Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
; S- {8 V$ Q7 B& m# E• 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
6 Y1 t" b6 S5 @+ n$ q! }; e9 W• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
* X# ?, `; N( d, R% D1 d• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
4 x% p* v) c, w• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
- {/ z+ h0 S0 ]* H• 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)  
+ B; R! M) X. R. s+ x) h• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
1 I6 z) x  b6 s5 M* M+ s$ y• 安家费 settling-in allowance
, t7 C- j' `4 S• 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
+ f- I# X* d2 a) G% W, f/ C• 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  
2 M  I# i; \7 p3 c! V2 K$ ~• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
$ Y7 l( S- i. V/ ^) ?: z5 S• 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
( u/ r) Z, S$ q+ n" r• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
3 k  t1 a6 V& D9 z7 Z$ t• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
; V. z1 k; O  r; ?• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
6 w9 J* ^- k7 C% @5 b• 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  
/ }6 R* Y. I% U0 v/ \• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
  P" B0 V% N# `, D• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
: A7 x' U* G, p7 |% D1 Y• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
  l+ |$ |% J) K6 f1 \( U• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
8 @. N. @; n& w• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
! t4 E& U" X9 c1 t9 ]• 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.)
2 u- g  N$ k  y! b7 t. s0 Y& a  ?• 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  
" b( m, v: Y( u! T) W• 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
& A- |% u7 g/ |3 o4 W• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
/ g. G+ |( s( v# q• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
3 ~; j. _3 W" K8 V. H4 r7 v• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
7 @% N5 @% b5 n6 E• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 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
7 ?$ ~9 i# T$ x/ k5 y5 ^4 H• 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
2 V8 o& f) A9 N+ N4 m6 D• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
: k4 ^8 U7 f6 n* @7 |0 s• 白色农业 white agriculture
2 ~. u- }. G, B3 Y4 B7 `$ Q• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
5 v. y# x& L7 P• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
1 }* l4 x& K1 o" [3 H$ ]• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
. g% Y7 k9 [2 R- ~- Y• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
1 t( R6 p. y4 ^! y: x& B) t8 G9 |• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
4 o0 o' {( O# |# |• 白色行情表 white sheet  
* w. ^/ w$ F  K• 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  
3 i6 I5 V! t, B% n( \' C( m0 T2 ]• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
/ Z+ z  ]- O. P5 p4 r! r/ \• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
$ [, }( O7 U* X  h* e- K5 C• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
  Q: [" E4 {1 e% K* i+ _3 M• 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
/ K. r$ ]9 y2 R/ q2 W- U& V• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
& T$ d8 K$ ?: ^, I• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
; \+ j8 ~; x! k  v# S+ M+ C• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
) G. P1 F) S' e. c• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
# a/ J* J5 ]8 E# |- z- W6 K• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
' I: k( b# v% v# [# u• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
) Y- G( C; w- a. L, ?* V. V( v• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
) b" }) i2 M7 ]. O! [• 伴宴人员 escort  
# y% X% C% S4 n) G• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
: o* d, ?$ D/ w0 H1 e7 b- x• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
! A/ g* T, a& C: ^• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
2 q7 E7 a9 a8 M. e  [• 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
7 P) u& }+ v8 i5 b! ^, O• 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)
2 L+ q& x8 T- R4 @. J6 X; O• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
# L; u/ m. p4 O9 v2 I• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
$ E% H% Q; c$ j7 P/ C包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
$ o% }2 u" O4 i8 S1 G• 曝光 make public; expose
/ V% `# e7 O% s6 z; l9 U1 L' l• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
& v* n; t+ X: L4 ]" r• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
6 x) s" o' g; v( y• 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
$ d( M- R' s" r- \• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
5 T, `/ C" G. P0 [( f- r+ Q& I5 Z• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
% P8 M4 ~5 B- w/ E4 ^• 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
7 ^( P; T6 L! l( k8 }" Y- ?1 @• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 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
% s! m  {5 U$ `( H* t8 R: \$ `• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
" ^9 O! a. H6 O. e- X: o• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
- ]  I5 L0 b7 m$ U! K% D$ |! v• 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
8 H! N1 G3 F; `# N: o: g. V6 v• 保证金账户 margin account
" n; [1 y0 `) [* L• 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
) S+ L. [9 J( Z4 [) t  D• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
# b' _/ |; s1 c9 i8 t9 c+ K• 包装精美 delicately packed
$ c+ [: ~0 a" k* q; V7 N• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
  G* q6 b: ~8 h+ I4 v• 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  
" i6 I: ]2 S9 V  C• 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  
• 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
' e: u3 X" p. }& b+ A• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
  `7 l' S  v. D* e• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
( G' C$ M2 m; |' Y8 v' T( S1 d5 ?3 _• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
5 R6 T  n6 a3 O• 保证金 margins, collateral  
" K: K7 K1 o7 d. A% h# r• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
; q: M. |! D0 i• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
# {7 i; n6 X3 J7 {9 Y. _: m• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
1 v" d* v9 c! f• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
! L1 f+ c2 L) @+ I; K6 _• 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)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
- B8 X* {1 J; k* @1 z1 H9 Q• 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.  
