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 I" m  o4 P5 q9 B• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
3 L5 v8 g' v2 q# Y) I7 X; Q• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
; Z' }0 a5 I% p% V• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
9 A1 h8 h- |! I5 m; {6 [1 W• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
: H. Q7 f: k6 L! a4 R+ H• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
( p; e( C/ h. p5 Y* Y• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
" U# s( S0 x3 C2 {- _5 ^. W• 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
) u! X+ K* Q% }  c  q• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
. i" H( N( a, L) p• 安全岛 safety strip
" e: q' l8 @: b3 l& W- L) S" t• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
  n" H; L" P  Y9 m- o, z; T  e+ ~• 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
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
• 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  
• 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  
6 @: L) u4 j; U  u- Z• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
  R/ i3 F3 `0 v1 k& d7 r9 U' ]• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
4 N) q0 k1 B& L- w' A• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
6 t! D% {" d& F" Q* O! k: ~  c• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
: ?# ]2 ^' ?9 G3 h& m5 S• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
, \* o. J3 {0 I* ^• 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)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
% I( m: t7 R- |& k# M7 Q3 ?• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
; @/ Z2 T' A& [- M" {2 M• 霸权主义 hegemonism
& p  _4 S* Q' |' n• 吧台 bar counter
8 T$ D2 d( h- i8 X* _$ r# b; N" W( U• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
: E% r* K4 U# }/ {' _; W• 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  
$ i3 J2 z7 ~1 ~' |• 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
* k5 V2 u+ Z5 z/ V; i& i* m• 拜金主义 money worship
1 }- X8 }" u6 J! D5 u/ S0 r• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
$ l8 l, I" L  C# n  w• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
$ _  Z2 v: T1 J9 {• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
" P% c8 C/ t2 u• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
. I3 g6 m8 @) n) p/ {" q. y6 F• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
1 m7 F& [0 J7 |. N• 摆架子 put on airs  
) j' a. _3 z' b' S' O* U• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
1 d4 J( I/ m9 K' e3 B6 H• 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  
/ _5 u1 n0 c' {, {1 \• 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  
  Z. v  f* e! `/ `• 白雪公主 Snow White  
3 a9 ^7 j% T+ o3 X# x7 F$ J• 半边天 half the sky
1 x1 w+ v! r) Z& {. X• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
- M) V; c$ ^8 F3 A) i9 i" U• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
* O; K% U0 d" ^/ z! H- t• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
+ p1 Z7 o7 O7 i* O( I. _( c• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
$ r) \! ^  u" Q# P  K) H# b• 半决赛 semifinal
' _7 x: E6 _) i3 l( T• 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
  j6 T* _2 R/ V7 M8 e• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
3 j+ V0 u) u- F• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
# z9 ?( `% H7 u5 _5 S2 A• 版权法 copyright law
7 S4 h$ U8 o( ^  z$ C4 [; q• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
) Z% Y% c6 f+ `3 b, _* x8 G3 f• 伴生矿 associated minerals
- C3 |; {5 B- c/ K+ N9 x; t• 版税率 royalty rate
8 w& T) Q& n4 k8 \• 半托 day care (for kids)  
+ E5 p$ F" f8 Y• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
( ]& @5 ]; B/ _& z$ J9 W• 搬运工人 transport worker
3 p6 e- q# I: ^' d8 Q4 L* t5 R# ^2 H! g• 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  
/ \4 i4 B; h( d9 p• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
3 ^+ I0 ]/ ^& T* |. @' q- P5 k' b• 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
6 n) N3 M# J+ I9 J• 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)
" e% Q; d0 T! t8 b• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
% A9 D9 w- j8 ]1 J6 z( q, Z• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
. S# l0 b' t- P• 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
6 E* V0 S) E0 ]: O9 f1 _• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
$ A0 s# y/ R% L8 m; q  f• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
. z- B* A0 C2 _0 `0 R5 C  G• 报价单 quotation of prices
1 L8 k% ^9 p8 R+ ]" B# E0 M• 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
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
0 r+ D8 @$ Z! O  G& v5 A* @• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
# D8 v0 }: M  C2 T2 t% f1 c• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
8 q( q2 a0 q9 q, N  M6 \8 p• 保释 on bail
1 N# ^  `! ~% C) s0 I0 v8 u2 W4 _• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
9 j/ U0 ~# Y: V. {6 V+ V• 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
1 g) [! j$ w' D$ l1 I1 w# @• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
: i3 w+ c  _& t3 @• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
5 w# A- L3 Z% j; A% S. ~• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
- q. u+ `% U  E• 保障措施 supporting measures
( z+ f# Q. q9 Z• 保证金账户 margin account
/ w8 S" _5 S  F, g' m• 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
( i, n& p9 ~, [4 H% ?' E$ D6 v2 A• 包装精美 delicately packed
, @- f  _2 [. `. f2 f• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
