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  
1 c, r! A) O5 M" N0 \• A股市场 A share market  
* [: N3 C' e$ U6 A& W0 N• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
/ {: }' D1 o' Z• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
: Z' J* ]$ Y# c6 E7 X5 m• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
" }! \: f7 w* J$ a3 R! T1 f4 {• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
2 G  W/ F+ y, o• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
) ?5 l3 G! a6 D3 ^) o• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
- w5 T+ l4 ^4 P: Q• 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
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
6 d  f, v8 J# N* j) G• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
7 w. f" c: Z5 x- N4 r• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
& v( z4 l+ z/ w7 m! [; \- M• 安全岛 safety strip
0 Z; ]6 l: z5 G/ H9 @• 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
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
3 D* D9 x6 G8 I" |7 ^• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
7 |: {) `$ b7 J/ y3 h: a! l3 ?• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
, ^7 y% S! ~6 }• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
; t4 T6 b$ r; |/ L9 @. e• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
0 t% _5 T. ^) S- W- |• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
5 L) L5 @. p' G& k• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
, K4 W5 |( ~! c* C) q) ]• 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  
* h9 r$ d* a3 p. q• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
4 [$ _4 V( g$ ~( q3 [! D4 x• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 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  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
2 R. W' ?% }3 N5 G6 D• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
/ n+ {9 k' [* Q+ v1 ]• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
: L4 B5 b* ~; x0 x" [; s5 X& Y* V• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
• 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
, c; |. W+ O9 _# i% y0 w• 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
3 F" b) s& @( ^' j: v1 h, B• 拜金主义 money worship
: ^0 k% G5 f% [7 }) q" a• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
+ u0 h' ^6 i0 R1 O: O/ M0 c8 l• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
) t. d9 Z( H# p4 t• 百年老店 century-old shop
7 I# F! ?" }- T, {2 B# _• 白皮书 white paper
7 s0 q+ F& H. o5 y' X• 白热化 white heat
& C9 N" Y( |; n/ n# z0 e• 白色农业 white agriculture
$ T* `( Q5 [" @* H3 v• 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.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
2 J# l5 v4 t7 @, N/ l3 W• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
) c0 n$ W# |1 Q6 `5 p' F• 摆架子 put on airs  
. V; |# H- D6 x1 \• 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  
• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 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
  B8 c$ Z: L8 U( J* a6 @4 c  h7 E• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
7 F* M* Q, h6 ?& O3 M" a) {3 ]• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 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
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
+ a2 q- N+ k* R. j5 @# R" T• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
( |0 }% K3 b2 s- G1 d+ S• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
/ ^5 O3 `  U( A# K! K# h• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
0 q1 i8 D8 T" u1 W& ~% R/ W( P• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
3 P! k* {: U: B$ q/ J& K4 ?1 p• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
- l) ?) U  |8 _' N. O• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
. O7 }# u/ u( c- H4 \/ |3 k• 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
4 t" B7 Q( P0 |, N# W! {6 y* ^• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
# v8 S% t- ~7 c1 T0 P• 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
! E" T' l, Z; Q& H8 s• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
! n2 x5 s& j! W/ l5 H7 P3 X4 P• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
; _6 Y* e  X$ _  B% S/ e- |• 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
1 T: K/ s; v; ?% ?* s: \包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
: t9 y: w* }$ A, {& b* K" `* P• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
1 Z; K) `" B8 {2 m$ J, {- D• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
  ~4 P% t# E* ?4 S  g• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
/ u8 l* A" t9 q3 @• 报价单 quotation of prices
. }" `; {+ V7 v. q, n• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
) {% `' I3 b: k4 }+ s9 s• 保健操 health exercises
) j8 G( Y, m+ s( o2 ^• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
, I+ }6 Z( S) ~/ L• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
  x; j4 \9 c7 u  w; e• 保释 on bail
3 n9 d) k, T, [: Q6 _+ I• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
5 _4 A& a) m' z• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
8 S2 H7 }8 B! u. ^• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
  q/ f4 n/ t8 Y: A• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
( @9 a7 t! b" E; W7 g+ }• 包销人 underwriter
! z' \6 }0 b5 y• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
" F/ D8 n' R/ \  V3 S: j0 D• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
0 H7 \, w' A5 _$ ^8 z) S: W/ v0 o6 T• 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
; z; L3 |" h3 f* w$ s3 T2 U• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
) P: k( g* L1 s' [  w" b4 C. r• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
5 ~/ ^3 _$ _# ~# @6 z# I• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
1 z* _' T3 X, |, b3 n% m• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
* I9 ~  u6 N5 V; X) W• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
& I' Y  Q9 I$ Y8 M4 {' R# }8 z8 L• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
5 f! g- Z" }, q2 k' \4 ]• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
: v# `9 j8 G# ]) Q7 K# T" E• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
' _/ U* ^6 `7 S6 T$ E" s• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
! S1 A( ?' a5 M+ O8 w" d• 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
5 [5 a! }  J5 A0 R• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
) |* B. P  K0 L6 v• 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  
0 \. u& z( [! v! d2 ]• 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
" k7 }  {! ~9 F0 i) K• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
) G- }/ m' ]; y- o• 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)  
8 Z5 n  U, l( e, b4 e% s• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
. A- `3 i# I: |& J) N% B• 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.  
