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 P; ]8 O. E$ N• 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
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
+ t+ g: f; c8 \• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
$ B* j5 {6 I+ m4 g5 B$ u2 n6 F• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
9 D- |  h9 F8 f+ B0 G+ H• 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)  
• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
) Y. Y0 M. j* ]  q• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
6 j2 X1 x: t1 W0 ^- e• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 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
# n8 l# F# R' p- ]) _* n% M  f• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
1 |, G/ d" t5 v9 k% M+ W  p• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
' E! l" M0 A! b( `6 _• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
7 S7 T. \: U( }  V# d; ?6 m. g9 L• 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
+ Z3 S" q2 x% [% J4 c* _• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
2 I% c& W# N1 R! N6 w0 z9 G3 ?$ w• 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  
• 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  
0 u! U! X/ b; M• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
) x4 r4 p5 e# t  P• 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  
9 l  J1 I5 J* i8 d; b4 ]• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
  I9 g& T. ]; A  C• 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
; S- x% \" h# h& _# m• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
% f* n8 F! Q+ S) I& X: G, G: X• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
/ V$ G: v4 v9 _# y. w• 《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
" \2 J. w; C/ m2 z# p• 吧台 bar counter
! |. v7 v8 M( R" M9 v, c+ b+ |5 \• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
( a2 r2 [0 q" n. Q% u) B• 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
# K& x6 e6 m8 j# v+ C1 G- h5 n3 }• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
* J! z, L6 r/ S6 ?& z% K1 y• 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
( e0 J' `1 W8 l• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
3 M4 I+ w8 s* _# j3 v: Y% c) K• 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
4 r2 S( d! W/ k! m+ Z/ f• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
  M% ^8 R3 y4 |  h# e+ L) H2 `• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
2 u! t5 s* o) @9 m, A+ I& r• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
: U& P& I8 c+ F4 d0 Z6 W$ z+ i• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
% U# v- N5 d( F5 ~) R& i• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 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  
$ Q* z% c9 U1 @* r9 z& @* Q' ]0 W• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
2 d, ]; R  A' S) j: F- U1 L9 s• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 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
• 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
' @! T- m0 i$ I• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
+ N( F  ]/ c4 p$ U8 b• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
8 @* q& @3 q. H1 O9 h- o% n• 版权法 copyright law
% D$ b. Q3 t" O9 I• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
4 y) z* @' ~  e* m• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
" ]- F$ o6 g" F1 e. Q• 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  
6 ]: B! F% f9 A* B: |• 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  
, R1 X' ~. r# m4 q2 T2 N0 J1 W& V• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
5 k  o, [; D' W0 {8 S- i• 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
9 _; ~+ I& H& S( O3 `  V& L. \$ `• 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
; [+ H, q. P) D3 H' d& e4 n• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
# q8 S+ w) Z: O2 ^• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 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
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
5 l4 q0 O2 s5 H( @• 曝光 make public; expose
) Z! ~( r+ Q+ S/ F• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
( c4 P% N7 Q$ d• 保护价格 protective price
& e7 N% L/ V, K, [: a" U• 保护伞 protective umbrella
; L: K' J- y* E- n6 }# X• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
- H8 }( Q- u2 F0 C• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
+ b6 a- P- ]2 Q" \% B9 t% C6 Z7 ?• 保护主义 protectionism
8 |- m% c& A4 L$ X) |+ R# {• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
. L  P, f2 R3 a• 报价单 quotation of prices
9 ?. l. q) s% W0 N• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
, O* G/ {+ v5 {$ q• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
4 A2 p# V5 H( w+ q7 ?1 f9 W• 保健食品 health-care food  
3 b, j- E5 D6 k3 c' ?6 i7 Q0 D, D8 Y• 报界 the press
: `5 g+ s3 z8 O& c. U9 D* R• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
( \  x  v# F7 z9 b/ s$ b• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
7 g7 F  m' R8 ~' i• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
1 R8 s$ F+ [7 [1 Q* f• 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
7 m& B+ Y0 n% B• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
2 @  c% `, o& \% s• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
$ ~2 w+ c6 J5 c0 {7 h• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
- v/ m: |* |; y$ J' E• 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
