Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
' N( Y; q( e* b% P. {7 }7 h• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
! }: B. u1 v/ F8 _" \/ K% |, E- t) l• 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  
0 m/ f7 u$ B, j& J+ l3 r3 z" [" d• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
# I, n% D) r" A9 \: ~3 z) {; J• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
3 g8 A$ e. L7 x$ S6 n3 k- V• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
1 f5 c( h" k/ H  n• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
" N; k4 p; y5 H7 H0 l* X% ^6 O• 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
" h1 Q6 ]$ K' q* w3 |+ I% G& }8 y• 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
0 C# u7 c) n' f  k. b3 U. a: w. T) R! {• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
+ a" ?  ]! h3 |. M- g• 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
• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
9 j8 P/ ~5 e8 N; @• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
5 h5 E9 b$ H$ H4 ^! w• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
% J/ Y. q; j7 h0 ^+ n8 c• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
6 n6 Z+ R5 m: c• 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  
" F, ?- K: m& I3 S7 w• 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  
! r6 h1 m" R( [1 U+ l. A• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
) T2 {2 @  c. @/ x& x• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
) J3 |0 r9 ~; Z• 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  
• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
, n. w9 @. }9 t$ C• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
) s2 i, o: d" |, o• 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  
! W4 j. y# {- y. {* O• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
/ d3 a: s7 Q; r/ h• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
9 {# ]( Z) J# Z% P8 b8 R• 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
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
/ n, h5 j: v, o+ Y' e. A" h# A• 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
; z% S5 N) N! ?) r( X% Y  f• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
9 e% }6 u; a5 p" J& j• 白领工人 white-collar worker
. C1 ~$ v3 x+ y! |• 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
• 百年老店 century-old shop
" ?( k. Z' a3 I9 ?• 白皮书 white paper
0 E5 y4 @6 V9 O# n• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 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.
$ b$ D$ a. y/ P0 |. i9 D5 c' G) O• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
0 [2 L) G; h# Y• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
+ G, u- p& L5 ?8 C# \• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
1 a: w3 F- Y$ n) T" v% T% e• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
, I1 _1 Q" S6 a5 S+ c• 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.)"  
' {3 j: ]7 Y  \: B& [• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
/ ?9 `$ ^; f! y! W% D• 白雪公主 Snow White  
0 B9 o. F7 Y2 J1 e# G8 t$ T• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
4 x3 w9 \  w6 P9 I( V; U• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
& ]8 s7 s; p- u3 a! {7 y- T, N• 板儿寸 crew cut  
' f" x% \5 K% U+ r• 办公室设备 office equipment
& v4 z* c3 p/ m, Q$ }# t• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
; q, J8 ?0 c- ~. o• 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
4 `* g+ t. e7 |+ h• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
; h9 D/ m, k  U& z• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
. E; w& ?" [& N$ k• 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
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
% V! P; e) [6 N& H6 r$ C7 c# \7 ]9 u• 伴生矿 associated minerals
$ @, G5 f0 L5 ~$ K• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
9 N' }; D% l- ^( D# _• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
( C& l1 C) S/ K3 X- Z* T: g" M$ [• 搬运工人 transport worker
1 X, A2 R6 @, S2 r+ U2 V' t' y• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
% n9 y! N* l; O9 A& G# _• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
+ i8 z: B3 J5 y+ \* V6 O. k5 A9 `• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
# X$ p& C" U: Y  I9 m• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
$ g& t2 `+ `( \% q" i' s• 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)
( I+ {. |) C* [$ N7 m$ [4 N• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
% q% m+ N4 H0 `6 }! W# N• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
4 p7 S8 W  S3 W1 _. O包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
2 Y& K* f+ D/ x+ _• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
7 t. U3 G* d  w' s% x! {• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
/ I. D& e4 X- |! O: U" J, T  o• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
( ]; N) X$ ]1 P) H• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
0 v4 K4 s. ^3 V, g0 g0 D. ?$ ^• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
- i' v! K: }8 E5 X5 K9 q• 报界 the press
+ ?6 D( j: ?: G! s1 y2 y# u• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
" R) b( f1 p' }, ?, i2 s9 l* D2 V• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
" |# }1 a+ |* R* l• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
8 V' y) u# H% U  A; B4 U• 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
+ [5 o1 i+ G0 Q- P2 s' g9 ~% e• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
: S/ R- V  _3 K8 I• 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
: c* a/ b9 r0 U4 i• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
) H; ~& L" b; m5 {! ^% ?3 F• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
  u( D" j' l8 w' X( i3 \( T• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
1 Y: f; C- b. k$ B; N• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
2 C: c9 @* O) F( d; b• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
: J' P" G$ e1 _) A. j. H• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
: [* F, N. V' k4 I• 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  
• 报关员 declarant  
: n# Z2 {( Z% B6 u, v9 ^' M% H• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
* X% q$ ]0 a8 T8 `' N• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
3 @2 a8 s6 Q- N$ m6 N' f) }( f• 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
+ u! O) s# p. X• 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  
  n4 c* D; k" n) i1 ^• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
1 W  s$ l7 m. o4 _' |0 d• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
" y, _% p7 W. a) H1 l• 备件 spare parts  
- [0 d& j7 y* t+ Q1 n) W7 n* 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)  
1 U( ~" ~4 r) V" C% _& |! C3 s7 O• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
! z$ |- `9 K9 V. q  E$ n• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
4 D9 \/ b3 d: E* G• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
8 `0 V/ P  l+ u2 R• 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.  
