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  
8 u5 w  z8 A4 x: Q• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
" x7 t2 k& E) w* n  s- \• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
, x0 J0 z4 K/ ?2 S  Y• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
5 T  d; u2 N7 L/ R5 V' y: U' b• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
/ P, t9 Y& W% S, ]4 b9 \• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 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)  
• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
4 ]0 q$ Z4 S7 }7 f) M0 h• 安家费 settling-in allowance
4 V9 x/ n* [' f; f2 [' g: Q6 G• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
2 O8 V8 ]/ C- H9 K0 T6 |7 W9 N• 安理会 Security Council
4 L& B6 E: y# b; U/ j, V8 J1 O• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
$ o' G6 h  H% D& T. X• 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
2 O6 `7 b" e3 }' m0 U2 t/ \• 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
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
% V& Z" ^8 c- T  r: a" i) f• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
% M. @7 k  h8 e3 B; Q6 l. f8 q5 e. W• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
2 C, E; u/ ~- f% a• 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  
$ r7 r6 g" _9 @2 \. \: ?# ~• 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  
8 i/ m$ p3 n5 N# \! n6 j• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
! J# `# B# P- C# _1 T2 l, o• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
9 _/ m% _+ {( U4 `4 Z) v! ?6 a• 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
$ y0 v+ {& ]* W* w7 s3 k' f• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
, [: S( ]: a2 G4 d7 z+ b! P• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
, M# B) R; F; ~6 W5 q# q• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
  }3 }6 j( r2 p5 @0 \& v9 C• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
5 E7 K. M# [+ C• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
/ M  d% [- P+ k7 p/ F• 霸权主义 hegemonism
! U+ \, {5 |9 Z' V" m7 t, e! P• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
  G( w! S7 f4 a8 I$ k• 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
0 m" @7 F9 y" g+ U8 F$ h• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
. X1 w7 ]- h, @0 T• 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
6 N" }; m, |! @• 拜金主义 money worship
9 G7 r* Z7 s' ]0 D• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
& D# a* F) {. K9 t• 白领工人 white-collar worker
$ q6 ^3 K  h, g( {" m' _0 ?, e, g• 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
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
, _  H/ a7 W! b4 h- o• 白色农业 white agriculture
. b. K  N- e7 _$ l0 S2 M& T• 白色污染 white pollution
  v0 g7 E' [- v4 Q$ }# m• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
- R. n6 L6 [! x3 g' K• 摆架子 put on airs  
2 _6 L3 k9 L& i; r• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
4 t! E2 n4 z# L( X2 O& x• 白色行情表 white sheet  
* j+ Q3 [3 b- I* Y7 K/ \) R• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
* M  X7 Y6 R" X* v, m- e! ~1 w• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
% o% s5 B9 q3 C5 Y/ ~& U• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
& w+ s7 s; F& g2 D6 ^; H, O" H• 班车 shuttle bus
; i. H+ {$ v2 K, x$ G- O- }• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
/ U% ~# l" ^" i• 办公室设备 office equipment
9 U) x8 @/ C3 \9 d  E• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
, D  X9 K5 Z" I) M5 W  Z• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
' m; m3 ~# V, ]• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
; i- \  i" l+ y( |• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
" _  T' T8 F+ s6 j• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
$ m( _* S, o9 Q8 |: `% i• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
  V; z9 z6 l; [7 ^% c• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 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  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
  p7 j7 t5 K2 c• 搬运工人 transport worker
3 q/ R" g6 ?' b6 P0 y9 u1 W• 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  
1 |+ u. m& p. I+ s) C9 V; A  A7 v, ~• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
* e+ X% A+ n+ O. U* p• 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)
& S9 Y$ d4 s' m; B& ]# U* G8 N• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
/ ]8 x7 h" p2 ?( G+ t" c! `• 包干到户 work contracted to household
" R1 y2 J$ h2 \6 l, c) l: Z( w4 D• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
  h1 m. o* D/ H& @, A3 l8 G包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
% R4 o, G. J) r1 F• 保护价格 protective price
/ A$ b$ t' E4 C  K* _, L2 O• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
: {! U1 l* d7 L• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
% y0 c7 w: g0 u: M, J! `• 保护主义 protectionism
. r4 K3 |) N9 t7 B9 e$ g• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
. m+ P4 k- |5 y2 ^• 报价单 quotation of prices
6 E( q( d& |: `) u• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
+ u; }5 _" z7 [• 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  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
3 M7 |) E8 @+ W; M• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
8 U/ Y: j: ?+ q( a3 P• 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
• 包销人 underwriter
2 k* C7 p; W9 a, n! ^• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
( C' V% ]1 c1 y& B• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
9 J0 P# R. F, q8 O3 |, S; N• 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
8 M( r2 E! q, g: m• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
