Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
/ n4 o0 T1 u2 w8 D/ R/ M7 F, Z• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
6 x& d: \, u& d$ d% ^• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
% @% e: q; A3 R6 A! T• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “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
% l: R' }' A4 |* s3 L+ d• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
' O: c* [9 c) n; r, h0 q• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
7 X$ V! S8 a" w! Z, v• 安家费 settling-in allowance
4 M4 l  |+ `8 U. ?• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
- Z" Y# t# @. x! j/ s3 Q• 安乐死 euthanasia
" N7 ?; r" W; g- O• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
+ i. m5 K( y. c* S- a• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
  t& m; U$ L, ?: R6 X• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
  j9 N9 r; A) l/ S; C$ G5 ~• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
' c0 {. h0 t( \" Q+ K2 ]• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
( X. R" H+ {! |5 ]7 }• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
" G2 D; O1 {+ U7 q0 ~4 R• 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  
$ [0 O0 G- l# U! L+ h! B/ Z% 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  D- J- R& [+ @- y: S• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
8 x  V8 n  g# W; M( E• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
* |6 D' q' r! ?, }6 K( _( d% u7 k, a• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
) R6 H4 p1 t. J: Q• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
2 N% f0 S6 ~5 l  v• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
* q. s( @& ?8 z• B超 type-B ultrasonic
6 i" D4 B) E0 W, h1 z, [• 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
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
3 C& o3 V& M& o' K8 G- c. @8 G• 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
$ N; ~( |* h7 x3 T; q" I: W! n• 霸权主义 hegemonism
0 c* ~, \6 }+ I: p8 I! G* ]• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
3 B, \$ H, z2 Z( z( O# M$ O• 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  
+ s5 j" @. J. r• 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
8 v; Y9 k/ I* G9 z• 拜金主义 money worship
$ H: b! U. K0 g$ h• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 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。)
! G0 U  A  {4 p• 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
, N& B# @  p1 C, n0 A• 白色污染 white pollution
5 l( J" w* h6 f( @2 c7 j• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
( E$ X* o% E& @  V: U3 n& J0 O( K% ^• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
. z4 B: D$ T2 K/ D" w: I• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
9 x: |' ~4 j! U! Y% O7 b• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
- z4 h' \$ R/ e• 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.)"  
% p/ z2 p# j8 ?1 C, r• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
" }' R8 I) J1 D5 n• 半边天 half the sky
7 R- s( B! h+ Q, F) I" C! Z7 U• 班车 shuttle bus
$ Q1 l( L* a2 X3 O  L$ h' w1 t5 m9 S& w% h• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
* F5 W* m6 O5 ~7 P: i• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
/ x* x% w, t0 X5 P• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
0 D% U( h6 @( G, P0 i9 F8 U• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
; Q' g1 {9 w# K* \• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
5 L. J* b: A( ^( K• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
3 K- I0 ~* h4 G8 u1 ]' ]7 R* m• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
# a+ ^. ?: l9 Y* B/ Z3 ~' p1 i• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 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
• 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  
3 I; D- Z2 c! u0 K/ ~, l• 伴宴人员 escort  
* i% Z8 \" ]' f1 f9 |• 搬运工人 transport worker
2 b8 q7 e$ i* Z, P! X: z• 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
/ `, \7 ^2 D' `; c+ m9 Z# T7 \- Y• 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)
• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
" z# m, v, b- S& R  Z! Y/ i• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
& N1 R7 |/ k! n$ C8 Z% B1 S# Z包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
& T) X5 s* T8 g' y- @' A2 E3 J• 保护价格 protective price
7 k5 P: T# E* [9 a9 ^1 l9 \• 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 e' G5 U: Q0 `! O+ J) s- Y• 保护主义 protectionism
5 L( G6 }' M1 Y5 J8 _$ i. |! `& `• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
0 p$ M: M2 b2 L9 w1 n• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
! m1 q  n: v2 e; i7 f6 e• 保健操 health exercises
: h6 l7 k2 {; n& b$ e- A. Y• 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
• 保龄球 bowling
4 @  Q1 }( P7 M6 d% Z' ^9 ^• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
, @& j4 _' l% p1 E# Y: e# t• 保释 on bail
• 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
6 J2 s7 i: w* p# Z" D• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
# b3 n# b- Y5 ^4 j• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
1 U4 c, T( q5 P7 Q+ q( G% G• 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
0 e- i9 k( P& m" b• 保证金账户 margin account
" |' L6 ^* H$ v, m. i• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
- h, [3 D" _) p* ?( C• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
+ D' ^2 ?4 p1 P3 ^8 I6 k- }+ u• 包装精美 delicately packed
" _/ A3 r3 u' U2 V# [% X$ c# B: A2 ]• 包装业 package industry
* e& v& V5 b; m  J* X5 ^• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
: ~( G& k: B2 M• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
4 p$ p. g6 u0 _, o• 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  
• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
3 j/ X8 ^+ e; I6 [• 报关员 declarant  
• 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  
$ [5 d3 a7 \' d  G2 P/ Q• 保险费 insurance premium
# ?  f7 ]4 _  l0 J3 B# `• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
8 h0 R( ^  }( ]9 j• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
5 O4 \/ f" S' V4 v• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
, ]6 v# U$ g+ w. s5 {6 K& U+ q$ n) [5 E• 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
, s- [5 S  W# |+ T2 X: g7 q• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
4 \0 |3 W) l" c• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
4 ~# ?: E( ?( J• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
# q$ A' s' n: D* k5 Q• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
! e$ Y' M2 U* _6 E) t3 Z; k• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
% C  S- e2 [5 m& z( ]. @( H) b• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
$ ^6 v; M" g2 M* g; h: m' f9 `) a; z& \• 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.  
