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)
# I2 ?7 P. I1 l% L& F( Y• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
8 r8 y  Y$ H; ?' {' |• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
8 I8 f: {; u  ^- g+ c• 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
2 m& @* K4 e1 O# y• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
6 E! U: w: O& u/ q1 ~& m• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
( k" S; a$ u+ _) n2 \• 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  
& ~% a3 e2 R- C  X) ]• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
; O, _/ p1 k+ I+ F' h0 N, e- {• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
- Z1 [2 ^1 I- y/ p$ G• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
" m& m* K' I, f9 l- U) h0 K1 z• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
$ r: K( m# x7 e• 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  
/ z$ i" A' g; E' z6 Y: f6 d' J• 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  
+ j# u0 z* V4 g• 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  
4 q* Q  J: v  @& G" c• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
- t* P) @8 M9 B• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
7 V4 O' ^2 v' }% B# d• 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
+ Z, h8 E5 ]* a! h+ s) r• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
- {+ s/ W( V/ g; Y  b5 ~8 \7 @• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
2 e4 d* T" d# q9 _• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
: O: f1 c, C# S) }• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
9 o  {  q- x  g( f% ~5 g* E$ {  o+ x• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
1 h8 i! h- T% H• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
" B6 ^: L' Y* D' U/ Q• 霸权主义 hegemonism
5 N8 Q& h, Z! E, e7 y$ M7 D• 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.
' Y$ T! F4 F3 p  M• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
7 Q4 [! M5 t) y/ C( I6 l# @0 ~: o, I• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
/ S5 E& R0 ^6 M9 S3 l$ o* P1 l) F• 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
- f$ c$ v; P8 H: O9 Z. [• 拜金主义 money worship
7 d5 c0 E0 D) _" `9 j. E• 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。)
8 ?6 L3 {2 J8 A1 ]/ d6 q8 t. Q• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
$ ]6 `9 j, b) T2 f; }& E+ G4 k. a• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
; b$ d* \9 k) Q5 r• 白色农业 white agriculture
  g' P8 J, ?& X: Y• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
; d; n* w/ W% B. w: ?• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
5 w9 G# x' h/ k8 ~• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
& e  o1 J2 k0 ]2 s7 n% x• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
+ a- U8 A9 I2 P2 F# B* [0 ?  z• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
" f" z5 F3 E* U3 |• 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
; f. r: @8 D& H- g% W) {• 班车 shuttle bus
  M0 _/ e& r" y8 ~3 V• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
. Z: \5 w8 p5 t+ l+ u& E# o: F• 板儿寸 crew cut  
# M4 }7 G; h+ o9 [$ i* s$ T7 f• 办公室设备 office equipment
7 o4 a( y+ ?6 |) Y# t• 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
8 @6 x2 _. C8 @& Q( j- F+ o8 U+ M% }• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
7 L- H5 M4 V- U2 F% h• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
3 q- U5 E/ r. Q- k* j6 k; W: @• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
) C( U- v3 `* M1 p• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
6 A# o8 d+ x) l3 k7 {1 f- Q• 版权贸易 copyright business
5 N: m8 g1 L0 {6 L. U; J$ C: X4 U• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
# I& M4 Q) a2 j9 X• 版税率 royalty rate
& P1 `& N2 M" D6 X; B! e5 L9 X# R• 半托 day care (for kids)  
, D+ Q: a! N+ j& r• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
5 \& H2 J( I1 X8 v8 I1 ]$ c• 伴宴人员 escort  
/ P  s8 x0 r% d• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
7 k0 B1 i/ Z) r0 T1 w/ F- V& g1 y# M• 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  
8 h/ F6 |5 u! T+ \4 M, B# L% {• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
% N6 N' v+ A8 \/ A1 M. l' y4 j• 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)
• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
' I7 G* R1 Y# I4 n, G: A• 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
  [: M' G( E) K. u% N) K包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
. r5 w9 g! }- R  w; ?! V4 e1 u4 |• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 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
9 @  Z9 F  O6 e1 E• 保护主义 protectionism
3 y6 A4 x% C) v, s: g6 j: E• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
2 P$ r/ }4 `' Z3 y! ~• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
1 ^( O3 |* h6 L5 Z# K• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
1 W2 j" t6 f( d5 ^$ `- p% u• 保健食品 health-care food  
! ]! L5 e  k. y6 M9 V/ P6 ]. n• 报界 the press
8 ]. P8 |* E2 `* d• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
! Y: n9 m) m7 H* a• 保龄球 bowling
" K3 x) l$ ]* ^) L% U3 f• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
* e$ f& g6 |; ?9 ?  m+ H3 w• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
3 a. a6 t; [: F• 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
! {& q% K7 I( \5 K0 T5 A6 K0 E• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
2 T$ I9 u4 ^/ E, e• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
9 Z8 {4 A3 e0 x; r( d• 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
0 G1 n2 U6 H& Z5 x* H• 保证金账户 margin account
