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  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
3 y/ X7 f6 A( T• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
1 ~, g+ J+ c+ x' b& Z  j* m5 z1 E8 l• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
! I" ?4 ~- g8 @; o1 Z! g• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
0 Q4 j  `+ {, z* {1 l, d8 x• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
# ^- t- R% `8 W* \+ U9 l3 p• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
% c+ q# F2 O) S2 D$ t1 \% G6 s2 ^• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
7 T& }0 u5 C0 s. S* {: {5 m• 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
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
5 _% m9 X5 ]- v5 w$ Z$ y• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
8 n+ e  u- J2 C8 L• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
9 o3 U5 _. L) G% |• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
* S8 E( p8 p6 _. H• 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 g6 o3 y; J1 ~0 j• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
0 G) g1 `! _- c+ ~. g, b• 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
" }0 {: s' [, e7 @9 e: W0 a6 _2 I• 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  
3 K, d  V9 L" l/ u• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
8 c8 V# f- o' }4 F* h• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
1 i  W2 W, s& \. I6 j- v( V, q• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
& q+ c( p: E5 R; y6 e  j$ e• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
8 `* S4 P; L% T# Q/ K$ j/ z5 {  p• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
0 d/ `. z, N1 Q# ?0 z2 t" n• 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

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
! X+ \+ e$ ^4 C7 G$ x  ^• B超 type-B ultrasonic
$ s& F: f% G9 Z; h8 U• 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
+ ]: g5 x+ ?+ L* y- K• 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
! c! }+ X# \( M; n& F! d• 吧台 bar counter
7 }# \! L- Q$ x3 \) g• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
* y8 {6 J4 S/ K6 C* s! A• 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
3 W! N% S; W3 j% Q$ D3 v• 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
$ \' o3 Y5 \, g1 q2 J• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
, V) m: E. x' a2 y• 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。)
& I/ L9 A8 x3 Z& p• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
. T( Y: S4 }9 F/ V+ m& a• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
9 D8 g: I2 q5 s. R; w• 白热化 white heat
. [7 B% x! H: j$ D7 O5 l" [• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
( T) C" d8 s  R) r  Z• 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
2 Z1 S! S9 Q; t7 A; u$ v0 l2 q• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
# |) C; D0 ]6 G" Y• 摆架子 put on airs  
2 u1 A/ g$ x3 S8 o- k' e' C• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
9 ]& k1 Z& _# n4 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  
• 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  
9 t% x+ \: C0 {, b% {• 白雪公主 Snow White  
" }# V* }" P, W5 i' M• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
5 ~' u0 A. d. u• 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
4 }9 g3 s( l) h& A' d; N0 N( I' ]• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
) z; _7 A( b: b! [• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
0 h! s2 c7 G3 i$ T2 z% f• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
( q! U/ [& Z/ f# d, Y* k8 F% k• 斑马线 zebra crossing
9 c6 P) c& E" ], T! |• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
5 K4 G, @( h; K" ?• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
% p- B* U% L3 a& c) H$ [( E• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 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  
• 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
/ J+ d% w, Q: |- D4 V0 r8 j% O# e• 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  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
7 x; U( P. ]8 J$ z0 v, P5 d( O• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
1 F6 a0 C1 ~# W9 F" x• 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
" E, \- F% D- w; C/ j9 }9 }3 l• 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)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
, V& X! N* o% K8 C8 @& C, a" l• 包干到户 work contracted to household
' \6 Z( T9 G% n) x$ H/ x• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
( Y+ L7 D* ^0 D* L/ L& ~# D包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
$ p0 f! N8 f$ @# i& t) I; Q6 c• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
/ O0 ?; ?2 r: }, M• 保护价格 protective price
2 Q" m. |0 @( Y• 保护伞 protective umbrella
, v; Q- S0 r( I3 z! L, J• 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
( G) s5 ]2 y* E• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
. H# [7 n8 T) @' B• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
4 ^4 p; @" w% e. s/ c; l• 保健操 health exercises
4 G+ l8 @! s% o+ W0 s• 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  
5 H4 k' A. e$ G5 t+ }/ ^• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
2 M9 Q' J; R" w& j9 K8 N& _• 暴力片 splatter film
" g4 b: R: s6 L& P( n• 保龄球 bowling
8 N  V' {0 ^( n; G• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
$ V& E3 Y( d, m4 \0 x• 保释 on bail
