Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
# _- h5 L, V' y5 z8 z) J9 e• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
$ X8 \3 C6 ]. U• A股市场 A share market  
) v; f% p+ f" k. @! ]7 p5 h• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
7 U4 t5 o) F' z( K8 h# Y# S• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
; A0 q( x: }& a. f• 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
& ^8 o  k& }5 d' f• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
9 p: T8 b! S* C& j• 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
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
* U3 w9 g, s: ]3 b% e) w/ G) J0 M- ]• 安乐死 euthanasia
& f5 E! _( p9 k, u' _' A- h, B• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
8 I$ c+ G  i2 ?4 w5 x8 C8 i3 q; F• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
4 z6 H* B5 f- o• 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
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
  {2 P, P" R* N" r$ i6 @- V! s• 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  
. m: ?  W; A4 d9 Y7 @/ h  g• 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
- L- f- P+ g0 t, I2 L# Z• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
6 ?/ C) Q5 A2 K4 ]+ y+ I! Y1 Y• 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  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
; w1 R: F# y! o& q3 ^4 L( O2 s• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
# u4 ~2 p: n$ Z2 ^( U2 H+ L• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
3 v1 Y& B- x1 ]' v: k/ O• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
- b/ x: Y6 D' Y1 k3 v0 e1 u0 x* E• 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)
( w* f$ X6 A+ ?+ Y  j- Z% S• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
) g$ j3 ^, G, ~8 I2 `- |; @• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
/ C( U) Z; J- Q4 L3 K1 v• 霸权主义 hegemonism
; c; P% X  I$ G/ ]* n: u8 g• 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
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
! G1 p- b" K9 b, p/ v( Q% o• 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
; B/ C, g$ w4 I• 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。)
. X) ^' y7 I5 B7 n' M& k• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
4 i) v4 Q  m, N6 _9 d• 百年老店 century-old shop
9 _/ k2 J6 B! k- T2 }+ @6 V• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
# x" r: t0 l( A+ |% o• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
8 ?5 {! s0 N7 F/ \' y1 u• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
! u/ {* W- i9 N( k+ A2 ~2 Z• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
7 L% B2 Z/ l9 D1 M7 V• 摆架子 put on airs  
0 \8 d, R) D& G, e$ I• 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  
1 [2 i* T$ w+ D: q• 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.)"  
, a+ x6 ^2 L$ L( {• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
" I+ j6 I' E$ K( S' D• 半边天 half the sky
- g0 q) M7 S) p, S( j• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
( n9 j0 v) J4 h( `) m* k• 板儿寸 crew cut  
6 o6 L7 l  ^# y2 D% K+ e• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
) ]5 i7 B' S6 Q* i3 h4 |: B, J• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
/ P0 V; W4 x" @0 K• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
( h" x2 M- b; l5 v5 ~1 T• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
7 S) q) T$ A; S: l9 f$ A• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
  z* g+ i% d9 H! Q• 斑马线 zebra crossing
) H5 X. X3 n% \. [& f• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
% n. n2 m% A7 e6 a1 s7 o/ [• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
# K& C  N4 ^9 P4 X/ `) n8 m• 版权法 copyright law
5 L) G5 d# {" a: I• 版权贸易 copyright business
+ Y/ p! A' L, R5 C• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
% q* V0 O( ]+ c1 W/ A9 U: w/ C• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
/ S" ~' X0 ^6 A% ]4 @1 S• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
' `- {4 q( c) e: K9 |• 伴宴人员 escort  
  F$ O% z$ r' V+ ~• 搬运工人 transport worker
! e# |, }0 A. m# K( }• 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  
+ K! c) K" V1 N- J0 |• 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
* Y# m/ I/ j# t) {# f) c• 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
. h+ a8 _! D9 ~- K• 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)
1 J# G0 l5 t9 R• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
6 [6 \3 Y* O) e9 b• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
0 M; |; q' O3 R包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
6 \; ]7 D% [. ?4 F7 C# Q0 k• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
! U' l1 z: z1 i9 n! l' E• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
  a! N4 S/ q4 ^+ V7 s• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
0 ?: I$ w8 \' ?( z- b• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
: ?+ u: d- E5 K9 I3 J4 d; Q3 C• 报价单 quotation of prices
& U2 f1 ^8 F  N) b• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
$ X: a; N4 F; A% r. o0 I• 保健操 health exercises
9 ~- W' R  A/ j5 {% R' k  r• 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
$ V# i9 {4 D: a% r5 J/ d5 M• 暴力片 splatter film
9 q3 G5 h9 V, |# e• 保龄球 bowling
! q1 ~: _' k1 ?3 L• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
