Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
/ S" ^' m2 b, U  J) J• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 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
; z  f5 P) n+ ~• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
  m) Q  ?+ [1 a% a( i- a4 y• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
: z) a8 U9 q8 F• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
9 Z- x; ~8 o$ |; r( R• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
" [8 r1 W4 ~: @1 h5 T• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
0 f' A& x7 G0 E• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
4 `, l" {- M+ Q( ~2 U9 A5 j; e• 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
* n7 ]0 I2 z" z' N$ g) \# X2 C• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
( G$ X! R, X$ _# a& K• 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
4 `) x- T# N  O0 D• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
) i9 {7 O1 T0 H9 v) c• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
" B) M; _& e0 J3 A• 暗箱操作 black case work
% _- ~* @# h! M9 J6 P• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
/ }2 n" E$ p9 H  X9 G• 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
8 y6 `( ~  @" Y1 s/ s4 ^4 c2 d• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
8 N  V4 c5 a! h- J6 S& G$ m• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
0 P. G( h( g1 F$ k# w• 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  
$ \" d7 K! G* A, Z' p• 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  
% ]' P: X% a9 ~+ N0 i( k• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
: H- M, n3 g, _+ f2 ?5 P- f# H4 y• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
" L/ h; ~) s" ]  }% V• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
( t3 [: ^! g/ u3 r: E• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
: o, P& n3 @' N1 l8 i( {  g& Y• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
8 m8 ?  G! C  z# K5 Y6 i# ^0 H# \• B超 type-B ultrasonic
* H1 q; b$ N; O: }$ W, }) F• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
- e8 C/ w; V" E: S- A• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
7 O7 f+ W6 H& b  t  t• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
" N/ i1 |  L5 N: T# z4 s5 ]/ d• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
" w7 K5 |) ?7 w) D% S+ G+ _• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
: z1 z2 `) G, ?, l• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
9 N9 a" l- O. S5 h• 吧台 bar counter
+ Q! Z+ L- O2 ~# G4 i# p• 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.
* X0 T5 E, C2 d& k2 r  L3 G• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
, a3 A; Z) h4 o$ _3 y; U: f• 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 b9 w) r& d3 D7 [+ b• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
$ p+ f: {0 o/ X& N2 j• 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。)
$ j2 \. {  m- J1 k& C) @• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
# k* `' D% ]) X9 X+ z* p• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
+ e; [+ l+ J% d8 h6 t# ~• 白色农业 white agriculture
' I" p# C0 l; d4 V, b' f* u• 白色污染 white pollution
; K7 {# T( ^( b, B/ h" B• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
, d6 ]5 F- W8 a' y$ N• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
, s& y3 e( b* z2 J9 B• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
) y8 W7 [( k9 y4 q. ^5 A• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
( ~7 {0 b; ^. J' S' r. \, L# S• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
1 @) u* `5 J% D; G- A- N0 T• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
2 s) i) T6 ?# x# c+ b; X• 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  
+ q8 j& {7 R- L5 p5 w& |: ^: E& z4 p• 半边天 half the sky
5 B( e* T& V+ ?* Q2 Z• 班车 shuttle bus
• 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)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
1 t4 Q/ Z, P  A- p• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
  x/ L, I" y  F' v7 E• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
8 k% W- V0 t& v) X( t6 K7 e• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
5 D% {" K7 T- @2 u% _3 {9 y) h- a• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
1 U. ~1 {6 M9 z' y( w• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
& Y8 S' H# \- [7 `7 Z2 e9 z. L• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
  H! v/ Z+ U9 G8 K/ x2 @" t+ S• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
# E( ~' T3 n3 U' b( W. H• 伴生矿 associated minerals
/ [, |# V" h! A3 k• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
) ^; f! g) q# @6 y, _; s: E• 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  
- e6 i5 k7 D5 N# s  }. ?• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
% U# q3 _# i; k1 v7 A• 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
! Z) Z2 w) `: o, L6 Y• 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
% y# Y" o: Q# o% N/ L• 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)
6 H2 M% V) z/ y- N0 H• 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
" m* x" ?3 Q4 ?( K包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
/ @! }' S1 @) ~; k6 M7 A& B5 }• 保护伞 protective umbrella
' s+ @. k1 j2 ~5 b0 ?/ }• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
7 r! Z( d' q2 N• 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
# Z/ z. g! G2 c9 T4 M# E• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
. W& q- _* G( ~  S• 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  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
! v0 Y' l( S+ t8 N9 p# `• 保龄球 bowling
% |* w& z4 ]" }• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
