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  
7 C- T' t# @! ]# L/ |. O• 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
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
% B% x/ U5 y' ]; G• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
9 d5 Y3 B; g1 s& ~! o9 k• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 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
7 v; l# M  H- t9 A• 安家费 settling-in allowance
! w) c+ A& h* g• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
# _: }. d$ G# F• 安理会 Security Council
" g! n) ]9 ~9 T0 g. }; H! t• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
# B$ a8 J8 B. z1 o3 ]• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
4 i# J8 ~& Q) T) r• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
- C0 s6 h; E; Y' ?5 D• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
8 A: m* k' a1 x. c+ B• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
7 v" A9 d/ w7 E5 L9 n* Z: `! t• 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  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
+ U6 L7 `* C: I5 O, w6 I• 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  
2 E) K* v! U# `5 o& c" ?• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
# U0 }" ^2 s7 B. \7 t% p• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
% }( T! L3 x7 C3 b3 m- i7 U6 |! P• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
# N! ~$ L% b) b* U2 f8 y4 E# b) B9 s• 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
+ [8 h2 r9 E7 w0 l: J9 E$ x2 ?5 T: ^• B超 type-B ultrasonic
& l0 V& Z6 {# M& o( V) ^8 Q• 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
' {: z; r$ V/ w: ?( N9 F" S• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
* b$ D/ W; P9 a" c$ p9 Y% u• 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  
3 w+ w8 W& w% O- X• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
, J! M0 G( V3 b• 霸权主义 hegemonism
. X0 ]/ A! H7 f/ o( U6 {• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
+ H/ X8 q1 a4 H% S3 ~7 v$ v! w( Q• 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
" e  J2 C* r" a$ d) a( `• 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
8 o, l9 J3 s8 e6 O• 白领工人 white-collar worker
8 V$ f( y0 k* O/ _% N% A• 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。)
7 |& s" S, Y% L3 `* m. Q• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
" u* y& L" J; F6 U! {" {: |• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
' B# L/ x- j8 V; Q• 白热化 white heat
. D/ ^3 r/ ?3 e  R1 O( U  g• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 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.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
0 \* t5 G$ e' q( p* d. P• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
' [8 H- I9 K: F' H" ^- m• 白色行情表 white sheet  
0 {/ V! W4 |" t( }8 u+ Y• 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
• 班车 shuttle bus
! L, ^. d5 f/ l% u1 O, S% D• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
; n' d; Z/ z. ~. x. B: \* h9 Y! x• 办公室设备 office equipment
$ ^8 u3 m5 e0 e5 N5 X• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
; R3 [( c: q* i2 }; N• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
% @, e, f! D! ]• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
& v9 P6 w& i$ o) x• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
" j, ^, G8 z3 e: M9 R. h- U( e• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
, k( S) ]: I6 p  e$ V6 K" g  G; Q• 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
5 i1 L3 p, O4 H+ n3 q7 W5 o4 {• 版权贸易 copyright business
' i( V4 P, F* a$ Z4 V, v" W• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
' k& e- x, I, |  i• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
; }  y2 |5 u; u• 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
  x, U& e/ C' a" P3 R• 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  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
" D2 h2 A/ m: V• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
1 T6 t( T6 A- \/ ]7 [% \6 l' W  w* X• 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
: |4 N% O/ F' g, y3 e# i1 W• 保兑银行 confirming bank
% O- ?7 {, i# G, V/ E% K0 S$ b• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
0 `: l7 S: @2 q% l: L( V• 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
9 Z; B- z) t" e• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
2 J# i( \" `  z$ a• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
, }6 T) P3 W* y% S• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
7 `# r4 y0 v% Q- ~• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
" a6 ~" j/ K8 ~. C* J* b% C( }• 保健操 health exercises
• 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  
& a# O7 q" m2 m8 ^+ }% j% f• 报界 the press
6 B6 K2 Z  b. x, h• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
" g. ]4 b" y: K- V• 保龄球 bowling
: t) I( U. e9 o. Z" U• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
/ t" p, v' E. E$ l& r• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
0 A! _+ q. L# o1 U! V  C* n: _• 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
; T9 f3 w, f0 B) ^% x6 ~• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
2 N$ E2 m) x/ i5 J+ k• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
) q* B+ P! X. }5 j$ p• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
$ n* y/ [) ^. N& K$ ]• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
/ G6 D) V7 U6 A2 Y8 I' ~• 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
) H1 i. |8 `, }! R• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
) `0 M5 ?$ c5 B, k. M9 S• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
& F) p& @) M8 I8 V( I2 q3 X• 保安员 security staff
* T1 ^5 R5 M! c  f) w, i• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
: j4 r' a. u" a$ p' k6 ?" x• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
% D& c  ~* c0 L; z( L• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
. G& r! d1 d- M4 f• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
) g9 u5 J5 G5 ~• 报关员 declarant  
' _% x: @; `& |! @1 C* b4 E• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
* D% |% P' T1 ]: ^• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
" u* f! Q! Z; D4 [• 保理业务 factoring business  
3 Y! E" s( x: r; G5 @% t! [9 J• 保险费 insurance premium
( x; Y) o2 `) ]  V9 N2 g; D# W• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
: }5 Z& o3 I% x6 Z. ]  P" c• 保险索赔 insurance claim
, C# u6 G- J# B4 b- J• 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  
) q5 {$ K# f' H3 Q• 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  
7 g# C1 V" S4 {% ~- g- x( \• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
7 Z# b2 y; y* p" ~' W• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 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)  
% p5 K4 Q- I- B; W• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
) C3 I8 S: q" R" q: e& U1 u• 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.  
