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  
2 S$ w. I% c0 C& n1 P; ?• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
! z3 L" u/ R( V; j• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
5 Z/ A# \' ]9 A" Y& C• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
) ^# b* d0 E- r• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
8 P: o+ N4 b2 ~8 c5 H( J) ?• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
0 Q* j6 B7 K$ K% n6 @% A• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
- J9 I2 r" L8 Q0 ^• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
; O4 R* V6 q! R( M4 Z8 l2 m• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
% Z; {( W4 d8 L/ f0 w3 P• 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
• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
6 Z$ s4 D  j3 F3 p) o* E# l• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
: Y5 b' b. y( \% g• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
1 T$ y  H/ L; `4 n1 R, w5 E$ i# o5 ^• 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
; V3 l0 c% ^5 b9 H; y/ E+ H• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 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  
. u9 m2 x; D+ k8 R! g/ H6 i( c" X• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
( u, h$ c7 N" b! H$ `/ R• 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  
+ m. o3 c* x4 \" s9 s) t• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
! O7 ]6 U( C% w: ?1 F& a+ t• 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
  Y: e( H% Z+ o% ~• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
0 K! U9 V( D* l* b. k3 I• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
8 B4 m, N: v& Z% }5 O• 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)
" p* w5 M* w% k" p9 Q/ Y9 |- s• 《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
( e3 t/ K; \( n& Y, b• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 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.
• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 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
  n; S* s1 D8 b. d0 s• 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
. ?6 {' V5 _  [; j• 白皮书 white paper
  Q% Q! B7 @7 o; y- \9 p• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
, J' {+ D0 I3 @/ A• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
5 ^% Q5 }: J" {  E6 |• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 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  
• 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.)"  
+ p) y2 o; O" m  ]% O" J) D) P• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
1 v2 p! d4 k$ _/ T/ a% r• 白雪公主 Snow White  
- U" c5 R. R! n5 b; U7 n• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
2 e# r, Z" u  f' K) _• 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
: `1 O& I% F7 b. S$ u! ^+ f• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
) l0 P" \* _- H$ j! Z• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
# V* z& V% E* a0 P" W, w5 S• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
9 F2 j" f& U5 c% q• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
# x: x1 |. h% L. a5 n• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
  g( m% d  _" t. Q  U• 版权法 copyright law
. k* Q' N  Y4 d" K4 r" X+ S• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
4 a# a8 D% |; e& @• 伴生矿 associated minerals
6 y; j. C5 h. q. f0 n8 t) M2 x• 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  
2 j( y0 z2 v' @6 p+ a# I  \• 伴宴人员 escort  
$ {2 F0 N7 k) Z& p$ j" ]4 U3 ?• 搬运工人 transport worker
3 z" o7 C4 O6 }, h3 I" ~$ p2 J2 x• 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  
• 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
. L/ u, h% t; c7 ?: ^  A• 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)
, b0 b7 [3 ^# X• 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
6 x! H5 G$ G5 m- f- \• 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
2 G7 l3 A" G- `  `- Q• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
; g& q% L5 V  y• 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
6 h) V0 r- x4 U% t0 D( h% f$ ^) N• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
  V0 c8 e/ X% _6 k0 N• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
5 r4 u. a* Z1 f' z7 u• 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 k4 n) S, K% R" G/ E9 U• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
7 j  `, ^  Z1 b• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
" F' l) c7 H$ ^1 l) a6 S• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
% Y8 T, ~+ B0 j" R& H3 d• 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
' l9 O, Q& b) {• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
( m- v& z+ w, H! Y( E• 报销 apply for reimbursement
5 q7 u1 Z+ ?: H2 m) h# W  ]5 B" l4 O• 包销人 underwriter
- |1 D6 F: E: B. \' O! y; ]: {• 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
* O1 U! D4 ?/ R. y; `" u• 保证金账户 margin account
9 l/ u$ i3 m, D- I" `• 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
8 g+ G3 a9 k1 l8 L2 ~& E8 R7 f• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
  Z8 Z8 v# z# U( K( G6 z• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
% H9 w- K* M( _" X• 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  
- d9 f+ w* I4 d8 W; Z: k  H' H6 s• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
/ O1 E  t$ O) P• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
, ~" \2 ^, N5 G$ Q• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
+ o  I0 R! F  l; ^• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
, ]( I; F5 @( L3 c# E" U1 w' |• 保险索赔 insurance claim
' [- G" E0 K* D: c# a• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
$ N2 ?/ t' j" V# a, ], r+ q• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
! r* ]% d5 C! k& e• 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
4 t2 c- `0 V3 A6 ^- A• 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
, B9 k+ c* n; X5 S* {( |% d7 z• 备件 spare parts  
2 F2 J7 `! t: ]3 G6 z+ e1 d$ u6 \- D• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
% \9 N0 x- O! ?( h- |• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
1 I1 y. v7 w/ l4 z# Q• 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)  
' m' n/ B! e/ B8 `• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
* s: A% {% W/ [% K• 备用资金 reserve fund
4 s" g4 j" g& X% b* [3 b• 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.  
