Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
& Y- a9 _8 \3 K% J/ u' s9 X• A股市场 A share market  
( K2 @7 P' B: s$ X5 W; a3 d" X• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
3 L7 j' E6 ~% K) o% w• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
  L* U$ G0 U  p• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
+ {  r9 S$ |, M4 m: @6 D9 t• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
+ [' x6 V, X9 s/ d6 C• 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)  
5 H$ F; e1 x( A& @• 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
% @0 q9 i3 t, S" w• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
- h! K1 }) R) H• 安乐死 euthanasia
$ d! Q3 Y3 |; ^. o$ z* f• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
/ Y* `& L6 B# g7 S' d( t• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
( a. M9 W( W- e6 A( w, V• 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
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
% X5 o1 o5 i. B4 L) Y• 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  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
* Q: |6 B6 }; G" w3 J9 z/ s• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
! I- `+ p7 [4 B+ m. M+ K• 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  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
* v8 l7 r/ X1 H; `6 `3 n" D" i6 ^$ |$ g• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
9 U' L$ |/ a+ N• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
6 |% k. ^5 \! X+ n5 F9 k$ c• 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
# P: A9 l9 B% T7 p• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
3 d3 P; V* j/ k( ?• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
  U3 A& h7 ]! U3 }0 l1 |/ K• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
  t2 n! r( e+ X7 T0 |" T  k- ~$ ?• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
7 d. O1 X! c5 l# o1 A$ H• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
' |2 @. f# I; l; ]7 k' O: T, _: P• 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  
9 t0 y# X& a0 T! N# C; X• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
2 `- R: }0 A! ?. t1 x& k$ ?; c2 Z• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 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
. x& [7 {( f1 k5 i• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
• 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。)
" ?$ L. q( I- ^2 u• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
; u1 t0 e8 G3 k3 ^• 白皮书 white paper
) V& l4 `/ \$ A. q$ o% M7 ?• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
% ~0 d* O  |/ D5 j$ l7 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
$ f* k( b0 r% X: L+ U1 z2 W" ^• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
% [& ^- {" m, Y/ a, }2 c• 摆架子 put on airs  
, Q& S8 I& j: l: e& `1 }5 l! U$ q• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
) @% I. {* v! i& ^7 e• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
8 q0 j; l0 D* p2 T7 i• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
* t/ F! u: F8 m1 z• 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.)"  
: h4 ?0 X" N) y• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
) O" U+ d" R. V• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
, q. R: [9 X% Z) U) n5 S2 ?• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
4 {. i: ]$ M4 O/ @) a. `• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
+ l0 n) ~6 x4 U; }/ Q: x• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
5 ~% `2 e8 v- ?9 q/ U- b; Y5 I• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
! h& j1 l! S: t8 j- z• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
  \) i3 A& p8 C! A5 F• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
; y" _- T- W6 s/ j$ p• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
+ T& e4 v5 R% A. n4 h• 半托 day care (for kids)  
8 Q$ S. l* ?3 j. y• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
# x5 {/ }& x) Y" P4 w& J• 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
$ D9 t) m' \# h$ m" V7 ]1 ^7 i5 j• 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)
• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
* R. U9 z" Y) l$ D* B% m• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
- ^- ^# B. Z3 u. @3 u& @) p7 s• 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
- A9 W# J" k+ ?! {* f4 E, o# G2 t• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
& u/ A/ P% c0 x" h  \9 i) J0 J• 保护价格 protective price
; V1 R3 Y, A7 Q+ V- u• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
5 ?1 I( w" }/ E8 I• 报价单 quotation of prices
: z1 p% Z! F/ t3 W( h• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
4 O* N7 O' l& j2 P% S' x• 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
6 C9 N0 _) c# L) w. h• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
* K+ l* V- L3 x( g* z8 A8 K• 保释 on bail
• 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
6 x9 O) \. M( Q& P• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
* [7 e3 [) f4 e3 n/ G• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
# l, {# m$ l. K• 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
• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
- H/ K- }  y/ y1 E/ A• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
; q1 z  U- V( x6 R8 Y• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
% f5 Z) A; t" V/ s; E9 Q0 N7 p* `. V• 包装业 package industry
4 x& v5 S6 c* s! u* |9 U• 保安员 security staff
8 ]! c  z" g& Z  w* l( G• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
8 ?. `1 D- O, G• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
& L; S5 j2 c% \7 v+ e* J• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
5 C5 {0 ~9 h& t2 b) M+ K  J• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
) t) B5 O  g# G0 b0 A# [) x9 Z' K• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
: Y) _0 W6 Y. s! N9 V• 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  
! B% j5 c' t1 x) _• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
1 K+ [* j, g  }3 @; _& l6 A• 保险费 insurance premium
2 D) l4 k2 d( ^1 D( W• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
, ]2 N4 V/ ~, U" S• 保险索赔 insurance claim
8 Y. Q( _1 _, G. R• 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  
• 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

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
" g. m. x2 d7 ?& _9 s0 r• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
  ]6 V* k' H5 \5 v4 W. ]. X• 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)  
8 p, F2 _9 I$ s& {! m) C0 n* L8 N• 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)  
2 _  D1 A+ N8 ^5 j- M• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
' E+ S& j, L7 M  p9 h• 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.  
