Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
, n% o" x3 l4 u# y$ \& `& N% n* U• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
5 m( s# }. I( @8 T. p) Z• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
6 `" G) M, H" D0 X% }1 Z• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
+ E: a; W5 [- I• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
  d; U( E$ J9 L' _. M• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
" t  ?9 q7 v  \2 e& l• 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)  
4 l) s: E# L0 ?0 E  _% V• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
( P- q: w/ {' s: N4 F$ A8 o7 t9 }• 安家费 settling-in allowance
& K, H# }: F+ Z& e* X4 n• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
. g" d( L) V5 [5 e2 \# R" T0 c• 安全岛 safety strip
# e8 U8 h7 @, e• 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  
. G3 _# H% u/ g$ ~7 y• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
) V' _& o" b# r• 暗箱操作 black case work
$ Z3 f* C3 N  k: x; g# m• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
  V0 G$ r) S, {9 B, w4 ~: C, L, u* d• 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
# K. j  @2 B7 f- X9 D• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
: s* I- D% L" ]5 a" y+ S• 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  
8 ]) d+ R+ H% j6 N$ u; A- w+ u• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
; K5 o. ?" A/ w6 \$ s2 H0 f• 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  
6 N9 T+ u0 g& o• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
. u3 v2 Q9 Q+ D# O2 R: `8 `• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
. I, ]# d- z6 X7 ^; m# y/ ^) t• 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)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
/ I% L. L- i- p8 b( \, x1 A) V• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
  \- i. n% c5 E, H+ Q• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
1 [2 d4 g2 z* K( e# B• 吧台 bar counter
! p8 s4 @8 }# \• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
, ?& n* c; z6 k% r/ F• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
' _8 c- u/ J: ?, m) c: N• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
5 D7 O4 U( n& e6 l6 }% P• 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
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
- N4 N* a9 ~  O) z7 @1 B! I• 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。)
% N2 k, F* `5 K# K• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
" d/ c- m/ T/ l) @: w, n1 W• 百年老店 century-old shop
* j# {- ?6 u# d• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
0 ^, f) k3 Q! h" P4 P( L4 H• 白色农业 white agriculture
2 W1 w) o. W5 R# m$ M+ p$ u. I• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
% G9 z! P+ }  M* ~8 J, X• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
6 B# ]1 x! {4 ~1 t( F' `) f9 O• 白色行情表 white sheet  
# C7 q/ j0 Z7 ~1 n5 ?• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
* k) `1 [- M% B' [+ |• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
: Q- {. K2 r/ i# C• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
$ u( Z: J- D1 h. ^• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
+ O1 }# i9 y2 M/ z* |+ [2 m% H4 Q• 板儿寸 crew cut  
: ]% s, a- F7 x& M, M• 办公室设备 office equipment
8 J- I: g0 m+ i0 y3 w• 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
' C+ s2 j5 _7 k• 半决赛 semifinal
' }* N; l& j! ~/ \3 _0 A• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
" S" l4 J) A, J8 a( B• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
, X( M6 r! g, `- Q& Q7 i* d0 X• 斑马线 zebra crossing
3 e" b; }8 ?! Z  E• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
- [: q& b3 Y+ b• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
  Q- S3 O5 m7 a% J% n• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
( }1 h; O# z/ d! V9 {; q/ l4 e% {& ~• 版税率 royalty rate
) G8 I, \4 n4 F7 y. N• 半托 day care (for kids)  
0 O; C  B. E3 F; A• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
: e1 Z, h& g% W+ Q• 伴宴人员 escort  
' T0 e1 Y' N  U$ K• 搬运工人 transport worker
) H/ G# J$ W6 t0 W* G+ D! x• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
$ p" \  n4 K' Y$ M/ v1 T9 c' H! d: K• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
. r! T% U4 ?4 v4 V1 |) R! n5 `• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
) d. e% D6 M& ?! r+ K, f  n/ E• 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
& ^1 Y1 T8 B% e" z0 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
  F% U4 o  ^8 j, q1 z! U/ l# _/ Z7 o• 保兑银行 confirming bank
" i; W; M9 z  u8 I• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
( O2 H) j+ m" J/ ]6 e: ?4 d1 n• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
  ^: C4 B2 }9 C' h• 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
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
0 g$ p" U6 n* p* d- O$ L• 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
) w/ ?* u5 B) Q4 H• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
) a$ m$ d3 B: Z; B. g• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
" `( |$ F5 K3 j3 k• 保健操 health exercises
: Y( c5 S9 c% n• 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  
4 f. f" Q  x9 a' @• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
1 ^, ]9 I0 B! y5 V/ A• 暴力片 splatter film
/ T! L* r6 }3 P• 保龄球 bowling
. G+ S- X& r! d9 @1 v• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
+ u' m  n2 \+ g) b4 w( v• 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
+ }; i7 N1 N; p• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
  F; ^& M. W  X• 保障措施 supporting measures
% ]" @* p# s; j• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