& [% M8 \! }2 {1 z  @  e' S• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
' h# h' F0 I% B• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
, F' k7 A1 ^$ Q3 c8 q• 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  
+ L3 [% t% F8 h# b2 r8 D• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
9 m$ ]0 [: q0 S2 ]# `1 M1 ?• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
+ \: V, F! `7 n5 |• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
7 b$ ~3 R6 P) K0 X: d' R• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
& m& L: U- W9 R2 g, [. H• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
; {! u1 z2 P6 |$ N5 Z• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
5 H! w# s; G6 D1 N• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
' _9 |3 @& \/ v( y! V• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
% t5 V; N' N4 E/ @9 p  {0 ?• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
# v, i5 t) s" r- o  O  G6 }$ S• 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
# a9 K6 L4 ?' j* k  \' |  Q8 W• 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
0 N8 ?2 Q3 m6 K' }2 g& [) p• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
9 u3 Z1 C/ G* b& [3 h/ O• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
1 q1 Q/ S! ^) w1 F/ H( f' {2 S• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
% D$ P+ R- P& N5 j0 k• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
; k# o! @$ s% y& ^• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
/ Y1 ~; t  v9 w. N6 `! F" U/ P• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
  b6 T+ V! A# b! F3 K• 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
& I2 ^. x! y7 e! S* w• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
5 S( q2 y. y$ j$ i• 标书 bidding documents  
" n  i" w. a3 ?• 表演赛 demonstration match  
  Z1 n2 |1 \: f! D• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
+ e8 V9 g+ D1 T5 N• 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
5 {, X# L: a; Y- o$ w• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
5 u7 Q- E! T6 y4 {" x; s• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
# ~7 \, z1 M! y. ~• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
1 l! `7 i4 \. O" ~( g• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
9 y( E! x; |5 l( O• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
, @& W1 M) G! \" Z• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
) K0 u  l6 Q1 M" @* l4 |1 i1 B• 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)
% e6 ~8 \; _) \" v* J7 J- N• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
- r2 O/ Y/ [& U8 x! s8 j• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
. i0 H" \! y' B9 E/ z• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
. J8 F7 C7 ?4 Q/ j• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
! C) H1 r& g& a4 {3 Q! Y: }• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
8 H3 U+ k* v6 R/ D• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
, v, F0 ~+ ?1 C% a* I! o6 G' P• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
" \7 {0 N- [% ^  |: L• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
/ ?- d& i2 M3 [: b$ v5 q( R. J• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
/ G% Y  }& Z3 h2 A1 R, f9 z+ v+ t• 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  
: L( w0 q) U( r# [• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
8 k6 E; n9 O4 L, l/ t• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
) O  [) E% ?5 L  t• 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　　　　　　
2 s+ P& [! G2 j• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
: v4 `* U7 e( r+ _+ v" _• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
1 Z" c: T( Q) y; Q$ }• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
3 l2 C5 D2 D5 \" J( Z8 n; u5 q• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
" T! w" l/ O, r. u) S1 m# Q• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
% ]( ^9 C" R( r, ]' l; z3 T• 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  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
, R/ \3 X1 M% g; T* p- z- p7 m• 不速之客 gate-crasher
6 T4 g9 p3 }, T9 [/ S5 e6 F: {' I• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
  `9 g0 a0 ~% x: A• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
. r. B4 }6 X( ~- B! D2 a: Y• 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。