" C1 c0 ?1 Y7 ~! n• 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  
9 E: }0 I. f% A& E$ v$ q( w• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
0 `: Y. ~% K7 @/ U8 N& \• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
3 v' F% h& J( m+ Z! f6 r3 k0 d5 M• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
# C4 P$ k3 I( p/ W0 e• 本票 cashier's cheque
4 |" c( T  ?3 K• 本土化 localilzation
+ m4 Y( B, w; d0 j7 n• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
3 u. L4 ?1 f4 f0 l4 U• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
1 O% W; Y; K& S2 m• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
  [9 P7 z) j1 z/ U% T  e• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
; K4 O+ c# z2 F1 L# W  b• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 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  
0 w( m/ A  p# F, @$ u• 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  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 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
' _8 A9 i: m' a& _: e• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
! p. q& S+ z, M* y• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
; R8 a0 M- o/ T4 H, K, `$ i7 L• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
, a6 C6 A" }& n; }6 [: S• 边远地区 remote and border areas
# X4 w7 C* ?; T2 `+ B; V• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
% @: B7 c1 b: m! p- S1 g• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
. p. W( j) ^- v• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
1 \' [) q3 b# ?2 Y, M* J• 边际报酬 marginal return  
) V! C! R, i$ Z3 f" M" F• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
% Q  k- p& x1 y4 G! n: `1 r' `• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
* i1 n5 G' Q& @; `1 X% r% s  ~• 表演赛 demonstration match  
5 u3 ?/ Q/ A9 m$ m• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
/ H- H# e: p6 r  @• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
. G% W! i; `. i# l" Q4 m! G- a* T& S1 e• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
' Y3 G# T# S4 _: D% R+ Y3 j• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
% u% I. o% D3 }; x• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
5 }. `( g1 A4 p( C3 ]• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
% x# w5 D% U/ x5 S$ K' O  Z* ~• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
; s; h% o. T# u* o0 N, e( [• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
5 l! e* _% E, X: s• 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  
* i- R0 K2 b$ Y• 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)
9 f% `) h4 H1 o" N• 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
• 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  
( L7 ]9 ?, S& m/ C• BP 机 beeper, pager
; M& t1 }3 T) G$ x• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
7 K8 X" m9 ?( w( \; K• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
4 p# H  G! ]/ F( v• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
- k$ i! A5 D# r. U5 z• 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
• 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
. W$ ~8 _( p  E; w7 g  e• 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
4 H4 V* y7 p. e  \8 v1 H0 f7 V* ?2 A: L• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
  v* e4 t6 x: u• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
; n/ L3 G/ w0 y: h3 ^+ @/ ^1 i8 j  d• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
7 Z7 n$ }' o, J& B1 T% F8 K6 D0 P$ Z• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 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  
1 q- Z9 N6 x3 C) Y9 [6 O• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 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)
* X  ^9 b! T3 h# H" U) u% F• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
5 b) ^! O- b" [& T5 H# X: D* W. M• 补缺选举 by-election  
/ n0 ?2 i7 x0 P1 S8 |0 z• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
3 o0 p+ l+ h" W6 S: f3 l6 ^% k. o8 V• 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  
• 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。