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  
/ I  R7 P% S* F8 A& v• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
$ u; d- L; S. V6 O: G• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
! Z/ K1 ]' K/ `* {) f• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
$ ]: C) T- |; l; X: M7 g; \• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
1 f6 H9 B* o2 X, a+ ?• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
4 O1 a/ e; ]* C• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
1 N+ Z8 M9 d2 f2 R+ i3 Q- I• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
% s. l( t% X0 ?6 [' x5 z4 D• 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
4 A6 l/ m( l4 b2 d9 a7 Y• 安乐死 euthanasia
7 O2 \. N" `; P! T2 A* ]• 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
4 \! t5 Q9 r  }# H2 q• 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  
) {* j; p, u0 I• 暗箱操作 black case work
* v: S& Z6 H5 S7 Z7 W! }7 Z3 A• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
9 b, c3 l3 u2 a1 x( z• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
/ `$ d) R5 Z$ M2 K& f+ \- i% F• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 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  
! Y1 u7 Y  {9 \3 f( z, {3 d7 \• 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  
5 ~( ^# \. k% S* n• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
2 ~; m9 K" t/ P8 O- V3 P3 _! e( a• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
4 |1 i0 j$ {( _4 C% _. |• 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
: L; Z% H5 r) r4 F7 L4 O9 j• B超 type-B ultrasonic
4 J+ `8 a- C, P9 O• 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
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
5 C8 ?4 L+ y1 H5 M+ C) ~. a. ~• 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
9 F8 n& c! j& m( c/ L5 y• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
; G: B- I0 b- h2 h% d- Z• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
" A/ ?9 x/ W# B) N( S• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
- v3 k' @7 ^, O) y) C• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
! I0 n. ]; Y6 ~; B3 K• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
: E) U2 a- J3 Z9 g  M6 G; ~• 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
$ W* Q# n! ~. S( C, S* Q; S9 f• 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。)
  w) V9 y% `7 ]. B• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
5 U; Q2 l2 N6 r3 H• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
1 E* A- K& a: |& o3 B; A• 白色农业 white agriculture
" y  B7 u6 K2 M• 白色污染 white pollution
1 }2 b" i- D' j3 y• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
4 v% j& ]" S, J5 j. G  v' c• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
3 b: l9 e. I; H5 M+ _$ R  H• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
+ R: G7 f: n; X( D/ t: C% d; ~• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
. ?. N& M9 G5 o4 _- e8 u% ~3 [! `2 v+ H• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
4 ?0 @) }$ h2 o' h, z# j• 白色行情表 white sheet  
6 G8 \  l7 C7 T8 k! v• 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  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
( H5 ]( q- Q% f: d• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
0 J- X2 ]: M; W0 a  }• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
9 k' p& f+ i3 \$ Z2 c3 ~7 i• 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
+ r, B  D, X: ]/ E0 P) y• 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
' n4 W  K9 v- ]& d• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
. P% B4 T6 j. b- L  d) R; |6 }• 版权法 copyright law
5 t* w! U3 G, M  f& Q• 版权贸易 copyright business
/ a' e; |. p1 X/ Z! U) o2 _• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
* [, f( O0 M2 H• 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  
• 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  
' n1 \2 V! `! P1 E# U8 O0 g# U; x7 F• 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
• 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
) \; M: M! @) H& f" E• 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
' p1 J1 N8 O5 k• 保护伞 protective umbrella
/ ?9 g$ |7 U6 t( E( p. ^  }( |• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
$ h- G* F$ C- Z' z3 ~$ l, P, O$ H  {• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
7 x" \. s" Z4 f9 |6 ?• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
6 H9 o7 v# Y2 X; C4 C• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
. y& G" b" q$ \$ ]9 [( M$ x• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
0 }4 s( i+ n+ g) ?4 G- p• 保健食品 health-care food  
1 e) C# R/ G; L  h* y% y• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
* m4 D6 P4 g6 C• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
7 y% L+ i2 t4 o3 \/ z3 [• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
. s! d8 k- \0 x  W' Y' e0 N* M- c• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
! p) f& r: J# u1 I2 e/ |• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
3 d, u2 ^  @" E& o5 |& J• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 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
% i$ h# o5 L; q& O• 保障措施 supporting measures
& J7 D: F6 E% `7 i• 保证金账户 margin account
; t5 F" r  z2 y) C8 O) o9 ]• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
. e$ n/ p( F/ p5 B, k! U  u• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
3 R) F; D+ ^! p% q0 x• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
) k% h+ F0 G$ E( d8 ^  y• 保安员 security staff
; M9 _7 e( _4 g9 M& L% R• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
  @8 ]0 K' ?# R3 \# N9 e• 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  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
. G% b3 Y7 F1 F* d$ U1 @( }. k1 V. J• 保健食品 health-care food  
6 o0 `6 z/ B& O/ \4 \4 n  R/ z/ b2 Q• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
7 b, E  f9 \' {$ D/ ^# \• 保险索赔 insurance claim
7 o  U3 P; O# j• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
! a7 ?9 ?" z5 L7 O• 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  
) l' Z& x, C! h# y• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
3 u' \! ^6 M2 e6 g6 ^  [• 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
0 u7 Q8 s) x9 g+ e. d• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
7 P! O- n& `0 O( {• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
3 W  |9 x& }9 s, {• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
9 n* ^: s. ~( k1 s1 `! y- ~• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
$ w/ ~+ l7 ?4 ?0 q• 《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.  