0 D( u: d6 ^1 |* W9 _• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
4 }' ^2 I  A- {) r7 R• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
; b3 u9 C4 H9 d) l! q" ?  K! q• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 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
• 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  
% Y, p" T$ t9 R; r+ V: B• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
% q! k2 q  Y( |& d4 O& a• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
: h: U9 t, y2 ~6 w' W9 ]• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
' P3 u' d  A7 Z! R• 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
  A" [, A0 `. T& P4 B5 j0 u$ {9 }/ `• 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  
• 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
1 r, A& t( w8 n3 i• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
  Q) v2 y3 Z) W+ J• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
+ e+ v3 y% k: u! M• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
# Q9 b! U& ?! b& C• 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)  
- U7 Q& Y" p8 m- Y• 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
+ W: t* S2 f7 ^5 B0 Z: ^• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
; E4 ~+ b# u" C5 Y/ h0 T) a5 m: D8 c• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
1 v$ m: m( F0 P  n$ Z. L" p• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
5 W2 r2 G5 [+ n* [• 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
% N8 k5 l- V  e- R7 n7 K• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
/ M) u7 @1 ^- y) e• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
$ I% |# ], o) |# {• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
* m$ h- y6 n# c9 j, A1 r& q• 比基尼 bikini
7 ?- M! ^% i  Z. o+ ^• 比较文学 comparative literature
6 w0 k$ P1 }- n; C( C' @( k• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
! s2 n% |& ?0 t% ]• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
$ }9 X( n) [- J; O1 ~2 @• 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  
  M7 T, ^, @8 u6 v, L• 避税 tax avoidance
% }# s9 y0 j1 a# I; m. B• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
$ g" o, k+ B$ Q& f0 |7 m8 D) a• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
# |' [. D; n+ P0 f- h• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
: }1 B! k: ~; B  h• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 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
) J' k/ g, W6 f4 b0 x9 ?: K• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 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
# b6 ]0 E! X' a' T• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
; X7 k; Z9 A% ~; }• 边际报酬 marginal return  
! L/ l, x& X8 T( _" Q3 I• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
, n3 p, m' d8 I• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
% e* ?6 R. O- c7 j8 D2 Y: `• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
2 C$ @9 d6 H) j* |• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
0 t. c" |, i3 [) o! |# Y% Q) V' H• 标书 bidding documents  
2 }- k3 z% v9 k# r# \+ j9 S• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
! ~; e- n9 J  L' Z+ e3 |• 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
8 f0 ?4 z! Y" t9 ?. P• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
/ Z0 Q' T- a0 [( \' |8 ^• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
; w% b" }3 e) z7 E• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
) y5 G" I" \* e8 p• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 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  
• 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
5 A; v) }% J) T" e  [• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
, j/ C2 k3 ~5 c; `2 x• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
* p# a: E6 B* w# p; [: X( o• 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  
9 U1 x" o! F" y9 Y• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
- n! z/ ]$ }; R! P* W  V+ ?• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
9 O$ ?0 Q: h' N& P8 U7 ]- `• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
; A0 e& c5 S- K. F* d1 b7 }• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
- p7 y: S  t% G% O4 n$ M• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
# i5 r/ }5 }0 W' {• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
  c5 c' f. c7 R• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
" w5 `/ O' `6 ~8 C8 f1 b- @& C• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
# K9 k9 a! U5 q8 f0 \* e• 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  
: \; r, u3 x3 P# ~/ Y1 M) R- C• 不感冒 have no interest
6 M, |: i% `( G+ J. {• 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 Y8 {7 ^" x4 C3 K* c& o: Y• 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  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
! k1 p" v, |. W6 z- M• 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  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
8 W/ [7 e5 F  G, H9 v• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
& I6 q7 N( \3 N7 W• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
; I5 g  A+ c! r- m# S" _• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
( B, [( }+ n7 \* |0 y% a  l: E• 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
- V* {+ [3 N4 q8 v! ]+ L• 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。