Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
5 D0 `# `% S4 b8 t. Y9 N• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
  Z; `- ], V; f) ?: F• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
% J# Q4 x% L; V) n5 O! x/ k• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
6 T- h) \* i, h) O' K• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
% v$ N4 q7 n7 m) L6 \• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
: a9 |! X% V' m. O5 g) L" M9 K• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
( A' m- v' _9 g• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
& g3 W, Z0 z% `% N5 _& n6 k• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
/ \9 A7 W7 ?) r" \. R' H• 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)  
' T2 a! U9 c# @* x; O6 [• 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
! d. N9 w4 v1 X" y' Q! e+ ?• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
& h9 n1 J5 w' l" [, l+ U0 `  I• 安乐死 euthanasia
" ]# i, k% E9 r) U• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
/ U( w2 y. W6 X& ]+ w$ v1 ~• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
* z4 }2 e2 I6 _5 k• 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  
0 w0 Y7 o' G: a( u2 B• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
! l1 n$ y# {- w' ^" H; G! D• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
3 [) p$ Q% `3 y. p% a6 U( c* a• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
) B  j7 A+ U( N; m" F• 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  
• 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  
% m9 y# K$ I# T• 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
1 k) j' ]" x7 }! g. u2 a; n# m7 V4 u• 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
2 w+ k8 n' ~4 B. U6 {: f• 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
9 ^* n& u0 U* f$ N• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
. L, a7 {! Z, E4 W& ^* h• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
- y$ w7 h* W/ y0 L8 R6 K: K• 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
$ ]1 E5 V" V% U3 F) k5 l. @• 吧台 bar counter
" A" ]5 }( p: J* |' y9 N• 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.
• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
) T. s/ r0 k2 k  v0 T% G4 m3 q3 Y• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
3 h' m" f% b& b" ?- 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
• 拜金主义 money worship
( L8 n7 r! y3 H: R. h4 I/ ~• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
- |( g8 L1 d$ \9 o• 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。)
9 A/ C' Q- t; U; Y6 e• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
" ]3 n' L; ~% H6 m/ h7 K7 U+ u• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
4 h! r; j/ v; C, g2 x• 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
+ z  Y7 n- Q2 |* A, O• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
7 r4 W% M0 q+ U1 n+ A/ h& X• 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  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
+ X4 `# S; J; r8 ]0 r• 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  
, Q) j+ H" f6 R( S+ ^3 }• 白雪公主 Snow White  
0 ]2 @" G9 W( h+ @! V) d• 半边天 half the sky
& x' T8 j9 w( D; f4 K) O• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
/ j! z$ B$ l8 z% [8 n& f• 板儿寸 crew cut  
2 o$ |8 }( J9 X3 p) N$ c' e• 办公室设备 office equipment
' o6 t/ t: w' V* L$ r% D) d; N• 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
' O2 a- ?+ R# t1 E3 E  g• 半决赛 semifinal
) v% c: }" K0 r$ N• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
( z# b% s1 f, A8 T7 g$ G" R• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
' G! z1 X$ s  F" k• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
- W  s4 ]( i& H: p" B7 x• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
; F, f3 J7 s5 ~6 H% M) V9 i9 [• 版权贸易 copyright business
; g* b5 R4 J. S% ]8 E! Y• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
* F' Z: W! Q: \) M9 m* Z: \• 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  
* Q! \6 E7 O3 x4 p. v/ V• 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  
! U) f) G3 z. z7 i% [• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
* @! O. V0 x: Q$ f% m( I( U( B4 t! y; v• 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
3 I& _% V/ y) ~: i+ ^/ }• 保兑银行 confirming bank
: g8 w4 K/ n& w. p! ^' s* K• 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)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
+ R. f$ j* P1 b! @• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
  G  V& _* G2 u, R/ a+ f• 曝光 make public; expose
• 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
& r: ?- B$ J) a• 保护主义 protectionism
# M( M: M# c& m4 y" h/ o• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
& s2 I+ p) k1 M0 \& `, {8 g) N• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
# U: e$ v6 U( U6 x7 w% l$ C• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
% c" x! t: j) |1 U& o+ x! E7 i• 保健食品 health-care food  
! ^2 w, |. y- P! X. u• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
* y  m* ~% x( g• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
1 l' P+ T( U, z9 h; y. a' b• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
