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)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
( K* R6 h! r" v# P  M• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
9 {) O, `4 k( H2 [  A( Q* \• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
% h9 |" b" R0 _: G0 B/ h• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
3 w8 d$ v& E" J- x) ]+ V- d• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
* L8 W/ W2 i. z  G• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
5 P: }- g/ J% ?( L, v! B) ?- `• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
" w* [' S4 ~) A3 Z• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
% T; `1 U! Q5 w2 v* w' X• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
- F; }8 t( n9 k1 a; y4 W; |6 w• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
; R4 X3 @1 W3 f' D. T9 Z* \• 安家费 settling-in allowance
8 P7 P' x' v. r) B• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
7 N" A6 l7 D: H• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
5 c& {# e% j) p9 x, L  n4 g• 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
* Q1 C) C- Q8 g& c• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
5 d# x7 e2 p7 }0 _• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
* `1 Q( v) Z7 I! r+ t• 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
' e+ K3 G& F, Z; J; g' p• 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  
) w% M$ Q% e! G• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
9 @! ]# {$ C( [( \! }• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
$ A9 K% c) M. v- b3 f4 N6 j• 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)
1 H/ m5 [8 Q8 a& 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
$ ?7 V/ }+ J# c" X  J8 E• 霸权主义 hegemonism
$ ?+ r* f1 U3 p6 t+ w4 [• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
- W3 e/ ^/ U" `" P& t: ]• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
6 h6 v& ]3 |* E4 k- B• 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
% B  u, C  w2 j% F7 f• 拜金主义 money worship
* @- h- |& e' l% ^) G• 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
0 a% W6 w- a! j8 c) b1 S6 R• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
8 L/ a( s8 _# B( g/ B• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
1 Q6 z( w* s) H% f5 F& X• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
/ C( s$ Y. v# G4 ]" q; l2 M7 v* M0 o• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
& W( C9 j% ^2 J• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
7 M) @( p  R9 o( c' i• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
9 H' _; b) Q: B* R+ _$ t" G+ t• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
3 q. K" g5 y7 k9 _9 I• 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  
5 q  a3 n: E% L' N+ J+ u  P. d• 白雪公主 Snow White  
! i% T' t7 O- I- x• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
8 k7 j6 Q. f2 y( q# {- A% J• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
" j$ f5 ?5 E/ h• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
& }- s% @2 b# w. \• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
& x1 X* W$ [; f- i. C• 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
. e$ v6 S6 x: H- v/ e1 K• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
8 i& a! t: E4 q• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
' A, u; E. V! ?: h• 版权法 copyright law
$ G& R& o" Y: y5 Z4 l• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
. N& l' a4 ?$ U2 l0 i; M• 半托 day care (for kids)  
+ K7 _3 `# C; A' G& f$ {• 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
) r& B* y" ?& _- O; a' Q( j) U• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
  [1 F) N1 I7 {: F# @* O• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
) G0 `" A! _, a* S$ C• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
; G0 |7 {4 A9 ^0 o7 u) _% v) _; E• 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)
, L# E: a$ l* O3 G- B  o• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
0 u3 e, @5 k5 q6 l: b$ ?• 包干到户 work contracted to household
! ]+ r, q% t& K8 B8 W• 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
• 曝光 make public; expose
; Z; M8 V0 U( A# g( H. J• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
- \: u( b. W* r( Y( ~( \• 保护伞 protective umbrella
: a7 B0 g+ Z: m& `3 D5 _• 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
2 ?! o+ \+ u7 h• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
1 e! i( w/ I9 A, d( }+ X• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
8 L9 m7 g: O1 F% ^( F! p• 保健食品 health-care food  
, s' h" c' N  u• 报界 the press
0 n0 f, d' P6 G% S• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
, U, X7 D. J4 i! k6 @9 G" P& m# l• 暴力片 splatter film
2 B3 l! Q5 n5 K4 Z! {& Z• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
; j* O! H0 c0 D! p% b• 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
6 A6 Y' @# F/ L" O7 G• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
& X  c* B) U5 q3 ^# R• 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
3 a+ M3 ^- H& N& `• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
" q  d$ d* _! H• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
4 V) I0 g8 t) e" x( `• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
8 l. [0 m6 S4 G0 o: R5 c• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
' T3 [/ R% @+ t• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
( V( J) r9 L. N; M9 c: f- e6 q• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
- P/ Z7 j/ j$ v5 ]% _+ C' _• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
4 r. d; Z( R/ ^: d! p• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
' E# t" A9 ]2 r• 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  
4 V  Y& c% k1 t+ v• 保健食品 health-care food  
" ~1 Q/ l! V$ @• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
  N' E1 M: U8 e, H! v$ j• 保理业务 factoring business  
6 j. E& Y. _% A# l/ u, H3 W* `• 保险费 insurance premium
: I, p5 \, H# F9 n% h. I• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
4 h) U+ t4 r0 }$ O$ _% q• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
  @8 i6 W6 b7 ?, I• 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
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
: R3 F/ m: H% M• 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  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
% `: i( ?8 t% `) n/ e• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
6 D2 d: M* M* T* n  X. {5 T- n8 q9 I• 《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
, {: ^( p+ ^+ p$ d) u$ P/ 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.  
