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  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
; ^. a% R( V" e+ b, ^7 i: c; ^• 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
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
/ @0 a3 `6 }0 U: e• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
- p  C2 j/ e/ Z• 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
$ V/ k# K( b4 X& ~: w4 R0 B+ L• 安乐死 euthanasia
4 F- {, r# x8 M4 o• 安理会 Security Council
# x8 T6 t% z- G2 y7 ?4 V9 j• 安全岛 safety strip
- |2 r+ \" Q( c& a• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
) j" K5 Z! J1 v! ~9 a% w• 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  
3 m3 y- _, k2 y" _( T% u6 A• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
" U  {7 O  A* r* X% Z  V• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
3 a( S9 V- J" x% r  j$ f• 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  
; H+ q8 z3 G6 L. R3 E• 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
• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
% g% e* V$ r2 m% V( k• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
8 h- S2 ?) K! |1 U• 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  
• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
1 [4 q3 o& C' O- [) F6 i$ S9 o• 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
+ s8 P; l3 e. @( }• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
7 v  m: x! L$ `% o• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
: V5 ?; k: l$ b# T• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
" Q, T+ t; R9 @$ ]% X4 @3 E9 W• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
6 y: k' h( W4 u( T) v• 吧台 bar counter
0 L. j( [) q3 D: w) Q6 I• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
/ Z+ @! h7 U1 j/ d$ T5 G8 |8 r6 T• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
9 K# g( z, S% a3 F* f, \6 P. S• 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 v' P# ?0 ~+ ]2 \, u! k9 ?• 拜金主义 money worship
7 q- ]+ n  U5 f0 d: F2 P• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
& _# E4 L+ K/ c4 H- ]; B7 e$ r• 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。)
  p$ X$ n8 r+ P' W• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
; q! z# w7 B2 B+ R• 百年老店 century-old shop
3 q& R" n& d2 @( ]5 \) I- l9 A! ]• 白皮书 white paper
3 Q; @, w/ O+ n5 E2 o• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
7 B+ P5 j/ W9 p2 i1 I8 V' z# y• 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.
1 X& u* i' a: r2 X5 U; X  `3 o• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
& b2 Y1 ^, J( E( ]• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
# q# H# ?2 B1 c, `2 u• 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  
5 D3 S5 Q0 n$ e• 白雪公主 Snow White  
7 ?. C  p8 i3 b# V• 半边天 half the sky
3 t$ {" F+ I' @7 E& R1 P• 班车 shuttle bus
' u  w5 Y7 K: W! {• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
9 {2 ?* h& j8 `6 K( s' ^9 J( C5 X• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 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
0 O6 J  q- F  s' Z( @5 W• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
9 @5 C, R0 c9 u$ y- J• 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
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
$ y2 G, E' ?* d" I  h& k; x& U* A• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
& n' s4 i1 [5 Y: ]" Z/ k• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
  A; o  ^+ P+ ~, L• 半托 day care (for kids)  
, z5 Q7 n( B) [" i0 I( q' E• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
+ d, z8 q# T7 J& y; P- L• 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  
• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
3 \$ X( x# |& P6 y8 |. ?• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
3 h* A6 F2 c; F• 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
' t3 s% E3 u& ]  r• 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)
" a2 _  _1 v; {  ?• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
! V# \  C# ?# ~1 ~& \• 包干到户 work contracted to household
2 R. H7 F5 |8 `/ L* C2 E• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
/ V; v- J5 V  b/ K包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
. s  E: R0 R3 ]8 [• 曝光 make public; expose
4 g7 c8 d- R9 D4 L; J( T* j• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
0 a! Q+ w6 o8 J' k" J3 p# ~• 保护价格 protective price
9 J9 A( z0 t! X% U3 e  y• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
. D) n0 i! m4 H* ?" E; R• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
: T6 u; f4 [8 \8 W5 `. Z• 保健食品 health-care food  
7 [5 o% R" W$ D1 B3 T% `# L8 ]• 报界 the press
% V, @9 u6 B$ q• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
% l# R5 E  w# E/ h8 u2 C  b9 z• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
& h, L2 K0 D; Z! s* I• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
% B( e+ s, Z/ a• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
- U" y1 W4 B* l8 ^- c3 c• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
& \! l( Y  t' ]2 `4 L• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
6 [  ]- Q* \( |0 e# Q5 p7 X7 b• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
0 _* _- G3 J/ m• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
% ^8 [0 I2 D2 m  R• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
. K) u8 c% R5 {. @8 d• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
4 {- D! E+ t/ m5 v6 w# q• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
* p5 _1 @5 _7 o6 _) l7 K; b• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
# v! c+ U) r6 W& e' U! g• 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  
9 v3 c8 k2 W2 y& L• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
