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  
6 z; x% N6 z  ^) z• A股市场 A share market  
, w4 z. c" P2 j& L7 N• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
  _* K1 d- j3 @$ l) \) G% o• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
# w4 @# Z' n0 a- V. m# |, Q2 }• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
( I( @: t5 T! ]• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
* E) N9 {+ T. K, ^' }0 ~3 x• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
. h: ~$ ~5 A  k4 T% x* @% `• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
/ J* P: `( \8 J• 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
• 安乐死 euthanasia
8 o0 \( o8 \+ }2 {' x• 安理会 Security Council
' k8 Q" F0 @+ D• 安全岛 safety strip
9 P( |$ }: R( [, s# |5 V• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
; w# e: h2 |$ B% W( {2 s• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
* L8 b8 {# c3 r2 ?( C2 y" o2 C• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
, `7 {4 r4 b* W8 F2 l6 v7 _• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
3 }' V% S7 N% y$ a: J, s$ ]7 O• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
! W  v, I2 E9 A( f& `8 C) P% F• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
% l4 u) K2 J- |, `, v3 A• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
1 F7 e# L: d" o+ f8 T9 e0 D• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
7 x( w) q' \) o% L; B( D• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
% y8 |$ x, F1 \• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
; N" `: [; ^- N' e) J1 w• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
9 E: O5 Y" d: x• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
- n& J2 T3 k( t6 V$ v• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
/ y* V5 w2 M- P# a( G2 o• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
) m2 f  i/ B1 |• 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.
0 t4 L1 k6 k. A7 k& D• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
6 X2 b3 _' K4 c: D; b• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
# P+ r: t2 v4 V1 ]7 |! W: _9 h; G• 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
3 z( e. Z, e) E! r' L8 F• 拜金主义 money worship
" c" n  u: |' G( {6 x  b" T1 f6 [• 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。)
. l0 Z$ E' a5 R5 {2 ?' D• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
8 w* ]6 Y; A) N" y  S- [' F2 C• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
; t) R# W! H/ W6 I# Q! F• 白热化 white heat
9 v/ s0 N0 M, h5 d/ V* j3 n• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
5 ?8 B, l! g* e! V• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
: s; U: w0 T) n3 i3 t• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
: _# M) D5 E& ]• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
7 w) C. F4 [) H3 |7 Q7 I/ C• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
7 w: s3 q& \' @0 C- \" h• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
" J5 ~. O! n; @2 {+ V! t• 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.)"  
4 x& M" i) ]# M, R• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
& U( n2 }3 w. {: p! v• 半边天 half the sky
9 A2 M5 `0 G0 N+ F+ O• 班车 shuttle bus
. o; D' O  G; `• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
3 Q2 y( U* K4 _* \- t• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
9 O% o6 g5 i) x3 r: b7 C* A• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
' r! Z! s; a! T7 Q) O• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
: d, F4 K+ e9 m3 h. F! G• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
& W* g+ y+ ?, O) y9 P• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
9 Q6 o5 f$ a- b) H$ Q2 O& x5 D6 J• 斑马线 zebra crossing
! D$ i; K! m+ k0 ?• 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
, `5 T/ m  w2 y# z# P( d• 版权贸易 copyright business
5 ], g& B, X6 |• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
/ ?/ [1 S- [, [4 B1 Y6 \• 伴生矿 associated minerals
& t3 A2 y& r& |2 k+ h' @, w5 V• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
! [; f- G  a4 T2 M7 G2 X• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 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  
% D5 k; W; d8 Z/ m; P/ |• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
4 A7 c6 k4 j; z& W& l• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
: T  Q- R; c4 o  Y, w0 W8 ~' V• 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
# A  ^3 X8 R/ D0 K: L/ q• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
& N1 \9 _% |) `6 m  [# Y2 N• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
( h* V- }3 u; W7 C• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
% \: D! ~$ a0 w3 ]0 f6 k: F: _包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
' D0 o% f, X) Z; C5 r6 X& X• 保护价格 protective price
: s5 `! T& @3 g3 [• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
4 w$ s* j2 k0 v# E) l• 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
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
9 E7 `# a( @+ D! V3 _" T• 保健食品 health-care food  
+ ]; ^" U2 X# J- J( Q$ k4 ?# S0 E• 报界 the press
! k0 I3 J# q, S• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
" ]* z2 U1 I- R) B. H• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
& t" F5 {/ ^/ S- t4 P5 S  }8 k• 保释 on bail
+ T3 ?& c" W; A• 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
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
( o& k- S+ `0 o& E4 v• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
% G" I0 @& _8 Z# `1 o& L• 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
; l4 J* X# I$ b2 \; L: H• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
4 J3 f9 |6 ~& G, C2 r, S4 k; M) Z• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
0 a* v6 Y5 [0 X$ ]# }• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
/ N- d& ^' C4 }$ x( o1 i• 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  
• 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  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
, L& K: }& H$ ]' d* ~• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
, e" j5 |( {$ t& V! C  H3 S• 保理业务 factoring business  
/ F9 L5 C2 A" F' y* F) v! Z• 保险费 insurance premium
% f6 g0 n/ y7 }! r( F7 K6 ^• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
' ^# N6 x* G) [- r. _) ~• 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
6 T7 V4 |! A/ W: h) g• 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
" p  k  V6 ]! s2 P  m* x/ v/ ~• 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)  
• 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.  
