Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
4 Z. V) [, S9 I4 i8 g• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
/ P# m; r# y. \/ R2 O  p1 Q• 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
) c& i1 J# W- M; w. f• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
% C9 d7 R; N1 C• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
) o" Y- E' M- r5 {1 h• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
! V/ y- R$ ^9 C; S3 e• 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)  
8 I5 `! W4 }' j' q4 ]4 m• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
& a! p! h8 V) ^$ L% Z• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
" M' y0 K* i* M/ s% @• 安乐死 euthanasia
& ~# o1 [6 s& R/ B, f6 l; m5 A, j/ m• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
1 ~/ @5 P9 F4 c- G0 d5 W- a- g8 i' P4 @• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
( C" Y6 }" }0 y0 @" S5 I) s• 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
/ o6 {# e# p' x3 x: E1 a/ x; w• 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
0 E5 _& T* \7 c• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
5 ?. C8 i! @; m! U- N2 ~$ o• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
% i+ W! j0 }& l, a- p  ]• 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  
0 _; s% E1 L1 _# |& d' t; E) O• 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  
3 u6 a+ ~9 _$ M; k1 B• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
! S4 h% H9 x5 u: K0 {! j• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
+ v, i. r3 o# @- \+ f6 P* y• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
+ p" f# l* k0 ?+ C1 a( D* l• 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
• 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
% I# k0 C0 @# E: Y• 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  
7 _- }6 Y$ c4 F/ T  [! J0 C• 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
• 吧台 bar counter
: T* ~% t: W4 {4 Q0 w  Z7 E• 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.
; h" R9 J4 ]) j2 I7 H' J( Z& Q• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
4 S0 a/ z2 t6 @5 N/ ?8 S• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
+ n" O( G" Q0 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。)
) Q: \* z/ H/ r9 E4 c" l  t" z• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
! t% ?% C, s, f' H# H• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
# T+ }+ _3 e# k8 F, W  V• 白色污染 white pollution
# t6 M6 O: T# e5 d• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
) l3 ^. m4 f3 Y• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
8 I' Z# u9 u( y1 W+ F+ _! O2 Z• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
0 ^9 R0 r4 I9 h6 }, K• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
" |3 w( \# o9 H, @: H: T• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
  D4 v' y, b) d# Z• 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  
/ X6 ]! z8 D) F' c  ]• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
  k  U7 c3 |9 _: O  e; ~. H• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
6 V4 F4 M" v% C, j1 B• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
- @! _) h7 G- m; W3 q• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
+ ~, p% _/ K* |( B/ I0 F• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
! c& Y  x' H% f5 m: C• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
3 P, B0 f& r5 L/ Q, t/ A• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
/ U; s% C8 t4 n  A0 \• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
; j) y, P$ v0 G• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
& `  P* q3 k: o$ a2 I2 [• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
1 |' Q; Y1 `/ o0 v/ `  |• 半托 day care (for kids)  
* o, E; @( V* d  \- X+ w% G• 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
4 G1 b0 e& M( v2 ^• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
, \8 A# M7 C! V) ~) h* A) P• 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  
• 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
4 i: z6 w9 t$ o8 C• 保兑银行 confirming bank
4 ^; n* ~/ x' I' r9 C6 Y• 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
+ F- T, z5 F" L: y6 f% m• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
. u. H* d# V1 x' b. R8 j包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
) k7 ?" M1 g) o6 P  p; U• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
, z; S! z: v! I9 @• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
* C  ]1 y1 Z' y• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
) e: y* n8 c' q* H+ O• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
9 ~2 z8 C# ]4 K1 T• 保健操 health exercises
8 s: m- N# U5 s1 X• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
8 ]+ A* {2 c% w7 U• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
/ W0 l2 Y1 d8 k0 [• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
, N3 |4 {6 B; O% L' K% q• 暴力片 splatter film
) R: ^& e1 Q1 o  [2 `( c• 保龄球 bowling
7 N% w5 A. t- g$ ?8 T, L• 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
• 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
5 X3 ^$ _# p3 v7 }2 d; F• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
2 K: e' ^0 c% E: Z$ Q) M% S% b• 报销 apply for reimbursement
6 W$ I% X% N# `7 [" k• 包销人 underwriter
# n% |2 w! [. Y( \• 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
% j  _. V5 n8 J8 N• 保证金账户 margin account
) J0 x1 A) S- o/ Y& T• 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
5 P. [0 I2 S+ b3 k9 ?# [- y• 包装业 package industry
0 B" W/ C+ m! B- b2 N• 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  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
8 \/ S- u+ o) {! W• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
' y  e$ e0 C* Y' ^. w• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
5 S  ?9 I/ t' r• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
2 t6 ?3 k% e/ v! r+ ^- ~4 f# A$ w• 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
+ Q/ X9 K* V' ]) W# W• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
. k1 K  v8 s- F3 D( u4 B/ ^8 a• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
7 t4 z3 y  U0 @' y4 {6 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
1 t& G: D; k/ o9 \8 z6 G• 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
5 L- L4 [0 w3 M7 _1 k  _• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
9 k3 `6 l$ F2 T7 ^% N• 备件 spare parts  
" h2 p$ I' ~- y6 b" {3 E- ]• 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)  
& f7 p# s: K3 p1 y$ E• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
, K& J& |" L9 T& F: p• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
* L" d, {& i6 ]. U• 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  
/ V) b: S' M3 I- h* ~3 W7 |• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
1 P; J6 k; E2 A• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
! s5 C# p: _" ^' G# x. n• 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.  
