Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
* d' r6 B, _$ A0 V• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
  Z( u2 b/ q- y& e1 M! {3 D• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
. k7 l  F! c- z3 V! [/ Q7 V• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
: v/ m( e/ ^% y• 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
9 Z* O# r. T3 T' r8 ?• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
% H8 @' ~& J( K! z% A( r• 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
! V" H/ D- n$ B• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
6 Z  F) R. o3 ]  d$ C• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
7 x) O# d8 F2 |! U$ [8 G• 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  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
# k" ]$ A! s8 R) U' }• 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
& _  l5 r# F, h• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
5 N. w6 e; w# G• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 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
' w- @; j# R; i& M" i8 O& V9 ?• 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  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
2 D* {/ l% ^! {# i2 ~• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
* i& [4 I3 y0 s) z• 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
2 n% X. T# v+ E4 y  [• 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
9 P( ?; H: ]; F$ Y; q* N0 `5 i• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
$ W0 O, q. l0 _' }• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
# O8 F8 [* p% q• 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
6 S5 [+ ?" K+ j  E2 [2 A0 T• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
) V1 `- K0 D2 o+ B5 M8 F! P( G6 K• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
( m. x$ Z" D- P) f; f% Z# p• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
7 ~3 Q- @9 Q* @# Y/ v• 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
- Z& \& O% r- P( f9 h• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
" W/ X, k. U! Y  E2 U$ f5 c• 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。)
! n' N4 A/ \5 W& O) c& L  K• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
4 a& o1 Y) G# P" T! {9 [• 百年老店 century-old shop
2 O1 Q8 L+ B9 l3 u• 白皮书 white paper
6 f) K% a0 G$ ?. g1 @• 白热化 white heat
3 ^& Q& _. G; R• 白色农业 white agriculture
4 C; H2 o3 @% q( C( a7 ^, a• 白色污染 white pollution
  Y* V1 s6 @9 K7 b6 ^• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
: d& N5 H4 e. S, J+ [• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
4 h# G$ x3 Q' e7 ^6 v• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
) [5 G) Q6 h% G9 w4 G• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
4 G5 _. d6 j( R! e• 摆架子 put on airs  
$ e, S0 H2 R7 ^• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
5 B& F% h1 U9 K8 d- B• 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  
• 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  
+ n# S7 }4 N* G9 A, X• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
% _: j) ?0 s3 ^) f3 T4 @3 N• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
$ y' f6 P% O. C6 ^• 办公室设备 office equipment
4 d, K( g# z- Q  |" Z• 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  
/ v5 [, p% s  {+ U' I: S3 Z" n• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
8 z* T" o( A6 u5 f/ N• 斑马线 zebra crossing
# c( z4 F3 q. E• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
, a. G& e& k* H* l• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
+ d4 M/ U- \: i5 c" L; P• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
' x1 c1 d8 u, s8 r7 r7 D, M( {• 伴生矿 associated minerals
; o% D$ m  Q( R2 h: |8 L• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
: e0 j5 m: _8 G3 V" I  d• 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
/ X0 O+ a0 _' {! z* J' P• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
# m) ~* `$ R$ D) f; q0 v• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
5 B! F: J- ^- }3 @• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
$ g! M% M7 f' ~, G7 a• 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
0 m8 v( \9 R, V' W• 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)
+ o, f2 S# l; Y# c6 C• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 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
: h$ q2 g0 o" A  a. g• 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
9 k' M% Q/ Q) ~• 保护主义 protectionism
9 [8 ?8 ?% ~) G+ B1 F5 G• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
9 b6 t$ o8 u4 a( c$ i( B6 z• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
* l; x' P7 J7 Q& i• 保健操 health exercises
& D* C0 b8 T5 X) b% t6 v- c$ F• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
* [! t% j, ?1 c* o  L5 b• 保健食品 health-care food  
; o1 y  u- k) N; s• 报界 the press
( d- W% _  y. ~) P# d9 M) `7 f• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
/ G* q4 z6 r0 R* l8 O# W4 A• 暴力片 splatter film
( h! \" f$ c( b' L$ b- r/ [• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
) ~) N/ e8 ]2 f% R- W• 保释 on bail
5 P; C" h: ^* |6 ^• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
& u3 g( N$ ^9 `• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
6 G- t# [! r# d5 v3 t• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
