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)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
+ y. M9 L; A5 t  S  l• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
, ?5 W" A* J/ M4 U, [• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
8 \8 g5 w4 p: x" h" j& ]: \% O+ D• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
2 E4 ^, m) K+ {- d% Z• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
, Q9 F4 h& Y! A! E• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
( N, R0 K5 b  _5 r" }  H# n• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
. R$ C& l3 n3 ^; C( q• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
) o. Q2 \2 P0 F* S• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
8 ~* Z, \- \0 t" w+ i; a0 l+ c• 安家费 settling-in allowance
+ l; W- i- \" W• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
9 Y2 [$ c( ^% @- d& {) c$ f' k. \* W• 安理会 Security Council
. H/ n+ K: |3 ]) Z) D/ T• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
) y; _  H& g' G8 @  q% ]; K+ k2 G• 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  
; G4 V1 P* V( n: X# J) B• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
1 o  E! A9 {4 t) Y/ i4 Q• 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  
• 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  
• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
: l$ w% `% J* _• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
' j5 p. J3 @# ]8 u% x2 L/ M• 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  
& {* m3 Y' F: l3 c• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
# h6 E' D( P) p) {6 d1 Y8 A• 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
# M) v- {  m) N/ b* E• B超 type-B ultrasonic
! t% v5 O7 e% }. v  q; G4 L• 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
, F( @- }! u4 {• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
' j! F* M7 l: h3 z5 J* e• 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
* j# }! ~' Q4 c5 K7 Z" H0 N7 o5 N% w# X• 霸权主义 hegemonism
6 `7 l% K6 @2 g/ O2 T9 W/ Z3 o• 吧台 bar counter
: r( ]8 t8 c6 P5 l0 ~• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
* t8 I2 |4 U+ l/ K7 K; f• 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
  d: C. c9 C# c2 F• 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
: j* J5 s0 V# ^$ H$ `• 拜金主义 money worship
& ^+ A. m/ {5 A( u• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
3 M& G1 Q, f% e• 白领工人 white-collar worker
0 @& ?4 r0 G; i: N• 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。)
5 K5 o* Z  W7 W6 x4 i• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
" J. [- L, ?! y* x• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
* h& k. S4 E" Y. t• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
+ Z6 z6 I3 J; E# F3 ^; P• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
5 h, P2 s9 f8 v! p3 n. ?• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
; z7 O. A, M. Z3 Z7 K. W• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
0 Q/ _$ @& E: G5 I. F; B• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
8 x, i1 \" x& s8 x- H1 I• 白色行情表 white sheet  
9 o  U- B6 Z+ @0 |1 P• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
( s1 S9 o3 q, R; l' x& i• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
* R( d6 _* o5 ^1 f2 _• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
0 Y& v( a3 R3 i7 X6 i. `. F• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
  u4 C  j2 U% Z$ F" A• 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
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
: ~6 S) ]) S5 P* M& r: N' _+ h: m: ^• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
6 G# J; I, S: ~! U" l  ^• 版权法 copyright law
+ n7 v; e: S' q! g/ J• 版权贸易 copyright business
5 Y+ A) a  E( x. k• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 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  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
- f5 \: \/ ~0 ^* }- H4 S' W8 Z7 m• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
. W' ^' t8 H1 H• 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  
: _- W0 d: {9 [0 V; m9 \( U: T• 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
. j# [% A$ W: j' b6 x• 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
7 ]" M" Z( Z0 R) e' {; U6 U) `, }• 保兑银行 confirming bank
5 U. I6 }( E3 P5 ?) M% k% ^& |• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
4 ^2 A3 ~( f* o3 a( y5 H4 f# z% }• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
$ h" ~. U3 i5 x$ v% D7 J2 y• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
  V0 Z9 X( e# }* K/ H" Y包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
& [( C8 W( Q; F' s/ r" [• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
: P3 E5 r0 W- i2 u• 保护价格 protective price
: q4 ~$ W/ V6 v* L' h* }+ u• 保护伞 protective umbrella
" [4 j* M- T6 E% j( N$ ]1 k• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
( z* F0 F/ D# N+ }" ]• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
1 a. B  J; d* ^8 j  c! }+ K• 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
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
8 `% [& r1 L; z& n- Y! h• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
5 ?1 l9 }% f/ D/ l3 H' X• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
5 i( Z8 x# R. g# s• 暴力片 splatter film
3 P* G+ [1 E. i: L" l• 保龄球 bowling
7 B, q! P- O/ Q" B9 l• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
1 X/ L+ t& r+ a( q; e% E' }5 P• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
