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$ W: ^5 \) X/ t• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
1 [8 \& L' f( A) [• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
1 B" n; g1 K" O( y2 z6 U• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
5 G/ l- Y* S) O' ~! u/ R1 A9 x• “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
• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
3 R/ N3 `  P6 u4 z2 U• 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
4 w1 ?. E9 t# g- ~0 I/ i" K  q3 N• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
( h% x# J; ^  F$ `4 o% {• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
( v! ^6 v8 r; s+ N7 S5 }  ?• 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  
) u, O' j4 ^! Q) Z; {3 }  L• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
! M$ C$ _% `2 _3 `5 i( o• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
5 L) g; I$ P6 O$ U( Q• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
/ }( N# R* D3 n- c• 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  
& X5 l: k0 x3 N• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
* P; L! j4 g$ v4 h• 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  
• 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  
: K8 {$ o& @! g" U6 e1 J6 m6 {6 I9 b• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
. X" Y2 }6 O+ q( y# z: P% D3 A4 P• 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
% g( y% B) H0 T0 z• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 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
' L( ^; ]; g0 Q  a8 R• 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  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
6 j, t% j1 n" Q1 j: i- ^  Y• 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  
  ^$ g+ r& R* f7 E• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
/ d: _3 B& l# Z( t- O  K• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
: U5 ]6 W9 e9 z. f$ K' v• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
8 P- n" e& B1 b- T• 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
• 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。)
% B' {2 o: T! Q• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
6 I( D5 z  Y) ?5 ~• 百年老店 century-old shop
4 n9 _, `" e1 k9 j) u2 O• 白皮书 white paper
% J" C" }; G& P  E4 ^2 N% k/ H• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
+ u8 r+ s/ z% ~9 B: {• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
( X: Q1 ^2 W) q* s& d• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
4 ?( z* x: h/ s4 _- O+ a• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
! [2 E# G; s  Q4 _• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
0 D$ t1 B+ z2 |8 o$ d• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
- [+ @+ ^  S" L% L• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
& Q+ x! ^+ O+ p  ?• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
+ g: ?- l' m7 e8 T0 z: {• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
% M7 o# s# `( W+ \4 x• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
+ V. c# B/ ]8 }2 f2 k9 |• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
( t1 F7 r& F4 Z# G• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
, |1 u" P! L$ n1 g3 J; N• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
6 v+ R* L6 d2 U7 I6 I4 M8 |• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
5 z3 u! H1 T) |+ G+ @* M" P! P2 Q• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
/ P+ @3 `% j- G" R• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
% ~, C9 i+ e0 l% F  p• 伴生矿 associated minerals
6 L. X1 e+ {8 o1 o• 版税率 royalty rate
9 t8 _7 q2 Y! k' J3 Q$ R• 半托 day care (for kids)  
; C- C) H* u0 q  p• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
; z5 m) b) Y, _, b; `  T( E• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
- a* Q/ h1 }7 E# ]4 Z' c  P/ o• 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  
6 Q# p3 _/ N' p) `) U• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
) {) \  M5 R: c- b& _0 Q' K8 n2 X• 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
( |' K. C( `  X. e8 F• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
3 z6 \2 \6 q1 ^4 e. I  C& g• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
% g* N+ e/ R4 }- `$ T8 l• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
+ |# O% [) O/ n• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
0 h+ S% j, `. `( h包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
9 H: N) X- |; P3 |/ }% U9 z) c0 b• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
3 I& Q: S- u" a" A4 \! \" x& n• 保护价格 protective price
8 @8 ]6 [) U. W• 保护伞 protective umbrella
3 u" h8 D& ^( W) h  i• 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
5 D+ E& _. u# F9 i• 保护主义 protectionism
) c8 m* `5 U1 ~9 j' \• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
, d# p9 ^$ b+ i• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
8 ^6 n6 ~1 ~! x( D3 ]( ?" ^• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
+ A6 B3 R5 [2 b6 l6 X• 暴力片 splatter film
1 D# ~# j/ o/ {# Q! J  X• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
6 Q! K7 U. n- s+ Z9 \3 u• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
+ E& F: Z) R0 w' V8 q• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
+ Y1 u" _% k- @6 @) s• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
" ]- Y# R/ i, k, Q3 T7 s- k1 q• 保障措施 supporting measures
