Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
, I7 R3 |7 \" k9 w& n• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
3 U5 P1 w9 w5 {- C9 Y/ z• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
4 r0 ~4 t: g- |• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
4 A3 C( w% A( [1 g4 e# y2 u• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
7 c9 U+ j4 |1 ~& r, H2 R1 ?• 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
6 R0 @( o9 X$ J  u• 安家费 settling-in allowance
. T9 ^- |1 G# [9 d! ]( `• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
. i4 |3 p5 H3 A+ l  w• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
# P: B# D4 D: b( i' Z$ q) b• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
3 [/ M8 b$ q( @0 X+ T! ?: \• 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  
0 h3 U* z9 M8 W• 暗箱操作 black case work
' l9 ~- B" a7 u0 D• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
2 @2 M! G7 p  J) V& J• 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  
3 Q  e4 j( w( N; a( F; s4 E( I• 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  
9 @! {5 I1 b6 r. A2 b• 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  
• 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  
7 h# `9 w) N: Q' B% Q" E• 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
- P2 @8 X( G* H( q# x• 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
" ~. t! i3 y( k! ]2 d6 ]4 T% d• 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  
( {* X5 a+ R/ F. n4 \, i2 A; A• 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
6 x6 Z1 z1 H: R  Z/ @• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
  c1 i8 Z2 ~& r: Z  \• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
1 ]3 x) j, p& w' e; j# H" Q• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
8 L" \' F7 T* M& r• 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
: ~  ^- j/ E1 i• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
# ?( \# x3 w4 H& ~  d• 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
3 s8 U; L8 y9 E6 S• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
# @+ |) |2 N7 k3 p/ r• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
3 L# W' u- y* R7 _% N4 E• 白色污染 white pollution
+ }/ N# E! T+ W# T" N8 L+ \• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
$ ~) Y8 P2 H9 O  N  V! B0 l1 C• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
6 o) V# D- I$ ~+ K: m• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
& Q2 J. Y! y6 q7 t2 [; Q• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
9 R9 V5 F& z: r$ r2 I• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
6 b0 G# G$ [$ b• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
$ U% Y- a/ U4 w0 z• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
) W9 D; S, ^# U4 _/ j/ p• 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  
- m. K' P/ k' i• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
! A* V; m; N, `) j: K$ M• 班车 shuttle bus
' V/ n4 k% P% Q3 w) n• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
2 F' w! U( Q1 H0 B; Q6 Z2 i• 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
% X1 }* `6 e& _• 半决赛 semifinal
/ i$ N0 n' U' S2 `• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
# N- |  j' o# _. m$ ~• 斑马线 zebra crossing
- P9 a3 F- _% O" i1 M8 W, F• 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
, Y  ?' M, t( C/ ~- ~+ S• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
# i: n2 J: A% s0 b6 \# g• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
& o. J3 ?, Q1 Q• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
9 d! {) [( N% q3 }0 F) k• 伴宴人员 escort  
3 M! o2 `9 g: o, c5 X• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
  [, }$ _9 q0 L5 b: A$ ~0 V& s" e• 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
4 `! E/ b3 e- o5 B! l• 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
0 ^8 v+ D) `% I. [4 a! G3 ^• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
- w9 ~/ h! E. g, j# n% L• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
* e# W' H7 g' J, Z  Z• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 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
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
0 h+ G# Z3 o1 M  v5 y+ d) W; M* ~# b• 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
! H& I' T0 Z' s4 \& M/ t# x# Q• 保护主义 protectionism
: y+ f2 G  e* ~' g6 e3 g6 |• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
: U2 {: Z' }( T' O• 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
  Q  G3 ^  t) s  P9 t• 保龄球 bowling
+ ^1 P) X1 X+ g9 J5 C8 y/ r9 x• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
; ?2 d8 `( w. r8 J! b4 o4 ^• 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
• 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
7 k5 S& A% C/ X: Z. O& i• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
8 r9 x7 g2 V- j• 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
- W1 I5 A+ y8 ]% |8 v• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
+ f+ b5 B( L( y, m5 g# q• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
0 r9 N9 ^4 f7 I; ^/ @, L7 {8 P• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
9 e+ n; S# f' G• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
& I/ x1 C% F2 l2 l3 F- J• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
: K: X- i' i9 N) ]/ i0 H• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
; t% A) q" Q9 R3 m• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
; a' O6 R8 C$ B( S• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
( z+ l1 F8 c" c3 i( e  z• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
4 m8 [1 ]0 Q9 t) {. ?8 f• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 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  
" @* C; S* k1 z• 保证金 margins, collateral  
- P* o5 i  ]: p• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
+ U: p" u$ Y' C& k, v: c# X• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
( V6 [7 ], g3 C6 P. r• 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  
" z: q& i/ o+ a. E2 r• 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
2 T$ |3 C) b+ Y. B, r; l4 ?• 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
* b+ r9 }& A, j' `• 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  
/ j  i4 E4 \' H• 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.  
