4 g8 v- ^3 ]: S( Q& m% q7 t• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
+ R. }$ ?" R7 B2 L- l0 a• B超 type-B ultrasonic
, q1 T, \# K/ i$ G) D• 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
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
- {+ D8 ~( X# g5 k/ m1 L• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 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
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
5 y/ i8 l9 w4 b6 h1 d/ T• 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
) @% v. b3 ?/ }- m/ N& f/ y8 E# W• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
" l* N$ z5 z) Q  v" @+ B$ C• 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 o. Y+ j( n) q  z. m* W5 m7 I) D; v( r• 拜金主义 money worship
3 k& f$ |: p* x2 n+ D• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
0 G5 e$ v/ R9 F8 ^• 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。)
0 D1 t5 J1 V+ t$ ^• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
2 @" ]! O0 b/ [, d, i2 Q+ K• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
! y' g, M3 ~" u; p) s0 m• 白色农业 white agriculture
) f( e  w8 H! R3 O" l• 白色污染 white pollution
/ ^" |+ e/ r6 v2 \8 f# o• 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
3 w, p) @1 @- ]. g- C2 g0 e2 j• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
) u  j# {& j: {8 |, a! r5 L- e- m8 a• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
, S  Q/ A! m( J- F• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
: X$ V  x* j7 h! ~; f3 j4 J• 白色行情表 white sheet  
# P0 L# ~0 m, K: N& 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  
' q+ f% W% T- x" y9 {9 ~• 白雪公主 Snow White  
3 ^' H7 T5 M9 U! N( k) P/ h' u• 半边天 half the sky
• 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)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
4 ?, h% t% u4 c• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
0 W1 W; w3 `2 A5 t, [• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
6 N% b# P; `; g9 \' n8 Y$ u  ?• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
+ [- x" H1 ~/ h# E& a% E• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
4 ?! h1 p+ B! t; c" m: F( ]• 版权贸易 copyright business
" k8 k0 S2 a8 v# H7 }( V& B• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
7 k$ ^$ x% s) m0 @• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
& T3 t; n$ z2 g5 Q3 O• 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
* V2 c6 m. M# O. @$ b  R2 N• 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
4 x+ o2 T: }+ r• 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)
8 c  [) r# {' O$ F% }• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
1 ], E9 ^$ [2 {5 b* {1 |) a& G  \• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
4 o+ l. s8 X2 l: S0 w3 Z6 K• 包干到户 work contracted to household
8 P7 ]! G7 C! W4 g• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
) |* J2 Y( P% p; C3 F+ _包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
) D) c3 a3 b3 d9 i- o• 曝光 make public; expose
& {' `/ Y7 S' D3 h, w% G• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
$ M# ~( `2 S% J3 }. z% p- q% E: _• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
9 K# s4 k- b" ^  }6 K% Y• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
& w& r$ W% g4 a• 保护主义 protectionism
8 [$ P9 y9 l' ]1 ?% v• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
/ T3 A; c  E5 h% g, J• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
( `! C1 R; M0 S  R$ O9 N/ O5 G• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
& l) k# |0 p! F8 n• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
7 d) H* K8 {, p4 B+ r• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
6 s/ K$ z; B( C3 _( ~4 I• 暴力片 splatter film
$ C: H: @0 ^, T7 G& p• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
# O' t2 H  n6 K. ^• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
) r1 l/ L" J  Z4 o% H* s• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
7 d4 c# y& ?9 G2 _• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
2 O+ U; K2 U  e• 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
9 m& ~' Z) j+ b- [- M• 保障措施 supporting measures
# u4 p+ r0 g5 u6 \5 ?6 o• 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
1 D! u3 e( b4 {( l+ L• 包装精美 delicately packed
) F0 ^; W, E* C7 l3 A• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
, Z$ Y) B) M' T; \9 A5 q• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
" n1 ~! Q$ G& Z" J# o( r• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
) m& Q+ J, O4 ^  }• 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  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
% U0 B, v; v7 _$ ^! W• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
1 T9 ^, k( H: [% d. n4 I• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
+ A, ~9 m$ L; P4 I5 _• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
, i3 O. z6 F: S, K• 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
2 Z( j+ X+ x2 q/ j* p• 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  
; n1 N# n! U; ^' ], ?• 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
* B. Z8 @0 ~) F" x5 s0 b& ]• 备件 spare parts  
$ u1 i, P$ Q+ G& H1 e• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
4 f9 a. \0 [7 b$ w& c• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
  u3 f3 W9 \& k5 `9 z( E$ |• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
0 O- m, Y. v- ^- F2 r6 a• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
3 y: U0 t. [6 s' w3 D* k. J5 D' e# h• 备用资金 reserve fund
  S3 C1 I/ F' c$ a9 W/ Y3 D• 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.  