8 g) l# D" D. @, K. Q• 保释 on bail
8 e( \: t/ S/ _( [7 u! @  P• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
) i3 a  o  ]" f/ x• 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
- A6 ~5 z0 @" \4 V& _& j, _• 包销人 underwriter
/ ?/ x0 }: y) k! Q1 {• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
; k* k( ]* K* k, z• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
+ k: H# j0 m- k& F! t4 C• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
4 G8 O* j, M: W) A% H) M• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
0 S2 s1 B1 d& @3 B  B% B. B) V4 M0 M• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
6 }2 r/ ~$ N4 ^* E• 包装精美 delicately packed
5 Q/ z- D2 i9 A6 W5 ]• 包装业 package industry
5 m: A- w6 g# C  z• 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 Z, c- n* Z% ]+ r; m5 R• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
" ~- A$ A5 f4 n' {# v, A2 h• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
" ^) R0 s+ `+ M( |# [• 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  
1 H  v, s3 K. p6 w3 {: d% y• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
0 k  a. O: W0 U1 T• 保健食品 health-care food  
2 S. s1 E6 V, b* {• 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
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
$ |+ `8 W# {3 G: W& w/ Y• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
5 K4 q' s! @3 g) c/ A0 v- p& h• 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  
$ x, \8 d& r) s2 s8 q3 T# e" u1 _• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
  u" {1 v" u2 l" ]" j' M4 B5 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
/ P/ p$ U0 Z+ W' u• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
; ^0 G% l9 {. U$ r6 j• 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)  
' t2 m' K; a, H# M( j; h- X  U• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
+ F& S! F+ E. v• 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
# b  ~6 [) J3 ?• 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  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
0 X+ [; E. I* _" d7 t• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
8 u  A( M0 ]" v5 j• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
3 I9 T& j* s5 `5 S! p; z• 闭卷 closed-book exam
0 e# B( k0 N! J2 x% Q( f• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
" m/ z2 Y" i9 N8 ^0 o/ U" X• 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  
$ k  g2 ^6 K" L( L' S• 避税 tax avoidance
• 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
, y: B& U! }8 N# n• 便当 brown bag
: r7 n" |$ @% Y• 边防证 fronter pass
% @( Q" D, d: M5 i$ c• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
9 }+ r8 |2 V$ A• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
: o7 M+ A/ |, o# Q* u  h• 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
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
( |/ c9 i5 L6 Z$ y- L• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
) h8 p. o0 V, a3 J/ B# v/ m• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
  {* G! w8 f# G6 [: I- @! {6 U3 }• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
/ _9 o& W% p6 }" _• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
. ^' O/ |9 a; d. Q2 Y• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
# i# q. _) I  _; Z* H# Z• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
3 X" j1 \1 g% p3 W  v• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
; T5 r9 r$ P2 [. w+ q• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
3 Z7 {6 R. n8 ^- c- ~7 n7 ]6 K( V• 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
& U" W" M+ U. P. C• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
1 b/ a* ]  g; ~& Z  R• 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
3 J/ J9 c, g3 m. i, U• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
& N& S' v0 L: o# Y" a• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
. D! n4 s( u7 t• 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
5 C, r5 c$ i* {' Z" S1 B# }1 D• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
9 e, y7 L: J. x# _0 n. W' ?• 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
& g" H* w5 l7 T0 f% u5 z" ?• B to B (B2B) business to business  
( g. d3 p- m# C  c8 S% P( G2 u4 A$ S• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
" U$ @% {8 L8 M: {" s• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
; W7 i- ~! n% S• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
# k9 Z2 Q. m) K• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
9 v9 |6 M2 t# M2 E3 y; q7 `• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
% ?, A9 B1 k$ f/ a3 q: i• 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  
; t& F6 c- |  g! Q% g) X• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
. I2 k7 Y. n) S7 K& d, v! @8 G3 s• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
* v4 {" `: B6 \! ]• 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
$ C( K2 B: X2 O• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
) F4 h# Y5 E6 n3 p3 j5 \) B• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 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  
0 S# g5 c9 s0 r• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
, p! v1 c: [: V• 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)
" m* w( f& i7 Q1 E  `. c. ]+ f/ G• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
1 L! f. a8 p, o/ |$ O) k• 补缺选举 by-election  
. a1 {. }- h  `9 u7 m7 i: R# C" e; ~• 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  
# x' o# _# A, |3 M) ]4 S' Y• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
. G8 k) Z: B! P3 ?) i6 i" S9 Q- m• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
" X7 I' y; f$ q" O• 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。