$ j: q+ p7 x9 \• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
4 b( m8 U. A3 x  @) b6 N/ K, s' Q• 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
2 L& E" R& a% {) W! r$ t$ H• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
  _% u0 E9 L7 b9 Z# Y• 包销人 underwriter
7 o. r( j- L3 M! n! F• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
+ X) A8 h/ |; q) b/ X( r7 A( A  @• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
• 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
9 w& G) @' V4 S9 v• 包装精美 delicately packed
' f3 v/ L+ {& B4 f• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
) s0 y( @. }: @$ X" Y5 A• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
, _( T' H* A9 z! v; y: q• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
3 \5 r, O, h% C0 |5 U• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 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  
' V) x7 h/ \2 d4 l, W& F# w% R• 报关员 declarant  
  [. W& |# C- L- B0 l! a• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
9 O. D" ~6 ]6 `4 W• 保健食品 health-care food  
3 ^7 d0 B1 u- G& ~- v' Q. R• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 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
• 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  
" P9 B7 |. n8 p' }• 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
# Y3 [! Q/ z; y' n9 ~* o; ~- r  O* n• 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
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
3 k! V/ F, J( Q2 ]# U  X* O( i• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
2 W% H$ W8 M% D- b# ]% e3 ]• 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  
• 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
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
" ~9 K  j& @2 k/ L• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
, k# z% A; D, V3 Y3 {0 \• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
' V3 |7 j; C/ O$ G/ t+ n7 T• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
' [6 P1 \0 C* A+ Y& p9 X1 Q• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
: v# f" W2 V* H; y/ o1 }' C• 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”
: f3 l. q0 _4 X7 w5 O$ L: m• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 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
9 t# D; ~, P; C3 @- G. q- H; j• 便当 brown bag
/ z2 J5 K# J" k5 O6 _• 边防证 fronter pass
* j5 ?; @, g& m2 y7 T4 c$ H0 O• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
% w( Y$ T3 I/ t, B& p• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
7 ?* q5 T9 Z: o5 h6 W7 H• 边远地区 remote and border areas
: }& g* W4 D2 A  q& i* y5 J• 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)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
. I' S2 i- u3 d5 m9 `3 K• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
8 m2 _0 D, M+ n( v8 v• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
% T+ _/ H; c6 r• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
& ~- U: J- V4 ?! z& J• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
- i* h4 A1 }7 j7 \$ i• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
, ?( A% q8 R5 t7 Y7 v4 p• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
; \! J2 E& g- {8 {9 Q3 k6 l• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
; U7 r, p/ M( R9 t# l• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
$ t% {7 Y& l& H: V* ~• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
. d+ C( j. Y6 d% t• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
/ n2 f" G6 ?: j$ R& _: e; I9 R• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
; {' t) C& N9 n/ S1 S• 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  
* q9 P5 A* M9 V0 H. D; T7 b! D- [• 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  
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
! w8 n# d. e  {* g7 m7 C• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
8 h3 a, n- h! I  u6 E, R7 S3 l• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
0 p* I) A# T* S• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
1 f3 o; b/ o! w& Z' K6 I• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
0 J+ n6 X6 G: R5 U; v• 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
+ k" S$ ]0 J( p• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
. @8 c; I2 h" O/ ^! J' R• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
; e( A8 Y* h/ d3 E• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
" q9 s& F; T, \• 不得转让 not negotiable
# i4 r( G2 K1 F+ k1 a• 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
' s/ }, Y+ l) q3 _0 Z: [• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
9 W3 l# Q3 g  ^: p( D4 `0 v• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
) C  m( Z" K; I8 a/ p• 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
! C3 I1 z6 c3 ?/ c• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
$ d( W1 W2 `6 |" _. D• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
; ~3 E+ T, O) F! I  o• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
  F" R1 e. j4 P3 D2 E7 T• 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
% S  H- |& ]  g& A# {• 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  
• 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。