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  
) a$ Z4 ^* a/ p) X) p9 e5 P• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
/ c. c+ X, q6 w0 W0 [" l• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
$ c7 O; v6 H- z1 k6 R• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 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
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
1 Q( a+ h3 {5 ^1 B. F' G• 安全岛 safety strip
2 `& K" J4 \4 [. N• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
; b' ?( U( p2 H9 q; `• 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  
' S- a$ u4 L/ Z2 \+ j% V3 ~$ H• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
  m2 U) z3 o: ~0 Z& w4 A• 暗箱操作 black case work
# ?% V0 J2 M" K% Z• 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
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
( \* X  y6 O9 G6 m2 E* x• 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  
6 G% h2 g' q" a• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
0 K5 Z: x' C6 K% ?9 @• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
$ |/ i; j$ f7 }! u7 \• 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
% d: H( {6 E  Y- ~• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
5 c2 Q% A6 \- ^& y3 j. r% G• 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
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
3 Q: m7 @  ~3 n2 q2 E• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
* D) I5 x4 H9 x3 [2 O" F5 [- p: r• 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
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
0 l# j  y* ~' `, Q- z( i( [• 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
( E9 M& _0 I3 H- U4 H+ 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
4 F2 q$ g  V1 E0 x) d1 B* T* g' I• 拜金主义 money worship
4 d5 z# v9 D  U' `; j0 B• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
+ l! d$ B& f1 s+ e, h• 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
2 A! [) |' J6 z; G7 i  g: a• 百年老店 century-old shop
( D- n4 u' U) B+ J* `• 白皮书 white paper
: C1 J5 C& ~( r- T" ]• 白热化 white heat
- X1 k. M" f- _' R2 Q( O4 x$ r• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 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
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
4 s! Y8 D2 L+ [6 r! H• 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  
0 K3 g' \# Z9 h9 q4 k2 X• 白色行情表 white sheet  
/ s1 `4 \0 D9 f2 W, }7 D+ u• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
2 ~- R& K# k0 Z" \5 |% G• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
6 P0 P+ [( X: n; v2 ^/ z• 半边天 half the sky
% E6 f$ Q" x+ j• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
+ `; U" \0 u/ B, [# x# i! c• 板儿寸 crew cut  
4 I0 g; J, `5 P/ p# l8 l3 X/ _• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
3 ]- p: B4 Y) \; F, X$ e• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
( q  n3 h) X# [1 |) a2 x" N• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
3 x! i7 m  d! L% j, b4 f& d• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
; X: [9 z& f5 t# z- X• 斑马线 zebra crossing
. y- `. ]1 p2 ]# y7 e2 T• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
8 E: G$ B+ P/ |+ F: y• 版权法 copyright law
2 F5 j" V  S) o6 Z% f• 版权贸易 copyright business
" b/ y$ f" {  {• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
  ^) v" I1 O" C& A• 半托 day care (for kids)  
) W) ^; S2 I* j6 C6 w" j• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
6 f( U& z9 T7 R" U9 i0 c• 伴宴人员 escort  
/ q1 c+ g) O7 |% @0 |• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 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  
" e2 K0 C, P- \, y, k' c• 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
* b6 v4 l4 a- p' u5 X9 k• 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)
4 q# K1 Y0 ^' b# c• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
  @: S5 u& ~5 M& P$ l1 ?• 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
8 `$ m7 o9 B- ]包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
' u# C1 g# u8 y" _• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
1 d7 u) L0 C% f/ |/ I• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
! D" c4 [; h4 D# j( B• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
: [9 ^' a& |! {2 g• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
  y; s& N0 g3 F) C& O5 N1 o8 X( U- h' Q• 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  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
7 E2 _" l+ g- s1 K; S• 保龄球 bowling
5 ]; C6 c9 n. ~" v" W• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
" o5 ?  s- u; H8 a, W  \• 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
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
% R0 h3 W9 w$ V1 t* L• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
3 v$ W" e1 `) n$ {$ {8 p6 k. ~+ P• 报销 apply for reimbursement
% d9 e& X4 Q/ F* g# n- H! }• 包销人 underwriter
0 j6 x! _' |# L* [% e  r• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
7 R4 _; @8 S3 @' Q* ^  h# @1 X0 s% H• 保障措施 supporting measures
2 H* j* U: f3 W+ D& m) m• 保证金账户 margin account
3 a4 D8 w8 Z% p' U1 \) q• 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
% e  I2 M; C) ]- d1 P7 m• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
+ c- X$ j/ N( }• 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)  
$ w% @; k" E+ q+ E: B4 U/ @& p• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
: y" V( U2 e2 ^" Z5 G8 a9 m• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
  R( ^$ m" Z+ j0 w& X, h7 o8 S• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
, @7 G/ ]) E2 S, }• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
2 U! P$ c' p7 t( e• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
( j9 U* W& {4 P8 i0 l• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
# C# X/ W" R' [! s. E1 e% @, f/ ^• 保证金 margins, collateral  
/ A& @4 M1 _/ l% [8 x• 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  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
1 w1 N4 v5 [$ U$ C+ H9 P! l• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
: E. G) I' V/ q# s  M+ e7 R• 备件 spare parts  
8 O# t8 |" c8 o; O- \• 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)  
8 M9 j% @7 X; W! {2 p• 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  
! H8 T# i+ r/ a. b• 备用资金 reserve fund
! S9 c/ N0 k9 I0 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.  