3 ^$ A: \; T1 [* u' B• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
: [0 B0 a( A% o0 k- ~0 u• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
, N) F% l% D+ v! q' s• 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  
, ]) u2 j6 b% U9 y3 g: ]• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
- H7 i# u3 h5 Y' x• 本票 cashier's cheque
- K+ I% b$ \6 b; t, S• 本土化 localilzation
+ O; g( @8 H( ?# k& o• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
8 b" E7 a. ?- _+ B: l1 x/ V! H8 D• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
- j' U$ v+ `8 N% g7 x  t• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
( v' ~7 `9 H$ A; b; y+ {• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
  E0 `. t1 G" T0 o• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
4 A$ y2 l  m; [1 ]/ O• 比较经济学 comparative economics
6 `/ u( E" l& F2 N• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
6 U; B5 @+ q7 x: c- B' y( z! F• 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”
# f  S& ~6 A$ X! L) A" C5 |" Y5 g" H• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
8 Y4 }8 {- s0 M% s/ O! o• 避税 tax avoidance
& D' s5 U0 G, f# f& Y& Q% P+ [, W* ]/ i) }• 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
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
' {& }  [3 C1 ^• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
9 B$ `0 M3 `: p; X) i% R2 B/ S• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
4 j) N" }3 |! U1 J9 E' K• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
- r( W! b! y" P  m• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
3 e$ Y( L9 \- D6 |1 }+ x• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
: T/ r8 _( G; r7 Z2 K/ {' r' M• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
) f8 i; U5 P8 S0 p• 边际报酬 marginal return  
+ L2 V( ?! \& q/ P' L; A• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
- H/ `% x5 Y8 w  E2 D  I• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
0 G+ `  f' f9 b8 ]4 f7 _3 r• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
) e4 J1 E& j9 }8 K" b  d4 J, t0 g• 标书 bidding documents  
/ R( z9 t9 E: W• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
" ~& U, r9 s1 k/ Q" v" D/ _( m• 病毒性感染 viral infection
4 L* Z0 q. S: E• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
4 E. H0 V. a8 z; I; |6 Y• 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
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
# S2 M5 \$ y2 _" E2 d. z# h• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
0 n0 p& k* a* y2 l• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
, r. V+ ^$ _6 N• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
2 I9 `, O, m7 i4 ?6 d• 《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
' _$ e# O% N; ~• 博士后 post-doctoral
0 n! ^" L# ]4 o. T• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
4 c' I; z% }2 j4 Q5 V• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
( c8 n3 J$ G8 j( r0 I& a• 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  
. y6 \9 U$ B" Y3 i( F• BP 机 beeper, pager
3 B( m4 g- o3 `8 j- w: M• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
! e* I' F. Z- j2 K' O& P, W• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
) n9 a+ A" F1 o7 o8 q' z0 Z• 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
4 B1 O0 M: B9 i9 J7 j: N0 `1 _• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 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
6 T. l* v. w" {• 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
7 D, }+ m7 f# ]* _) Q• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
  l$ Q4 H0 X# A0 a- g, A" e; L• 不记名投票 secret ballot
' h5 b1 O" f. g- t• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
9 x4 p) B* _# j' O• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
7 {" W+ ^' |. v• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
& e* B. s& f/ @8 b: L4 A* Z- V+ Z! }• 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
' a' I0 M$ `5 U• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
- C+ G) b, J, U2 k• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
6 J# A$ o. |# P5 B' B• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
) u/ t' f$ O2 ~1 p• 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
) I1 H+ _' T# N0 x( c/ V8 r$ G• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
9 n9 u+ |8 J2 c& {3 ^• 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。