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  
1 h. s3 q0 h+ V2 @• A股市场 A share market  
2 D9 o+ D' f5 o+ U5 T6 n! q• 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
0 c: S( C! z7 g' @/ i* F" I• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
) T! N8 U) m1 L1 P4 \6 i3 B• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
$ a& q2 ?; z- r3 e3 ]. ~( B1 |; y• 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)  
  k- i% k' m( G• 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
8 Y- \! t' Q+ |, A- t& O8 M& t• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
1 Q9 a+ A% l  b. M7 H2 z• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
0 V8 Z! a$ k9 H. C, B$ d• 安全岛 safety strip
: H: e. g1 E& R9 ^• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
1 a" ~& M; g0 P9 A  j4 w• 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
& k; K0 S  S; N! r• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
2 ^5 h- |% l: i, M  u• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
# v/ G% D4 \: M2 _7 g5 p• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
; V: Z# `  g0 W8 i• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 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  
4 r  V8 z' ~2 v4 f& @" b• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
: H0 j5 R( Y/ N% y* d, C" d: r• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
- {; w! E( ?4 f2 z% n• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
2 j) i; V! t' S, o/ H• 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  
1 I7 b: _! n& H- R• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
* O4 y4 P# n5 M! m  C5 {/ f• 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
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
; q, Y8 I0 E) w( C2 p* _1 N) y8 n% U• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
6 K6 d0 a& S7 L2 Y2 T  d% I• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
! S# S8 K' H2 M' \% D• 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
9 z6 e9 F6 d! V; g% Y' Q• 霸权主义 hegemonism
4 @' o+ _3 D2 b• 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.
* O1 s1 a0 ~: U8 `• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
/ F! L* X, U& T# r7 E• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
7 P1 Y& j% r( ^: h% n• 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
% A' l1 v" z# Y5 U9 Z5 x/ X4 m• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
$ _5 i# }& R: f• 白领工人 white-collar worker
1 P5 i' S( R/ ?6 z7 G9 @• 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
7 {% [& o0 ?8 k8 ^% ?% Z• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
: |% F9 o# x- B  G# @. M' B5 v• 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  
# l# i) _; y! Q; A4 x2 T& j2 n, z• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
# e1 o3 q7 a+ s• 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.)"  
" [2 ]7 D5 T8 L% ]6 V3 I& X• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
5 X7 g% D5 Q5 e• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
1 y' L& F3 `. [5 q8 z• 办公室设备 office equipment
) ]  ~- A7 ]# d6 E1 Z7 `• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
3 {8 x; h8 D5 Z• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
3 H% K/ d2 h4 _1 h• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
4 C# C( x$ N" u6 I# ~. ~# D• 斑马线 zebra crossing
" @- t+ L2 G/ d• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
. o, x5 N) {0 l( b+ [# \: \• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
9 @4 p8 K6 k7 I: C7 X- s• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
+ D. j) H3 A! }: T• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
6 c, h; ]* p( o1 _( r• 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  
  V8 E# C  N3 r) k• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
5 M0 n' ]5 Z, M2 }! u- g9 ^9 h• 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  
7 j6 P3 j8 P; v& F& h  s• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
/ h% q* C/ ~6 M/ F$ B3 c• 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
  Y# [* M8 A  j0 S• 保兑银行 confirming bank
' w  U0 r" B% R! x7 G• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
! O2 y' U8 k9 _! s8 @• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
; N' E3 n5 b/ q: A5 t+ P• 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
3 G0 I% M# {' y% Y; I& P包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
, E4 ?* ]# N; c( t• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
& |" V' x0 Y4 K, ?0 a8 V• 保护价格 protective price
4 T1 Q+ h% l& t  R( p# |• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
5 z) N# Z5 q# i2 F+ _: d• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
' n2 n3 r! V6 @  ~7 g# ~• 保护主义 protectionism
  i4 k+ w/ Q& J" h• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
# A4 m  `+ ?% ?9 W! E6 {• 保健操 health exercises
0 b. ~- U. N; T• 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
1 M, W4 r8 q( i; n/ S6 Q3 B• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
- i- M' s/ `! H2 C  p+ N• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
* V, }. r. D8 L2 c- |! F• 保释 on bail
# ?3 v* W5 _6 J8 o0 @1 \9 o• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
' m1 T! A2 K- }4 N! K" i• 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
5 ]3 y- X" M" o: Z1 T9 A• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