* A8 j3 ?+ Q( D! `• 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
" Z% ?9 ?* B" Y, c; J+ K3 G8 Y9 l• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
' u8 m: P/ |* P) `- {8 M1 N• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
7 d0 _% e, U2 ?) O& d. j• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
4 y% y4 X+ A1 d8 n• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
7 o  }! b, a: u• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
# }7 w! T: i9 X* k6 f+ {• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
5 P- Q' ^+ W# ~( S• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
  w( |+ q5 p' V. {2 m• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
, M  i8 ?9 L8 w, E$ V• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
# q& w7 ?6 R% g3 F' |4 y% y• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
! r! k9 y  e: T  @7 S• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
- M- s1 T9 E0 o; k% ^) M: Z6 c+ L• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 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 ^; c1 p" [: E- ]1 f. Y• 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
: a" }) P! H& o8 z/ _• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
3 ]5 T8 _/ q7 {8 ?• 备件 spare parts  
• 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  
+ a; g' U8 A4 k: p• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
8 }& j2 A5 m5 M8 c6 v  q0 a• 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.  
4 H4 r, n& K) w, M8 y9 f3 l( J• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
  A4 w) S. o3 V9 S, \' Z• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
5 G8 G, f+ w% C* A• 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  
" A# q, t, @& E( M• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
" {+ `7 U7 G( m8 T  E' Z4 O• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
3 e0 k. U6 Q. }- O6 Y9 L* q0 x9 {) p• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
+ b$ ?2 r7 ~9 a; G  q4 a0 {• 蹦迪 disco dancing
7 Q9 J1 P, m( \! G: `• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
3 o8 z) a$ R, W- T6 N- z- x- M: c3 r• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
2 ]: F1 a; b& `) g• 比较文学 comparative literature
: z# X7 A6 O. s/ J0 Q9 Z. U0 k: \• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
4 V# x) I  R7 ^6 a3 g• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
0 `* [- _) E0 V8 B* S  [8 ]. S• 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  
- ~/ `' g5 B& I+ D% m" g• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
8 e/ t. W% P8 P& z+ p2 I3 t• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
" i+ |3 D7 ~7 m& k& b1 a• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
$ A" y+ T! N. w6 z• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
9 S' {# J" S, ]. |• 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
+ N1 p% O" e' _$ T+ a• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
1 y1 W4 @: P& x8 r# @• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
' _0 n* E3 e! @+ L' y3 r• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 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
, F/ L& F, G0 @& k• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
3 `0 `9 |$ ^( w, P; E• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
# B) A. G6 [* w5 g• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
: E: `3 T7 e  x7 q8 a) s• 病毒性感染 viral infection
  p" p1 d* V9 P2 v4 n* b$ p• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
5 r# x" Z' j* A. G• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
9 v8 j$ o( n1 x0 z9 B• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
5 x' X7 k) D6 r/ W6 D6 s& [• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
6 n1 g: w% K  W  _• 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
• 《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
• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
8 _" G( U7 G; @/ N# U• 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
; J* U1 f( W$ I6 v( d• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
1 \5 \* f- ^# U2 A/ I. @' E• B to B (B2B) business to business  
* p7 P; I0 T" q3 L1 j• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
6 [+ Y4 N6 h; x% w& a+ L# J• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
/ z8 C/ ?/ z7 |, a$ c• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
' S" K0 B+ |2 W2 @• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
2 U* _: H/ ^: `$ ?$ p: w1 G0 L• 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. "  
: M7 e* V0 D/ B: A. I3 L8 x• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
8 v3 M* r/ n3 B1 }  M9 ?• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
  C! x  {# j$ H* h1 g7 W8 N3 I: }• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 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
! W8 |7 k* r8 X1 D- L2 M• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
% o6 \, N$ A4 k! v( U+ ~7 u• 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
• 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
• 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
6 T( l5 o  z: S+ D2 Q" Y• 补缺选举 by-election  
2 M* }( A$ L' u% I2 p. v7 W• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
9 I6 Y/ s( p' a1 k: U) h2 o2 \: c3 M• 不速之客 gate-crasher
# I8 T. R. z" D' A. t" P" Z• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
/ u; I4 E5 Z7 G* ^7 j• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
1 Y' X. s! k4 }' i! [• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
3 P+ O' S6 O# p, 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。