- Y. U2 j0 f( z+ j! q  c+ E$ W• 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  
4 S( c+ z) W2 e  V# ^# ]! X1 n• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
" r- b" x% b+ B' J1 X! m1 I( F• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
( `! D5 a) ]( e+ q, t5 y9 w• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
0 D" o/ m9 {' N- f  {2 [• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
, v( I- r9 [/ Q# [- W( H8 M• 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”
9 o1 N4 R" k* \' J& D• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
1 X& T; W$ M+ w9 |6 m( X6 x4 K• 避税 tax avoidance
% q1 Z: R3 S. G2 G& u) L8 u• 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
• 便当 brown bag
6 B5 n$ q! O% G# {" |4 ~9 \. u. o& g• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
8 b$ }& u1 _6 M5 ?• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
7 f+ d/ e. L6 R3 T• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
" T0 P/ d$ L2 O& e, Y  \• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
7 P5 f7 t( {4 h$ R2 l• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
5 e5 a% [( y" |• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
3 h8 S4 B& w" B+ q! y7 i4 Y: j& {• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
* M! S8 i8 c: Y, c( K: t7 l9 F• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
2 C/ _+ F& s& f. n• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
& s6 k& t/ T1 @! I' s' P3 T• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
/ W: [4 c; B& [& ^" x8 J2 P9 Q1 x• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
3 q. M5 ~5 l/ ?• 病毒性感染 viral infection
& f9 C% D; L8 p1 w# S/ M* ]• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
( b' i1 |' I* U5 l8 F+ Z% y  X• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
0 u+ T5 P9 M+ f) {4 f• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
  l7 r9 d' S7 b- V: h• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
$ y, T+ ^1 ?9 j& k! |• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
4 F$ @  ]6 u5 \  Q6 F+ e& R( s• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
) \! E! Y/ K. `. h! S! {9 z• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
" I  K0 l7 @% Y0 W2 I7 k• 《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)
; Q1 }- }. A8 h. L+ K6 b+ T" V• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
3 c+ L9 z- W" s" j2 S• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
0 K2 S# t' i6 A- t1 L- e+ H• 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
$ Q; g1 T2 g& d) U. O• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
8 n! z0 \6 I; ?5 b" T• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
4 C4 E( B* T- [0 d1 |. O• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
( q8 v/ z/ `* I1 ^! ?• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
* h5 b0 Y7 q- G* m• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
" x) D0 V7 V% W• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
4 z. t3 d- `7 A0 G. E1 ?• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
( b- T) z2 B* }5 `; _• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
3 m8 C, a3 u& z• 不得转让 not negotiable
' P/ N: S! ?) P+ _) i9 R• 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
- _# q/ w$ E1 o1 k, s• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
& p0 L" e) C5 Z6 |3 @2 B# l( x8 t• 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
5 d4 o* P' G. n) `, o$ V* Y8 V• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
% r/ A- N, |1 T+ ?• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
" Z7 f4 P- K5 \' g, y% I• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
  `$ i+ d* ]& K. G• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
1 m" M' R* D6 J$ C( I2 Y; [" [• 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  
# a) M" l4 {# `5 A/ L• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
- n: K/ y$ e% m$ z0 z# P$ d  e• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
: @: a9 q3 q* I. t1 \; P8 Z2 `• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
, a3 R0 _* Q7 P- l+ B1 S" k( b• 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。