& ]2 |# U) L; V$ [% g0 H• 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
• 包装业 package industry
$ A* X) g% o  P  r- d" H/ H• 保安员 security staff
; r5 T. a" d$ O" b, i• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
' ^# g. ?  I; l• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
) G* k7 n( M, ^6 m5 p5 r! r• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
5 O* F* n* F, b6 D% t• 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  
• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
8 z& V( O5 Q( l$ R- Z% H/ }/ d4 a. C• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
' Q+ r5 U1 N3 a0 L3 L9 R$ z• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
( y1 |: @/ \9 W$ o7 {• 保险费 insurance premium
$ z- F( y' Q4 f$ F! f3 V0 E) a  W# W• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
6 a3 z7 ^! V& Z0 B1 Q, t• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
" P) V1 n$ X1 |+ u0 [• 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
- ^: z& u. |/ ?- H5 H2 s; N• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
* {1 ^1 P" D! l, t3 ^3 ]: u• 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
/ H# \  Y7 F# w' [+ _. f1 p7 {  ~• 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)  
, @% `; ]+ v. X' V" e8 f• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
/ r# k: E! ?( o2 }! @6 J5 ]: r• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
$ g; H0 [$ y" |4 l5 t* S• 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.  
" G  v' o2 v) J4 b+ a• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
8 k8 H8 |5 p1 ~  R. a6 q• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
, j* W; S; M1 P4 G• 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  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
6 }, p( |, X5 A, Z7 i; r• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
: D& g: J) `. I0 ]: v* [• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
& n, C; B& v7 b+ T3 S" i  Q• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
" u* J. ~: x8 b0 b8 T6 B" s; |• 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”
) v3 x& N% t/ I& J* u8 L" u1 }, N• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
( ~' M: I$ X8 s1 A  R7 d" {6 d• 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
9 a6 O3 o$ ?7 H3 G" C$ n# D: I% X' W• 边防证 fronter pass
: D3 E' d, g" o, d• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
( I5 c* {3 |4 H  \• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
8 V& J. s3 R4 n0 J: [) M• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
: n# ^3 d( v) e& G, L' O• 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
. R8 P2 r2 F# g) ]6 B/ x• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
4 y/ S; b" x2 p% g- ~( O• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
/ t  g9 |2 B; V) z6 C/ C' @• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
4 E2 g! P2 X7 a! b• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
8 ~" j  q) l& K0 S( R9 y# a• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
! x; F! @, G, N! M+ Q$ n. b" M/ }0 G' P• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
* _7 v0 ?$ q9 x+ Q• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
* P7 Q- r+ }1 j3 y+ q% R3 I• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
: c4 H. D  K. [4 c• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
  O+ T& Y- H$ V$ ?• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
9 x5 |6 y! {( T8 b. ~( i2 S• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
- C. U$ b( g6 }5 R, _• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
3 l) U: v5 U4 A/ B6 u# {' \. q• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
! I. N3 I4 O2 ]• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
; T0 P6 i, i3 t8 I$ ^• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
9 ]+ q3 C$ [+ R• 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  
/ k; i5 r4 K4 p$ B6 k. l• 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)
6 f3 F' S, d$ n( {" r, r5 H1 Q• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
( t6 \: r0 a  x) |. g9 L. C& ^( C• 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  
/ `$ G) F  [  ]• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
6 j+ }3 {1 l: f' L• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• 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
, E6 t2 x2 `6 t: `2 X4 N• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
1 D) b' l# [4 T" U( ]+ G: e• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
( E) t" c) ?! K/ J  O; I( b• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
3 T3 ?8 c5 H6 I& q• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
3 v; g" w, g3 d. H! N• 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  
( i( ?6 t. I; w6 l• 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
1 Q$ W/ O% k2 S6 p4 l• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
6 @+ W( f0 ?; [• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
9 m$ w9 D" R# ]• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
. U9 Q7 r; G4 A4 ?$ Z+ G) o• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
5 ?2 }. l9 i' G3 ]- F• 不可抗力 force majeure  
% S+ h5 V/ _( _- r% P; @# g5 J• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
* [0 q6 a$ q2 c. ^8 j' T: _# J. D4 {• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
7 G+ X1 N, ^5 Y% }  _& P• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
0 }) g$ e' k+ t. L& ]+ \! G; _( ~• 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  
  J7 A& e$ m' C: L1 r" }% Z0 H• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
1 y) v* q5 G$ e4 Y; ^• 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。