Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
5 f( E6 s. R$ f4 @• A股市场 A share market  
; Y7 j* l+ ]) [• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
# q" o  w9 e; T- f2 V+ }• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
" }5 W4 R. u& r( g" {0 ]1 Q) Z• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
; T) m! J" Z- e7 R• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
9 \% r/ F, q# W! u/ H6 H• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
* S# ]6 l0 c4 M$ j1 I• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
; r- m' V  _+ F& T• 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)  
! s0 Z# x& v) K• 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
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
* S& D: w& H# c9 `# u• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
& i. L: v3 C' n- T. q% _: Y* s• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
3 @) T9 N! ]7 t* Z) [( g1 M• 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
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
/ M0 }+ ?1 _) {2 s# `1 |$ K7 t7 W• 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  
' k8 R7 V. P# c- S2 k( l' J  x% b5 [• 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  
! z+ f/ N$ V7 m. a7 W! ?• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
5 ]7 p- c7 x7 `) C( r' d+ @8 X$ K1 p• 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  
, N1 b6 j7 c; o% a• 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
+ ^$ F9 Y; v2 o3 l9 s# _• 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
/ Z& Q5 d; V" s7 @! a8 E  w• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
) c5 ?1 @4 p+ @, Y* D1 U; s8 Y0 w• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
+ W; M2 j) B% L) j8 O  J• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
- C4 w( \! n) S) v) W• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
: U- x$ J8 b) C9 E% N- ^: P• 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
5 @6 j; S; Q; X! u) P" j• 霸权主义 hegemonism
0 k4 E" {" M4 Y8 J8 ~/ R4 ^& J: r• 吧台 bar counter
. m- ?( ]  O* h• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
3 k& C+ W8 h9 p8 E3 ^5 B* ~• 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; @) U+ W* n# b• 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
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
3 N* _7 J6 c# w& C- M7 H• 白领工人 white-collar worker
+ R4 I0 G5 L  p0 q( z4 j' B) o1 W• 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
2 D/ g) W9 y2 {9 k2 i8 O• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
" t+ P: A5 j# s; U• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
& t+ j4 o% ?8 U9 n! Z, F• 白色污染 white pollution
' }+ e# e% H7 Q& e# g• 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
5 i, R9 J8 L+ O& u! E3 y/ Y% x' w4 f& g• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
* X; o+ B2 ^/ I" O0 j• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
/ d# D7 U1 D3 c( e8 {• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
; |+ i& R$ h. `! N1 q1 T• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
* \- C7 x- t9 q- H3 W• 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.)"  
" `# @; E" G* Y2 i7 }6 `% Y, s• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
9 E2 a, h$ Q  v% U+ y- l: g• 白雪公主 Snow White  
8 M8 G! \2 K' n• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
/ k' `- E2 u3 B+ B- D6 H• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
  k5 k; A8 m: y• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
6 I5 W; m7 U3 r' A• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
; a! Z. S: M9 C1 p/ W4 b• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
  D  L) H+ J. Q8 P  ?• 斑马线 zebra crossing
5 \, w% G' i/ |) |7 t8 c• 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
• 版权贸易 copyright business
% H) C+ f  N* }• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
4 H6 o8 @; x2 ~0 a; o/ C& x• 伴生矿 associated minerals
* Y( s/ x. K) Y) c* V, n9 s• 版税率 royalty rate
+ E8 [+ N9 [' A# j6 Y- {• 半托 day care (for kids)  
% L6 V: d$ {! k; C# S• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
! K0 e" P- O4 {, z6 P% h• 伴宴人员 escort  
. S6 g  `1 g/ P$ [• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
3 ^& t4 r! O! A2 `" u3 @5 v• 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  
& a: z( t; x- R  v* A5 p$ c" X5 U1 e• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
# B( z4 P+ @, S; l9 h• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
, g2 Y' o! K: N/ `  \: t, W• 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
+ z& B, I9 e& B• 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)
• 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
: d% Y' [( L& [包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
7 a  H8 v: I: ~  g  U7 q/ M2 Y• 曝光 make public; expose
/ i6 K3 N7 v5 R- J/ c• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
! ?6 `  J" f, X) h* @7 n• 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
6 H4 m! e% A2 d$ d• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
$ ^' y7 U( R, @$ m4 g) B• 保健操 health exercises
1 B, |2 p0 |2 b* r% e• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
5 \  J6 M$ I% T• 保健食品 health-care food  
0 e& B- m! s4 }, \& i" V- z) l' p• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
' _4 |1 Z! W- ?' X9 }# l• 暴力片 splatter film
/ `- F8 O' Y3 [5 Q2 I% P% @+ z" B: X5 ]• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
: A; F" {. d% Q, Q• 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
" w. A( }; w- C5 M; w' m• 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
$ q( B( i' ~3 j9 o• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
/ Y$ l/ s  z* u• 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