! m. y1 {* c& k• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
5 I& S- Z0 b1 q- u• 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
3 W+ V& R5 @" f* n$ S/ h6 U• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
- e( j5 v9 a9 h  s. T; R& p• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
* |, Z# ]7 }3 r: k• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
; @" Z& [3 g, u% |• 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
" L1 b+ E* F+ `( O/ J• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
! w! }% q! ^% E  X* z; }- r1 \* e7 ?• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
) K% t. m/ I# i& }# q0 N• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
( N1 ]' q# [2 s* z4 _. \# {+ i• 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  
6 O1 n# Q6 x0 l8 q9 e  u• 报关员 declarant  
! t. u* V" l& X8 p# L• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
/ j2 n' \' z' F4 L4 d1 V- ^& X• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
- h5 V6 z9 _3 h% M' c( J- n7 [8 E• 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  
• 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  
* n" H! m, @" m- }! y3 X/ @) p• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
7 |8 O$ q; R# }# q* M8 `! |• 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  
• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
0 ~& U- G/ f& o) ?6 t; g! D9 C9 ~• 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
9 U1 A5 s0 A# I5 f/ t2 _. \• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
& J) M3 k2 {8 R! ~+ Z• 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  
5 b# d1 ^1 e" h- C1 |• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
0 X7 Y6 x/ m' d- f9 Z• 本土化 localilzation
$ g8 M; Q. I/ p9 f6 M& J• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
5 f( k) w+ g" Y( |& ^$ J# U9 A• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
' t) W8 G+ ]' d! }; @• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
) }, ?8 X9 B+ t2 }" S  Z0 n• 闭卷 closed-book exam
* g1 q5 Q: t8 U: T) F  g0 S• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
7 G3 F& t! c0 Z  R6 l0 M# p• 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  
9 }+ E8 M5 Q( H' y4 [1 O- H; R• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
# C3 V$ i+ C- r• 毕业设计 graduation design
; x4 h: c4 w" Z7 ]1 M6 n, `* o( d• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
6 H8 F8 o* k8 [4 m8 I• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
' [$ a6 I* n; n- i" E( q• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
' T- t( d8 A- W8 r( d, @• 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
) l* E' u* D, P9 e  |5 o• 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
& _$ n0 W3 l* n2 i0 h+ U• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
' W$ `3 i( H& o• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
5 @* |! B7 ~/ }, {$ H* x• 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
• 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
6 X1 r; n- ?* n6 A0 T+ F; z* _• 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"  
& ]8 j: H6 ~9 \! X; e3 B• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
$ F3 x* V: l5 X; ^• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
: _+ r# }" e. }• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
) P6 E0 X+ U  ^" h- r• 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
• 《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)
" z5 B( T4 }) ~, ]" X. H: X  w& R! m; \• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
2 v/ \+ O: s+ e) _• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
* G0 I; p6 E2 r# C+ l• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
; c+ w3 [0 ?  b2 q: m• 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  
9 r3 P, B( {' a• BP 机 beeper, pager
1 W8 `+ C" C  ]8 H8 U4 n& O1 j& u• B to B (B2B) business to business  
! F5 J7 x$ b' ^$ Q; H; `6 @( \: N- R• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
. N( [2 P) o- L0 ]: G• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
/ v- v7 N) F7 b• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
+ h+ C3 S) [7 i/ _) S* }5 R) L• 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+ s1 q- h9 H• 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.  
8 ]  K: z) B8 T3 I" J4 J• 不得转让 not negotiable
+ }, `; Z# k$ t- f$ Q! C' O• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
5 m5 _1 h; i  T- `  |; m• 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　　　　　　
# i- M% f1 t8 L3 X" k, I5 K• 不记名投票 secret ballot
( v6 y  Z- T" O• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
" u$ k2 I2 P+ V# T# _( B• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
& @" X) g( j9 @5 D7 E• 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  
! b3 w) Y& O7 q- k: c( s7 l: y• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
+ D9 B7 v# R2 F, K3 P4 c) H2 K• 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
: P/ I' H! e! w• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
% X: g5 K$ h: z* M• 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
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
5 c9 R3 Y; f! ~* B- n1 O• 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

spark

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SlimPig

这些词在国内很流行，这里用的比较少了。