Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
# T) [, m2 ]5 @/ I• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
$ v9 p/ a( V. ^2 l- e+ v• A股市场 A share market  
* P4 w+ n2 r* L: ]( i. G• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
0 l2 F7 h! ]" @4 ?2 z• 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
! g1 F0 D$ z% L3 C- V* B• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
0 H0 J# a# H5 w$ r' i- C& u+ A- O• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
6 C# W& H, F8 d  @" ?• 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)  
( w# C8 h6 R+ Z8 J8 x0 @• 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
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
/ q) D( @! J. C: j• 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  
• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
, e& }+ O" `+ y9 Z( f& @- n  i• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
: K- T6 K: _9 d$ B• 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  
$ H" N$ ?' Q! H( }$ |• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
3 `; X9 I' W2 I• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
9 |5 j2 [: T  F• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
9 W0 c2 u3 n* N' w5 F• 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  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
6 r( L* s3 Q4 g  @! V1 L) q/ [• 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
1 a8 h9 I: F# S0 ~' Y• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
& V. |+ J! j2 x1 a4 K; S• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
9 P8 m+ N6 l. j• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
5 p4 `. d2 E3 [& d• 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
* [, @' E# Y, P2 G( E/ ^3 t• 吧台 bar counter
, ]; i' J/ u0 q: r$ c1 N• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
3 _& B. k1 {! B• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
6 A5 @, i$ h8 z8 U• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
! X% R( |: K- F8 w  L• 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
# P1 y3 ~: L6 {0 |: \" a• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
# v2 ^6 N3 r1 \: h: G  _, @• 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。)
! L, d/ X1 ^0 J- i/ Z• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
7 U: `2 n& l, ^: Y5 g* I• 百年老店 century-old shop
, {# r* ^. F+ u. s• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 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
4 n6 R- E- \1 \5 H* M& o• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
& H7 q4 `; h: H7 F, b• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
: p- I7 x- {4 Z: _8 q$ E* k• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
' v! `( H8 n0 o; B8 N4 v9 {" Y• 白色行情表 white sheet  
5 ~  w( D: K4 Q5 T% 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  
2 R% j  L1 a. I6 L  W• 半边天 half the sky
" v0 a7 I- S, f% f" M• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
* T6 g0 [8 l' h• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
. S4 n9 j9 ]  ~, E• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
/ l' w$ f6 N; F• 半决赛 semifinal
3 N  C4 k4 L% Q0 l/ [" d* ^8 s• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 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
2 ^% o7 b6 _9 i3 e• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 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  
• 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  
" k' Y) B* N9 @$ ~• 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
$ }9 X' F/ T% b" ]! A8 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
- Q5 C: h/ h1 H• 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)
' j" ]2 m3 L, g9 Q: e0 ^; ]# b• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
+ m2 U' E, N3 P  ?: T7 d• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
) C) N* O4 W4 n: ?• 包干到户 work contracted to household
9 w: w' o0 A( a+ e/ @• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
3 S( V* g7 I# z# \3 n* Q  M  ^6 V包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
+ Q2 P1 `, Q# X• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
0 v+ [- G9 H2 ~1 q% C! f$ ]4 ^• 保护价格 protective price
% N( J- V: v3 q7 `$ J; m• 保护伞 protective umbrella
/ ^4 w7 P: {; h2 k9 c) [! m• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
0 G' @' z7 i' q/ Q! T• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
$ K/ C8 N) W& K3 {/ m• 保护主义 protectionism
: S9 P( K6 Q0 b$ V! ?$ W• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
" B) k& k4 W, ^% p0 f! k• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
- n9 \0 B# `! N$ F, U• 保健食品 health-care food  
; K, G; n% R$ u• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
/ _* Q* N$ j0 z% J' E- t5 v• 保龄球 bowling
; Q6 F! g& x3 d7 x: @, t• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
% _2 v7 [/ T3 w  r) n. t* H/ Z• 保释 on bail
. ?" \4 E* ~) }% A. _% K• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
, v& e  T; F" m* I: X• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
( c. i! o' }6 |  x5 a4 n4 U) Y, O• 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
! u! s5 B, t* E& O0 }5 l• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
) @" u" @' E; o% g' S• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
% C% b' m/ {1 t, t# f• 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
; ]. H4 P7 Y- [, Z• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
* Y% e" G$ c8 T& l• 包装精美 delicately packed
+ P& g1 h0 v8 J0 j: S• 包装业 package industry
