Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
5 n/ f% v" j+ v6 e• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
" a& t* x; _' e+ o' Q$ j• A股市场 A share market  
) _' P8 j0 W1 s# z8 C. x. ^• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
6 e0 V+ m0 Z$ F4 F) Z• 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
" k( ]+ v/ _/ E( a* o/ L# B• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2 @" x) {, X8 d) T• 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
$ F& d( a: G. q• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
* x; I# N. N( m  Q• 安乐死 euthanasia
4 M" T( g3 t9 v; J( S3 |  b' u• 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  
1 C) D0 u6 j+ V3 Z• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
8 O% Q; w) @* c• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 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
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
6 D! x0 M, ^5 ]/ _6 k* E• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
$ w4 h3 f2 W8 m# X  t! U, |• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
% g! N9 d: \# @• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
3 C3 S  Q: q! R' P/ Q0 U• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
2 A( O$ ^  h. P' r$ S/ Q8 W• 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  
% O2 n0 d- ^& P• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
3 {! Y0 N7 Y* ?1 y) r• B超 type-B ultrasonic
2 ^& H" p! g+ R- o- E, s% l• 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  
. H2 {6 v3 ?; H5 d• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
% C9 t/ F  g0 u) S2 [4 a• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
1 q% @+ K  P  l* \7 g5 X+ S• 霸权主义 hegemonism
  ~6 i" K' R- c" ~: 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  
• 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
1 f! k7 H5 p4 n+ c0 E+ l• 拜金主义 money worship
8 V8 D7 S, ?" f1 P8 C4 D• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
* @: H5 S1 D5 d• 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
' @( J0 e# r* X, l. ^• 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
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
. \9 j1 H, b8 E. e• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
4 d6 E3 j$ F0 p2 w: r2 M• 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.)"  
' T1 J# H# X8 Z+ X) Z! r• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
: G4 G6 O+ Y8 |/ l! n• 白雪公主 Snow White  
- E8 w' d2 `! G4 y1 Z1 c• 半边天 half the sky
% T( n( v4 x4 A. X$ J  R+ x5 E• 班车 shuttle bus
5 [: y. F3 S3 @• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
; J8 s8 L" i4 ]& [8 _, ~% ~• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
+ J  q6 @0 u& H+ {• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
, r. q$ Q: S; X7 M• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
* U$ I3 I: @7 a( W/ c• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
/ ?3 Q: ]' C: O$ c• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
8 C' \# |# M0 r% K2 R( f• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
5 r' S! \5 x4 B1 O1 r. e) B/ `• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
' P+ Z0 Y4 l" }8 D4 M) w( N• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
1 e4 ]8 [: j3 y" v% \# h- e• 半托 day care (for kids)  
1 N, E  g( I! ]( k4 ^. v: j• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
; ?* ?* K$ k, Y9 ?• 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  
+ ~- R- @# E" y• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
$ I/ V$ T8 m0 H" ?1 B• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
$ \# I9 r! t; C# Z+ f8 ^4 {" Q6 r• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
. j5 j( Z* i$ r3 t0 x• 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
/ g+ n( I: s6 B* @' M9 i9 }- h• 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)
0 P1 x6 s! j' H% N• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
; ~% ]3 r) l/ m+ t7 d( a. T• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
! G% |% b0 s+ a0 {8 x包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
* v- {: m7 {+ ?. f) N. ?" X7 Y• 曝光 make public; expose
9 b' D5 p( `2 w3 |, a8 C• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
5 V& G' @  j+ G• 保护价格 protective price
/ [$ y6 p9 J4 Z$ Q0 n! D2 F3 G- M' s  }! d• 保护伞 protective umbrella
3 z2 M$ C- s% q! g6 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
+ ?& T3 y0 ~' }5 v• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
, m6 Y6 Y2 Y! _3 v5 j. _: d+ P% F• 报价单 quotation of prices
" F8 ~  f2 w2 t/ X) f• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
1 |5 ^  w9 S9 l, B. q3 T  J; B2 h0 D• 保健操 health exercises
2 g3 v3 H5 \0 ]$ b7 A5 B/ j7 Z$ ?( W6 w7 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
3 U4 m! J& h2 I3 f9 p- `• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
; b) ^9 p$ e/ M: m8 T. j• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
/ b( P2 X0 K$ v; h' p" }• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 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
, d& O1 N9 z. {5 `) s4 C6 l• 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
• 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
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
5 `8 b4 ^. ^! }: o+ p0 D. E5 G6 g, o• 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
! X' Z9 ~8 k( w' P• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
6 s: L) `9 ?/ K% M( P  [$ j8 p1 O, {2 N• 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  
) j( K' W4 ^% `• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
" [/ Y/ ?7 {0 ]0 {1 o• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
( A) h/ ]6 u$ s: c% i• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
- d% D2 ~4 {1 H( y4 O/ F• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
7 k! N. }1 b4 F4 J; B• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
" I% ?! S  j6 ]0 s3 J. F# l" G• 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  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
) j5 `# {; y% q. p! O7 K$ A• 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)  
3 h, |4 I' _; y* ~/ b• 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 X9 Z( G8 W# z% O1 o• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
6 v; f: ~: n1 E• 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.  
