Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
; ~% x0 U9 ~# O, x2 r# p, ?• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
6 w- c9 Q+ T2 s; M, s( G& F• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
$ J* `2 b& t6 B9 m& k• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
" s5 B8 _, S% r• 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
% `: R. t3 }8 C+ x/ e  M" Y: a• 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
, K; @7 f3 E! V9 t3 C7 {3 y• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
$ i' Q8 ?9 R& P# L• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
/ ]7 v6 a2 M/ v; n- l• 安全岛 safety strip
& |' _0 P1 K& r! `. c! n- w" Y• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
- K* I9 l; s+ X% k9 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  
• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
  h5 T. ?+ n( y( B2 R• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
+ I( h0 F) n6 y& m6 B• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
5 t, R& R% K2 _• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
; W- l/ o% A" a/ a& T# r+ c- D, B• 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
. E1 }( \$ T1 w5 x% 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  
* j! V# r$ x3 L• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
3 P+ O1 [" a: ^9 [  y0 v* E$ f• 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
• 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
  z; C6 [8 B& ~) z• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
, k4 a: H+ f# E+ z6 N( i2 a+ g• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
- |4 e" l! t( B5 q5 j: H• 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
; N- _$ F# q2 p4 P• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
$ C$ v" j) D+ T* V# F9 R/ `- m• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
" q! o* ~" e1 O4 U* M• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
/ V) T# u2 ~% ?# A; [• 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
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
5 c, L4 M7 l& O2 U" N& v• 白领工人 white-collar worker
; d% m) r' z5 X5 k' l• 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
' q+ [# o0 Z; ~• 百年老店 century-old shop
! G# z% V4 t6 P) a; {! ~; X5 I• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
/ ?, g) w, @# O• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
2 i4 ?. P7 [& @9 C• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
" S% V. \. q; g4 L- n' f7 R• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 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  
1 P$ m2 ~/ D, |0 Q1 h6 ?; q: M• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
8 M  y$ u  G0 u" r9 Q• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
1 L8 ~5 ?* N8 h* d. [• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
0 p  G5 }7 t% T7 f- }3 Y! l7 |• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
" [4 W" _( }6 ^• 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
" ?* L. t: ?1 x' P: |• 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
  g* C$ L; x( D9 K1 t) H, E( m• 斑马线 zebra crossing
$ N& Z5 g* n, p• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
' e( g9 ^4 a: x2 E( b• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
8 @0 b/ P- @3 C. B6 {• 版权法 copyright law
# k6 L3 V5 L( U7 k) X$ n, u3 c• 版权贸易 copyright business
7 ^! O5 t7 A, O* [• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
  \7 I. B) v8 ~8 E• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
; M4 v2 m, F: E, G8 I0 E" U• 伴宴人员 escort  
- e4 U% @3 o5 ^0 H; J• 搬运工人 transport worker
' A3 o+ o, t# z# y• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
* T9 q# B  D1 C* P1 E• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
0 r; ~+ E1 s; v) |# S1 c2 U/ [) e• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
/ M/ {' P' d1 p• 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
  i/ D, r( O2 z) s9 a• 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
• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
: {" c- t4 y! M8 l; H" Z/ j• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
8 y  ]* v# z" I( Q: P9 d' \• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
6 S9 i) ~. v# u6 O• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
6 e& `* n: S( Z2 v9 o" p+ @' t包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
) M+ ?/ m$ l. H. g' a• 曝光 make public; expose
% @: e& n6 h' x3 o+ L2 S' i• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
1 e+ M, p' H/ p/ i' r• 保护价格 protective price
$ J  V5 B/ j4 [% {. O2 r- F• 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
0 d5 s+ z$ u! A8 D6 p- h• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
, w2 R6 R  T# ?- A. T5 O  x  Z* K& P• 报价单 quotation of prices
2 w8 E+ @4 d) z5 b  J* d4 F" S• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
  y1 i, Z% g5 b+ l: ^  i4 m• 保健操 health exercises
• 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  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
' H& }: i% |% o- J+ O$ A7 C' L• 暴力片 splatter film
6 P0 X/ }4 U2 D• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
' i0 F& A) O1 i- h! a• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
. C, \0 o* p9 K+ {$ c• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
