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  
4 J1 X. y6 H6 k; F/ J• 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 G& |9 g3 h" z! S: E3 H: D• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
) @) q; D' f- u5 w% V+ Y/ q0 {• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 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)  
+ u' R" _: ^+ I& a9 }• 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
6 H6 H* ?3 L. e1 \• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
1 B8 Z2 G8 ?9 I• 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
1 ]9 w3 E3 W. _: ]. m: w: G• 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
- q- G: T6 i2 w9 F4 R( 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
1 Y$ M8 |3 K7 @, _• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
- O+ _( F9 C( ?' t$ |  }* a+ n6 H• 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  
  L# P0 d- L9 _, I. ~, k/ Y9 p" |- u• 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  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
8 i8 X4 v$ [  @3 s7 ~• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
' Z; c1 e" \5 B; H3 I8 t* U' ?• 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
" v2 _; n* ^: D/ [• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
+ N, S: Y" a/ M5 S: g• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
/ o. q7 J; b, F6 c! y% x# v• 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  
• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
6 N/ j8 `2 a1 t• 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.
• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 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
( ?+ B9 C3 E1 ~9 \* e' ?  b• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
: b0 S0 [* W0 ?• 白领工人 white-collar worker
1 U, Y' d0 z; a& {) c( M• 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。)
- o- G! @3 `) t/ w% k• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
, ~7 ^- ~2 V6 ?! R7 F2 p3 A% z• 白热化 white heat
) O: n. a' G" Z) g9 j+ x' K• 白色农业 white agriculture
; P$ j# R  A- {$ c. Y. C• 白色污染 white pollution
6 K7 |* L9 h/ Z; _• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
( e. W' G# L! t• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
* p/ c# i& y# }+ I8 t7 {% ]: m• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
* Q' T; l/ ?/ ~" l1 B• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 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  
# i$ W+ E# ^8 k: Y8 l• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
2 U8 J. ~' w. W; s• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
: `6 @# z* N+ x, H• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
* O+ p" Y0 Z+ m7 O. T8 c/ R" u• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
! s" d4 p$ ~+ S$ `  J6 \* R, f• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
$ I/ A3 h' b  j) D• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
! v% S9 Y/ \. D8 J3 K1 {; A• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
* B  c- M( w# Q  p7 [  F• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
; z+ T* F# Y1 ?$ d• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
. Q; a* t1 e1 x3 F4 R• 伴宴人员 escort  
- B9 R2 y3 ~) X# @1 N& Y+ V• 搬运工人 transport worker
. L' T7 b! m* g% K# d• 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  
• 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
• 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
# L; T9 B+ k# w9 n) E& z' q8 S• 保兑银行 confirming bank
  s; R) ]" F% I* h: Z, v• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
- z8 Z3 F3 S- E9 M• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
( S6 _$ f8 m, ]& k7 F• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
5 {% U$ x6 C/ p3 b+ P3 c& R• 包干到户 work contracted to household
/ B4 P( I5 }- G• 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
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
0 a& H9 `+ v, g* d, E% `• 保护价格 protective price
# N  ^8 B2 m: a9 t: \7 ~% D+ [• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
6 C1 _! |* l/ e- p+ c) ~$ s) X4 j• 保护主义 protectionism
+ \! g- X: Y( X& C8 a& x6 e• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
7 D% V( ~7 t/ I) Z) P• 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
. [9 M# k" h2 T# w- L: G1 ^9 K• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
# w2 c! v8 S* \9 A+ m6 K- r• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
1 j7 p& }/ S% j7 i& C• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
- R( c# s: O0 d+ U" X. I5 n• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
& c9 L  B3 s) _' {6 f• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
' O# o; R, c1 w0 @$ `• 报销 apply for reimbursement
7 U% L. E+ t# x  W6 L• 包销人 underwriter
: h2 g6 f& E9 @% \4 `• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
  J+ g0 r( I9 I• 保障措施 supporting measures
8 _( Y6 k3 |0 k" f, |1 x, c• 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
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
0 a4 c  v& Z8 E& e8 H9 h• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
- I9 p, x/ w+ @2 @/ B• 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  
