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  
/ F; o! g9 x' _) p• A股市场 A share market  
• 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
; J5 p* @  `/ J- z! u• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
+ d$ \( v0 [- x" U* v• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
' m. S0 c( ~# Y$ U% t$ i! U• 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
5 J  ]) N& h  F; }/ |: \: |! |• 安家费 settling-in allowance
1 D; @: M7 h6 l7 J) }5 J& z• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
4 G2 {4 m8 X: j" e• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
. e3 ]' x. G* ~4 ?• 安全岛 safety strip
• 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
8 H6 \8 Y* D: e% b+ Y3 ^+ A• 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  
/ V. n8 f8 l7 U2 k& P8 A# r• 暗箱操作 black case work
+ Z$ [0 O% B& Y; S3 }" i• 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
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
# D2 n4 Z$ O* }6 I2 y. d9 d• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
/ O/ [. Q5 I, |• 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  
( [3 t. ?6 j, N7 @• 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  
% L# a- z: ]$ R" h- J5 J+ A• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
8 }1 r9 C$ f- y2 v; L- q2 z. N! l• 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  
9 v4 @) ~! L' q2 H, C) n. S3 D• 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
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
/ f6 B# K( E4 c/ k• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
5 C5 \6 S- l  f# O2 ]2 c• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
7 U1 b$ t/ ]- A• 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  
• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
% |8 ]4 [0 L" l! b, b0 n9 @• 吧台 bar counter
• 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.
. W% ~7 A5 k' F  A0 a7 n& J• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
) e& O. S$ P, h8 x8 P% e% `1 i• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
2 T  t, `) A' z% {• 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。)
* k' z. y1 _7 b7 e• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
* u4 J" B4 L0 j- B) l' c2 ^8 G' Z• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
, h3 d: n; y/ `2 i! ?  f. u% A0 W• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
) b' J1 p) x% [3 y• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
* g7 ^% I( \0 e• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
$ \# S% Y. D& S" O% q5 }  I* Q• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
* r- V0 `3 s, Q2 r$ Q4 }• 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  
3 U' Y5 C7 D8 V, p1 w) q• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
( e' \- e- [, B$ [5 y• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
* I4 x  x# v- |( ?• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
/ q( ~9 @4 y4 L5 C3 f• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
+ R% w3 [1 ~+ x  k6 T9 l; \. G• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 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
• 半决赛 semifinal
! L! \( c% Y0 g" T8 [• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
7 H" P6 D2 G. E& H' M, _% I• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
- M0 ]# I7 m, h7 Y6 V7 T/ c+ H0 _0 j• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
) c' D8 M" T) B7 Z& m5 S" `& x+ G• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
6 p8 k" g/ G2 p+ r/ H% N, q• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
: s1 P- H/ D4 i/ t) l# }• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
1 T2 a+ h5 o% e! ~' I8 R% F• 伴生矿 associated minerals
7 c7 U( r, @' B9 T1 U• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
$ K4 o; {+ C- q1 _# Y6 x• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 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  
! X1 ^0 |" L! i• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
! ?" ?! g! Q5 m$ i0 Y; ?! B% L• 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
/ d; ?0 P9 p) h. l7 g• 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)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
1 s! k# X9 y/ ~7 B• 包干到户 work contracted to household
- ?' V9 h# I0 M# F# h7 W; y• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
0 H; ]- b, c" C0 q包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
: T; Q8 o  R& s, R' V" z3 M• 保护价格 protective price
9 b* }. O& B9 c, k: T• 保护伞 protective umbrella
6 R3 j7 K& o- e• 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
0 @9 {3 L7 ~$ K, g3 ~5 F• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
9 t- l0 @" v* W* u: H: j• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
9 Z3 ~, Q0 F1 M5 m2 M3 }7 }' e; o• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
2 L* G/ @7 i* W7 j+ z• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
6 ]/ J) S9 z/ w/ I• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
& H+ K  c! C5 c- `- v/ S• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
) @' V% d% `, m3 f6 m$ D6 h2 B& a% c• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
: _* t+ E- M. P• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
- c: d7 _* d" ?" K• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
& P; W) P% y+ s" }5 h* i• 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
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
+ b3 [+ [) j& g- N, ]! E• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
$ e- {1 c: X; a# c& `7 Q7 C# n• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