# t# n, V# b. b8 N) y• 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  
5 s4 I' d" a; b, _$ k# J• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
- i7 j& S" O+ `8 M$ W: T• 本土化 localilzation
9 R, m4 W  D0 G6 {" P) A• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
4 s8 \8 M0 i& Z: E& U8 X  [• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
. e9 s( f* l/ J0 k4 O• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
% R$ \, K# N* U, j% g• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
, X* B2 D% [% M. @. B- X8 n6 o• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 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”
! o2 `  D* [$ E; m• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
8 p9 C, i: S* c• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
: ^0 Y/ }& @* f: W) b/ E• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
% Q7 m$ D+ M2 Q4 `/ A5 t& `• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
' o4 @. D; s4 |• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
* b) E- w. [& X* }3 m. w• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
  {& v3 r( }  ?9 u• 边远地区 remote and border areas
3 A  |1 [  a5 w: N# S• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
# F4 t4 o& x$ i2 M; y. ?: B+ N, H• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
2 S5 `( I0 ^1 J/ ~: D* d1 _0 j• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 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
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
. h5 D5 _6 W8 v* v. e• 标书 bidding documents  
" ^/ N9 O; ]% c  X; S' f0 _+ Q4 i• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
: G  L8 z6 E- I• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
+ N9 _8 s8 j: C- q• 并网发电 combined to the grid
' Y7 f& Q9 Y, _! G% Q3 ~9 T• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
: O4 K! ]7 x7 f$ e2 x• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
- @0 w" h+ ~3 f1 X; b. W% j: x• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
$ a! _1 t% x8 a/ I• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
' e# F( f$ F3 y1 F$ C& \+ n- E• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
, r) w6 `5 J7 ?  |. D2 y2 B* k• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
$ @3 R. B; I8 K• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
5 t: Z; D9 h) Z) z2 `/ `• 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)
0 ^  A7 u6 I3 K* a• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
& B" ?; i5 S) b7 ~• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
$ e% n0 b0 x$ \  x2 [3 F% m• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
1 D6 ]  F( {: F( ]% ?. [• 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
4 P$ D0 I' [/ s7 u, ?) J• 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  
! H, r! [6 G/ c+ w4 Y# x• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
( _8 s: N  R5 l$ `) b, p; A• 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
• 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
/ }3 \$ y( W7 K/ H* v3 W• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
' U+ J1 @2 ~( R( }/ F• 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　　　　　　
+ q+ x" n: `, v1 i3 t• 不记名投票 secret ballot
5 O2 T- X! ]1 C, C$ h7 M& H2 O• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
0 l! _% W8 H. k) Q  B1 j( P* _• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
. H7 F3 N8 \  K, \" {$ K7 u9 @+ E2 e& b• 不可抗力 force majeure  
; E. }" L' R, E& H• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
( y& _) A! f8 m1 ?( q' ~• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
2 R3 d! V; k" x0 S0 }' `• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
* v4 y+ a7 g5 J9 P• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
9 o' i- b& n: e: \: d! F• 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
& N% G# a5 D8 N4 ^1 R+ J• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
9 S1 p4 f5 t  B8 B) n• 不速之客 gate-crasher
4 {$ q' \$ W' u4 h6 m• 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
$ \6 j1 F+ M- Z/ |) e7 F- |' F+ S• 步行街 pedestrian street  
+ N9 ]4 ]) p+ ^; E2 S• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
" ^8 \: f. C! _" A+ B  o• 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。