Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
4 |/ Y4 W9 Z, R1 ]• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
- ?% F; x( J; t• A股市场 A share market  
( v% i: J4 l, s) Y9 T• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 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  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
9 W- s3 \; M: t) J  _2 v• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
; ^% Z; M, U1 x! H: w• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
" ~) ?7 B# X/ G- X• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
4 `6 M6 U) L& h1 v- ~' d• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
9 f1 \: F* y; ^5 l! }• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
; `! F+ r" o( U! N" R# _5 j4 x9 x( R; G• 安家费 settling-in allowance
0 A, O% f& h6 k: g% p• 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
1 y2 G( S, {% Q# G1 I, O% t• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
1 h) ]( s* f: L  |2 ?! [4 F• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
5 Y/ x; G$ s( |( Z# y& ?• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
0 I# `2 s% B2 v5 L- x• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
$ j  R4 i8 }9 _* i- `6 r# d• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
! i; E! d+ ?9 a+ @• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
0 I# ]% m4 m' W• 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  
0 \  a6 K: E* Y; E  v• 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  
# N5 ]! I/ b  w% t• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
5 U9 n7 R5 ^: C. q3 Z• 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  
1 g6 j+ u0 p5 O& |7 T• 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+ z- S' x% o• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
5 O$ C- |- s" n( h5 r• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
! `6 D1 g8 D% z1 P0 s; p• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
/ h( B, p: D# f2 v• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
1 O3 G+ Y6 P  j/ w& p6 R& N# y• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
6 n. D! {! i& U" [• 霸权主义 hegemonism
8 |- F6 v! f3 u. s2 ]8 F• 吧台 bar counter
2 O2 ~: V* u0 f. s/ r8 v) q, t# T• 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
- G) h) x+ ?8 t: f$ x• 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
• 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。)
* M' I6 {. w3 B2 Z$ Q• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
. C" V1 ]% K7 S' r9 {! L( ~' j• 百年老店 century-old shop
) i* C  e* r8 }8 v( `• 白皮书 white paper
! O3 u. }, U/ R+ O• 白热化 white heat
* z7 z5 x' ^7 N9 |• 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.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
+ N# Q* ?* N1 L• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
- i0 a4 A' d2 l• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
* L( K4 U; x5 J- F7 D- S& x! h) H• 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  
% N% H5 j) K  Z• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
' a! T: n7 B* W' A* i/ ^. v* |• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
7 p' Q* X) E' `& u+ \, f• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
, ~, B$ @9 p/ n4 q  [• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
3 z) X  ~8 I. j• 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  
$ r, E7 z5 x( A2 N6 C2 g9 w• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
' z  m" I% G& `0 a% L- s4 {• 斑马线 zebra crossing
, J- ~2 p& K9 j" W% ~' U% \* e• 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
3 i% u3 K9 z. }. {( k0 p, a• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
/ n1 K  L+ h3 p• 版税率 royalty rate
9 K2 `6 ~6 x4 H7 H. F• 半托 day care (for kids)  
6 x5 [, j. P# v2 C$ a' c• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
) o# I- q' R7 P+ |• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 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
6 e" r; e  G- j5 j% U4 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)
6 a8 f" Z4 t$ e1 e) A8 P% O( n• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
4 T+ H, D  l( J% |4 u  l* M. g• 包干到户 work contracted to household
, X! w! t! V- n- P* e" y7 g& S% Z• 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
! a6 G1 q$ J2 I6 B# J# U4 p+ q5 l• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
) o+ M1 {& Q+ G/ h• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
( A- y* e3 Y. A8 ]/ W" ^8 ?' {• 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
* t1 k) s  L) J: Y2 [" T& B• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
. a1 e. b3 {4 N• 报价单 quotation of prices
) M+ W) I. r" `6 Q" Z• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
7 R  G/ N7 k* Z• 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  
0 |* z" o% P; N! z$ X7 Y4 G• 报界 the press
" b8 w: _, A/ f8 C) f( ?  g, z• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
0 {6 N; y. E" g5 K* A! m• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
/ h, u  H' z: \; g/ s+ 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
' o) ~5 z" B2 e" [" V; F, ]• 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
7 O' ?0 W+ a, t% a$ F) K% P• 保障措施 supporting measures
3 p- i  w* w( n$ f. I• 保证金账户 margin account
4 H: ?% D& A5 A' W& b5 M! J1 K• 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
  M; {* J" ]7 @7 r• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
" T; [4 \  P* S" B/ h• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
. x! r  x3 @4 w! ?• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
$ T3 v. E  C4 r4 X5 I# Z6 v8 r& m• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 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  
8 p- I3 v& j, P% w+ `0 a; Q" @# g• 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  
4 Q( {; M. Q. f. ]3 r' ?• 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  
• 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
% Z: F$ ^) b& G4 Z9 N. W  ]• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
) T, G2 |. y+ l2 g' P• 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
. K3 Y7 q+ ]$ S( M! S4 U% J) l• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
' ^, \# x' [/ R• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
& P  ]6 f1 j. j) z• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
' R! ^) A' N7 n• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
0 R% |" [' d" I$ ?8 J, s2 K5 |8 R' M• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
2 k  d. }# I1 M$ G• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
" j- ^6 J' G; V9 w! z2 q• 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.  