5 F& Y. i7 e$ |' g5 k• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
7 d) [9 d# B0 \/ Y, x• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
- x' K! ~* I7 U• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
: j$ M- S$ X7 ?" W+ F• 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  
4 v/ D" E+ E+ C" ]" i" ?• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
% o$ x8 \/ j! L9 _* k# c  o• 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
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
8 C2 [3 L- \2 \, V• 比基尼 bikini
7 U4 i4 t8 f5 ?+ d  c0 Q  J• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
+ w4 B/ x6 B; T$ [# q- Q" e• 闭卷 closed-book exam
& j# K7 E5 J+ Q' f: Z6 H9 x• 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 P& C) f6 K( I  X• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
2 o, h/ O! V# Z: y' W# f• 避税 tax avoidance
' Z0 g7 @2 h! _* o8 N; J• 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
4 S7 A2 M9 C% k* j6 T; S( y% m• 便当 brown bag
" e7 D  t2 [8 m; D  ^6 J• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
2 w, ?4 a' m7 j9 S, I$ b- _• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
: }, _  @7 i( M9 P! D• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
# D5 b1 a" l: S# y. S. r) J/ s• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
: q4 o  {1 l% K% s- l/ A• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
% R9 d, s, b& a. I# ]5 N8 _• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
0 |8 u- s- D7 I; P* i" U5 z1 x• 边际报酬 marginal return  
. u% T+ p( X8 F• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
1 p+ q; j# n  Y' d• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 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
7 y! p) y: ]& j5 o3 v6 u5 J" f• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
3 b9 B; G9 E, Q$ c0 o3 i. Z( U8 s• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
- w3 A$ |) A% K: @• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
/ d8 {. [$ U% o& W• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
" o! k; Q3 a6 q+ j" H4 G9 {• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
. g: |& O! ^  X. n% n9 A6 {• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
# I$ D+ K! X. M5 O/ Z• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
* O3 f+ D6 _% R0 [; ]• 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  
4 A: H& _3 A' f7 z• 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)
. C6 [& n! c/ l* L! s3 m! i% L• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
  |, R; v4 Z" h# E% V• 博士后 post-doctoral
: H: p' A0 P% D0 H  C' V. i* U9 T+ h• 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  
2 c* S9 J  @3 D( `! g# g2 Q  g. g. r" m• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
) ^4 `+ {4 A- Y7 m! s" y• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
6 c* Z" i: m" E• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
9 i, \( f, ~  V2 o8 C; b• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
3 l. [- z4 A4 f1 V• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
; H0 ?2 o/ [, M7 Y6 i• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
% f3 {" ]0 s7 M5 u2 |• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
: J' r3 P" S. W) A% X3 n% O• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
; R# ~+ }  n! N1 w4 n• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
. ]/ D+ E# t8 r, M6 A8 J- d8 I; c• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
+ A0 o& E8 N  f# d2 q• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
. t' L, O! q' l2 U# i• 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
7 J% w' b) H+ H3 X% n- }3 l# t• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
( `% ~" A+ {3 u8 C• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
) }9 d, F* e$ l( q. ?- }1 s! {• 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  
/ ]: ^- k" z6 c, ~• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
6 Y6 i' N8 `1 ?. ]• 不眠之夜 white night　
8 @4 H+ C8 z- ]* E• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
+ ?8 R7 \; V2 u4 B& u• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
4 M! |* X: R6 R8 @% u" @% M7 Z* i• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
  D- s& \3 h6 f• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 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
- d* R) \6 L+ 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。