• 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
8 H1 f1 ]: h+ }. e2 y2 \• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
) e: z8 `" G% L& d; x8 a• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
& {0 P0 G: m) P9 c3 h+ T. K+ Y! M5 \• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
- X. x" |* r& j* `) r' M• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
3 }" q0 n$ B( v, a0 f+ |% l" W• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
* }+ Q1 M7 f) m7 O- t! X+ F: \6 C• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
) d# d0 `+ G" e' y4 D9 w• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
; W, }4 N9 Y0 J; F5 m* U- X  u• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
; C+ c5 Y) z1 K- g' c0 r' R7 Y* E: s• 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  
- K: w+ ^* ~; s" i/ D• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
. Q% h6 w2 x: q+ v% x. \• 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
% K8 E9 }, {6 m/ y) Q, E• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
/ }2 w$ F) ^2 {% z8 ?• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
3 W0 q+ A6 m1 z3 W7 N- o! W' o• 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
- q# v# ^1 U8 _; i6 y7 Z- Y2 _" 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
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
# F5 w+ Y7 `) Z+ i8 }• 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)  
  g9 @5 G4 h1 t+ p• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
* S1 ~6 z* u% u• 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  
8 I* I  {' N; W1 K2 M# \• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
; g7 f% S; i# z  r+ ~" I• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
$ D2 t# p- N8 E7 }• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
) S9 w+ m, O) S! ?1 a• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
* M; v; J$ x8 T+ L0 n• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
; a: l- y. H- l1 [4 a( N( ?$ l# w• 比基尼 bikini
6 g$ m" _1 }1 o/ M3 ~5 t• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
" r/ ^; S* e3 r3 W. ]% V  G$ }7 J* Q# K• 闭卷 closed-book exam
- f: B1 Y/ D) i+ d( N% G• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
' _8 |; e6 N, K* D+ {• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
- t1 U: x, l0 n3 A( ~1 f• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
5 t6 l% K; E: _, v: P• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
6 D' D. L. e) j1 ]- B• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
) p6 f( R& w; `% [5 @& P' A0 H• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
& q: \+ s! h' b2 E8 j+ j• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
9 u: l* \2 b! V4 l. I1 g• 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
7 j: _! W; Y0 U# ^% f: Y• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
8 H9 ?! L6 r# r# m. t  V& C• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
+ K7 V% i- a! `2 Q" q0 J# X( u% }• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
( ?7 F* d- J) x: d# s( K4 U• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
# o, U4 w' s8 O) l% r% ?• 标书 bidding documents  
1 P- W# E% C( j& i1 k6 a1 v* C• 表演赛 demonstration match  
0 g. e2 ?0 }+ O+ H# f• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
4 S/ o+ k& w2 p. y• 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
! z/ _/ ]5 X# E9 `$ F9 K: ]" [• 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
/ _1 A  C# r3 q8 p: b" W7 w• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
' X& a! [% i* ?( c• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
' v" l' o# V4 S1 e1 e# T: _9 q, N• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
' U5 Y6 g. L" h4 y6 S• 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  
5 D1 e6 t/ Q- G4 \. _5 G: Q( [6 v• 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)
, j9 h! e7 a# C6 [# z6 k• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
8 y- M) z. Q( H1 _( n• 博士后 post-doctoral
0 L4 L6 P- N4 }1 v6 v• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
3 A7 a8 q7 i& n6 a• 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
( t; I9 u$ D4 \6 v• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
  i" a6 U( {9 t3 p% [+ B- D0 n# Z• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
. J% v+ `1 Y4 V  E8 J• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
, ?: v2 ^+ \: k* ~. Z/ P• 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  
• 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  
• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
) x( J7 e! a( j9 s• 不得转让 not negotiable
' F. V8 Y# U8 i% [) C8 _, I• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
0 I5 Z; E$ f! h1 e: e• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
# F% d1 s7 i) S0 S: 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  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
( V& o/ p/ \# n, r• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
0 I0 i: [; p6 R7 }+ Y• 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
9 I' O0 @0 c* r$ z/ E9 S• 补缺选举 by-election  
- e0 ^* I' ~) L5 S0 _• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
* {" f0 d' B" y. N• 不速之客 gate-crasher
& t! s* J' |9 }5 r) }. ^  f5 o• 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
# I6 A, O2 i0 I4 H/ l• 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。