Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
" y. s  @% I! c& n- K, F• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
. W8 J% j% g4 c: ?1 I• A股市场 A share market  
- s$ w% U8 @5 V1 @9 f• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
3 _5 S( g+ G, r, \( u* k• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
2 a* B+ E5 \; C  B• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
' w8 c" j$ P% M/ o9 K& P• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
5 `0 N5 `% c) ?" B, W, P3 p• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
: C, q0 Z' W/ L1 X) I0 i6 p• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
! K( C5 o& c# M* U6 O1 s0 y• 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
+ P) |2 f) L' e7 E+ v1 |) `• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 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
& V; }% W1 ~' @; P5 \• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
* P* W6 x# ~6 X! A9 `. C• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
7 [" p) Z8 f; t$ m2 n• 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
( o! t8 @& H- z• 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  
• 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  
2 J- K2 [! ^  ]• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
- T3 o- ~" J+ ~• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
$ t9 E6 f# }: c; w/ p& d4 o* m• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
; M8 Z, J) t; f- D3 k• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
+ e- X( w( }% r# {5 k7 u• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
+ i0 o, o0 h! m  j% ~' _• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
9 x6 ?; m9 B! {# \5 P• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
9 T/ h: V+ a1 }: C# G/ e" X• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
% o) G1 `( y4 [/ @• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
; \1 _0 |& q8 C: j5 E5 ^" K9 b' j• 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
4 @( ?  r& E3 x* ^• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
5 e. F8 A) y  H5 k• 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
' U% H. p, X+ Z: r• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
8 n% E& i/ _5 P- b2 R  h( h• 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
: M% A7 p1 @' }. _• 白皮书 white paper
: H5 h# E. L  l- r; S' V/ z8 H• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
+ c7 D7 g* s4 o1 i0 z. t# T• 白色污染 white pollution
1 R6 h- M) V0 G5 |• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
4 b, u( Q9 F! e- ]& f' D• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
+ K4 ?' |% {* x2 x/ a, t! M7 g( J* ~• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
$ i' }4 n) y1 ]) R% j• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
9 {! m  ]( |2 B9 l( |# i• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
# P1 v/ Z. D1 V• 班车 shuttle bus
9 f! Y/ I* `# L: {7 @% \• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
  q/ h( H) {5 I3 h1 ], Z* L6 }• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
+ [' {" ?( W  }• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
( a, ^5 @8 o- c4 T; K• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
9 i& k, R  I5 r$ `• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 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  
• 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
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
- c7 e& |1 X0 M  Y9 Z4 o• 版税率 royalty rate
; @4 W9 P" |4 ]6 N7 y% Y) `• 半托 day care (for kids)  
2 }# ^4 `+ M7 n( ?; Q! E9 k• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
1 _+ t( C0 w: E' _4 Z• 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
9 E1 \) ^) M/ g3 }# ~8 ]0 u+ Z• 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  
6 ?8 l' ~& e2 [1 F• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
" |0 g7 p% R( C" @9 H- w• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
6 U* w  @7 j4 @0 U' o3 X9 c* [7 D• 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
8 ?' {8 a3 Z8 h3 k& a; x5 _• 保兑银行 confirming bank
2 H, B; u/ G8 Z! P• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
3 {7 u4 F. `1 {9 ~• 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
• 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
' g9 @4 W2 ~# p5 ~: F: O• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
' o+ N0 p# ]  ]* Q• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
+ K3 Y, Q5 S" Q+ z9 C( B• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
7 k1 V0 ]4 u; ^- o0 \/ v1 S1 B5 ?4 x• 保护主义 protectionism
; W2 E. P7 \; J! ]• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
0 ^2 G( K- w& n% Y; U6 V/ B• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
0 `% C. q, X6 T' a1 n& }# n• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 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 I  @) t+ V6 h  Q  G• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
* K$ C/ S( t* h! A' H0 _• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
' ?7 {$ s! C; Q• 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
9 r" N+ N" l" }+ W: }• 包销人 underwriter
% o$ X$ E5 d  G; o; r2 F• 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
! Q' G4 d0 ]* H• 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
& @5 f7 k9 G4 C3 j3 C• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
1 Q# i' X" W( M5 d3 `• 包装业 package industry