7 \) T# z% P' h8 b4 x6 w/ g• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
& z$ T7 a2 g# s( W• 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
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
" |0 _, U% t0 a; j( k5 K• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
4 z+ g% {  {+ \# D. O. x5 c• 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
• 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
• 包装业 package industry
* u. p. x# ^8 x, [• 保安员 security staff
" [  C+ C# i3 |• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
: o! s5 z7 M9 Z• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
. c$ A5 V% i4 R• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
  D7 X% s/ g. G• 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  
# I& i8 u8 d0 {• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
- F1 v  }  S) }, _& t• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
; \% H$ K7 u( M4 \- F• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
+ u  m4 f+ t9 A! Y% K' R( T5 O: U• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
8 }& |7 a7 y* y• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
. u! `; |+ Y7 w& ?5 ^3 V& q• 保证金 margins, collateral  
7 }- u2 [3 f( |: e# L7 y$ h• 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  
/ `7 \) t* o: {2 _  o• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
7 Y7 E; w7 [) f• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
3 o! L( y" M# O7 v2 c/ M1 y• 备件 spare parts  
7 K/ S/ \- s* N7 E+ O. c& x, 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)  
• 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)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
' G3 B# a! R" ?5 x* I7 n, _! Y• 备用资金 reserve fund
" M9 t- d. \- e• 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.  
. f) j. e  j  T* d• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
: q" {! m8 x1 W; N7 v3 t: W• 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  
" z. `0 D6 W* c! 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
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
4 H7 ]5 c6 ^4 Z( c' p6 P2 ]• 蹦迪 disco dancing
  ^5 g. u7 T. |# l* _) p8 r9 {& j• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
/ T/ t7 A1 _* s" @% X. h6 E8 D& |• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
  O/ g8 N- G* Q6 Z3 K3 q! D• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
' |3 H) W) [6 R- W• 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  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
4 P  ]. Z% Z! F2 A# H• 毕业设计 graduation design
8 c' L3 P3 L5 q• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
& f- L' j( L' Y; q9 ~9 M# s• 边防证 fronter pass
- S; m' J" k: a( K: q6 L" X• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
) l6 k+ z# F* C• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
- W7 y& D1 ~2 O0 p2 ~% w• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
: F2 ~9 |, Z5 d' h& k, T& T• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
" U2 L! x3 B$ P• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
! w; _6 O6 z/ o1 X2 |1 c* {; P• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
: r7 M/ J: ]) D1 Z• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
* o2 |/ f5 J4 R( b$ f4 T- ]* S• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
1 e$ t: G1 p" N* b• 标书 bidding documents  
, m+ s  i8 b9 }) c% m2 y/ u+ q• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
6 l$ P* _) L  D• 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
$ f: W2 F0 J6 z+ n! {• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
; I, y% [3 `8 m! n* M• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
1 Y( B6 ?" c+ A/ D( H• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
, B- q/ J9 c; m: I• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
5 Z7 ^" \7 U7 E$ b! m• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
( C0 V) N, Z, U• 《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)
* L5 ?$ h6 g0 M• 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
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
% P# `3 w) Y1 \* A1 j• 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  
$ F2 F4 C1 Q6 ~• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
. [: T& V# g9 P# z' I& i8 v" K• 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  
7 M6 z: n- Y- h• 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. "  
- t4 ]- u/ o4 h3 f• 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.  
' a% w6 T( L7 S  B" X: H• 不得转让 not negotiable
6 ]; b6 C2 V5 W) G. C• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
: Z9 |" N7 v: n• 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　　　　　　
1 Q& A. @( g0 C8 p• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
6 }- P, j. E0 w- U5 D* i• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
% W* I9 u% h7 O* l/ L. c  h; X• 不可抗力 force majeure  
4 q, W: o3 Y) l" w+ c• 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  
, i: _9 |, V1 J3 ^7 Q) b• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
1 e% ]& w& c# y• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 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
' l7 K; v' n0 ]$ _& f! r2 ^% \• 补缺选举 by-election  
1 v9 W" {2 |9 a( b; \- N: i( P• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
3 O! ]' o6 ]) J7 V. s• 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
• 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。