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 r& G+ n2 R) g* ~1 e# V, R• A股市场 A share market  
* H$ A) ]# |' p! |9 i• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
4 S: x8 B$ X$ H• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
, R( F- Q1 A- X( A! r• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
1 T0 A6 x  O" `6 [2 n, h• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
7 z( f/ R5 r3 {4 n- U! Q• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
* f- e- ?) w& J1 ?2 O* A& p( n• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
" B$ f, \% [% j/ Z2 c  M• 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
. ^, a% k$ U( n+ g3 {0 W• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
# ?$ f6 n# ]( A( T0 C$ q4 t& S$ }• 安乐死 euthanasia
, d, L% t, U: _, ~• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
5 {/ ?7 o" d  k• 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
- f+ q* z; L9 `9 X0 P. F( _- L• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
& h3 v  o% @# G• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
4 F0 F% A# a- f5 ~  F$ F4 U• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
3 K4 c. b4 s1 D/ j' b! O$ m• 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  
2 n: I2 e+ b% w+ ^; c& t* r( U& m4 j7 S• 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  
2 L% L" G1 G: \4 p4 j• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
, t' D8 s( Q6 U% C3 S. T• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
! h1 U1 Z6 E* c7 V9 K& i• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
- j5 h$ B/ I! k; A5 D8 e4 R( g) _• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
  M! L. d8 K7 x  U+ O• 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
. W  b( o# }+ r! {) b0 s• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
) X; d( J: ~: q) k2 N. w• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
/ o8 `+ S' U( g* J• 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  
6 X% y% b  M; d  j8 H• 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
# ~. \! R* O: w9 w* N9 f• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
6 C3 F/ a" J+ `$ s• 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
' M. J" R" x6 k& U7 ?4 x: ?• 拜金主义 money worship
% F* b# t+ Z- c• 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。)
) P* c' B. h+ G9 |( `  r• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
1 w. m& G5 a7 F+ G• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
- Y& f0 d' w! Z7 D• 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.
; A/ I' s, [7 `• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
7 N; {. a  G0 s$ ?2 ]3 r5 Z• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
6 p2 t$ |1 }0 x+ W• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
9 n" R6 k6 Z# ]- E* L& H" ?; a* F+ P• 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  
. H0 N: Z: B5 Z  D- \# a# F• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
2 c" K9 O: b3 |" E6 j• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
9 G( z0 G  b/ f; z3 A• 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
8 p( Z6 q# X/ A& C/ l• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
) z$ `3 n3 g# \5 W; C• 斑马线 zebra crossing
; j; `8 V- F; i7 ]& H2 E- |) W  J• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
% f. e% r( X' s/ F• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
, s2 v% N$ ?- ?  N5 t& K• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
! L6 Y, u8 O8 T• 版权法 copyright law
/ ?( D( U* ?9 X5 m. E2 |• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
2 c9 m( Q" M1 j# q8 i• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
, @* v9 K0 B$ t2 N& U7 P• 伴宴人员 escort  
( X! m5 _. k: F& f$ U4 J7 ]% e: V• 搬运工人 transport worker
. s7 Y7 m9 f) w6 i. t• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
5 c( w, b( F( y! q3 {) j4 _• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
) r% b* t$ K: j5 L: u. B$ v  t) [• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
7 [) ~0 f! v3 o* P+ Y• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
6 ]3 \- H/ G" K" b; h0 _/ ~! B6 Z: p包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
; w( U2 ~5 `. K• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
( F8 S% r; g: u# J• 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
# t: w0 G+ e$ O8 x- l• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
: U9 S0 B" v8 c6 S$ }; Y• 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
2 e7 ^5 l5 c9 P2 h. W2 j# g• 保健食品 health-care food  
- D& x. |6 H* W/ n0 ?• 报界 the press
% u; b7 p) q+ }) Q5 J• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
6 p+ N/ z+ Z* i/ ~! q% L• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
' k- {* B; M& G! w% \• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
6 J8 o; `1 Y* f$ r0 v/ L• 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
% o! |3 }2 u  \! P• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
& j. q2 Y( [) B) F2 G• 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
2 y4 u* z  y* M1 D• 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
7 t7 N  @7 @: f. \2 ]) s9 B2 k• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
+ w6 T2 w7 {* ?0 j5 a7 W: ^• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
8 F* u6 m2 n# h1 a• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
" c0 p8 e$ K2 s% _/ [• 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  
% q" ?4 m  s% n# ?9 C• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
' u* M  N3 c. a; U8 Y/ [• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
) l. ~7 @3 L( N- x) y• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
7 o  Q% ~5 t6 J: E+ S2 q8 o" V0 |6 ]• 保险索赔 insurance claim
. K' Z0 I, ~5 N8 s) V/ q/ J2 q' O7 R• 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  
: M3 _; O4 n  ^• 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
# o5 X# g, H9 u: e• 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
  f$ A8 z' W3 ^1 l0 E• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
  o$ [! C! d. E4 o4 F7 S2 k• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
: Z; D8 D2 D( a( m• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
, P9 M7 s( m+ s% i: u• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
2 y0 n, c  |7 t• 备用资金 reserve fund
$ }0 P7 c! \! r+ g) j& c• 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  
• 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  
6 V, q; y+ L3 _  u4 u• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
& E6 z, T, h' h6 [• 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  
  y; h$ `# l( q+ X• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
) C6 D! y6 W! ~* Y. i. [4 y• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
/ P5 z5 M. q' _, d9 d$ v• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
* ~% \# j( J+ X' q! Y, O• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
3 l9 Z3 g* V: `1 Q2 R• 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
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
1 w; A" Z( z6 T$ J5 x2 w• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
9 @& H- a0 j( O; [# a( d• 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
# X9 ]( f: D! e- e% U0 E• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
7 a6 n0 {( F% k& @8 \9 j• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
) O& v& m& X7 d% s  D* g4 Y• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
% N5 Y4 ?* r, T1 |, O• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
  Q2 i+ [. k- W  ^9 V" 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
" Q6 K, z& h1 }, B• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
* q5 C% u% [. z7 c( e- J5 g• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
/ w2 O$ ^4 ^; K8 L" a3 e• 冰雕 ice sculpture
7 U& B; g2 p/ c• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
7 Y7 }" A  x5 Q7 E7 f! L) z. Y• 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"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
! a/ ~# y9 Y+ j# ?6 L8 g1 P• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
% \3 |9 s# J9 X) Q) Y* m6 ?$ D- E7 _• 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)
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
3 H) a' z4 q3 r• 博士后 post-doctoral
; i5 r; K* u. H• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 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
# I8 ~+ M& a& r• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
+ u. z2 x- O2 \" X• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
+ X4 ]4 d4 [2 p& b' P# s6 \• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
' _& l# y" r. d3 m- s• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
# X. ~- T  M* o- {6 Y' N2 p7 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. "  
• 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.  
( _! W6 l- n& |  {& F* D& a• 不得转让 not negotiable
- W6 l2 r8 @6 d, F. l• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 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
' t7 s  e! {$ l, w/ t( u• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
$ t( @! v) J3 C5 j• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
0 r' K+ z* g0 n: X1 c. n* B( S3 y. A• 不记名投票 secret ballot
) C$ c& U' R$ @2 k% J/ W3 b• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
; S- n- z& [, j0 ^! G, p• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
* V: D; E# A7 ?• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 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　
• 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  
- U/ S+ x0 n( ~& T6 O# X7 Y% V+ B• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
0 g' v' i6 m1 A9 ^- {) U5 t• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
) J* U8 S# }( t( i$ J" E* T• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
( f) u% `6 E& q$ 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。