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  
& Y. i+ e. _% ?/ C& [: n• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
% Z4 l3 ]& b+ O7 ]5 f( n• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
! [+ N1 m5 P. t+ {- q% z• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
1 A# [  g% |& P+ l• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
  r3 V  C# I/ B. g( i• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
; u' O& [: C  L- d# 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
/ ^9 h) G" y  l3 x4 ^• 安家费 settling-in allowance
! _8 d0 Z3 \: u6 h* p8 K: A; f• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
5 S8 X# f7 y9 S/ y4 @. t• 安理会 Security Council
: H  b9 g% N# P/ t! J• 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  
9 p- L' Z/ b. U% }/ R• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
% y" Z- W. G7 q; ]5 o) S0 P5 X# w6 p• 暗箱操作 black case work
5 \0 w9 K; f) G( p( _6 g• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
. D4 m! n  Q) S• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
4 u- F. e( ^: k" M& Z• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
  m4 ^) f, B0 J2 h* O• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
  T  _( n- f* h8 H3 O• 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  
1 [- T9 y) @/ G* n: h. c- P+ e+ z2 d• 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  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
+ K( `7 D* L% \  A• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
1 T1 {, q* y3 l  E% K: L5 ?  i# g• 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

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
. s' v: f. f' u+ @0 d, Y• B超 type-B ultrasonic
( F+ F# c8 b/ N9 ^. u• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
* ~- C+ G$ v/ E# Z3 Q* Z0 o• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
: y& a# C0 X, b5 N( E" ~• 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  
• 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
6 d/ a* n  y) @6 H8 A& T" N! j• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
0 K* y6 Z9 u) `• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
5 W+ |, g/ \4 }. `, B9 m+ A+ `• 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
# _' }4 v, p1 O, d+ w+ H• 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
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
2 T; T' k4 l1 ]3 y$ J• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
' j& w& i% l# m- D% \• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
1 X* \( W- z6 O; z/ n, g* J. f; ]• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
% W, Y  s% l4 C! h: I• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
5 A. x1 A! i4 T6 X; u% E5 s• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
1 K1 r2 y0 G$ T- E/ {1 x• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
9 Z. U8 x9 f3 w( N2 s: {• 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  
$ U7 Y; l) `# D+ o. ]. {, Z• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
" Q5 c, |$ B6 R* H+ C+ ^) K* ^• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
* r4 ^( D; r8 A4 m6 G$ l' \% n! n• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
3 P1 Q. d8 e* D: e' N. |7 o• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
. \2 s) I! q" _6 A8 G3 {5 M• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
0 l0 u6 i) r3 t• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
/ P) d. O4 x* t( ^• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
# T7 R0 \- Q. c: A• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
0 f* Z" D8 m$ A  [2 s  U! T) S• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
! q' a0 G& g, u1 v' |• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
* O# B7 U5 E, |4 a+ 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
8 D2 p% k6 X8 v$ j• 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  
  u: @% }8 C1 N+ j$ z( f- ~• 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
1 X- u2 w5 K3 `0 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
: m2 M8 Q" S, _; Z7 x, y" |• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
$ i9 k% v6 u) t6 a! U0 w• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
* W9 C) a) e. D) R- C• 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
4 P6 n' i' }1 F' i• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
8 O# U7 V0 T7 `• 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
6 x- b1 ~. S0 |• 保护主义 protectionism
& n# d8 p& z' w* A* e• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
, t% y: b7 j: W8 B4 A. D: [• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
) m9 _! I' o' ~% d8 G: v3 t• 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  
& U5 t% Y4 U9 p• 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
  {$ g( S2 H; a4 w1 L• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
. P! `- o8 c: v( j. X1 b2 Z• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
' o7 p  O: c% H8 Y4 c' z• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
# s' b/ P' p" P  h• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
" a8 a2 I4 Q. H/ k; ^- d; j• 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
3 V) i+ ?9 V5 ]2 H! a: e• 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
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
; b5 t  m9 Q: s. S• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
% i8 F0 y8 S% w' X7 w• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
, `1 c, p2 U+ l6 H% T3 B• 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  
' s5 k2 x0 ~1 u: p$ z! w. c; P• 报关员 declarant  
* i, F! F+ D2 B( [! Z/ w* H• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
# j- V2 @: d  h/ [# Q' v• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
6 {. D- I/ U2 T+ {• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
4 a+ h! K: }; z• 保险索赔 insurance claim
5 I) n# e8 P. q; L8 G• 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  
4 T) H3 O) A0 o• 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
. t1 N  e7 ?0 ~: L. t. m8 n( d" l• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
0 g3 a" N$ p3 x/ V! o' j( }• 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)  
- h) l/ R8 d) t) y8 G• 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.  
