Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
1 I1 M# q- j& V8 r0 ^• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
: {( W  U( Y0 z; d* u• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
4 Z9 H  l, l) y5 x6 U) a/ m• 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
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
) Y$ O$ W0 @& D% ^• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
8 b5 r# a4 n, S, t( j$ z! w2 l• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
2 x1 Y) U2 Y7 A• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
% g2 I8 a( S" g2 u' {• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
: x3 x4 D8 P0 Z! J) N# b7 o• 安家费 settling-in allowance
& k6 Z: P: J" f5 [9 M$ j* k) ^• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
/ L0 x" M6 M/ Z• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
# y% A/ E. x& s+ @% J1 V+ M7 O• 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  
& V/ A  S1 }7 Z( `. ^: u8 F• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 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  
- u) }$ A$ i9 m  y• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
/ Y/ X( \: A  @) c0 o+ a2 g• 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  
0 J2 o" M  _' j• 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  
3 N' h9 x3 p2 }4 P2 i5 y• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
7 l' l+ c' P" T' `+ T• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
3 i8 L( r( b  F: Y6 I' L• 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  
& @% ]/ V3 n5 C/ l* l& {3 W• 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
0 ^& p& e: O' P) t1 ]• 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
4 m3 S( c6 J. w) p! C$ g• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
$ V4 {! H- A! \$ \+ c% H/ ?• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
# U" I# i+ ?: t  S- i$ b• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
) e, X" Y, L) t& [• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
+ h; G1 v( k8 ~• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
* t; h  X8 X1 f• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
# l1 ?4 o& ]3 v• 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
• 拜金主义 money worship
• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
" ]$ z3 w2 ]7 t' s• 白皮书 white paper
( [, u! q: c& |4 S0 P* V% }) s• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
) ~! J6 ]' I& ^• 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.
0 K" M" i* n! b9 j• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
7 i/ x/ C& q& B$ _4 X$ j/ G( A( F• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
0 P9 W- _( x0 N& ~  W9 j8 u8 _+ p; M• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
% ~0 H& @- r3 M• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
- t( o4 I, z: y/ ~• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
( c* W/ d5 S. j, Y• 白色行情表 white sheet  
  c) |1 g$ J7 l2 [& R• 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  
/ X3 [5 X/ K4 K) u3 N/ [( t• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
- g  K- l* _$ U1 R2 ?# g% R) c• 办公室设备 office equipment
4 b9 k8 m  f+ z0 d6 i• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
8 R- `- L7 ~; k7 ~+ {$ j0 _• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
/ o3 _  Z* H. O, S" v. m& [: N2 u• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
. C; z( v4 M% b• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
) U3 W, w( Q7 Y4 w/ Z• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
0 C$ U) k6 _+ g# b/ D• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
% ?; w/ V0 _" Z, V/ I• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
5 ^0 |6 I& ?, n  |. E2 h• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
# c, G- N; `- s* b• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
- N1 ~# l0 a3 `  p7 m! ?• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
- _2 b5 h. V" b' R  H• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
4 _* ?9 u5 P! g& S: D' Q0 |• 伴宴人员 escort  
# B/ v9 H  V# z• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
9 u5 `% I0 w2 e6 {  H• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
3 V* y; a* a. ]5 ?9 Q• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
' P5 [, r, M& E2 P4 z) q• 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
1 e" U3 U/ c1 u! R• 保兑银行 confirming bank
& T8 H: Y. Z0 ^% T  h9 h+ i• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
# G/ C( `& x/ g6 l/ n7 X• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
, W  f: b% o: V" I& i0 T- H5 \• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 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
( A( L, J1 f* `• 保护伞 protective umbrella
# [& ^! z$ \# {: t• 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
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
  H" G2 J, Y# O: U$ N' I  [• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
% o1 X- o7 x9 I  M) q- _) ?2 x• 保健食品 health-care food  
% l$ J5 `& U# r/ J• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
8 }& e8 k/ X$ h+ c/ M• 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
" l4 s2 R& [! @3 y% R• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
7 V; [0 v" D) y1 R" G  V5 W• 报销 apply for reimbursement
- g' y+ e% }3 O: b/ T8 p# \• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
6 E; S* Q" @8 Z# d• 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
- ~8 Q+ s( X" i% _5 T6 J• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
6 k+ i- C% `% \( A5 y* q8 {• 包装精美 delicately packed
; F# Q- Y& u) l- ^1 c' g5 {, [• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
8 m3 W  P2 I$ c3 ]+ K0 s! R: L7 _5 h• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
+ |8 F; a! g% _• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
- y* S+ G& y0 L: \+ T& L• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
7 x" B4 L0 g1 h/ H• 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  
% s: u9 L* y" e* _8 c2 F) ~5 l• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
) t: a: e, a6 ^• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
9 s6 ?# x# S3 }• 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
6 _2 t+ ~  a3 v. @  U+ F• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
! m# I( ^4 Z! S6 q4 ]6 ^  Y• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
! g. X6 T" Y% t$ d/ ]* [) G3 w8 j• 保证金 margins, collateral  
9 e, b( D& u6 U: G- k, Q2 a% ]• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
3 I8 q" c9 T1 j& D/ N, [$ s• 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
4 W1 v5 k3 s. H* F4 T2 G• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
* }( S4 O$ o+ c( X# q• 备件 spare parts  
+ r. V' A. P8 ~4 Z) c! H! f• 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)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
* D" t; H7 U; g" g• 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.  
