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  
. n; V0 s2 K6 R/ l. c• A股市场 A share market  
: z. o6 A3 Q9 V- Q" T• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
2 i5 k) z2 X6 w$ q• 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
; w( H! N8 m0 E# n• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
! {) z; G: i8 h4 A  `9 W" Q* \4 L• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
6 S( ^% m: S" C" u, B0 `• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
8 z2 v$ w, m8 K' @3 |4 I+ M• 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
! R' M) V! Y, O, }: ~• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
; _; \. m: E8 _5 h4 d) s! H• 安乐死 euthanasia
1 B: O8 K; g/ c• 安理会 Security Council
8 [) f3 L% a1 d• 安全岛 safety strip
7 o/ N2 ]9 A3 S" Y! E' v• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
6 O" X: p& f$ D& ?* ^2 B/ |: ^• 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
: h3 S/ j# O  ^6 v; R: o9 i• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
7 T) j0 H4 a4 {; a6 O4 g5 N  q/ c* q• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
2 O7 j! p2 q0 `& T* b% E• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
$ g% _* |8 N, V1 P1 N% M; k, 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  
& B4 s' e% U/ F* m' Z• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
& U. }( S% G$ I9 f• 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  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
$ B* y& d, Q4 K: N( k+ ]• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
$ X8 G6 w5 z: a0 n- J- c• B超 type-B ultrasonic
$ L+ k0 Z: p6 P2 l2 j8 F• 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
7 c$ E0 o" K( i& H: f: B• 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
0 G8 `/ n& o! f9 X9 l# L* ?9 x• 吧台 bar counter
+ Y$ L. g6 v! w, ~& r% r4 r• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
) |! j1 m/ L6 k; G& 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
• 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
- n; \4 B& n8 D5 }, c: A. z• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
. |/ \- e' @# Y: G" M• 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
) S% h! a* C) b% j• 白皮书 white paper
: e5 U2 Y; Z1 C& `• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
" s" i. [2 K, _• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
  y" d& Y7 [5 h- F9 [• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
7 K+ X1 j, D! {# ]2 t9 T( D• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
/ M5 \: K* p6 s) E; t$ r8 |1 y" S# ~• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
& G5 B2 B; b  G• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
7 A4 |3 L1 ?6 r' T' ?• 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  
% \% n$ c) D2 l  ^( |/ L• 白雪公主 Snow White  
4 P% P1 H9 V- r+ e0 g• 半边天 half the sky
, I8 `- _8 y. |) M( ?) \( A1 M• 班车 shuttle bus
4 Y  p- _( h0 x) R# M• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
/ M' f& H) p4 |3 T6 a5 _- \• 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
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
; {6 z1 p$ a; t0 A  Q2 E• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
, v2 t) }  k" ]/ V• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
2 d! \# Q5 S! @' F* F( S• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
/ x+ t$ z. n5 z" Q0 _9 t9 m• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
4 t3 s+ U# [, c7 `" {- r• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
) g( J: y& G% r1 K/ t4 u8 J5 p# u• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
! ?6 g% w/ }; D0 O" m5 u% G3 x: D• 半托 day care (for kids)  
2 @, m( W/ I+ f; L) R4 F• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
9 D% V8 U6 @9 Q: ~• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
9 W" w  ^; p- S1 E• 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 w0 Z- k& ^! r: E; A  g- Y• 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
$ x; m! k$ M) f: ]' [0 V• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
% p/ T: c& ?2 s- z$ M8 F  z, f• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
4 P5 `" O+ L6 ~$ e5 f* S, ~- ~6 L• 包干到户 work contracted to household
5 w, |% `6 C- O3 t) O• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
3 j" n- D- X# i# J包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
' e$ `4 j8 z- s, e  E• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
' x* Y: L! y, |• 保护伞 protective umbrella
8 m" [: r7 }6 g. b/ 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
+ Y( `" d' p5 v! |9 |1 t• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
! V! r8 G) f- T3 k• 报价单 quotation of prices
4 q& [) J/ ~/ x+ X" G/ L• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
6 ^; W7 c3 F4 S, {  Q: R• 保健操 health exercises
9 L) s9 {4 P0 D+ F2 L• 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  
: R5 d3 g- I! O1 C2 x: T• 报界 the press
4 ?# Q3 q* G, p9 {7 m• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
7 W" l5 w3 m; V) X4 d8 u) E- }• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
! G6 p% p. |  D7 ]  z6 n• 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
9 w0 I1 U7 S8 R" a" P• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
; I, _' T& K4 F) |3 n* W• 报销 apply for reimbursement
9 K0 i. s3 S* Y• 包销人 underwriter