9 c! j, X2 U1 q" k& \• 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  
• 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  
1 o) o0 R# H7 w' e2 W) [• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
1 G$ [, J, b3 S* ]" @• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
' ^$ t) E. {1 [5 a" q• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
5 ^; L* n5 a7 a; L5 @4 e• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
, E5 y, q/ o) l2 A, P6 p1 _' N2 Y1 [) O• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
0 U) Z. W, Y& b0 A7 M! x6 ]• 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”
' V2 {' Q3 P2 V) ]• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
2 Q4 P+ {4 f9 r1 x. e* m; Y+ |• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
& w3 {5 M0 I9 w4 c• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
7 r8 x6 a6 o9 Z, R; e0 ?• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
- K! c: _6 o5 ~' e1 F• 边际效益 marginal benefit
# H9 ]: _: x3 h  O• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
' o" F& X* p" f1 t! S/ x6 e• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
8 W; p! s$ A) Z/ B' ]• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
% t* |/ y" A: x7 Y/ Y) l6 P• 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
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
# x7 n& h, |: ]3 i8 c2 X, G' W• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
4 g, T4 l( k! J. \5 I. y• 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
/ r2 T, G2 r. @) S6 t• 标书 bidding documents  
: r# a( h- k% C9 p: {- H  z+ C• 表演赛 demonstration match  
3 J5 m7 b6 ]9 s• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
) G2 `" p$ c9 i, m( a) J• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
6 c+ k: G6 x/ K. d$ ^, v. `• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
( j7 O* s, V  e6 N8 c4 X! Q• 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
1 m) z5 ?& b8 Y" b# F" ]; ^• 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)
! |& H2 }2 z5 w• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
, M4 L2 U  W- x& _4 r• 《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
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
9 r+ z1 L- _% f* _# Z4 N% @• 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
  k4 ]% z) p' N4 R• B to B (B2B) business to business  
9 \5 s/ h. N7 ], c0 |- |4 h( q• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
# U1 J5 h% M) b" Q% L1 ^3 D: k• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
* {6 i" Z1 ^6 ?! M9 I• 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. "  
  N8 a4 t& k) Q• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
: u& r: P% m$ c# \: _8 J4 m1 f0 @/ n• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
/ f1 t0 |  B2 G" W9 B' ]) C• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 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
+ h. A$ R* Y& F& E& P• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
( ?+ p$ y- Z' @$ f( s- c• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
8 B% l% J7 d2 }9 W1 W0 D2 \. g0 ?; V• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
2 N9 W! w$ N- K8 S0 ?5 j$ B' Z7 m• 不可抗力 force majeure  
& G9 t/ G8 V1 S* Y/ n• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
+ E0 a, q! _% P# r# D1 o# H• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
1 x2 R& O1 }) U7 m• 不眠之夜 white night　
+ M& C  ^: b4 a. J% v9 g• 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
6 Q6 h4 a  Z% x3 x8 \' {" W' t3 S& d• 补缺选举 by-election  
/ R5 t- H5 m! Q: N; l( e• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
# f$ h/ d1 [$ P9 I$ P• 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  
• 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。