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  
• 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
" u7 M4 E0 {0 m0 {4 `• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 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
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
5 j* z3 j( U  M( R! n• 安全岛 safety strip
+ C0 i  |& T+ ^• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
4 X# u5 _& c  x* b) n8 D• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
5 i7 M) S' a- C  f! Y• 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  
) M* }! ^9 w& Z+ f' Z2 U• 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
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
) @# R3 m# E+ l5 L6 C/ Q• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
% B+ k; `% H5 d, p7 {• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
* S7 }5 h0 G3 j1 ~$ I9 ^7 D1 C• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
: A: Y, x# T9 G% X• 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  
! ^, H0 ?2 q+ c1 o! n• 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
6 ^# Y& c2 Q) E$ U8 X1 g/ A. `7 x4 x" Y• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
4 T  ]# }2 \1 g3 d• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
5 A# D1 h8 t$ o2 r2 m& e  R8 ^• B超 type-B ultrasonic
# j  O% S1 l; z% @. Y• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
; Q+ j+ A, W9 b• 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  
7 ~6 a# `( i# n- |& r/ H• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
  O, u! m- Q% L) j: h' X• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
6 N+ w+ V7 K, X6 d, w9 \• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
0 r8 s) }, q$ m* G& A" l0 `• 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.
9 n7 U! `* R1 p) c* R% P, i• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
1 l7 C, J( T6 S! A8 m- ?, 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
4 E) p, t) Y1 H- Z• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
& q% R: ?- X0 m: o• 白皮书 white paper
- o  V% s* \' G' {) Q5 F/ V( e& R• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
# d9 I+ a- b; ?' a* K  _+ l$ H& S1 H• 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
! x# C4 P. g$ C+ o• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
, N9 l* x( D' `/ G& ?( Q; P3 g& W• 摆架子 put on airs  
. [+ ^' ]7 C- O; D# ^• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
5 x' q& c) G6 v9 K" z• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
0 `) H. q- ^% e, _• 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  
4 F! D2 {3 t' ^; ]* e. k• 白雪公主 Snow White  
* C& U! P' w: `- I2 ?' h9 F* V• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
; H: s# H# D( S3 t! ]9 u7 p2 V• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
$ P: {8 ]( d" F5 _8 p/ L2 j( B• 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
• 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
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
4 D9 q& @( e% G8 s5 Q& S• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
# b* o; `# e6 ~/ u• 版权法 copyright law
$ F) _6 O5 a1 G/ ^• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
; @$ |" F2 ~9 i6 w6 q" `7 p5 N0 F• 半托 day care (for kids)  
1 Z0 q  _2 W: B• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
# m3 j' P+ Q2 \- z4 C" k$ |- X• 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  
+ u" ?4 A3 V7 L: j0 q• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
0 w- a& }, ^3 z0 K1 e) T• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
$ R/ [+ `- R% i0 I4 w& q' f* |! ^• 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
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
/ g- D( k  K' Z4 S5 {1 t( ~, o: u• 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
; J% A' f6 ^) a: B4 m) ?• 曝光 make public; expose
• 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
• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
5 A4 {/ [5 ~* s• 报价单 quotation of prices
& L8 h- Q4 C* K# o4 ?3 i6 O• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
5 w' ^& u1 o  e& I! V• 保健操 health exercises
6 H* F8 I2 f6 P: ?• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
1 A+ u+ P0 J0 B• 保健食品 health-care food  
1 V, j  [. Z8 ]( ?. T$ @/ W# M• 报界 the press
6 c5 y' y! w  e, d2 p• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
  w0 i- ~, g3 ]- ]7 i7 b* f• 保龄球 bowling
1 M" c+ J1 g8 a/ Y• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
0 D8 E! V* V. |1 P6 q, a0 q& G• 保释 on bail
( S! z; }8 O" h. _" c/ M! c8 {& n" I• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
3 ~5 d+ \; ~( G( I) O• 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
9 l3 A6 h5 o* f" g• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
- X+ A% |- c1 S6 I- M) v& m• 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
$ w- C3 Y! \. L; g2 }* ]+ @• 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
2 |7 L$ Y& {8 E/ f" A* n• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
! Z' {. n0 i; S! C7 B5 D• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
9 y4 @3 H0 H; n• 包装精美 delicately packed
& {" }9 R5 v7 p/ w- V; v• 包装业 package industry
; L2 w& m5 v/ i" o1 y4 T• 保安员 security staff
) c. c6 A* x7 m' l/ Z• 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)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
) O1 g9 n7 c! l! B  T5 N2 i3 H• 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  
- h4 M. m" p/ L/ s1 u' M• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
, r. S' w4 Q5 z1 z( S4 a• 保理业务 factoring business  
" k3 ?' i* k& i4 ^8 e• 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
! w% \, F, q3 v• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
1 c$ W( h2 i* H+ t/ ^• 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
, G# I( k( S9 [* P8 _/ 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
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
7 _( U) Z% D' o* b& A• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
2 |) B2 N" p5 |8 r, I9 r• 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)  
" @# N$ S- r# g# j• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
0 `2 J+ C% R; u3 a• 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 H" P" F3 |  l3 Y5 n" v• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 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.  