  N. ^% x" v$ j/ M, ^• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
8 s" N; O8 C$ p2 G3 y  d" d: V* ^• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
: a6 j- A+ d% u$ e• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
( _1 P0 d$ D1 j+ u# T" 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  
" \3 ~0 o8 k0 t9 g2 l/ d• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
* w) u! U; J- a5 _" A: w• 本票 cashier's cheque
2 ~. x0 X5 H7 t, t- O( N• 本土化 localilzation
& ]" Y  U2 L# ]% C7 f9 j. i# |- ]• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
( K9 q+ @0 Y. F! p• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 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
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
6 [3 @' N& z1 S, H• 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”
' x6 {0 \9 L/ X0 B$ c• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
  s; h7 v) y) X* P• 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
, m& h" q4 ]: b7 j+ M6 j4 L• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
( X* j7 B: g0 ]• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
; [7 z1 M( q+ l% Z- C2 k# E• 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
* X" ?- V5 H5 q; x9 c• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
' p8 k7 L: I+ i: E• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
" g6 ~8 f' K/ c0 B, O: m• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
1 i9 Y4 A3 a2 \6 a' H• 边际报酬 marginal return  
( {% f5 m# `. `% g6 N• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
! K9 Z" t& ~& w& K6 \• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
' t) X8 n& r  o* g5 p• 标书 bidding documents  
: W; d2 ~: `" D5 n% o; I• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
+ b4 ^4 ^# F2 N6 R+ L* [• 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"  
6 j7 r: r  k7 o3 H& s7 ?, g• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
4 r7 _0 V8 U+ f# Q  Z• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
" H/ L+ n/ b& F6 f, d1 y7 s+ ^& R• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
7 u7 h3 W: m6 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
* C9 t8 l/ j) @2 C4 V' D• 《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
" }, o! M% o! ^$ n+ l6 r! K• 博士后 post-doctoral
) G# p' O4 I3 y) h+ E• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
$ `3 u( n5 C+ `, _• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
! L5 ]0 F+ A5 E& [• 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
  C" f+ |1 f8 I4 D& o! m• B to B (B2B) business to business  
, f+ ^% H6 u1 j6 @; h. l• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
% J5 ^, s0 A! o' r• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
7 k) g  L/ C4 Z/ G• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
8 J6 u: r3 T% {4 j& a' }• 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
• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
/ F0 ~6 h4 l9 @" D• 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  
/ w7 t, B! a$ z7 m, s• 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
2 T- p- `+ [9 }) v. z• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
0 u' Z$ K4 t. _7 r( \, s• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
& e/ K! h$ O4 A2 _% |• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
) p7 p1 u. N  J• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
6 ^+ r$ d0 t$ B8 R• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
$ U4 K- N. ~2 V( V! ?; `• 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
• 不眠之夜 white night　
, i# {4 x, w5 A• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
7 h, z/ L* n) e6 S# D• 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.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
5 B5 j- Y$ ?0 S5 f+ z# Y• 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
4 b% K6 b' o' m# k$ q' x) q. Z• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
6 Y6 d/ h  _2 `8 q# 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。