Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
4 X5 A3 Z1 c$ _• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
% x( {" {6 ~1 ~  J• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
' c0 g$ K# x' A2 i• 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
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
4 d/ S) s0 ]% d- h, v0 S• 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
5 d% c& D1 m/ `) G, {• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
$ O8 _; f1 k1 @  l; J6 Q, q& R5 V• 安理会 Security Council
• 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
• 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  
% {6 K0 ~7 E1 j* U) p• 暗箱操作 black case work
# n2 E; @. ~; a+ ]. N• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
+ e9 }! |5 O* p$ T0 G8 ~/ d! y• 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
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
) F) y% i. k! C/ f( H• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
7 w7 s0 o& L$ H- e. {/ g• 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  
( `; V. y% {5 ^. ]5 W/ q• 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  
• 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.)
• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
8 x8 U5 E) d8 ]% b• 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
  t4 K% u7 @/ a• 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.
• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
8 G9 `2 u" `- d: `* p  Z- _- v; l• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
( y; a8 ~9 O5 h; J+ L• 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
, |) V; k7 n* q3 L/ V• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
" V- n% z1 |4 i( A% h( H• 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
  ?) M/ [$ `; y0 h( t7 H4 X• 百年老店 century-old shop
. S6 ^2 H% f3 h8 A0 H; ]' G• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
0 }9 k4 N1 Z7 I' f% a4 h0 G- Y• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
  e" L+ `# a$ z9 q4 \2 j; i- o6 E• 摆架子 put on airs  
6 j' Z/ w$ D# c) E( [3 Y( p• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
* V; B' D6 t; m1 i7 F: _• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
  N) t% T8 \! H! n• 白色行情表 white sheet  
( n. q9 Y; G+ F- A• 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  
/ E: q6 s1 Y6 Y3 l8 J4 r9 {7 w9 r• 半边天 half the sky
, e7 D# a& x9 @4 P, c• 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
7 f! a( l$ x$ W3 h, s1 b' ^  d) E• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
3 J3 U! |& p1 @5 b: F& e• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
5 }! s( h0 i2 s; m7 b0 |7 h• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
6 F( B3 F5 N1 ~4 @0 R% m' _3 ~• 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
# D6 {6 G( Y; M$ p+ {. E• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
9 b0 n5 v; j! |9 w- i• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
) a' U, \2 f- E( L- j• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
4 b. S8 V" k. f+ ?$ N• 伴生矿 associated minerals
4 E  }; C8 e' u6 u2 G2 G, ?• 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  
- i5 f) |1 I, q• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
1 b  O/ C" Q: u  U) v! |1 `7 I• 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  
. P9 e! F/ L. D5 X- I• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 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
• 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
" ~# q) ~( E3 P4 `6 Q' I• 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
& F. h2 F# D) @3 f6 |! @• 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
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
! B$ h. r4 t) m1 E5 b• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
# H7 w  `1 |& D# {• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
& Q3 H1 L( Y/ D  k/ I6 [• 保护主义 protectionism
4 f- |: R: ~; [9 X: E3 L• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
6 P7 t5 G* f, _0 {% q" z6 f• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
1 {: j; T7 A  D* `• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
, R, A* g8 N) {7 X  P$ n• 保龄球 bowling
3 Q9 M0 S& O: `& x• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
. `4 @1 P: @( g: w5 U• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
1 o/ b7 p( b) \* n* E8 V• 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
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
& G& w6 d7 F$ t% Z+ u7 _• 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
! a( g1 ?4 \8 M& e8 {• 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
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
. t2 j6 G, S! ]1 b( L3 U1 ~- o+ f' Z• 包装业 package industry
• 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  
/ g% f- {1 Y/ p9 o) q• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
; J/ T( S$ S. g• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
8 y2 Z* ~9 i: o0 k' c1 c• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
( d" C! x8 ?; v1 C, [2 ~6 {1 _• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
6 i! K, K2 x: e. V5 v5 {4 F• 报关员 declarant  
: I6 F! p. _7 u* d. O• 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  
# U: T8 S  O1 p' J$ h6 I0 G6 \• 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
• 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  
7 G9 n9 o$ X) V• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
/ ?+ F4 M5 g6 Y, D8 J7 a• 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
; Y, J8 G: c3 Z! n0 S" U, N• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
5 t6 m. k- u, Y5 p• 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)  
* }7 A9 {4 \; i' A% l: a3 o/ w• 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
• 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
0 {4 O  z, E4 H4 _2 ]1 d• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
# m; k, q5 F3 o• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
: i% a8 i0 N! V9 V4 @# b0 U) v• 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  
, i8 Z8 [7 D# p8 b• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
( V1 }$ J- v$ I/ E0 y• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
1 F# C5 N' [- W- J' i• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
: x; ~  |# X! f7 n! T8 P% h0 `• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
+ x( N+ z7 I/ n• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
# ?; W5 X9 i" g- u• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
! O% g: u8 F: n, N( O& L• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
+ h/ k5 ]: x+ f5 e; M: @" W• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
8 b4 h/ F$ S8 g( W+ x& a: x& {• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
2 b: a2 T) ~  T, ?" r1 C2 x• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
% T) _9 h- W4 ?3 D0 U• 避税 tax avoidance
9 x! @$ I1 g6 K- P• 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
/ P1 c: y; h$ A" d! v! @• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
# M* d# ~) V. p: M• 边际效益 marginal benefit
5 J5 q: D# s/ a2 S" g7 @• 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
. u0 L* a/ C8 {# y• 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)
2 W6 x& g! D9 r, P; }: V+ m• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
7 z. q/ t6 }2 K( A$ L• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
$ c- z0 x: u: c9 |• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
! }% u% ^4 F" H• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
; Q6 E8 x- R+ j• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
. m9 N" k; P  i" K* l* U7 N• 并网发电 combined to the grid
; A1 {0 H  K0 r• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
9 L( t9 R2 V  c& {7 I& P• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 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)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
, L  f' @( G8 r% U7 T- I+ u• 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  
) {- w- ?' S3 N. h3 I; I& A• 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
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
1 h/ ?) [0 ^4 J• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
6 W6 M* Q1 S& Y0 S% s• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
5 {9 P) i1 \/ @5 ~+ p) U* t0 m• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
/ x( Z" [+ H+ }0 P* z+ B• B to B (B2B) business to business  
; ]$ g9 r% V) |2 d• 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
; \3 N. t0 N5 B1 E. D6 ~2 y• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
# U/ J7 D, A/ @' o3 J* `; [5 f- [• 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
• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
  K! x& j, x9 W/ V. B2 C! w& P• 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.  
3 [9 H9 e* E1 g. K• 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
• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
* }2 m2 t3 |) a, S• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
1 T- H2 G; {5 t7 I• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
9 z7 T9 d0 m2 A8 _; J" [6 H• 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
• 不眠之夜 white night　
, ]: w5 ], `# w9 q+ K% \) v1 A• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
8 x6 T: P9 Q2 n• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
1 a3 g" g, b8 b, V5 M6 f# E5 Q• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 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
/ A# e+ p9 V* |9 j• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
• 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。