+ B- y7 j2 P7 s1 r# k2 M• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
1 m' m6 a' u7 j" A• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
6 W2 z) [9 H, R1 S9 a0 R+ q• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
  A5 r8 E6 A" f+ H+ [  |; V) D• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
$ I+ F) ]' e1 _9 ^* L2 ~: b• 报关员 declarant  
# e" I4 Y2 M. x4 m. T; z• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
4 h4 S( k2 \- L/ h8 e• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
* i5 `2 q/ R  t$ B2 E) _• 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
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
2 y+ i& F1 s, T" K& I+ l• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
3 C' ]) P/ U3 S3 i7 g• 保证金 margins, collateral  
) @3 @7 @; l3 f% c/ k• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
0 Q; ?% ]+ D+ j• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
9 R: y, }% Z5 P6 I+ b% _• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
# j2 W+ D0 c9 X/ }2 m! }2 M$ `8 K/ }• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
' K' l1 i) S, t4 H3 n  b• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
' j3 D& j# J5 @: ?• 《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
# Z5 h- a% K/ a$ {: ?) J1 W% i• 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
0 P9 I+ |% e% l$ A+ n• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
/ Q- C3 E& K( s. z4 n  ]- Q• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
* j$ S) U) h. G6 E9 i) N( A. b9 d• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
! e4 K2 P; n% K! E• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
7 h& `. k6 p% ~* x• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
' S+ u6 X% |& D; R• 蹦迪 disco dancing
/ |3 B% I, r& q- l8 H• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
! h, M: ]0 z% R• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
4 U2 h' y( N! {$ L8 P. P• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
) D6 E0 h3 {; z8 n# j$ Y• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
8 R$ D% o2 h3 J9 F4 Z: X• 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  
% C3 G$ W9 t! K4 }9 Y5 j# }/ ~• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
) w3 X! k5 S5 J6 z% |, o6 X$ K• 毕业设计 graduation design
8 _5 U, Z' Z' q% p# p, X• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
1 a! w- p2 o( o• 便当 brown bag
5 U$ l% w% T% ~1 ~2 t/ o! _• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
! u# C: o2 P7 Q• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
$ o" }0 K! r3 q9 b• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
( I7 K' a' M$ ?, P" V! k  G/ J2 g; R• 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
# Z4 `6 m; u; N" l' M! B• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
9 R1 g! M8 Z1 u& m. R• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
" `& Z* C9 Y2 M7 D• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
: I1 _; S) b2 p9 J5 _• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
2 E; s3 [  H# Q" t8 B+ y5 F• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
0 D. `+ n8 C: t0 R, v7 s3 j2 f4 g. m• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
5 [  x- d. K3 a• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
# j6 L) n; ~+ g4 l3 b• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
( J1 \3 H  T  D+ D- d& j• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
, o7 z$ p" E3 P. H9 N• 并网发电 combined to the grid
9 u; p1 F/ @% Q• 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
) v1 J: ?% q* U4 s% J  B• 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)
) o0 E- I+ l# ]- H: |2 w, e" s- ?  F6 Y• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
/ x6 z1 \8 O8 U5 j* E2 ~9 ^  K4 o• 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  
* f1 u; @, x+ n# B% c* T. j• 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
3 H  C5 X# ~: V# k3 {• 博士后 post-doctoral
2 K! C  I+ Q, l( M• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
3 \( U5 \4 |6 b2 ~( ]$ P7 l• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 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
5 d3 _# Y: d8 J8 T• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
# o# `' l) q3 i$ P' X& D• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
3 o7 q2 l6 K8 h" {• 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
- \. q  E; L6 o; x$ q% }2 l/ Q• 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
8 l, \5 K4 Z7 @) 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.  
• 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
* z* @% p! c& x; I- ^• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
- c+ j) k$ I' w6 O• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
$ U* B/ \: u8 D+ U; n4 ?+ U6 A4 i• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
$ H8 D4 y! m7 n+ F* ?; u2 Y• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
0 y; b. C7 [3 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  
1 q4 k5 H9 e9 q• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
8 T# k$ f4 g7 `6 j2 q• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
/ y' K0 Z- y. X+ L" _/ K1 G• 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
6 O7 n  M7 f7 i, L- k6 \• 补缺选举 by-election  
- t0 `( h" @9 v" P; q• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
$ i$ P! P) F3 g( a& U1 q( [• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
& g3 T, d* }8 G4 l8 Y, v1 V• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
• 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。