* v2 d. g1 J; f8 T) s• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
  w6 q% j6 b) J- Z- m8 g# G% {: G• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
8 F& l+ w! N/ i: ?$ P8 S; f5 K• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
; N& c2 {6 ?$ f3 c) I% M• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
- X$ ~" Q+ \, o5 ?5 j5 O; V% y• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
3 R; a/ Q# q. F3 Z• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
  U3 n( m% a, A7 K" _% X• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 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  
- e: |% n7 `0 j3 H, q• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
$ F" P1 e  M9 k0 h" F% r5 A• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
" Q% }; c& h: Q: w  |1 l4 M- H# i• 保理业务 factoring business  
5 {$ }6 E: J+ ?5 O2 ^• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
  g# P- k) N3 q* y) N) N• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
9 e( k) p$ K/ v3 X) p* w: y- ]9 }• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
1 U8 f3 @9 h) v. s1 |9 ?3 r• 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
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
3 `8 q% l  N- x+ G/ S- j. d• 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
4 @: ^7 e" @/ h/ i3 A4 `: L• 备件 spare parts  
2 b* u& r( U+ ]4 U) F5 A% w+ @• 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)  
/ @4 r" R+ g2 f5 y# \• 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)  
1 h" A5 |! E: I# b% v* u7 u' w. j• 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.  
6 y% S; c1 ~5 T3 m8 w• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
' p3 |; @3 q& G% i" R• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
6 C/ F4 D% }9 g! H+ }• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
& J, d3 ~7 S8 |1 Q• 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
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
5 O8 Q( b7 j( Y! x- K! d$ E! z• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
7 S- {  z- v0 B/ q• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
6 [9 E/ d! ?8 d5 {# @, O+ p• 闭卷 closed-book exam
# L0 X2 Z8 e, ?2 S0 D3 ?$ v• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
/ ]) c5 o& Z9 R) E( |0 y$ J• 避税 tax avoidance
4 n" s' a' d# {$ R% v+ s: K• 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
; V% v$ y3 @) ~, O$ H( e1 H• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
) U, l2 Z/ i7 s6 X• 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
/ h; i2 g( O( o+ n/ W• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
, ^! K8 G0 f/ C+ x5 q+ x• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

OliveOil

• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
+ O* k% ~1 [" a0 W• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
, g+ Y( y( l  X• 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  
. G% f" [# w4 A  a0 R! T2 f1 e! Y" C  y• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
, f( h$ s; r2 k! [• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
& C: Q( O1 p4 S" L1 {) q* ]• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
; M4 {0 N, G4 t( i% ?' e• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
* t& L( e" O! h9 v• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
7 j' F% P. C: H6 T: e; l3 L• 并网发电 combined to the grid
% A$ F4 o! h8 G$ v% N( ]• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
9 l- u" m  }- R0 Y. a; B• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
1 m- r- t1 x5 s: X" s6 S% {$ _  H$ E  L! \• 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
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
& t0 T3 R( N9 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)
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
7 t7 P8 n) F2 z0 `/ q• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
" c2 ^3 M8 l  }/ R! [- u' J• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
8 ]% ?4 x5 Q. l$ i. k1 s3 G3 {/ h• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
8 w. w8 E; z. ?, u8 f- U• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
1 W: M+ @- U. _• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
4 w7 `: w. ~8 z: P• BP 机 beeper, pager
/ v( q- o: g5 |& d% k9 Z• B to B (B2B) business to business  
# g6 R, s: [- Z9 o& o% `/ p• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
4 i6 q. i9 ]9 J& V/ P• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
/ H& W3 o: N* h# Q1 T7 m• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
; x9 Z( D" {( B  m4 @• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
) S7 _3 y/ r2 \1 k8 {4 a1 i• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
0 E& O& G% h1 z' u• 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
1 T1 V; P! k; P5 j6 E• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
7 L& `5 C; [7 ~9 v0 g6 a• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
% R3 w7 `/ G# H( F• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
% D& m- X" F8 ^/ J• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
+ H6 d( }: w% ^  @1 a$ O1 a• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
5 w7 I- Z" u0 c% i% C/ T. M, T• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
+ ]- s# Q) }: p) \6 q- t& }• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
* B( {  m. n3 J- a8 s( X• 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)
2 r/ O, J- b) P• 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.  
/ L4 D" h6 K" n4 C  Y• 不速之客 gate-crasher
* d8 p" f  ?8 |• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
: G8 D8 x  Z2 L4 H3 G• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
# U( T7 c0 Y- w9 c% J• 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。