, F' _+ U" o# N( O; L' 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  
/ k  _! H2 f, r2 h• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
' s7 O1 C, y  s1 S5 ]& C9 o% f• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
& N1 @4 f& R$ E• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
1 D6 k* X! s6 z• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
0 [' x! Y, {5 [" D. D5 ]• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
& h7 F5 ^- U8 E' p& w! Y• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
# Y+ `. R; ~+ @• 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
) m. }0 J9 _/ Z1 E% F1 p• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
- E$ U7 S/ s* ?6 q9 L8 {0 N• 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
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
" n* x# E: B9 K! z8 D+ p* [• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
, e, {! Q1 l4 C, G1 _" v/ K: K• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
% B* e3 }4 Q: N! @. U• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
3 }8 ^: e( T" w8 m" }• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
: t( b& N6 x6 X) O8 c• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
/ G5 Y, h1 Z2 z4 ~, i. h• 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.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
- |' E' I- C( C; v! w1 L+ E• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
2 l5 H. j+ j5 ]3 H/ i+ X$ K" P• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
# {; {3 `; a( Z! n% W8 q7 g• 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  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
5 `$ T- ]) @  F. A) I/ C• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
  V( `$ r: W1 R, V1 l6 k0 x- h• 比基尼 bikini
% j  @9 ?# `* j1 Z7 }• 比较文学 comparative literature
# s/ b0 _/ j7 C' S2 o% R% I• 比较经济学 comparative economics
9 n1 r8 z6 E7 J" }• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
: j. I* G2 A2 Q. p% m5 ?% r• 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
6 R& z6 S" E; V( I. u, o• 毕业设计 graduation design
; Y3 h6 ]9 J; D# O/ A3 U' {• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
; [) ^7 y1 \: T8 w• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
) {' H( d, m" J( }6 b: Y• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
  }! d" u  R( {4 f% V& {4 w• 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

OliveOil

• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
  Y9 K: o* d5 |; U# `, Z• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
  x; K% W$ y) P  w' |) n3 Q• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
9 {$ j, w- t7 d" ?' p! H• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
: _5 n$ R% t" B1 n" K( X  W9 c• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
( }( Y& l$ ?$ ]) b% O1 m3 z• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
& e9 O. c+ [$ P* H2 p• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
& R4 C' N% |4 Q% A4 u$ w• 标书 bidding documents  
! |. L9 E% p1 q5 b- ^# K2 C• 表演赛 demonstration match  
; \5 T0 m# s) p• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
( Z) _6 a) e/ D3 `• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
' p5 Q$ U1 K& O% l' S• 并网发电 combined to the grid
1 i9 t( }, d* E- O- c. }: R• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
3 m/ b1 C- \- N$ ^• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
5 x* ?% g4 b, H& @. j4 C• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
+ R# n6 U- Y) y+ _& Z4 P4 l! X9 ~• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
8 q- w- S$ o8 i$ M; `, O! O• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
4 Y1 H# B6 v: e& _0 x0 u• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
) c7 o/ l# w" H/ I. q. q  q" N• 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  
. X2 d- k) n. A' I' N& ?• 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)
3 o. Y" d3 n7 D0 X' p1 L. [• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
  D5 \( J0 N7 m' `( m7 }• 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
9 a7 Q* m0 Y- `; X* M1 b7 w3 ]+ w• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
* E) r+ }. r, L) f& K+ T, k• BP 机 beeper, pager
+ U4 @9 B$ d4 w0 c6 g4 [: t• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
  r0 b7 t5 c* @/ z& C• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
: {0 L2 a) L6 X• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
7 p' y' v+ u2 _8 e. S4 A• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 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  
• 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  
• 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　　　　　　
8 H+ p) {. _8 ^5 Z0 I0 o• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
1 W' U0 @: R) m* t. ~• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
1 B8 n" o) H0 C9 f" p- ?0 W8 f, G• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
8 ?. H& X3 v0 N! h• 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
1 e; g( I- Q% I( D- Q• 不眠之夜 white night　
+ t9 `' z' y1 ]- [• 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  
, x9 P1 B" i5 z  h- W' T• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
# |  v4 q- U4 ^• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
, g4 @$ Q0 K9 F  F0 ?• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
5 U. ]- c/ h& S2 m3 r• 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。