- j2 z2 p, G4 [/ _• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
& y+ _; t& a  C• 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  
( ]! t3 p2 \# y  c$ M3 y• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
/ X5 [% f" P; C) ?; ~2 q# T% S• 本票 cashier's cheque
7 v& p+ i( g% g& N. k; f• 本土化 localilzation
6 H9 R5 A( \- t% J& a$ ^• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
1 o% `8 X' [! ~& E. P• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
) a3 |8 u9 c5 W• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
" }, A* _' t: t3 n  P/ 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
5 t+ D  L9 |5 c+ f9 E• 闭卷 closed-book exam
# a; s) M2 t' w2 ^  _" [( u- M• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
  h' y& G8 v$ u+ m& }2 n5 @* b• 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”
2 G! O/ ~: O' f: A' ?, V• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
8 G6 E3 I- T1 j0 y" e8 @; o• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
5 }9 a& }$ W. N; j3 w5 |9 x3 }' t• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
+ t. ]2 }$ M; X0 W• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
: a! x2 I- E$ I3 g• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
4 T5 K9 L2 i7 T$ F* j• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
. `6 ]5 p+ C# X8 F, o, j" E( w• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
7 m. H. B9 J' U/ B$ [) m• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
4 h& `- R7 k. s, e• 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
. F9 X/ t3 |  j' m• 标书 bidding documents  
$ q) X! ]# T, X* l/ d• 表演赛 demonstration match  
: s- Q4 u4 c/ Z- m• 冰雕 ice sculpture
! Y- C; r$ M# @  j8 t( s$ u• 病毒性感染 viral infection
3 v0 n! R  H: C" V• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
% J) u+ h& w" {5 D, I6 ~; H: e• 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
3 B* h" \5 X! m. F3 f• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
$ E( C( Y/ K6 N/ |. S• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
7 ~8 A4 z3 z; w9 ]• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
. q+ h2 g+ Z) f, G. `# q. y• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
0 a; }" R7 k. @7 [) q• 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  
" o* q4 u3 X' y: ~& b7 e7 h* L0 \• 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
1 l0 J; z! Z2 q7 Y! F$ n• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 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  
/ n; g8 @" g  _. z$ r0 n+ W! {• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
5 l9 Z$ D+ ]/ n* a3 {• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
9 P" j1 P. W' Z7 [3 p• 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
  p3 ^8 l! E1 w5 p; R- ]( C• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
# w' Y: |* T: S% U. V1 `8 X. c• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
9 |9 @% _0 d& K/ B• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
0 y# \  |4 C2 n/ b3 R• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
5 n9 Q! c" S0 v8 o1 W! k' \2 Z• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
* Y4 `. Q% z  g& X% Z0 y% D  y4 j) t; E• 不得转让 not negotiable
9 e* ]/ o! l9 B" u• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
3 n8 y. ~3 |4 c) W; ?- r, ?' y3 J• 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　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
7 r$ ^* q: C  I, w  b0 z9 b• 不可抗力 force majeure  
) V4 t- L; p; o4 F& N) {- i" f+ ?• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
  u+ o; [, O& E2 U% m$ E5 }• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
$ W7 |: P' _( W" v) s! C3 X# L9 A• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
- A3 z: e  p6 C7 l• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
3 s' t$ Z* k0 t  m5 I" }• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 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
7 l4 ?  s. N9 X$ L! ]• 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
9 h/ {& P+ g7 q" v• 步行街 pedestrian street  
" `/ H# E5 T' t) h2 l9 u• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
: |9 f4 p6 L' z6 ?$ n* t6 e• 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。