Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
3 N8 ?6 \) C: X6 N+ g1 ~• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
3 Y! e# d- Q: T! Z$ _• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
; y# y8 V) `+ a6 U. |) [• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
+ L6 A, b! _" }9 t: O% ?• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
' W' g7 F  z( @) }: S9 q• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
2 ?* A1 m- l3 x0 S+ }• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
) h& ?4 q0 ^3 ~& x• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
: |+ ~, u& ]7 F- m0 Z• 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
3 o- J3 G& \2 |* }8 D+ a. z2 s• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
: G% h$ f2 C5 l! |$ @" u) P• 安乐死 euthanasia
8 U) h; e6 {( R• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
# S0 I7 X3 U) e& F, R  N• 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
& D9 I5 C& E) a& ?5 B4 o1 x" a• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
0 l3 ~9 u! a6 W& I3 p4 `• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
! Y  x# V, a# l  w• 暗箱操作 black case work
2 w( D1 L- Z3 n6 d1 G• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
" a4 g( l) a; }5 D% X• 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  
4 z; o* d5 y# u+ Z1 ]9 |! `• 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  
$ U" E& ~8 w6 z$ F. I5 M/ o* m• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
* ]# ?4 U% _9 {5 o: [• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
' }& _4 k2 n7 a• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 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  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
& `' @2 U6 m* E& d, f' {2 U• 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
  p6 r3 z  b( t# T' ?& a$ ~• 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
1 k2 k4 w; m' G- U% A3 j5 s9 W. E• 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
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
1 y3 l) A9 D' _( ?• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
( N9 v0 G+ R+ F+ @• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
0 P; f+ K8 a3 {& E* y* F" N• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
8 f( E) q: D+ s2 S# Z• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
7 i+ E/ |* E$ f/ x/ R1 O• 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
; _, M5 E8 a. C" q' \, P• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
/ p( ?: f. x( U! l! D• 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。)
% ^, ^7 m, j9 A* m• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
5 D/ b: \7 `: ]1 n+ L0 B7 a3 W0 C• 白色农业 white agriculture
  u0 I+ l/ y- A5 G: Z• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
; F0 z1 o- N7 [3 I" p1 }• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
4 d& D" W7 M8 r0 k# ^3 W: l& Z: ?• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
. |$ L3 z+ r$ F; U& O+ E3 o. [* S, V• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
: a5 [" W7 C( Z% x7 B- P• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
0 u5 H# `' |  c* d7 C/ t3 i• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
1 J- t  c: S" Y: L5 b• 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  
7 D& @+ F1 A1 d& \- V$ Y, c9 A• 白雪公主 Snow White  
' I' r- _4 e( A! M. b• 半边天 half the sky
* H* t, Q* |1 Q- j• 班车 shuttle bus
$ K# v) a/ Q7 I: b• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
  R0 t9 c/ U& F- ~% U2 U• 板儿寸 crew cut  
/ G; o8 E) f$ i• 办公室设备 office equipment
) ]1 R- ^0 c# S• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
* L) R) ]# y$ n2 r  O1 ~• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
1 [7 @! w7 S' t% d) A- ?• 半决赛 semifinal
- j8 c; Y! g) ], k. m• 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( U0 P. H" {  b% N& z: I5 L0 K• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
0 i: a" x6 w" I• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
) [. t) f! p. b' ~• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
' p! O& @+ J, }• 版权法 copyright law
1 C& h3 c3 \- H8 q; ~8 P• 版权贸易 copyright business
( K1 I7 [  Z! J5 N• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
; C0 T. S4 b. }$ b: ^• 伴生矿 associated minerals
1 D  A: F. k. ~. ?6 v  ?• 版税率 royalty rate
6 [9 s, c* n3 d. S2 l* {• 半托 day care (for kids)  
- a/ S" y4 B( q• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
+ O2 _2 I; K9 l, V0 q, E% [7 t• 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
  P& @# n: {# @% ^5 n• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
+ C. m  D; N- `4 M• 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
% m* ?" S* Q4 O7 [3 u7 J& D• 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
9 V7 A" n+ o5 b- R) P• 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)
: g, R& L) e" @6 i: }8 t• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
+ C. u# j/ u  M+ s• 包干到户 work contracted to household
3 O+ a4 p6 h* j, H- X5 J• 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
; N3 z3 [/ T1 b6 `• 曝光 make public; expose
2 z$ C- \6 t4 |+ t: K8 v• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
) c0 _, J7 b0 x) b$ \5 c  L& z* H• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
; Y& r9 H' r: U$ H' l9 k• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
; d5 Z9 Q6 B3 b8 T4 Y• 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
• 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  
4 n: ^; T8 s5 Q( b% H6 n$ _$ L2 F; w• 报界 the press
/ i4 \2 C8 ~$ C; {• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
. M# y1 P' O% \& \. [' W• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
. \1 E) W, X5 z% P, \" z• 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
. B; ?: @5 J* V  v0 V" a8 S• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