* h7 {, r/ u) K; k• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
+ C% l& F5 v) P: p$ j• 报销 apply for reimbursement
' R; o! V; o( W& c1 k& u2 Y• 包销人 underwriter
- }; S7 T- K! g) q5 \+ _8 t• 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
• 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
+ T/ n3 e* e7 S& c8 K4 d( ?• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
4 e0 H) g. d- }) C( c3 N1 Z0 J• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
: m( A& h9 ]- f% p6 T• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
6 }/ S- p+ p  n7 x/ t• 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  
7 R% x) I: d! _3 @4 p2 |* m+ @• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
: e$ _. N9 q* m+ X( W) x, A• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
: g2 a. L9 s5 P! O( C• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
8 g4 M4 f' u/ z7 i0 k• 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  
9 i* o8 d/ B$ x; e* `4 f• 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* s3 H# l* _$ u3 A7 O* d• 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
- D2 F$ g9 i7 j0 M$ C6 \; R5 m/ m• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
; @5 d0 \8 z8 k; g• 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)  
$ ~; N4 i/ {. N( N6 e• 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
% _+ O7 x4 z) `% G) j• 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  
  \# o; b! ]4 F9 `! {  y/ A* g• 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  
1 H6 b& I9 p6 z7 b  l4 x• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
! `. o. \3 t7 ]$ K6 e• 本票 cashier's cheque
' s8 E) B. r1 Y( e$ A• 本土化 localilzation
+ G4 u0 B  Z) s. Z+ s; B, F• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
7 C) e% G9 p- Q; H5 I% {• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
# n5 f( R8 K; g( H• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
; [) Y% h9 W! j; f• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
0 P' S+ t9 v' I# N( }: B, X4 ~5 H• 比较经济学 comparative economics
' K! M9 k9 u7 u. J/ n7 I) o• 闭卷 closed-book exam
; N! U) {1 H5 D- o• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
3 V! d) O' a1 o3 G3 C• 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
$ Y; U4 r4 c1 ^2 b# h/ B/ Z• 边防证 fronter pass
; P) R/ }) A; W: N6 i+ Z4 }1 x• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
7 I, i6 ~$ E6 J, b3 z: v• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
: a! C, E2 W& W& V• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
0 y3 h9 B4 F+ L* ~: a5 P• 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
' a9 D- g( `% z2 F" y/ z• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
3 }4 n8 ^- _- K* S• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
( I# J. H, w) a' @# Q$ f0 Q• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
. v& L& U9 S, C• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
4 [! c, P6 `1 f5 `8 V6 Z  o• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
6 I( g& v" W5 F* O  Q# {• 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
+ n7 |1 ]' [* O• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
7 v5 J6 I  b* `) Q/ U0 u* ]% Z• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
! M) [4 o  i- d0 C. w5 {• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
) O/ W6 O) C9 J4 b5 l• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
7 F8 U# E2 s  w6 a; ~• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
0 m" d' B! G( C9 A& |  l• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
  M; w( E; d2 o- \1 n9 E• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
- {/ o5 _; x$ Z• 《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
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
$ J+ U9 O0 y7 ^/ j$ v+ V  O+ i+ a* T• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
0 \- a! F9 f- Y• 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
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
2 o5 e6 S# ?5 r+ R( S$ Q0 h• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
1 D3 _, z( J' \5 J6 |$ Z& N• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
$ x1 l( B  e  [( y0 G! v6 j( @: x' [) t• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
; z8 H+ M' q* D1 d9 B3 o- x• 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. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
* A. V# f! _( W: M% A3 \, x• 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 Z1 L6 ], b. j" a' d$ I0 k• 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
1 }4 T: R+ M4 ~" ]4 y' l0 E  q0 \• 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.  
& j" b7 |, s( N- G$ r• 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  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
, A! j! y4 V6 V0 _* U% m. Z& b) _• 不眠之夜 white night　
2 I" {4 a5 p/ ^! ~• 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
  O1 S, k) h8 Y( m• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
8 |: x! g  I( _• 不速之客 gate-crasher
0 Z7 V+ _$ }7 s; [  L2 Z2 h% b• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
+ m) Q2 ~/ i3 V$ ]& k$ `5 T• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
3 r, L: [1 a+ P• 步行街 pedestrian street  
( P. C$ R/ {9 M" _& u• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
! [5 o" m2 t4 O! Y• 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。