2 c3 e0 k3 u6 b* u% _# u• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
1 n; \$ t7 y; @5 J• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
: O( ]% `( s2 Y- d( x• 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
# X+ h* H$ D5 {3 I! M• 保障措施 supporting measures
7 i2 P( M' P  D: R% g# H• 保证金账户 margin account
# f% S" B4 D3 E7 ~& `, g6 a7 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
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
4 _1 c7 G. ^: E: b& R• 包装精美 delicately packed
+ b* i5 M0 |6 u• 包装业 package industry
8 k( ~: L# f1 I! ^+ t0 a• 保安员 security staff
; D* L* G  ]. R! \6 h• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
; t) T# M1 G2 Q( I4 B• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
) q& @4 X- z6 ^2 }2 O• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
  v6 C' \+ A+ s• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
# L- X5 P9 L& t• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
+ [: C. }  S6 O. P& Y) T• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
6 l& T6 v; M, w1 g• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
3 z0 E+ v/ P2 V! F' b( \( e) [- O• 保险索赔 insurance claim
( D2 C% `( f3 b  o; m8 o$ c% R• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
( T. H0 g8 K2 h4 D) ]' R7 z• 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
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
$ `$ {5 p( s- s8 N• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
9 ^4 ~8 X) |" B- J% B0 {• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
7 c- C( A& T$ Y% E" |% X• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
& D( u+ b$ q1 c( m2 P- s• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 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  
9 [$ I& I5 {# c3 ^; X. }• 备用资金 reserve fund
% A( p8 p- t* e; r$ E• 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
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
7 ?8 L- `/ S5 N  \• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
, J2 X8 j! G/ R8 i• 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.  
" _0 Q; e& X9 O9 s) A' E• 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  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
& }) B/ {; N3 r3 }& P• 蹦迪 disco dancing
. l; F. S7 s( L7 @• 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
. G/ q! f6 x$ l; B: |• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
! F. A, \+ L2 r5 g# d. P; N# ~• 避税 tax avoidance
0 h; @1 K5 C) K' j2 @• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
/ |3 E  I4 }# T$ c  n( V• 毕业设计 graduation design
6 ]5 R7 y& B( ~/ B• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
$ b5 g' u( x' d/ d6 |• 便当 brown bag
6 A- O* B- _& G$ p• 边防证 fronter pass
2 u% H) m% U/ W2 P3 z' D• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
( Y3 r7 Z+ \0 @0 r• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
  Q% |5 I( T) P( [/ }: J• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
/ [% G1 c. ^6 J0 T• 边远地区 remote and border areas
( k& v$ H; @5 P' B• 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
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
6 [- ]. ?- b) u1 n7 q; C• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
6 s0 I. G/ e5 u  x$ d1 v8 U• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
. j3 d, ]* @9 G4 A3 r• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
" I9 B# c, R4 c; m  r+ f# {• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
; }3 S1 y0 \  [- @/ h• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
0 t, b' i( [& J1 k; Q• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
6 M% f  ]& r9 V/ o- a' N- e• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
  O$ Z* d1 o1 b7 C1 V  a- I/ E• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
* \$ k, d' F; z5 n. n• 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
• 《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)
" L# G  S6 H- W4 \/ \% f# C• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
4 e; u+ B- }7 i7 e4 d• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
. l! g; `$ H7 b, U! G7 {• 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  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
3 F/ g# N4 ]6 T- M3 L. W• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 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
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 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  
$ H$ \& ~$ B0 P6 C9 Q8 T$ i• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
2 B1 M1 _" R: l' @" ?5 s1 N1 A• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
; g. i% O/ j) g$ G& y5 @• 不感冒 have no interest
  A: u  G" C+ @: \9 O. h% O• 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　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
/ R, j, g& ~: p1 |• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
0 p; A) h6 q  q3 V$ O( v• 不可抗力 force majeure  
5 N0 V$ b2 l2 j- U* ~• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
& G5 H% S& P8 b; j% |4 A& v• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
4 _/ x( A+ V6 j3 E• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
) U# W1 ]9 C/ y( r9 T! S# o• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
. j$ J* R/ y, Y7 ^• 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  
# c0 G& }& `" e, y7 i' e; S• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
# P, j6 P, m9 n4 ?) [0 o( P4 p• 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
9 g4 S) }0 M- Q6 U& m0 a• 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。