/ o$ q  {4 B; V: m& H& t* o• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
* r2 x* C$ ?& u  {6 B+ v9 U8 J5 I• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
7 M% c- D1 p: z" F+ y% S2 ?8 \• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
& H2 K% l1 H( t: y0 O, O• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
2 c( }7 S( b3 t8 A• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
! y' a+ d4 N% Z* j  O• 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)  
5 r. n( f7 I  t0 K( F8 b) k• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
/ O! k1 Z1 n6 k$ s3 r• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
' \, n2 g$ l2 Y. X" D$ @• 报关员 declarant  
5 z- E: n# q2 c+ `! H• 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
3 P, {. }0 u, g  y0 K# P1 k) E• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
% }7 x1 O5 U2 _: ?. t2 N6 e8 M* c• 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  
4 x' A0 M5 }1 g' |. q4 o• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
( @! g) ?/ `' Z6 B6 U. f• 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
3 n- N8 F$ n( y# }  Y6 \& w+ t; ~& P• 备件 spare parts  
5 [, @" `) h4 L% ^7 Z• 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)  
2 v: P6 t, [9 e5 u* A, d; s• 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)  
' a! K8 Z8 N1 w• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
+ M' b) l* t: A) p4 u9 b• 备用资金 reserve fund
  o, \  c$ t! s! q• 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
$ Q  o3 p% @5 a  ~  j  J% l• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
6 Q! y: ]1 A4 i• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
/ P' Q7 {9 `3 }' C, s• 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
! f! L! _8 j* [! x+ C/ v• 本土化 localilzation
# S. H; p& T$ S4 m  W9 S4 h4 p• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
! }& L; k7 ^. X4 F3 ?( ]4 I• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
2 [3 D4 o2 @0 `' e" G, \; V! x8 y• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
* x# g+ Q5 E, `' h+ a  m" P• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
5 y8 Y' ^2 n1 T0 }8 Z% _, K$ l• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
4 G3 N; C" C, I8 L0 z$ |• 比较经济学 comparative economics
+ C0 i; `" ^+ j6 X' o• 闭卷 closed-book exam
8 ]" D0 X8 G: u( t6 D• 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”
' w! |6 z( ?7 [2 X+ ?$ R% K• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
  M1 Q+ g/ M2 @" U4 h/ p& P• 避税 tax avoidance
, r# q+ [7 U7 _7 O• 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
. P. `' ~  U% F- N; V• 便当 brown bag
/ F* q* H. N/ F$ L3 s" i• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
9 Z8 b' n+ ^7 F$ j/ f% I• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
: e0 i) |* Q5 Z• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
+ S3 B. V5 K) n' J• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
" X9 j5 ]$ ?7 x; f• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
( b- s1 S- C4 O9 O- {• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
- Y9 u2 y0 @9 I4 u3 o$ d' M• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
7 t$ ^- U4 ?7 `• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
9 `" V: D1 [# }0 M' ]6 _% q4 l4 R9 W• 冰雕 ice sculpture
5 |* \, a9 K7 W3 w2 K& p' C• 病毒性感染 viral infection
0 R- i9 D1 Q- j+ \& y2 {• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
: u5 G  F: u  ^• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
7 Y; B. c3 _# @+ b7 U8 U• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
/ t' n- s! R5 i( e5 l  e• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
( N3 N6 p: I9 ~5 T2 N7 `: r7 q• 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
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
& V: H$ r1 I" g) ?. S• 《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  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
' v9 d4 k: s* A7 T• 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
  j, Z; L- ^5 t• B to B (B2B) business to business  
' j% F! J' J0 e& p7 t" b0 c7 @. p" X• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
9 J$ i4 M5 X& ~9 Q0 I• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
, ^% r7 u) B- x- e7 G- F2 j• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
0 c6 o$ I2 s& [' K• 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  
9 h5 y0 _/ \7 Q• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
, X9 e: s% n, R2 H" E9 a• 不得转让 not negotiable
4 Z& f/ v5 p0 O2 O+ p# y1 ~• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
+ z+ U$ H5 n3 l' d• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
- V2 E. [8 T, m; a, k# V1 ?• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
, D) c% f2 |6 R- Y8 i7 B6 c• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
+ W, h9 K: l) R- N+ F! ]• 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  
/ v' _. s$ ?( P. U: ^• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
6 R0 W9 _1 d8 v• 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)
* n6 \5 g6 v6 ?  L4 \• 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.  
' T  S) Z: _+ _. C  V# T• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
8 E' p; q, V" C% m6 r0 M• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
7 B8 s8 N+ v, \  `• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 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。