, B" z, ?, \& }- m• 本票 cashier's cheque
: I0 _$ [7 @$ n• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
' t/ `. W1 A/ X8 q- E6 b• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
1 `" \, {6 l2 ^. A, Y+ C+ j) t• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
8 A& K: ~) S" p0 e* `1 Y; w; V• 比较文学 comparative literature
, I. E7 G; e  b9 J" ]• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
• 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”
3 Q. [" D- Y! t6 J" j, E# o" n• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
) g+ \: K, H; J  s8 M4 u1 C) ~• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
- p3 N- u' Y3 B( ~4 \/ D• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
; U2 g( a/ Q( l7 l% U; d4 {) ^# C• 便当 brown bag
2 b- u6 [, W. C* G• 边防证 fronter pass
% T/ b% t. u) a' H& [# u• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
" d1 d) H* y1 y) s) F• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
9 l) h9 `) W5 C. M& h• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
* j$ n2 R# h' f( a& V4 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
5 h3 ~+ n5 M5 C' \• 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  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
4 N# }( q$ K& J5 n( q3 F; d8 R• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
0 a2 x0 H6 I1 V0 S• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
4 U% e- A. n7 n; T2 \/ X- b• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
, n; G9 y' s; e% H: d5 |• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
+ B* T7 s, T# E6 B+ K• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
' b8 S- k; v! p( h  Q, U$ e• 并网发电 combined to the grid
/ m# M! F0 ~0 \( |5 i# H6 Q' ^4 c• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
# B  k$ I1 z; V9 {6 S+ q/ E• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
% G2 l8 T5 g$ I8 M' c8 L: i3 M• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
  a# K; z9 l$ B: |1 V• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
8 f/ _+ [" |" [" ]1 b" s• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
, J2 Y/ f- A4 e; r5 B/ ?  V& P: i• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
' l- Y  L' e  W" r8 G$ |( B4 r• 《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)
4 f3 y5 N1 e! u2 H$ j( {* y• 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
& @6 B9 N) q# U; I• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
4 k* P: e) U1 @' g: N+ i( d1 [• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
5 _% d- w: q9 i! r3 a! n! |0 P• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
3 ?" Z3 m4 s# I8 g9 ?• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
5 U% @3 d' c! o" U• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
( W* G# S2 ~3 ]' m) P• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
- J5 k$ _! r8 {  a$ u+ F• 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. "  
6 Y4 W) q! P' T$ b- b• 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
: N; T2 |# q! F" _2 T% `• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
* }; h8 n1 y( }4 x& G9 A3 e• 不感冒 have no interest
7 Z6 N4 f- G' G8 Z, m8 k• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
, h2 r2 x" r' D: ^• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 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.  
: E$ T2 V: A" l) }• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
$ D/ u$ K3 F  ~! [6 D) V* o7 M• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
; W# P% z7 s3 E$ J9 s+ H% K8 e• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
' Z* C5 K4 D. Z1 P• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
3 q9 `$ f4 ?# h/ |• 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)
• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
# q0 Y/ h4 N7 ^  b+ F5 |* H• 补缺选举 by-election  
+ H# K; A! g0 g0 ]& n• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
' G- h/ N; h# x6 Z4 ]7 {, M• 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  
• 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。