0 O7 V! P: [6 ]0 }% z( J8 f5 b3 R• 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  
: i  f% Y: T+ `/ ~4 S  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  
$ c# c  Y7 V# n1 R# `• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
6 }" M4 F" ^. ~1 V/ I• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
! V3 R9 Y: u) O2 m- F. F! N& f# ~• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
+ C! p- f7 X+ X+ ?2 F  `• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
# |) z1 ~4 `# `8 E* h+ ~  Z3 o8 o2 d• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
+ [$ }' c$ ?6 O& j, ~3 `; }$ W• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
( u! B, E+ \$ C0 E• 比基尼 bikini
* V+ N0 i" V3 |3 J) ?- @• 比较文学 comparative literature
7 p! I! ]( [$ d: [( a. p• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
0 e+ z7 ^8 n. f0 X2 b* L• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
/ I3 b3 F, t+ \$ S+ J9 Z. l; d• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
6 c9 U( U8 _, s1 l+ H/ U1 a& p• 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”
: k- x' A7 }# l3 |; J# q• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
2 F+ G9 z  r0 _$ b/ F• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
3 G8 O3 Y9 a. n. c7 T• 毕业设计 graduation design
0 ?6 B6 C9 {8 M4 D• 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
1 ~$ e9 r, k. l' s& ~  m& s• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
! l# m) a0 W2 T( @! E  p$ M- p• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
! G& A7 i8 C) G• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
; D; e, e1 N7 w' L% {% n1 C• 边远地区 remote and border areas
! s7 U, U& h( p& y# F: G• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
2 C. J" O) }6 ~' u2 C/ [+ T* B  G• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
6 m4 L# d2 G4 G• 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
% i/ n- C! ]6 ], ?) i• 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
9 q# I+ D8 r' m• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
7 l" m5 p3 D( O8 x• 标书 bidding documents  
6 W. j2 p8 M* C5 m' f- h• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
0 o0 [* ^6 G5 B8 D* l• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
9 s9 E' w# z0 l1 \- c  r• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
4 I0 \( _! S0 Q+ m, j% H• 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
% x, s( Q  G; |3 ~: O7 I2 m& D• 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)
/ ^5 H! ^- }0 f• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
5 |" y4 R) s! y$ _' q* V8 Y• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
' @- i0 v5 k7 R  \2 U• 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  
' N$ f2 g8 {2 A5 N0 z• BP 机 beeper, pager
. D# f% Q9 v7 A( r6 o, D3 ?• B to B (B2B) business to business  
- w( O! H: E, Z• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
3 f6 O8 Z  n' r• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
. `$ u4 d7 }8 U6 _& a, ?• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
& s' Q' {0 p2 L" [5 |; j: H• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
" R: R3 i) O. @" z  r• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
4 J+ Q( W9 J% B$ i; m6 v• 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. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
1 O$ E# S3 [! ?0 ]+ }0 a4 c• 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  
( l6 y5 b" L  ~7 y: _• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
- o! X4 O, N; c* |) B: }& |! y• 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.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
2 `3 \2 f, l2 `0 x( y• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
: U  h  d3 @; ]8 ]4 ?• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
+ A$ b/ }: }9 D8 \5 y$ B' G• 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  
* g1 f$ S% g: E7 n" y) T• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
; [* Z5 C8 v! m• 不速之客 gate-crasher
1 B+ O' r1 u9 z5 r$ d9 _• 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
" s2 s7 h, }+ u& W• 步行街 pedestrian street  
$ u% C$ K) V; G" l$ ]• 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。