' |) W' c  @5 j1 Q5 G1 n• 本票 cashier's cheque
# b5 b( I; T+ @, E; E• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
6 y2 e; c; d, G% f: O* _( D1 ~5 p% D8 n• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
5 L! {. A& M9 v) `• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
: A# Q# Y4 b# E2 S  Z) b2 Q• 蹦迪 disco dancing
  \* Q5 s( b8 D7 N8 @' M: H, Y• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
, K: @: X( A& |, d• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
$ H; Z3 Y- F* l  {- B• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 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  
. V6 Y5 P' i. [• 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”
* r  K; y% U, D. `1 N* C" V• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
' e( x! |( O1 U+ `• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
8 s. N. X3 S$ I- w) G- q5 ~• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
/ b0 X6 T2 o/ h" r/ [* J• 边际效益 marginal benefit
3 s; Y+ D8 N7 E, {$ X. T) A• 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
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
' A  F. {3 B: L. G3 c• 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
  m6 U4 E) u$ p2 i. p! V% V0 l• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
: S% r3 J) H) J+ p• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
& F, k2 P; I. R* q6 X• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
. s' j# @5 u  m0 S5 |! [5 K• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
$ L0 P; z) z; [) b; ~8 m• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
/ {* W- Y. V! Z• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
; j  g' Z/ T- c7 ?% f• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
" Q7 v8 B* {6 c# M• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
5 i5 Q8 K0 ?/ P  S; G: i• 标书 bidding documents  
' W0 l0 W. B+ o• 表演赛 demonstration match  
" z- Q) ~* ^' X1 j2 @0 \% T• 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
- i5 }! [$ n6 e- _# c, p* _• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
6 V( K1 R0 x" b3 o# ~- M• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
$ b9 C, w: E" q6 ?1 L' T• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
) ^5 }% G( ]/ H; h% ^: Y• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
/ K4 b6 g4 `' e$ q• 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  
2 @6 M, s% s0 _# ~- U# j• 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)
# L0 i* O1 O- W9 A: i" e: B• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
' D' K% c9 p* \9 J0 E• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
1 j7 w& V' n& H4 v0 v6 s! J5 h; s6 n• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
% N8 \$ U6 N/ L+ F+ S" P• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
5 [2 V9 Y1 {8 I" z( c• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
( G3 U, n* N/ a6 T( }• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
9 t: r6 P7 `0 F8 `( x8 V" a• 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
, q. b/ j4 Y+ K7 o1 b• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
, F* A- i* @+ X% O: o" W- ?% y• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
9 x2 k: N6 p3 |• 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 n1 x, f; L# e: S* X! x• 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  
# e# d6 Z  P0 m) G' i; k• 不感冒 have no interest
* \, b# Y  x. R• 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　　　　　　
6 n1 B. `& o/ \( q. |8 g1 c5 B$ U• 不记名投票 secret ballot
- k" ]& t* u- L# u7 E/ S• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
* j8 t2 Q+ e& X• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
1 b/ w4 {% H' [, M• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
0 u% z% f! X4 G' _5 G- C• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
9 \* R7 F: D+ D7 i* z• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
) T1 d* E: j, m9 U8 N. c  D7 [# H1 F2 M• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
0 i3 F3 F! D0 O0 x• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
/ Z; M, R% Z0 W9 o0 v/ R$ C• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
6 i4 E. L8 \9 G- a( m- ~• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
% v3 I# d8 P" O! q" i• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
- p$ d& B  ~) z• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
6 o+ [& v% f8 |/ B, 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。