Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
6 [- z( q/ L# ^% T# J) `$ W• 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
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
$ X, J2 m, F* m$ v* N4 r• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
; R( h# l$ n8 G6 j0 m4 c) y" z8 o• 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
" l1 A" u' n1 G1 b• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
$ [, T% v- T' M; N2 K$ u• 安乐死 euthanasia
5 f1 L$ G: d" Q( j6 e• 安理会 Security Council
! O" [0 d- s' M• 安全岛 safety strip
, U8 f  S* K- D$ y. ]• 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
9 {% J! z* r+ p• 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
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
8 X( f! v9 S1 O- E, l• 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  
( U; O, `! c- o3 R. b• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
3 c3 D- J7 ]4 y5 l$ S4 ]+ S• 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  
" l. b( g+ J+ D' K• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
1 L6 u3 P. E, J. R& L• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
3 K) {( [7 [% b• 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
, }& [* m. z& U! l: P! b1 t• 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
6 u" n5 m: ?) o) e# C5 e• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
/ V/ r! }( a, c$ ?3 ]9 H: m, C" v0 I• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
$ X3 R3 ?1 ?; r3 j- `9 A: C• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
( I; _9 W- r& m4 I7 k8 f' k• 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 {* R2 P- `- q& J• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 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.
. A3 ^  s+ }% V) w* V• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
3 Z' X- g' n+ a5 Z* o• 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
0 p) v+ k7 Y8 j3 e! @• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
9 o( u' U7 a  B9 N- T2 o3 m• 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
• 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  
6 g5 p8 S  {, [( M• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
5 s( j3 Y9 }' [2 x& l• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
% X" R. q: ?  g# w7 F• 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.)"  
! A/ l4 d( v; D( k! Q1 t6 p4 R• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
9 P8 A; |% A4 J6 f" f: H# Q1 \• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
% k8 W2 v" V, Q' v- J4 t6 u• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 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
+ j& G) X- w2 j8 s• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
+ X5 Y" d6 K) t. v0 u$ U• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
% S( J2 U' X) w  _( @$ C• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
* R4 [: W& g6 \' k# @/ |0 Y& f1 ^• 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
4 ~+ L+ K$ g$ A) v& \1 L• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
4 N: h! |& v: P  S! @/ i) R3 P( \• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
- c4 _) [! c, M  C' {, V) ^! B% a• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
) m$ d: ]- R. h: G& t6 t• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
7 E5 p: r& }) i2 c• 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  
) ?! q2 C  b6 T: U/ I7 b% q9 Y• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
; R) n8 a  T- S" t1 M& d" O• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
4 [6 g! _: B, @• 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
• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
+ K4 q/ F, ^& W1 W! ?• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
1 ?0 ]1 J$ \& H( b& i• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
8 u. _6 j4 c/ f5 s- P) u' F• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
6 S) \& E& Z8 K包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
) Q3 w& W0 E/ Q  j5 I& q& Y6 u6 V• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
: ]' d) R) {  ?! n1 W• 保护伞 protective umbrella
9 V% ^- T! h5 `% C$ H+ S- c• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
% ]1 ~, |1 _) J. ^% ~# B, y2 I• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
/ Y( t, |$ ]+ \( b0 e• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
5 P1 O- [- R* j% B, _7 d( k. H• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
) C% w& W3 L( O5 I( c% @' j( ?/ G• 保健食品 health-care food  
6 C2 }2 b$ N9 a- o( c$ S" P• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
% I" t" A9 J  W• 暴力片 splatter film
7 y9 i5 W  P. k* V• 保龄球 bowling
5 i: L# X2 I5 c% w7 _2 M& H• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
2 K6 t$ I% ~; S  J• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 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
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
) |$ y' w: Z/ ^  v• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
" M. Q1 L) G0 u• 包销人 underwriter
) q# r! }2 z( k" m* y6 j" U• 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
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
4 J: g7 M% i; X0 m• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
8 J8 r% n& d, Z$ ?4 ]1 M3 _& H- V0 i• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
