Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
7 D& s" f' q, q& Y2 p! C• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
  G" C/ B( Y7 o• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
8 y7 k4 n; ]& b3 W3 }) q6 j• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
) U, [3 t7 ~' J3 p• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
& w# Y3 `. y# [# M: I2 T• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
* R' F" G7 g. V9 l9 T( i/ ~• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
) c  N) @; u' F6 b$ D• 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
: ^: C+ ~6 i8 j# c. V  p0 ?• 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
# H  W  }5 y+ X  X! a5 Z• 安家费 settling-in allowance
+ \6 ]1 g: l. a4 A• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
* Z6 l/ e. A$ m• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
. X( ?- ]$ @" x8 b9 m& M• 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  
5 j# G4 Z0 Y/ e( @: h• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
8 @5 T; J& e3 m& k4 g! [& [7 P9 t• 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
4 D# h( \2 h' ]" L9 x• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
2 a  T7 a/ Z4 @! e• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
, y3 o" z; }" I8 u7 m% ]• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
9 p7 G2 E6 f- s0 t. p+ l• 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  
* r( B4 l: m  x. L  E& ^$ \% j. L• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
( _0 ?+ F4 H+ ?0 n: L! G, T• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
. I; z: W" }; u6 A- m• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
* r- _+ _" t  V• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
9 J/ {# k) {) e8 }. L• 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  
/ x/ i6 E, s2 D5 S( e5 O/ |8 M+ W• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
: [4 L. h7 `/ N( T9 d• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 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
' x2 _3 i+ |1 I. w3 y7 G• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
1 G4 S: \2 d6 O( L" a! K• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
- I3 G! @9 w. `! T2 @• 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
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
6 @$ x3 T2 I) x7 @& i• 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
1 l+ `# s4 M3 ^* R$ y! ^• 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
• 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
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
3 n7 T' i" i' K9 h( g3 s4 M, R• 白色农业 white agriculture
2 [; Q: v) |1 v- Q5 ?5 ?9 v9 I• 白色污染 white pollution
7 \- V0 M% }5 G8 w• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
+ r, @, ~/ j: F6 W9 [  _+ c# M• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
0 _7 e8 x6 W6 L% Y( S3 S• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
" v& I. C/ K$ y7 x• 摆架子 put on airs  
3 z, E; g0 q- i0 \. |" E• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
) W% ^0 j" o9 q( a2 i• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
1 `& m" W: M1 e& y• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
, N& Z* h7 r/ {! v  L; V0 N$ i• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
# j" L+ N" ^5 ~; B• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
, h- s! Z  v5 K/ S. z• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
4 Y; \2 e# }0 l. p* ~! f3 W• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
$ u" T. A% J- P• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 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
• 半决赛 semifinal
" Q8 i; E0 f. L' K+ T- h5 z• 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
& L+ G5 D# Y8 O- U+ H* T9 Z• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
; Q5 x* i0 @* t2 i8 [1 x• 版权法 copyright law
# [/ F" C4 ^$ U8 U" J, l" Y• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
; d- i, p, B# I6 Q) R: U+ c( r• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
& \  B& w) r$ C* @" [3 z  c• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 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  
: G% O! e, X: o* G3 x0 `• 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
• 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)
2 Q) X. k, a" M4 b( ]5 E1 s& B• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
5 h  e9 E) f/ P• 包干到户 work contracted to household
3 a; l' s4 A+ x. u  L• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
5 b  d  W! I: H- z2 I包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
+ G" r' E8 r" Y7 K$ Y• 曝光 make public; expose
$ R( x! z& k' Q& O% N• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
5 N5 Z; V3 z( m& U: Z% n# p% l5 b• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
: [* t8 k: i0 O• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
* P: J8 R4 x, b5 y& u/ w• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
+ ?; i# @1 r5 m( y• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
: C0 g& ~& h6 B; B2 z- m1 V9 k• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
3 P* s$ i, u. X: T$ i+ c• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
. H' i+ e6 _2 Y, q• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
  l; X5 X3 }1 C( }  r" h/ M• 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
; y+ h  ]$ b7 }6 Q7 z3 j4 o, D• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