, E9 P' ?& y6 Q• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
$ S5 A+ ?) u2 u: E" K: J1 F' p• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
  _7 D0 O9 M+ B1 `' D( w6 ]4 h• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
7 q+ Y' Z( B" O* F  H. w• 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  
' s' z) {& L4 A+ Y% e• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
# a0 Y/ P2 t/ e$ a• 本土化 localilzation
( ]6 B: |* N. F0 t, m1 U• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
7 ~2 F1 m. _$ O3 K* ]2 T• 蹦迪 disco dancing
/ P! ?3 w+ C- ~$ y% B- g1 C' ~• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
& G9 W3 }) W9 G4 N• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
# p8 W& e9 U3 G+ T• 闭卷 closed-book exam
8 Y! C9 l* r) d" y( `% i7 ^2 a' F• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
0 K4 q+ l8 q' t. B, L  ~, }/ k• 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  
• 避税 tax avoidance
  w  d& `' l  h3 r6 @. n• 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
& m( a7 s2 d8 i9 i0 c# j  [" J% T• 边防证 fronter pass
! P5 K: x5 O" [• 边际效益 marginal benefit
8 g* O2 }  f$ X" T  B1 V• 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
+ u2 F4 H3 l! L  W; i- v7 q: G• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
" O2 {! h6 t. G% N9 |) t' ~7 N: ?• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
1 v8 d$ F' L/ g7 k- ~$ H: _& \( T/ z• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
  P! y6 l( |3 c% W- K. Z% g• 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  
- ^/ i- O3 `: z. `& F, ?# \• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
; a$ O* a- g8 P: k3 [! S• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
( c/ t1 s# ^2 r1 l+ n/ n• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
6 k+ L/ ]. i" k• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
+ E: b5 Q9 B- H- V5 T• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
4 t+ r% p9 A  k( N• 并网发电 combined to the grid
" w0 ?2 L4 }, o# U• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
8 p3 P# R: _& z- r5 n• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
+ G1 g- U, d. x  H) {• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
$ L# ^( O( z9 I• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
& P9 ^1 Y6 _( u' F• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
9 f7 B; k! M; T5 C; \! ]• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
8 o+ l" w2 p2 ~, A• 《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
# ~% H6 @* _1 N2 L2 |• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
/ P6 }  j9 V0 |• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
' ~7 |4 d7 c( a1 E  |" Y• 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
* B$ D$ ]2 _$ S0 v& e4 F) R! J• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
1 G1 _2 l" H+ c: s• B to B (B2B) business to business  
5 U# b8 s: e5 h+ A" f; k• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
: h' d8 P* a- ?: n: w7 t2 ~• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
/ n( H$ n9 L& a; q( r• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
' Q! S* W' p- R• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
2 J2 k; z; S+ g3 l: E2 L• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
& d. Z! _& n2 G% E$ E! `5 o• 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. "  
0 Y% F8 G+ Q: f7 B1 B% A2 M  T• 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
5 V' w5 n2 y  M• 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
: b4 Z- _1 i2 f1 I5 S• 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
; P4 U3 \  ^2 i% x. q0 [• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
3 O  \# Z* u+ r) u0 @4 K; h• 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
• 不眠之夜 white night　
/ Z. M# _8 b/ q• 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  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
9 w/ F1 g) M. H5 b. ?. O3 l. M• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
1 E' y9 _" ]7 F/ z; `/ S" N" D• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
. X4 x$ f5 l# q$ A* \- h% p% O• 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。