( Y5 Q' S7 b4 p% d% G0 g• 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  
' d; _% n$ P: N: u8 W• 报关员 declarant  
4 `( @' a  U0 l# n" n• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
! V9 R% ]9 L% }% ]3 z" b• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
& j6 A+ s9 E! Y" O• 保理业务 factoring business  
% M) ]" _& G" p; ~% r1 r) H8 A• 保险费 insurance premium
* J3 M# U; K! Q8 f' `7 J• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
- v% B3 N4 B: G! o, T• 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  
, Z  H: i/ V/ B1 Y• 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
* u" Q5 ]1 [9 `, b: v• 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
# B0 O+ r0 ?$ u# O• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
- h# I' y! A; J7 [• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
9 Z! \8 e" _0 b- S$ r* d• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
  q9 X) a3 W" x: r" Q0 P• 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)  
+ O7 a9 E$ @' S, d* V• 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
• 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  
, d* h' C5 D6 N. s( }5 w• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
9 y4 S6 S) |3 b6 R) R' K  `; z1 x5 k• 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
- q9 L* y2 D3 O# V+ p2 a- S) h• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
5 H( Y$ v7 A3 F4 E. b• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
( y; b. D! ?  v7 }5 W• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
/ r$ U; `; R# b4 ]# m• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
5 \: H' @' n# h5 K3 e• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
. f. w/ s3 @7 P' `' |) K8 f• 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  
% B0 ^+ k  j% x7 u- I$ x) `• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
4 L3 P9 M- s; [" Y% b+ ]2 I# S" Y3 `6 d• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
, i  D( u. c0 `! I: g# t• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
. B% F/ K1 ~) w% S  K+ x( p• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
) B! ?% E# n( X5 I6 t, U; [• 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
* {# h- y0 u( H+ D# \9 a5 R• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
9 Q2 J  e' k$ ]" {: l! X• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
0 }' w, d# Q# f8 Q% S* @; 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
( O9 R5 n4 g' E( A8 Y# h0 O• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
0 b! C" j) G) _2 Q. x" d5 z4 w4 s• 标书 bidding documents  
3 o8 C* z! w: Z& I5 T  Z• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
2 H& r% h1 n2 Y' m" H& i  T- [+ F• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
; Y8 \# F: T! u: L% B• 并网发电 combined to the grid
7 I% y( H! K. t• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
3 _* M& y3 [. [! k0 J• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
; D0 k( P% o6 ]. S* V• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
1 U4 S8 h# m; P2 @" e• 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
# o, E: w! e5 ~4 k# a1 O• 《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)
  [5 ^0 m9 r7 ?6 |1 {• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
) t: n* n! p; N2 H/ _9 D0 g2 h• 博士后 post-doctoral
6 U" n) K% c" {% j4 c9 q6 C• 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  
0 ?/ v! h1 V: N# l• 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  
8 K5 g: R: e: L9 Z. U' @• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
2 c0 C" W5 y2 L, _5 c/ a; k• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
: H% z' ^/ e- |: s+ z• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
# x- C( y& ^1 r- N3 g% z- P& J' Y- E• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
" \6 c- g" G5 I• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
: U+ e0 K! O* w• 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
; f& l$ x+ c0 z" S/ J• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
% Z& \' }. F& Z) T* G# O• 不记名投票 secret ballot
( ~. w9 Z. t, G• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
  m+ v* E: n2 a3 _* Q• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
+ u7 C" }% c% Z5 B; I* ?• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
! ~; e  a. u. Z7 X& K• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
! L$ Q% d! h' [8 N2 i. U• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
( O5 C9 P- x9 n• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
' y. S. `8 f) Z1 r• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
$ [2 H, w# _& C6 e• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
: y5 D( f' W$ L4 @: v# n" x% d3 x' h• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
1 v! j5 Z! P4 K* G' g• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
1 K/ @1 |0 V: _0 c' z• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
  y, Z" \5 g: Y' H• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
% Y. P6 ]3 p$ n+ a- K• 步行街 pedestrian street  
( D4 E2 N; P8 E$ t. ^5 X• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
3 V; Y& o2 t( s" B• 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。