1 Q# K, T3 {; n8 [• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
/ f8 ~) y% `4 a* z; j7 k6 X• 报销 apply for reimbursement
, ?3 _0 F# E6 w) P9 D2 p2 F! X• 包销人 underwriter
, C3 A6 e& s1 ^+ D• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
& \3 _6 Z7 U% e% o3 Y• 保障措施 supporting measures
5 T# B+ E9 U) X& h2 o( |• 保证金账户 margin account
# W& s+ `& A4 Y• 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
3 c) C/ c, ~2 H4 @8 A8 s) s• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 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  
/ y  A6 ~7 T: C* a• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
/ }0 o4 N: V  X• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
0 W* M" |" m# }) t0 y# f, V. c• 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  
• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
- Q2 u4 H/ q0 g) K1 B• 保健食品 health-care food  
( Y- R' P8 O, o4 d, _9 T9 i  Q• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
, C( F! B: c  n8 I; W! O9 H; o• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
# S1 R6 S; P5 [# C+ C• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
$ A- }& F$ P. }- D& j• 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
" n8 g5 H  g) S• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
' f1 q9 o6 ?: t0 y+ n• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
' q- Z  X' T# @7 \) `0 D  C• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
7 G. U( J) {& ^& ^$ s; G4 a  @• 备件 spare parts  
4 s+ ~% e, g' M- \, a; 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)  
# ^& x- m1 V4 G, ?• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
: N6 B* w$ K1 ^• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
4 M( Z+ z2 c# P! j& x$ D- v• 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.  
" ?" {+ Q% l/ R) a& A; Q• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
% U' [5 o) T1 n9 C) P1 u1 o/ k. d• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
7 k; ?* \5 X. u2 _• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
) q% z  D( ?" v• 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
• 本土化 localilzation
9 b, \, D$ |+ ?( o* i. u/ R. V. M; Q• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
( R% i1 y0 \, K2 D' R: x• 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
0 B* a2 a' Q7 n. w• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
7 ?$ W* ?* c; S1 [• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
3 Z8 q9 x6 D$ X! d& O• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
  X9 e  H- J8 J; V! F5 q$ G• 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  
+ Z5 w0 ~6 {3 Q- l- X2 G' Z8 Q5 H7 ]• 避税 tax avoidance
• 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
% f3 [) b4 F" R, r' B• 便当 brown bag
2 T, ~! d; A: L) ]$ _• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
0 M) z* l( i9 q" r• 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
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
1 m+ r& _: \7 c• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
  x" l# M! e" ]/ ^7 c• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
: h. e$ i, F# j$ [3 d6 w6 Q) L• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
" j8 i% @& t! |• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
& i; R, B0 i2 `0 g1 p" r* D, i. K• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
8 \8 ~) |  |; _8 }2 Q2 _9 N3 S$ `; T• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
2 d0 a4 g( m# b• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
/ [% Z& m3 ^( T% M: X• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 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
+ e, i: [0 x  E. |• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
, B8 p7 \) L# g& P• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
/ [( s. l' f4 x  b• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
3 r  Q" p2 q+ J) Y0 i. F• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
2 t6 `; G7 x4 C& 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  
• 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)
2 i, v; C  [. n( c: n• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
: x1 t% T+ ]3 |; a9 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
/ k% q7 l6 j/ @# R• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
7 }# H9 m, L/ d4 ]- u• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
& |, @* P( K* f, o( \• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
6 I* V1 |5 W0 u) n( ?3 }• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
* D" W- J6 L* m1 ^% }• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
$ M, A( v1 J" E$ j) T6 s. r! J• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
" }- V( @+ e' B- U3 s- c# m• 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
! L1 }/ Z% n( i, @' x) f& ^& r• 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　　　　　　
" [! d$ Z* O5 n8 R* m' i• 不记名投票 secret ballot
3 @+ N2 |/ H  U8 t  z• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
5 r* y# \5 e! {0 U6 b* j• 不可抗力 force majeure  
2 a" _" J" _7 y2 @7 k9 R• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
. b- F: l. |3 F9 F* z+ Y• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
- R. k& S0 T7 z' V! o3 B, m4 u; [• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
7 q' Q, O- R7 j: w; l• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
1 A, W' W) `7 ?, r$ g• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 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
& {; K. g" }! m8 \  c• 补缺选举 by-election  
$ |* s2 a8 o) N5 E• 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  
• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
9 m' `1 Y% J2 Y# Y3 U• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
( [- B0 K3 A& \  I* B• 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。