# B  q  t0 g; }• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
# L) y: q* {) D. i) c: [• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
' \* R$ e% I$ x. a+ [" d• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 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
• 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  
8 w( V$ J  p8 g" \+ j; w• 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
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
" I4 p- h( f1 a* e- Z• 备件 spare parts  
8 H2 K( y4 K5 @" D• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
- Z. j& ^* ]/ A9 T8 i5 O- K• 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)  
! Y3 P2 }/ D) U( k& P; o• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
7 q/ N1 g# M/ K8 M' V• 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  
3 T& D% j' G, g( u) w0 G• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
. d9 e- D. C/ y$ O; c• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
! b: p& O* W2 G7 s/ e1 `! T1 i• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
% g* X6 B8 q8 {, s/ I- @& O• 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  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
; {( B! z8 H/ K# x4 L# o( y• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
2 `6 H' K8 G2 q3 Q+ o4 S% O• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
* u$ J/ n; G2 H; n2 S2 ^4 Y: C• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
- x4 L& Z; V" T4 J• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
# [- _* ^7 L0 I* H  i• 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 z+ i& O3 j0 r/ w6 ^3 Y6 ?• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
0 i$ h& X  H/ |) j9 H9 s• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
- Y& Q9 t' _7 O' Y6 a5 V% @! a• 边防证 fronter pass
/ [0 L7 G3 Q6 x• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
) \2 ]% |) u; r; S: B% E• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
' V2 [$ p0 U6 C( ]• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
* I2 u! y) E% |9 S' {% Z• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
2 q; f  \$ a, J# z8 Y3 g6 y: 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
+ |8 [! J2 O0 J; I% c% k• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
6 x2 \- i6 J$ ~• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
. b6 g1 @) h7 Y+ I8 ]• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
, [& B& T  ^3 ~5 ~* v• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
0 m5 \8 f$ N" B" K2 e• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
7 ?7 g* @3 v+ f) z0 ~. K& p5 B  \2 Z• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
1 \( L: k7 {: ?* N/ _: Q, p1 ^• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
$ }) {+ F0 A# l( M, l7 y• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
8 ?& G/ [& @6 f( n* q• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
: Z; Q* u# K- i0 Y' S8 z0 d  k• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
5 G% Y, Q. _1 E# x; W' ?• 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
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
3 f: G2 A$ u2 U" e( x• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
1 {8 l3 m/ v* B$ Z- I• 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
( m* N$ D% P( E" ?0 I• 《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
3 V3 N  ~* p8 e9 J) @: e/ k$ t6 c• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
7 q( \/ r! L- |2 P9 o• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
9 K( W9 a* {% M9 D! y3 G4 X• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
3 r3 p, u+ K; M+ |• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
$ j1 W- _2 R; b4 ^- P( v1 H• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
8 v5 R" _/ \% }% \• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
9 g9 F* v5 c: X& P5 R4 f2 B! p• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
6 F' ?7 g! q6 y2 `3 {+ K: S. ?• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
: @+ f+ r: x* J2 d: W! M• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
& b9 U/ F9 B2 S# d• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
8 W7 |9 H/ r$ k, V6 J; m• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
9 b& I" k2 I" P• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
) n" G9 G4 n) v8 o• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
" ?; E( d) P# ]( Y• 不得转让 not negotiable
$ E% b+ V" @( ]0 R• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
; w& h6 q9 z  n• 不感冒 have no interest
; V6 m1 T& b! d" M& ^• 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　　　　　　
3 b/ ^% a9 D8 l  }2 T• 不记名投票 secret ballot
  t$ v# d9 R2 A, d• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
5 a. \. C( P8 T5 q5 i7 @9 G( J• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
& V; \1 j: `, Y4 T) }4 z' r• 不可抗力 force majeure  
7 p1 z# {9 w% F• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
. k. Z% j* x+ e, i* o: \9 E0 \• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
8 Z5 q0 M7 e' ~' E' ^7 U) P5 a• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
, M% ]! |" o, z) m3 w2 L• 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  
# m) q- R% [8 e9 q9 D2 l• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
& f1 x) w+ r6 X" ?( W• 不速之客 gate-crasher
8 H% N+ P9 s! e2 x6 C" X• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
  e" z$ V0 ~+ T/ U7 |3 B, D3 o• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
- B( v5 y, j! l$ p, S• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
. P7 ?( `" M& ~& S& I  \4 m• 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。