0 X9 b0 o% {3 d# j+ {• 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  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
9 K8 Y, S5 \; i% d, N' F• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
2 M2 y0 A, g4 E• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
% @" O5 ?6 P1 {0 ^, i• 保险费 insurance premium
+ ?1 `* l+ @  S  {- p• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 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  
% s8 L- P% T2 ?6 j' K. g9 B, ?• 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
: ?, H. j8 ?- G8 x+ Z9 U. `+ p0 W6 `; [, k• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
% x5 t  G1 e2 `3 |: Y• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
! w6 k$ P) n6 ^/ E% H6 I5 l• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
* r  v* S0 A4 }4 ^& q  c• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
( P1 p. e/ o, X% y* H• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 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.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
! z% s% u! W+ v) Y1 q* P1 h• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
7 `1 Y$ E7 p( K' {• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
. G, x4 w" ^$ a2 p2 u. C3 r5 K0 L• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
' ]7 w  N7 M0 S% b" d• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
7 ^8 X+ o0 i, `: c  G7 ^, R2 ?; }5 @• 本票 cashier's cheque
" M( S8 L. A6 x4 W8 z• 本土化 localilzation
! X: b$ \# R/ k8 n) R• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
9 B2 Y% L5 v8 B7 ?: N• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
3 |4 i# U5 Q, V• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
1 l( n* s" S- `• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
& V- H* U& p; E• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
; {7 M+ m5 `* O• 比较经济学 comparative economics
: \# K! {2 }3 W2 p# `6 A• 闭卷 closed-book exam
5 z1 z8 t# V8 {• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 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”
3 |4 r4 S. \! E; r$ v$ u$ `! }% K) s• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
" H& \4 m! v$ g% v% Q• 避税 tax avoidance
0 [' e4 [5 T+ b! m; y; d3 U0 a• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
9 ^5 I; B. H+ T( I7 H1 [9 a# _• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
4 k$ N) y. ?8 Z" N• 便当 brown bag
" ~" r: {( R. A1 ~# y7 l* `0 q• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
  a6 d- T/ l# U• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
$ @: ]* @2 ]: H" h/ n, A* B• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
  V+ ~+ W1 [( t; v+ S• 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
' \; T8 t0 c$ f6 J! a/ J/ h7 ~. c• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
+ R3 X( J( Y2 Y3 }- }8 A* b• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
2 B0 m5 _1 q( W( s3 M• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
& `/ A+ _- g( \2 k% p• 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
: A% C  i7 f  e• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
4 R0 ~6 Y% _+ I8 f• 标书 bidding documents  
% j! _* C* A/ `3 c# Z; H: ~• 表演赛 demonstration match  
% Y  b; j) `* f7 ^" R0 E8 U• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
' k# Q. g8 D# W$ u9 k' r5 _• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
1 `! n% z/ a9 O• 并网发电 combined to the grid
* k# q% j' G2 F" [2 s5 m& e4 D: l• 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
! k5 [6 _2 c  C! R/ J: x1 Z• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
6 g' Q) a7 y, _+ r• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
5 @: c  R* p. o, n) ^• 《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
, X  b& Y7 u/ o+ [; J2 S) A• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 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  
# J* h, |+ ?" ]• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
0 w; S' X* M0 I• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
, G4 ]# S$ S. |0 ^• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
6 Y4 n3 @! r6 E" v5 D  H• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
2 a) p( F* |9 |* b9 E• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
2 b7 S) X) b+ ]- V• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
3 P, K( y8 B! W! ?, @" n• 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
; i  R1 A' Z1 o1 b7 k• 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.  
* F  s2 x! }% f! b% R- U• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
$ W! r1 X, k* P* O• 不感冒 have no interest
' [$ k* ]* X* v$ _! F6 u• 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　　　　　　
! y$ I4 ?- |0 E! z; V• 不记名投票 secret ballot
  E" V- Z; |7 C6 u$ ]$ J# O% n• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
: j$ b2 A( H2 ~! F! s+ I! I9 X• 不可抗力 force majeure  
$ T! s, q5 [1 a  u# {" R, [• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
7 H  z: c- M% t. x8 F5 `6 P• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
+ h; y6 U  C" w* V• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
$ _; O2 Q" P! J# k- ]• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
% y* n& Z3 w* q5 p/ ^, m4 o• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
1 O% C  M8 x  }• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
  E- a3 c# f# |7 t. S9 m9 W• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
0 v4 f9 K4 S5 F& ~; U" r2 r8 K" ]• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
1 D  \2 M  j1 m; h$ Q3 ?# h9 Z, i• 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
0 D) G1 j' X0 O7 L/ u9 L# I• 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。