' M: u4 }8 f0 F& Q- X• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 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  
, w. u  i8 `' H' w9 C0 y• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
- m+ E8 {& O$ |' Y3 d9 a• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
- b" _" Y! ^  X• 蹦迪 disco dancing
0 u) l% o. O- @( z1 O# A/ e0 n) e) l7 Q- Z• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
+ D: U1 X3 w9 `- e/ H& \• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 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  
# K& t- q3 x; @7 w. C0 {• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
: r; a8 Q& l$ f2 g• 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  
* n! |/ R5 s% O0 R: p, _• 避税 tax avoidance
# l3 L& u6 s4 N7 B" g2 `% H9 Q• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
; G5 D( X$ f3 \• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
3 V% A- e1 a6 J( c' }• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
. x. T7 d- F8 z% ^  C• 边际效益 marginal benefit
" P4 N" |6 E2 _8 A• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
: h7 z$ h: P* j, |5 T• 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
• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
" D7 }: g! F# D$ Y5 l+ f• 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  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
% S  R% A4 q" M9 H! p• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
4 N( O; i0 j5 S3 Z0 ~' L  C• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
& M: c' ^+ l0 b, J• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
* i# C. @% C: l. o2 ^% a7 E8 s2 u• 冰雕 ice sculpture
! S- a9 |8 L6 R1 f0 g% ^• 病毒性感染 viral infection
$ K+ `  C' f' Z$ D0 [/ V/ O5 j' S• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
5 V" ^; M8 p0 Q, B: T• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
/ R$ ]+ N) Q1 t7 u# k7 ~- _• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
& w2 w3 E$ g) y# N) g• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
0 g% |; a* N: ^- K. {2 B) ?- N• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
: v# O1 i7 t/ G' ~1 l" k* @• 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
; E7 \3 I& I7 h2 l1 w2 ?1 Z+ [• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
5 L* S. G# n: M1 ?" i. q/ j• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
2 m* }7 x  ~  `3 `2 l• 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
, Z7 @0 Y  T6 q; {( i6 s• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
& I( k( x' s1 c2 r* n8 e& D• 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  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
; ]( q7 A8 N& c. {, E  K• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
7 C: [6 j7 g* M" t' [( T, _0 _• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
% d" a9 J4 W& M/ M3 X, f2 O4 i• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
! I* o. \; _( K: d2 T* [& J; c• 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
( p( i- w  G1 U3 D1 F, M• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
! p- M' J: _# q# D8 |• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
$ ?" ?3 s5 ^# A9 A' y- l4 c• 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  
: Z& j) N9 t; J+ S• 不感冒 have no interest
0 |; s3 J$ G, o7 f* \0 _• 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
8 x0 u1 f  m! s• 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
  Y/ g  m2 T: c0 K" p• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
+ P- {+ u/ q4 n8 e• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
; E9 I; o' |6 E6 k& \3 U• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 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  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
0 ]% S9 F: I  w9 Z$ [• 不速之客 gate-crasher
9 T& ?/ K( [! w4 L0 [' W• 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  
8 K2 P6 w! L# C2 S• 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。