5 ?: W% H& @* q% `• 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  
& f, e" P, v# P# j5 M• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
8 R* f+ ?' _- i9 M$ `4 B) g7 b• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
/ Z8 @. m3 v; G1 r8 X• 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  
( I/ K/ H" Z1 P3 O' h7 y( u3 F• 报关员 declarant  
1 `* _4 u$ e2 z( b* F' w3 R• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 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
, N4 {2 l. ~: A; V• 保险索赔 insurance claim
; W* C, W2 l5 ]• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
6 f. o0 s! i; x- e/ I' ~2 n• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
/ a3 Y, y; G/ K• 保证金 margins, collateral  
; I1 U3 {$ _; m% Q6 r( S• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
( i4 Q* d4 ]/ K" o* E; g& {• 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
- D6 E# ^* u$ r( T2 E7 }5 p• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
3 |6 m% I# o7 M• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
; |! @$ W9 |0 u) z% ~• 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)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
/ `  q. {; C4 j• 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
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
# d8 r/ x! f. h# ?2 w0 u• 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  
$ B( {/ Q6 ?( [: K. m* d• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
7 L! z7 T$ @  M) {) W• 本票 cashier's cheque
3 K; o8 Y1 ]/ c* V• 本土化 localilzation
1 j/ n2 E. d  X/ D• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
2 b. O9 Y5 c, f) k) L• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
5 `* G, u* P/ I• 蹦迪 disco dancing
6 b$ [4 p7 T' |8 b9 M9 Y• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
- h0 i7 E1 x; t" J$ w3 c' v• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
+ X- ^: O5 {3 x+ I( A• 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  
# |1 E# `( M* L• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
: }$ ^' }' X3 p; g: v4 b- h• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
" i+ Q( J! V/ e) T& n4 x5 O• 便当 brown bag
$ p' L& u; k3 v& h" L9 n• 边防证 fronter pass
3 k! e, {+ x. D. |! @• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
$ Z) l$ c" L9 _( g" _3 ]; _1 y• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
6 r- C2 x" E$ E! e: x9 L  i• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
# B/ f, f3 r- h7 C: {  v1 N• 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
" P5 r- B: j0 @, s8 E• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
2 a' j0 W/ e; W, Y! z• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
5 y( W- ~! T! `1 z• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
8 d  w( M% D$ q' }• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
0 w4 K# @4 T* x• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
6 M2 R: R; C8 I• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
; J. l, O' }3 W* W4 J• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
6 i9 U) U4 y! a; b6 l( q• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
- R# B, O5 C2 h* g1 S• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 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)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 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  
• 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)
. S/ @& b& |8 r# p- A& n• 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  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
; R- ~+ g. R+ Z% K• 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  
  L  |# `6 Z4 ^! K7 s• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
' \; e( A3 {3 O& R8 ~• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
' {2 h% @6 c2 Z- a$ V5 V3 a; w• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
4 [0 h. l1 b- O* q1 J/ _( F• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
4 d  V- e; n0 q0 _( }# H• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
' t  I1 ]: O3 S# n• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
6 g! m# F+ Y. g: J& z; @• 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. "  
) x  K: V" N! M  @8 @• 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
) h( a/ ]# c9 x7 n• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
" X% U2 i0 q' y. c4 ]$ C( ]• 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　　　　　　
  {$ @5 u  q. s+ D7 \7 w• 不记名投票 secret ballot
9 N8 A* v; }  ^• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
. i  l( L3 @! ]: L# U• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
6 u* K& p! ~1 |$ K# \( ~# Q) E• 不可抗力 force majeure  
0 C& T2 ~# f2 [( o; A5 Y• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
0 ^+ [5 c# E; ^" v" s" m, ?• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
& N. |4 @: k2 q& o' \) ^6 E$ A7 e• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
( p+ t" D7 M- ?; L• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
* q) ~2 x( E( h4 R; |• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
) c+ b6 p1 `1 ?2 U• 步行街 pedestrian street  
& a# w3 K2 E: Q• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
: E" Y/ F. J: e3 N• 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。