• 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  
0 i, N& S  \8 [7 R- n• 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  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
/ c' l/ a2 s2 \) d$ T! j• 本票 cashier's cheque
8 G# `( c# g# ^; J5 p• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
# u( a; b6 F6 S+ i8 x• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
( L8 @( u4 t& b! X• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
  r: w5 [0 Z" }• 比较文学 comparative literature
/ U, r: p+ \8 B" q• 比较经济学 comparative economics
" Q( H/ N4 n( S! V• 闭卷 closed-book exam
# v! R4 c7 |( Y) P• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
8 D+ M7 f/ @, q% x/ |' b9 |4 b5 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  
• 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
• 便当 brown bag
5 Y) W. ]9 I7 V6 o• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
' [3 z8 p4 v% F3 l1 ^+ S• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
. {: z+ m: _- Y" w& x• 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
( e6 s; {2 C) X0 n" P2 q• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
9 X4 j+ p6 V) I) s• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
2 L0 B! E% G0 P4 Y! @# I# M• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
! R9 i2 l' F$ s. h2 B, h3 `! L• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
2 }; w0 v% Z3 [8 ~2 U5 x• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
3 m4 m9 r0 c/ p• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
2 y- _0 }8 ?: V1 U& ^• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
5 b' G. N% {# {8 K: _& F( f- O• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
: o: |5 _/ h# p• 并网发电 combined to the grid
; P2 M( k% Y' n! ]5 m• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
/ Y5 t& r! k1 v; M8 l/ p• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
, D. P5 \5 H0 a) T4 K9 G4 a• 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
& a! W) {" v$ x" k# w0 K• 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)
) `  l, u' h7 q• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
1 S6 E1 V. T+ y, J, q* n8 w( ?• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
9 b1 y" _  l: `! V" r6 a# T) i, j• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
1 a/ F6 b  f5 B( G) B4 a1 |• 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
/ r7 a5 A9 C0 \• B to B (B2B) business to business  
% M3 s! \4 j( _& B6 k• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
+ D0 E6 W3 X; I- U8 b: Q• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
' Y3 E* D' |2 R0 o, K• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
: k2 Q) \4 z8 ~" N* M* F• 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
1 i: ~7 X; U( ^' ^& d2 ~% |, [0 Y• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
) G/ t9 Y0 K+ n9 J• 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  
9 L  |7 g# w" O) d5 y- m' O( O• 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
/ v' T1 g, n2 I/ Y6 E; ~• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
) l6 A1 s! T: k) U- N- a• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
2 m9 [  W. \& P7 `% ]  a% P• 不可抗力 force majeure  
7 c" J8 q5 F; A4 J5 S5 R0 y• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
2 A( n6 k& D- V3 ^& T: f, [" C8 C• 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
) d7 s# X- R% V7 \( Q- j! b/ ?• 不眠之夜 white night　
( a6 O. G! |% F2 X$ R% B+ v• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
7 t- X' z1 u' [# t5 o* z3 e0 M6 h6 L• 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  
- V6 i% B' M+ [- C• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
9 e5 b+ ~% q1 O$ ~  L9 w( ~2 }• 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。