Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
; W8 ]2 d7 L1 C+ x6 n4 G$ n( W+ y- ^" n* U• 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  
1 P" }9 i$ ^, Q) H! @( i• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
" M% {/ X; D' W1 \; Z• 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
: y' Y! v; r( Z7 r• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
+ g) c, ^0 l: `8 n: |* b% Q• 安理会 Security Council
: b$ \8 t# a% y' }8 @$ O2 v% Q• 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
2 A9 L( e0 Y# i- W• 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
4 V0 k5 z. D: h7 ~& @# I; }7 Z2 w• 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
3 |# K1 R/ K  @5 }• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
* @. m! j  c4 D+ i0 ^% ]• 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  
• 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  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
0 Y& \9 m: c8 Y" h• 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  
* r% t7 ?' m! V6 J! [, G• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
- Y( N7 z( M. ?! M1 d' V- o• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
. z: Y0 @- C4 C& }• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
  o  p: ?/ R& E0 P• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
; W6 J& I: c, y2 C+ f2 `• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
/ m% s$ f  z' @$ m, n1 }+ ~• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
3 Y- ^5 W# o/ e• 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.
4 m2 v5 |9 Y( v• 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
" |7 f% ~9 ^1 \' l5 N, ^• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
/ ^# U5 ]) v) ]1 `- b• 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。)
( h+ `, `: e5 Z• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
4 `- u7 {5 M6 E" H• 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.
4 e% F" |; Q- U) l• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
3 z6 p9 B( J7 F% {• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
; K! y+ H0 e7 u* D8 @• 摆架子 put on airs  
4 G# I/ B" @! X, u• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
. @9 c' L" x* b- A2 N# Z7 x• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
7 [$ S2 ]* o( G% z• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
1 l. f+ z/ T' E+ V9 r6 I3 F8 L1 O• 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  
* G! E' z5 }8 ]• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
. P% ?0 x7 [( o4 A0 C6 V• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
9 S8 ^, z6 x# q! d9 w/ t0 T' P• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
( s: t. e) R- b- n0 D• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
  X5 j' E; W; a* F0 n2 Y* B• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
& p2 M; b. a/ E6 c! v• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
( k& F1 k: i  @& {/ ?5 P0 j• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
6 L) g- {1 F: ]1 A- a$ E' A( o• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
7 z) n' g: C2 l• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
& m$ G: F( p6 F• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
3 v& K% _6 f/ ?: ~• 版税率 royalty rate
5 Y/ k8 \# N9 K8 ~$ ]1 Z( D• 半托 day care (for kids)  
$ C6 v" s/ ], ?5 O; c/ C• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
5 i6 ]3 C. L- v2 l. v• 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  
+ D4 l# ^' f2 m• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
. m4 f: r$ E$ B4 B1 F• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
; C8 a7 P# G' t- b* c1 P' i• 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
8 w) _  h& g  `1 E# C3 Q• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
8 v3 A8 B( H6 P. o# w5 ]• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
1 w+ K* M6 C' x& g! O• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
2 P( R8 ]/ U7 [9 X• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 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
+ O5 G/ B6 w# }! p+ c  J9 C• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
( `& f) T+ u  c6 x7 O6 T• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
# s5 u7 O, Z+ v• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
4 r1 x  g7 D3 Z. E+ |• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
: p  G, Y. b. V- b! t• 保护主义 protectionism
& }3 h0 M6 r6 R# v; p# l4 d# r• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
' B9 y' W- G7 Z# O• 保健操 health exercises
• 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 y  C$ Q1 {8 m/ B• 报界 the press
: s2 C9 x0 B& F$ _• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
8 L" v* N# f$ u! \" V: v+ ?% q• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
) F  i1 C' i; {" }( @0 R/ m• 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
" V) x( [3 p! l6 p+ p: q• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
) ?# E/ A. t+ S; f, N9 Z• 报销 apply for reimbursement
5 W' F2 a( r& v• 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
9 m# N  G9 d! S8 ?# Q8 F+ l• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
1 s. X# W7 x: H  n, S• 包装业 package industry
0 Y0 I3 V6 _* ?) a4 p• 保安员 security staff
• 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  
• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
& v( {2 a. Z: V) X( I( a( e) F• 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  
7 p$ ~+ R0 U1 C+ d; m1 v- Z• 保险费 insurance premium
9 D9 U. B7 S1 a/ w4 u2 K9 q• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
1 t# H4 f' Q& q. I2 h) L; i• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
+ @( T: e- m3 u3 I# ^( H• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
+ k2 f! _( ~1 I& l  P: o) _• 保证金 margins, collateral  
2 ?5 r. x+ Z& J( u$ c, k1 v• 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  
- i5 ~6 v$ S  M) v# H' A; ~3 F• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
& E( ?* R' B1 G/ i% X$ |/ K; Z+ x• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 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)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
9 R: @" D. I; S/ h0 A; _- @• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
  O0 e% h' N: R: C; P; Q• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
4 S3 M: |) _3 ?3 ]4 s2 f0 u6 D• 备用资金 reserve fund
2 C9 Z$ Q+ U4 {8 ^• 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
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
6 {( R1 w' k$ n- `• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
, Z* z" r/ o+ |5 J$ g+ K• 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.  