/ w0 O: e3 R" M7 j2 T• 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
3 H* V: p5 c2 M$ k$ R6 C• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
2 A7 ?' S5 M) l+ c& D• 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
• 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
3 K0 }* g9 G- e* B; N/ V) s• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
: D' |( ~* {. ~6 n0 r: ]! Y• 包装精美 delicately packed
# L! G1 \6 d  n& L. [+ e4 {• 包装业 package industry
, X. p3 H/ u$ z  ~* t; ?$ V" F• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
* f% v# o1 E- v• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
; [$ J. @/ L) {• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
% J; l  [6 N  [: q: s• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
! @5 `9 j9 h  X$ e6 m• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
8 X6 H7 x+ T3 m; l6 u, m/ Q• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
/ g' B) B* Z2 }6 j' \+ L/ ?• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
1 q- C0 G7 `9 F* S, [• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
* E# r, ?: K' o: g• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
9 k& e$ A2 ?3 l6 [4 b" |• 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
! e" P; M2 g" I- q, S0 ^2 @• 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  
( ^( X! J6 X9 A' n% Y• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
, ~* a8 C9 Y9 |• 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
. Y4 |5 F( O. X• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
2 E* H% z8 U3 q  p  Q• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
8 Q- ]9 i1 C6 R% r1 m• 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
3 Y  u( I0 O2 k5 G( i) o! O" `• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
7 X& u/ `( F0 B, Y9 q• 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
1 Z0 A9 ]( A0 V7 m- f- g8 f, z. C• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
5 Z( [4 u+ D. l. V/ {6 J- P• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
' J) q5 W% B# V) O1 Z• 比基尼 bikini
% t" q$ u( \5 x6 K$ n3 T• 比较文学 comparative literature
' }4 o2 H! d/ `• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
' w0 T/ C: z7 c& q• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
5 Z, V" y6 q3 O8 _3 g• 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  
2 `5 }, g0 [- i. D% P• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
' u1 L% @) @2 L4 M5 d$ I3 H/ U• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
! H9 q+ j  F" I4 F* F+ I$ |• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
; g2 f) i! z0 J. @& V8 X# ^+ d/ V% h• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 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
4 ~, f9 E6 A8 J1 ^  d$ a• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
( N6 P7 z# g/ e1 k• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
" b5 [+ z# y1 b, g- I• 边际报酬 marginal return  
- l9 [* ~' J8 H. I• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 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
1 |) h- C8 P. x/ ~; F* T• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
5 \4 F3 |8 G( v• 表演赛 demonstration match  
7 V: _' J/ I! {: q6 C• 冰雕 ice sculpture
4 N3 H- `. }8 z( U0 a• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
" c0 c  h+ i3 K9 T• 并网发电 combined to the grid
2 C' t, a; b  {, q: Y• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
3 d* ?: J, q  I& k6 ^" v, |( t• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
* x, X# @9 i! u7 G$ M. F! o4 g• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
( I% l" z# S1 b& l• 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  
6 @2 v# v" d2 t- H1 N+ `• 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
3 o. N8 X# Y" {" f, h• 博士后 post-doctoral
+ \# K4 I; Z/ Y' o  e• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
6 |( k+ k: l1 J- C• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
6 o( a- e6 N) ^2 G' O/ K5 G7 u• 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
2 [! \5 l& r  _) B/ {1 k8 G( ^2 t" U7 v• B to B (B2B) business to business  
) f2 K  V$ q8 I' u$ Y4 w( n• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
7 D5 z+ b9 x5 T0 C; n• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
8 \3 Q9 C. |! v% f' r3 A' C9 B6 _# q• 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  
; }7 l2 R* K; z% f• 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
• 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
# u! N* G9 u: l+ {* \& G• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
1 i3 g; i: Y- b: D1 M; `# t0 i• 《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
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
9 c$ j! }& G  o& |4 X  W$ Z% U! S• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
( F3 d* m' Q4 E% j  l• 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
: H: C# s- W# O9 o  `• 补缺选举 by-election  
5 [, @1 @/ Z8 d& g7 O• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
% \2 |4 t7 o5 `0 A' H: q• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
) |: z( W+ f; F+ f7 B# |• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
8 `# v. J1 c4 k+ ^: f- h. 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。