$ S" w% `8 w" d3 f6 v/ C• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 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)  
( a* y  \9 h7 A+ _, d$ L• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
2 U7 i! ^' b9 p  V2 u7 d! `• 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  
, k8 k  R/ c& P7 y' `" p7 z• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
& `) \' t! P0 O( D0 Z" P$ Q• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
3 |+ }; E- _$ k) @/ J• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 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  
" X! \1 n8 [5 ?! y! @* L* G, D• 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

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
+ o* D* D5 K% f- e• 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)  
( Q$ H7 m: J  g• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
; b4 r* i' \7 i" ~) C" c• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
2 @5 K6 w; n* I% ]9 h• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
) F* z( d9 T8 i* \. ~/ d• 备用资金 reserve fund
8 e# U4 i" `+ k9 F• 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.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
1 Z- n# f# P- F9 {1 T• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
) i7 w- C1 w6 M• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
0 ~8 k( N0 X& d; c' ]1 Q• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
' ^1 V- _- `1 Q' Y7 U1 Q8 T• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
. }4 [5 x+ A' I/ j4 U7 s• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
1 v& C$ t6 {: a# Z% J, ?, S1 g• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
; r( a! E3 l4 H2 @0 B! [• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
5 N2 D9 N% R- B; X• 蹦迪 disco dancing
4 S! l5 \3 U) W; ?& M6 p4 `, [0 ]6 _• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
% H- c  M9 F( A8 t• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
5 i6 j& \, f# t: b5 M& p! E2 K• 比较文学 comparative literature
! H0 u! H6 j1 n4 S5 f$ H• 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  
4 b' I* ~2 h' R4 _) ]• 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 B• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
! N) s+ U7 F, @" Z* k3 ?3 k: I' r• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
; P9 q. s' X7 H& H4 s• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
& ?0 ]' R8 @! o, @8 y• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
" `1 q- R& P: a• 边际效益 marginal benefit
; i8 }+ O6 ~& v: k# Q9 j• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
& N: y  g4 i5 b1 p  u2 w• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
2 v3 E0 T& r" y4 y• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 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
, K. \$ }4 |$ `! y5 c# H• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 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  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
  u  q& i& }" P5 y2 |1 n1 r• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
$ c' }7 ^6 r! c• 病毒性感染 viral infection
" Q& j& D  Z7 `5 B- W• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
4 R# K: z5 N  I) T+ B7 g0 @8 U5 x• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
' @9 [' e  `0 m9 I& p: D• 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
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
: j/ S; M4 P( S1 z3 W' z• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
; a% Y' P$ c+ {; E( h. A• 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  
% X; @" K( \/ `' K• 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
0 i- z+ H. N& q( |5 H' F• 博士后 post-doctoral
9 }; p0 e3 |( T* E8 C0 Y1 M8 x• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
5 o+ d1 @8 K3 \7 `0 @, S9 B+ K4 p' s• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
5 c3 `" v9 @* e9 m1 m" y& {• 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& i: V! {  {/ c2 X• 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
& r; j$ ~8 I; t' m" `0 U• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
" r& Y8 H' y0 h; n1 s! C• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
. ?0 G6 G% p# C• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
" a! o3 ^6 Y5 `6 v. H• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
7 a  T, k1 g( V! V• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
9 k6 i3 G8 \. {! _1 V• 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  
: {9 k8 d$ m7 k• 不感冒 have no interest
+ |1 [5 x! X  _  n• 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　　　　　　
* L2 B+ T$ h* R# f5 J, Z• 不记名投票 secret ballot
" {  s7 r' F0 _) B$ ?! p• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
* P5 V0 X2 Y" D( Y8 A: u" p• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 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  
* W3 f3 |! W5 d: J5 r• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
8 G7 }/ f: p% I' ?' i& K• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
& S- v9 O+ C) J( E8 N# a: i9 z• 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  
  V1 h0 p! Q% U• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
) _0 K, q* S" B• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
' F5 ~) c% d/ r! F/ w- `6 X• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
1 x1 ?- g: R6 ^& n: [9 }• 步行街 pedestrian street  
8 F; Z" W# d  B2 Z• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
; D) E0 `+ [! h- |0 W; Z( v• 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。