+ b2 R  u; H( P& k  P  ]: B3 ?• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
' _+ F9 e& W- L5 ~• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
7 c0 m: q% Y" F* q" J- F% @• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
5 i0 a  d  F1 F• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
# L' ^8 G! i6 F. j& J9 o• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
$ ~- P6 D. e; L3 u, u• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
7 e) b! A: P" b: p1 Z$ G9 I• 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
• 比基尼 bikini
6 j, l/ I. U: L! V4 f7 J" d• 比较文学 comparative literature
- w! V7 I- J; z5 U( p3 v• 比较经济学 comparative economics
' z; x# P/ S; ^. J" g- g0 O+ z• 闭卷 closed-book exam
* y# s9 ]4 ]3 O# z% V9 Z3 o; c• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
3 }3 n" J4 Z- h# v6 o: d9 e• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
- n5 a6 `7 K7 |8 l4 p( Z5 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”
2 p% E, }, d* B• 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
7 W+ l8 p" e! V/ s• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
0 |6 H3 K4 ^1 ~# a6 G5 ^! Q. M• 便当 brown bag
: l" z# j# P/ D• 边防证 fronter pass
; n$ T' J3 ~& Y( Q8 {• 边际效益 marginal benefit
  a& L% Z! w* V$ h& R( o" a• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
, j/ `( R6 Q5 q& l/ B& v. P, \• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
' \4 R% a1 O& F" {9 D• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
9 d" T* v7 Y9 e- U: s/ `7 f  V4 D% T- L& L• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
3 U1 @; m  p! t- S& ^2 D, B: L2 `2 w; 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
0 [% Z0 u8 `9 G' [, u" }: k• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
- R5 L- {" y" D/ R2 L• 边际报酬 marginal return  
' i" d9 V3 C( U5 X. V+ k* D/ W• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
( B1 }* H- _. O+ U5 t* M. A  p• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
; j' K/ \8 }( t8 ]. V• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
1 S& |' z) P  P1 Z• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
8 E* V* @3 ?+ F: s• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
. _2 J" e" b3 ~4 y9 K8 m  M• 表演赛 demonstration match  
% B3 x6 O* J2 ?• 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"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
: a4 d+ o0 H" s3 I8 Q  E6 G; h; c+ h• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
$ i. _8 e7 k6 r" g- U• 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
• 《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)
7 D6 W3 q  G% e7 p$ F; L• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
3 ~' d# I# d$ y2 }& \/ b: _# v• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
. \* B8 q% c/ t* O, n/ b" P• 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  
+ e* U  B+ m+ E- f- Q1 O• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
9 k: x% Q5 D7 B% W7 U& q9 c1 p8 `1 O• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
% Y/ r- U: J. t' A$ v% w8 D• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
7 j1 M, _  U: U• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
0 K7 T0 E7 a2 M  r8 F• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
! E% M5 r( }* G* T3 p# S• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
9 q' g9 @+ r4 t: x+ G• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
' W* U2 v9 e* X- r: e• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
( ^1 s: I5 y. ^9 [2 ^$ K• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
# p8 |8 ~- y; {• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
# i  ?. e9 [1 W5 \  i# Q2 c• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
2 U! ^9 y/ _7 ~% s; f9 R• 不感冒 have no interest
) |9 c  ~* s3 K• 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　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
. }& C1 y' d6 ]# @0 b, F# v• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
8 N! @7 z( `, c8 k• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
& N/ p9 P; {& M, ?; j0 Z9 e• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
. i$ b- @# a( F0 `• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
9 b+ U$ `. f2 A6 v0 ?1 o0 ^1 X• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
. `- ^' c  x5 y. O• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
$ ~- j: X: b$ X* V• 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
, ?& R" [0 Q# _, {• 补缺选举 by-election  
7 x. t/ v7 o5 ?+ \• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
+ F" ^( ?1 |/ }5 L% c• 不速之客 gate-crasher
# ~+ J0 ~+ \; T8 O) N+ M• 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
5 F; q- ?* V9 `6 T, `• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
7 Z* ^/ g0 I6 d5 P• 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。