9 G2 w2 h% Z* |0 w0 k' ~7 c3 g- q6 |* g• 包装精美 delicately packed
+ q2 c* W2 t% v5 i4 H& B& I• 包装业 package industry
' h+ a& F2 |1 D7 @3 {( X' L$ o• 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
# C  ~; Q1 L; r/ M, I: `% Z3 v; ^! S• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
$ c- _: p* F( q8 @, ^• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
, a; m! U6 E0 x) l9 e• 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  
  F8 x5 v  A7 p8 i6 J• 报关员 declarant  
( W; {& I5 A2 D  J• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
" n, b. D' S( A; T• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
2 H9 H, u& h7 y% `" h. w$ \• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
* X" H  `  D8 e• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
: `2 k9 j% w$ t/ v- |' c9 q• 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  
/ h/ }( P" [3 C- \; c  f• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
% S. w, i& |0 F9 D1 i% H• 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
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
% B* t1 B! @8 c+ `6 t4 Z• 备件 spare parts  
& {" V0 y$ u# P0 T4 ?• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
% X; O9 e5 N0 h: @( P• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
( q3 y4 G# ?0 ]4 b& d• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
2 r0 s% P( T4 M( ?• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
9 l" g, N  H2 `# U9 q• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
: I9 O- o+ n5 M  n; }2 d• 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.  
: n0 [7 i# k2 `# C+ D1 N• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
& \6 y+ A7 H$ r1 `5 A( i. ?• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
. S2 G/ V1 M/ a  P• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
  Y, u  d( d1 D3 T• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
/ i. N0 q+ m; o- m, d3 i( o9 E5 C• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
4 b- b. W8 q  S# h# a$ E/ f) g• 本土化 localilzation
& r1 M, U/ x3 x9 u: Q' d• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
* [9 u1 j4 p( I: J/ B6 U$ B• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
. i, Q$ l9 B5 }8 y% M• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
+ ^; c4 r+ b. Q7 V2 k0 Z• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
4 J4 ~& {: N( E/ P& A6 B• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
& j' D" b& o6 [5 B• 比基尼 bikini
" L% @" F' i: b2 c2 F" @" o• 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  
' O. J# D" H$ Q' i* _" j* N$ m8 W• 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  
! F  s2 b5 {& {• 避税 tax avoidance
) B# R8 m" Z! b" e• 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
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
. \) x, H7 V: b( w% e• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
" A7 I/ V8 R7 d0 u+ M• 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)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
( K8 U7 D/ ]& K" L9 |% k2 X- U• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
! k0 y1 `0 g- j4 U% Y• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
, W6 E0 N  T' {4 o• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
5 t8 d5 t! C% i" [, Q& d• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
- Y- `+ s6 I. E- [• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
: S1 |  J# z. c+ d• 病毒性感染 viral infection
' V2 n0 n: I: ~3 k• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
* f$ v( D, K( D8 |• 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
7 R6 `+ f4 q6 I: B5 C/ d: @• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
, O) c: u% x1 B" T. S! Q& }• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
) \  @/ Y* G- q: I  o* F• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
4 k# M0 K/ h, F% g  x& q• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
( V. q2 S' q( o# f2 H• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
. \8 @$ ?4 q3 _7 H2 {* ^• 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
2 |9 `+ e) R& n1 R* T5 ?* z" x• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
' x& {* \; F2 F' |• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
) e& p, ?- B9 j' f. |2 N• 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  
& Y; N" g8 \6 M% _3 ]: y" P• BP 机 beeper, pager
7 s( l' B  Y- V# X/ t• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
/ C* z, g/ [2 S/ z" n0 f% L• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
1 s. p+ m: [- D# g7 R• 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
  H! l) k$ \% ]) q4 A* W# p• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
( C7 y6 Z/ b! E• 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
% r" E2 o: h  X% W* ^7 y# Y• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
, C- ?8 o9 J" r9 T" f• 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
• 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.  
0 K! I8 G& B' B+ k! o; A1 B% n0 T• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
0 d# D$ f, s+ P• 不可抗力 force majeure  
  s" e: m4 P5 q* T5 S• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
* F+ L7 x  {7 Z$ G• 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' q5 A! w: d& O. q* x• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
2 }7 R+ [3 E1 R- f8 ]/ R/ x: z9 q• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
! T' h. X/ I8 ]; p1 ~• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
4 x( k' n$ C2 Q" y• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
1 X+ |$ Y* d1 r) y• 步行街 pedestrian street  
; `) t! X- U4 Q% U) G! h• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
0 d% P8 t7 f0 A* X• 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。