3 `* V0 a) d' ~) h% F/ @• 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
' k0 o' V$ k$ h9 w- f4 P$ S• 保证金账户 margin account
; e3 ^8 Y" D5 m• 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
3 n' ^3 I) L7 ?1 r• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
4 U: [6 t' ^+ j9 M• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
& q9 i7 ^( P3 E2 X5 D4 `• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
8 E! g9 _. J: D3 g0 e• 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  
• 报关员 declarant  
0 d3 l) o% ?% U$ B• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
9 g0 y+ K6 Q# K• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
6 z2 J5 J9 o7 ]  e• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
- q( G- n$ f9 Z  m' X* o• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
" a# P4 X+ e0 S/ P1 ~• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
" b( X" u' a* F, c' Q" y• 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  
! f5 s" |" F  ^7 `# V/ @7 X2 J• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
* R7 {. K2 x1 h* V0 V9 {# L" L• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
3 a3 q2 f6 w- |  R• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
! [; l9 H( ?& `7 A% @: H• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
" T: E8 q# ]. V8 s• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
8 N! G- Y3 B& t1 c% h• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
; s; v9 L4 w, F/ k. d8 \6 L• 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.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
# V% B& W3 r- d0 O• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
8 a; R- }& k; P/ ^7 d; L" {• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
! e6 J/ }& Y4 c& j• 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.  
$ R' H6 t' c2 B1 R• 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  
/ ^1 g% ^) U/ q0 e4 }( L5 j• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
* i" T4 A" w9 `% i: z3 a5 L8 b+ P; a• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
7 {& y) I& E/ n• 闭卷 closed-book exam
6 E: d* C0 |% t1 l" K% W' [0 w• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
, R  R/ B+ ^" P• 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”
- i+ I( F' I+ j4 f6 ?% b+ |• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
) k1 `9 y3 ^' D• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
& w2 n# T9 ^5 ^! `• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
( n% x: e. Z, G8 k• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
/ I* C5 q4 n6 P  ]8 ?2 V• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
, [3 R! I( E/ ?/ x3 A. t2 }• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
( x, q7 T5 |( b: ?• 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
- u" n# Y5 y) J0 N4 y4 q• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
+ S7 {% \2 j* @: ~( ]• 边际报酬 marginal return  
- b2 R0 C  o) l# s7 h• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
4 R7 c- b4 ]) t! N+ [6 f• 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
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
2 n, _" c; I6 T$ s: A• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
7 c5 ]6 ^! T1 I" I& O: J• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
. _! F" Q3 c1 u1 ]• 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
" q* l4 f' U( Q% E: R• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
" {+ C. D! v5 J2 ^• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
" G/ \9 f. D- A% \2 u• 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
* ?" l! m- d8 ?5 `5 z• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
1 z' {& b# e/ Z4 P  ~• 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
: K& c! J1 ?3 T* h0 M8 p+ f# K- u3 r• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
6 b  @3 H9 U" ?# g3 a• 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  
; l) {. g* e0 u• 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
, P  @$ x7 I% Z8 Z• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
  r: `# l/ t0 {; k6 y# q• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
% k! X8 e# u. J6 t4 V1 W: T• 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
! D. [: u) }- T. e4 V• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
* g( }/ Y# Z: c* N: \• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
, F# O0 \$ Q3 f$ I& t• 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
7 d7 Q$ }' B; e2 f; [) W0 v" }• 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
  s& C& Q6 |/ G" J9 a• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
( ^* j: E7 t8 r/ B$ w6 h# l+ ^• 不记名投票 secret ballot
0 m0 H' V: V6 R0 y7 _6 @- M• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
9 a  u: G9 G# I" C• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
1 X7 U4 T; l/ G# e• 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  
" G4 x7 n1 g4 `- J• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
% v; W! H+ t+ k% O) O• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
" ~1 |+ @$ |) |1 }4 P• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
: r6 W/ l0 g" o1 p2 u• 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
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
8 I# `/ Z& [+ M' Q7 b( w• 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。