) K; t" P! G0 f' F" W2 N8 s! V• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
6 h' ^  x0 d1 F1 J" G& X• 报销 apply for reimbursement
) E' e/ ?/ q" L0 W: C+ C' Y* Y• 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
• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
& x8 o* A$ U# u  b2 b" A/ h# L. ~• 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
6 L6 m5 o1 O, t/ x  E, Q; r) U' r• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
' D0 K  f# b4 U! p9 B+ Z• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
$ `) _( r; a7 \; D/ m• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
" s4 L; M5 R$ E: `• 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  
9 S) v+ k& u) s0 ~/ t" q9 G• 报关员 declarant  
1 q* @  _! u9 Y- L: P- w8 F• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
$ j4 r( _& N" C1 @' _• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
, M4 i8 O& _' |0 A! }  b8 X• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
  q# X! C$ W. S+ m  `5 B• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
4 @# `3 q* Q) U+ f% d# W' o, m• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
  `$ g3 h7 ]8 Z5 g/ R8 _" c$ N• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
• 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
' B+ t5 s5 b" d( B! j1 @' K, H• 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  
/ X1 r( E% p" ~• 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)  
. k# \/ R0 @- l0 b' ~) w6 c2 o• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
+ n$ u- w$ F8 P7 y• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
1 s' e! r3 p6 p2 `• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
/ q9 I% B/ p$ p; g• 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  
9 n: M- K1 {6 L1 j5 |4 V1 q• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
# p' r7 d) q; e( W! B/ M* N• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
9 Y, r4 s/ s" y: r; d! l• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
; S7 m, Z2 ~* u  [3 l• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
- Q' K) n8 A4 x9 o2 a• 蹦迪 disco dancing
! p2 ?# D6 ^! O, T! ?• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
9 J& g6 G9 n% I, |2 I• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
0 n( y; ?+ h2 F" u2 i• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
& m- m# d1 x- M• 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  
% j: o) N* n" _9 f, n) ^; |8 L• 避税 tax avoidance
' g, @" b4 \- z8 S! v; f4 R9 L• 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 O) F) m9 \6 Q$ r2 Z+ i$ j• 便当 brown bag
% n; i& @! X8 t, k% z6 j+ F• 边防证 fronter pass
) o- w0 v( U6 N9 W( Y4 I% Y0 d• 边际效益 marginal benefit
! b* W% b' m$ `7 v• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
& s( H' A  I0 |" A$ o• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
) e+ H# ~; l: w" k2 A• 边远地区 remote and border areas
. A# w1 F5 j' H: I6 Z, N0 m• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
' ]) W1 N7 d5 T, R! |) H6 _% b• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
% c/ S; c  h0 |8 c4 A3 {• 边际报酬 marginal return  
" [8 {  ]$ S# b• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
1 k4 z" K  a' r: C! V5 x! S• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
' h  ]  x' G7 ^% L" w. g2 G• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
( A+ K+ U: Y7 @1 v• 标书 bidding documents  
% r8 l/ \7 _" f1 u; Y• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
3 u4 l+ O( {( A. ~• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
9 k/ i0 W( j( {4 \, b; T* G/ I( [• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
! B7 _  Z# m3 ]" d• 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
; h  C3 t( v' c! ?• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
7 ]' x- A2 G1 M( C% X• 《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)
) }. P; a% s: h* P' Z• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
9 f. c- x& W' t1 u• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
! u& x( a9 Y$ H. Y8 ?0 [• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
9 G8 b; R5 `5 M• B to B (B2B) business to business  
, a/ b1 y% \* E! \4 j: A• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
- g: a; f1 A2 h, w  e• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
; G9 W3 h3 l; y/ F6 D2 `• 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
, S: [% Q# ]) X4 d2 b: h• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
- u; H  J. y7 ^: m8 m• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
. @1 R# _# B% B3 @  J! ?- X* l• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
5 a! s3 f6 F- d8 x• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
/ r% Q7 J! t* {+ \9 n4 D/ S• 不可抗力 force majeure  
; j0 B, w" n: ~/ S+ ?! N• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
$ r6 [9 k1 V7 W  k2 A+ z• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
2 d$ Z& b& u3 c# D- C. O/ s. m• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
. N7 b# r0 ?2 |' l+ P( r! \• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
9 u& N2 _9 e( M" h  a( ]5 o• 不眠之夜 white night　
3 N* a0 b* r9 y' b% N• 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
- S0 |" W: l& p8 |" j5 h• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
- E+ I* {0 W$ V+ Y• 不速之客 gate-crasher
, `  r# p0 ?: o7 [• 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  
4 H, [4 W6 `, Q, y  d6 t/ o% a. a• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
9 i' X+ k; s+ }! d/ [• 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。