1 i. L, a7 j1 H& T• 本票 cashier's cheque
7 d4 ?1 o5 s# u1 n& t9 S. w• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
4 c) Y+ v  I& n3 @, t: t• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
8 J2 O: w* `5 T% }: o4 D5 C• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
8 g9 c5 I' B& h6 `, U- s) F• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 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  
8 k% t: I4 ?6 O! `$ E• 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”
# b9 I1 b4 I' u• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
8 E( Y# Z, B" m4 h1 ^1 E/ A7 q• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
6 b8 j4 Q( a" ?; S• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
2 z4 G; t- y) c• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
7 c% z( E# S& s& T• 边际效益 marginal benefit
! x. f# I! y. F3 G% x4 q• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
8 Z! |4 S3 ?4 v9 _  B• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
! E. [+ x: F& Z; g. ?3 C# V• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
% l6 W- K; @4 ?# D• 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
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
, ^+ q  S" c5 j, n8 D3 T• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
* L$ {5 B" f5 M. q/ x+ o• 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
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
0 `. g4 p9 t& F  N0 m• 标书 bidding documents  
5 w: y; Q0 j- h; F; [• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
1 T7 m5 \: U* c  l• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
9 o4 ^+ Y  ^0 m+ q% Q+ N• 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
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
- n# a( F. T4 S9 O' _• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
' ~! v5 o2 R1 @+ S6 }• 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
3 [7 S1 _, h: U- c• 《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
• 博士后 post-doctoral
1 j' o/ _+ _4 D' _" M• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 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
" G1 w9 _) J, Z' `" ?• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
* O2 j& H- i2 j7 u) V• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
; T: U6 v  c; ?: [) n3 F! I# [; c• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
% n$ Z4 @9 _5 q) z7 J• 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  
+ G# S/ E, g  ~/ y• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
% @8 \4 N" `+ O1 D, I• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
8 x6 c1 Z( D2 K# h( g$ j• 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.  
7 ~' @6 D3 b% j  C• 不得转让 not negotiable
) W3 |% M$ q  {$ W• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
$ s6 X5 I4 M# d8 N+ }- W- u• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
4 R: d8 n) e! A# S- ]0 D• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
1 \. z$ ]9 l1 k) ]! o. Q• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
; q, @# G2 L$ G6 R3 l# `• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
) D$ U" u; e! s) _+ p• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
8 M+ _& Y$ V" R3 K• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
9 n  e( i9 {" }8 }9 x, d8 i• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
8 q4 V/ L- y7 I  c! g0 F• 不眠之夜 white night　
( C5 |" Z& y9 _• 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
. _' U* Y9 d+ k5 j• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
7 m# t4 W2 |6 g: B• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
; C( G8 |# z& Z, X& Q0 O* @  `9 \• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
% N! m8 f  ~- ^* l5 x3 H. [! `• 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。