( q6 S& M3 n) H/ o+ o( V• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
7 S! N; f* i+ c2 S/ h) k. K2 h• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
1 Q1 _) E+ ]" ?0 ]& ^) B• 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  
; M1 j- e$ F) j5 A, Z: S$ y• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
* S; ?+ l1 @( t* W! P6 P• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
; w0 k3 d& ]! q, \3 p( X+ b• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
6 c3 H' c7 @: _0 `• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
. G" G4 R! \! m2 a. u+ n• 蹦迪 disco dancing
$ G) R' W7 K! S& {• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
1 ~9 O/ I* F. |8 d• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
8 j$ `* T/ i2 [$ @- ]6 g% }) @• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
: F) W* [7 O( s% {( d• 闭卷 closed-book exam
( |* G$ p2 ]7 c• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
# v% j$ q- ~; r6 O: U6 D: K( ~5 ~• 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”
3 N& h1 T- |0 X• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
9 G# j" i0 P* H) I; L0 ?+ _• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
, w: z& y) V# x) R2 @9 K2 |• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
3 x" V% K+ M/ r• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
! }$ Q8 F$ H4 W2 `4 ^, [7 ~( M• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
$ R! \  x7 e; {- s. T$ Q8 u• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
  Z6 p( Y' @3 Y• 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
: W" J, t/ w& w9 S  V% L• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
7 T) x' U; s: Y* b) @& E) f* ?• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
4 R: z" U( h# T3 D- e/ A• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
; t$ j; k! P, G• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
5 ^" }* o  T! a, r• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
4 u0 i* b, Q4 \4 u) }• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
9 a% B8 X0 P3 k, C! V• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
+ F1 P+ I, ^$ ]% f  o1 J/ Y$ C% }0 M• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
0 F6 c" q3 q* v' Q. S! S• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
2 P+ @4 c9 f1 M& W) h: }, G+ S• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 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)
4 D6 v9 O+ [6 Z8 D; O. l• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
( u* }5 d7 F! q5 B• 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  
. A. q$ q, u( l+ s1 F• 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)
' F0 u$ K; m1 v+ v• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
3 N1 m/ C+ M& M- C- H• 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  
• 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  
: J. }% ^% A, F' C, n• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
6 Q+ b, P2 g5 c3 w3 y* D! K* W• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
1 P& t0 d" v$ I5 P5 S* G/ z• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
4 k( B: \% z9 c! L• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
( K% H$ o' t1 X% y4 `• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
" z1 F9 ?" m/ L7 Z• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
- p! f' N. e/ G! b, S/ N• 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
/ k0 I7 v7 \; r$ @' Y( 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
• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
; _, Z% o. O  c• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
' a! v/ }4 q& s9 f( H• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
) M9 S% Z# ^: j2 O& J• 不记名投票 secret ballot
( K3 i' C' P6 H' U& W+ M3 A• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
8 g# k2 F( s9 i" y' m% G• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
* O2 X6 U3 e  d9 V1 d% j% Y• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
. ?+ y$ ?! ?- Z2 a* w• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
' f5 _9 J3 O+ l# c" R+ T- B& E6 R• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
4 o* `- W3 |1 {0 |: \# A  e8 j• 不眠之夜 white night　
9 @7 H% [2 D, v( M' q. K• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
; h1 a; z* Z( u9 R! ~- {( V• 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
• 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 u) _; `" C. u) k& X• 步行街 pedestrian street  
+ K1 @/ n( x2 V7 Z: h  V+ `! o; R• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
4 I) k5 X  R! `6 J• 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。