. Q. d0 `. R$ k% Z' v0 R/ b" w7 T• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
; `/ x2 \0 k) X  e3 Y1 K( O• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
- H7 J1 Z% w9 {. T5 X& K1 w$ [• 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  
6 L+ t4 `" @; {; w2 E• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
2 O( k, k; v# H7 f" |/ M• 本票 cashier's cheque
7 U9 \' t- P, f+ J2 Y$ H+ {• 本土化 localilzation
, {3 L- U) H/ o  g1 y$ H2 Z* ?$ B• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
5 o# G/ s/ {& e• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
; \" q! N# ~( i/ [6 n& h• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
# l; ~  A: `5 Q0 b7 y/ B  F  K/ W5 H/ Y4 o• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
! p/ g5 q( `2 y0 H/ @• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
4 A2 Z5 i7 g1 N8 p: I" Q- C• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 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”
! r& P# z* c" h0 j* _• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
% Z* ^5 l  e+ i" Y! B9 x, J• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
; Y& s3 n1 Q! Y9 }4 f1 i• 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
2 a8 r& N- N. R( q2 |9 e2 `; m• 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
• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
) Z- D# a. S) E+ y/ s, X' Y! N8 a% \8 H• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
/ p& H4 L+ @6 h/ Z• 边际报酬 marginal return  
7 ?$ V& A. M: w1 b6 I7 x4 e# N& ?• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
4 I- Y* Q$ _/ b" k2 z, ~8 z8 I• 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  
5 W1 T+ W5 O" d9 F2 x" \- ^% X" E• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
4 d% R1 Y. W- S8 g6 J3 n# A6 t• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 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"  
+ [. G) h& a1 w1 U5 a  i4 K6 O• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
$ U+ t/ ?+ C9 `* D, _" ^• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
' R, ~' M, v  h2 S4 |) [• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
9 l3 t5 O  l( e& Z• 《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)
: @: G- a, H; Y- I% d• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
, e6 }. P4 Q9 k+ T2 U6 P• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
/ q& ~% ]7 T7 A9 W: Y- \, D• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
" \- M5 {  W& `" [9 c' y• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
  D4 q' j! G' Y/ m9 ^2 x! {& R• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
) T# g2 Q* H( ?; i# d• BP 机 beeper, pager
/ V$ y6 {) `9 O: N• B to B (B2B) business to business  
& q* Y0 k) ^5 G7 ~2 J5 q+ v• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
+ w( G" p; r1 T• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
+ B- \9 W& L: H- s4 T• 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  
' C1 E7 a# f& M; q; L2 v  q• 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. "  
* g9 u, m$ n4 M: d• 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.  
; Y  I; n% n1 F$ P3 F5 D• 不得转让 not negotiable
: K$ B  N9 [4 M• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
9 ]+ D  F8 W, A0 G- n9 ]7 M7 J7 |• 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　　　　　　
- j0 d3 H+ d& t, ?  U5 A+ w• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
; v8 s  y/ y# V* ~" S" j• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
& u6 s; L& D8 ~5 l& t5 P- m5 D. c• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
/ I6 s' m$ [1 z6 e7 |% F5 R• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
: j0 ]% f& v4 R& W% X  `# E• 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)
1 v! t( `; v8 o: Z• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
2 z/ ]( E5 s! m9 q• 补缺选举 by-election  
  U. g+ x$ S/ H) `8 c+ @• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
7 `; C. u$ J0 i: Y( P! S4 y• 不速之客 gate-crasher
8 R" |& v, s6 p• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
7 _5 t, o; _+ J9 o# d• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
  X3 O2 v0 P% _# g8 I& 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。