0 f1 m9 K7 _: O6 ?8 Z• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
* j' z6 q! D2 \8 _• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
  K; g' A2 b7 f• 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  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
! b, f( A8 |& k• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
- c0 K5 z  Y6 b; U: @: W, a• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
! W& v4 s9 [& B9 N• 比基尼 bikini
/ Q+ ~( Q% d) t3 c: ^% M6 \• 比较文学 comparative literature
' n# U6 o  I( _1 f• 比较经济学 comparative economics
& |9 b. `. \2 ^/ }  f• 闭卷 closed-book exam
6 z. M+ a# g9 {& c+ A0 x/ x* C3 Q• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
5 X8 e: b; N  L- m• 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
: B% t% k- c. }! m• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
/ c, M) g0 j$ E0 }4 C% Y• 边防证 fronter pass
1 g& O: B6 \% j+ [6 I# G• 边际效益 marginal benefit
4 i6 J$ d' c7 C5 }$ f• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
7 z6 \5 B3 S$ c& _: P0 I" H; p• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
( W. K  f5 u" N$ @; x" t3 X• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
- t- F+ G4 s# g2 u; j• 边远地区 remote and border areas
  k( Y, s$ _" b* X' t: E; [• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
$ s) u8 p+ }- X% ~• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
) p3 |7 _1 N4 \% ~• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
& U7 T! A% v3 B• 边际报酬 marginal return  
9 R( T) ?1 n% G0 ?4 B: ~" v• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
2 D5 c! m8 N7 S( N• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
; w- ^4 w5 a. `* ~7 q# M• 标书 bidding documents  
+ |, z7 d, F8 ]• 表演赛 demonstration match  
) b$ I+ _0 N& d4 L  M( L5 C' D/ I• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
7 m7 F& O0 y; _$ S, J• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
$ d7 y. s. X# V0 f# S5 C• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
6 z5 ~% C$ `% P* s& R. q, a• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
7 T  n0 B# b2 U# C• 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  
3 }/ x9 T+ @4 e! }• 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)
8 _3 B! C$ g4 P& }/ \) a+ _• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
5 ^* y+ {* C8 m- g; l: p• 博士后 post-doctoral
& P( j' j/ G" k• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
' ^* k6 O; B1 Y+ f% D  b• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
' q, t3 \+ g7 m, }* d- E/ _' W• 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  
, n/ D# X1 S/ P. [• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
' T. J% F8 ?4 Y& }9 R" ?$ R/ I9 E• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
7 D% A% ~3 I2 P& l  J9 d• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 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
2 I% F4 A! v5 W/ E1 l• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
: n3 @$ Y3 k! K8 ?" q• 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
• 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
' u  c; z: w0 j( x' q* C) j• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
4 H1 D6 S) e& W" j% @3 Q: p• 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  
5 \7 m( e' R7 e6 w) t• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
+ G" ]1 V/ B% k1 h. o! k• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
' p. m* Z: B0 I& E( f0 C• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
) _9 j, D! O0 g! ~• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
# s; o4 I* ~/ A7 n+ }• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
3 F- D; Q& R4 H# o+ W7 L0 x( H• 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  
* c  k7 j" S2 k7 i: [+ ~• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
7 K% b0 p" p  m) G% U. c4 y) r) q4 Y; W• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
' W3 M$ R+ a  b3 J5 K3 m7 K• 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。