Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
# {  [+ v, u( q3 B, y# M* U8 d• 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
. I/ G% {+ U6 Z1 r3 W) y• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
0 ]0 _  m4 c- g* z: X' D* f• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
- U: \8 m! I& b$ t4 i7 V' g• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
4 |. A% S$ c; {, |) U• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
8 T( `( C. q2 |: ?) C, D• 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: U. `6 x/ Y- H, y& e4 {$ a0 e• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
3 c. _& b7 N6 f• 安理会 Security Council
  V; V' e, S$ B, a6 q2 @• 安全岛 safety strip
6 ~2 f  w* P1 ^/ V. d7 x% S• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
1 ]+ h1 ~8 T3 w2 n# L; T1 E) C0 x5 ~• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
' H- f% F9 j7 y• 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
- p1 @( p, {9 A" s( X5 N; c6 E• 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
, g0 k6 L* \! ^. K. W• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
6 c3 E! i( }% S7 B) ~• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
8 m- H; O, V% F: P4 u• 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
7 H' N* A9 }+ y8 \6 ?$ a• 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  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
) @( g% m1 q& E3 e$ E• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
: |/ z; Y( Y# x• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 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  
& t7 m% [, O/ u• 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
7 d1 n1 I& y9 s. t) S% G. Y• 霸权主义 hegemonism
1 N( V1 |; _9 O• 吧台 bar counter
/ F+ u2 {7 k2 M$ ~. O: H$ M• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
! r* W6 o' H  l' X) s5 p8 c, ?+ u• 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
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
: A# Y2 n" O& Y7 W, h( G• 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
* r# ^, S7 {4 d0 C+ V• 白领工人 white-collar worker
- {& K- c; e; j7 h• 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。)
0 P5 F) H. F: T8 [1 B" F5 H- I• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
6 W  h0 ]; B& t3 a( U" W1 M: C3 Y6 o• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
* H- R- m& f. Y3 U) o4 o1 K: k  i• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
* ?. ~. T/ V+ M% }• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
, d0 N: k2 Y" v" v• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
. k( z. T- j) O* o' w• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
* _* _4 ]+ q' p6 p" x- \• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
0 I7 y/ Z0 m, t• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
8 d/ z+ M/ u# }4 L; w; p• 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  
: f5 ]9 P; z) v/ n: H• 白雪公主 Snow White  
+ D* |, y  B: F8 s; w6 m, [/ ^• 半边天 half the sky
2 X* ~( k% @( ]* w( B6 S  t" K• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
! i# y- P7 Y8 ~- f' M- |• 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
9 k' d& n2 ^7 e9 k/ P3 M• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
' E6 P0 w9 J/ A$ S4 Q# F' \. a• 斑马线 zebra crossing
9 @* Q" ?$ l, `- w' @+ A* c• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
4 E! m# Z: y4 v1 [• 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
9 \% L4 y4 M( O0 {7 e$ G; Y" W• 伴生矿 associated minerals
- v9 c# E$ s6 L5 b( v# O• 版税率 royalty rate
+ B% f% c( D/ h0 X4 P7 P3 H• 半托 day care (for kids)  
+ `6 W" M' q# o4 }; q) P( b• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
. K( Z" W+ C$ n* }6 \+ f; l• 伴宴人员 escort  
2 |) S) Q7 z" z* T# P& [# V3 E• 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  
, d( Y6 x* I. L7 U  x3 o/ |) H• 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
$ @. _( \  }( ?# i- ?• 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)
6 K# w0 V! l4 T, {" x; S• 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
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
5 V; ^1 M+ R$ _, z3 v' K) H! M包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
- K- `' D# g) Z+ l& O- P6 h% j, [0 ?# k& G• 保护价格 protective price
7 a2 H" _4 M/ b6 I  I• 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
5 B" |) w- p) X7 x5 x" _" O0 T• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
  _2 ^; [/ U; m• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
6 s% b0 d4 m, y2 C3 F  [• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
. ?2 D# U  i5 L! ]& c! L1 L. F• 保健食品 health-care food  
- ]+ P$ g$ E! D, |  f2 r% z; {• 报界 the press
/ B4 v" R/ f" h0 g8 \' x• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
/ D6 o( R. J. {% E( W• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
2 n% u+ ]; ]6 P& F( @/ U% V& {9 @• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
" b, l2 J% t! j: k9 g• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
$ d; r. h& Q5 V$ E4 C2 F) Z) S/ ]• 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
* j$ O; i* C2 D• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
9 k% i$ |7 ^. g2 y0 T• 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
; O3 q4 p0 a5 i0 |6 q* e; B* f, J• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
% k. [+ n6 p. l9 w: H• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
0 ^% f" W$ J% H. A7 ?( h, J• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
: X( ?. b9 P6 S  [. O3 {• 包装业 package industry
( p. c  R( z) y( W3 C3 O; c! h• 保安员 security staff
3 ~# Z1 ~( I: N% @6 g  D• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
/ s* ]- o- K* F$ X# |1 y" P• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
- v4 ~3 v# I5 i9 \• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 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  
) D# D9 r  D6 U$ D6 H$ W• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
+ b9 F' }: i; v0 K3 q) X/ @8 {0 c. @: I• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 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
  y8 t# g! O3 |* V: A5 u& e0 t• 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  
3 z5 m8 Q7 `' x; u" d6 Q• 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  
• 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
- s. }% B$ U4 m1 \. ^2 f• 备件 spare parts  
: C; @" A) F0 E5 d0 P- \/ m• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
+ g; {  D& j+ b% n" T/ l5 X$ R0 J• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
+ n" ?: n/ Z3 H! J• 《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
' \; w' [" I- m# z+ {) j• 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.  
5 h. m# P; ]& B6 J" B• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
. P" V. y0 R+ i3 Z• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
$ \* {- n1 e1 l3 E9 O; z: u: Q6 n• 蹦迪 disco dancing
9 L7 c" B9 P. g! N3 w$ P4 p' m• 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
) X( m# o* h: a7 W6 A* C' J• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
$ a% V  J5 O8 s/ d' q• 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”
* r  d( D% [( Q7 r( W/ H1 }9 a. D2 L9 l• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
3 |  p/ j0 j7 t$ D6 c• 避税 tax avoidance
" }1 W9 @1 Q+ X- v• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
$ T/ P) V4 ^. W; a$ T- C0 s• 毕业设计 graduation design
2 s+ P' Q1 b5 ~' A4 ?1 n• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
1 U9 w' N7 y3 P% \  x• 便当 brown bag
& x( q$ p* r  r& h6 t9 }• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
9 b) w5 Q" W8 N  c% D1 D• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
. ]2 `6 @& ^+ u, o1 E• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
/ I. p$ Y# F, n3 {• 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
6 H( f$ s1 U$ s• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
9 k* C3 Q' C% r) s! {8 |5 Y6 F• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
. n5 I6 v8 @  J1 {+ A7 Z• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
$ m2 \  ~# l1 K1 q* A2 c. g• 边际报酬 marginal return  
* O  F& J7 p2 N% G4 W* Z8 R• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
3 X: J& d$ C; C3 g& Z/ Z& g8 U  @% x& `• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
3 c# w: n- Q4 k$ s' m8 n• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
6 L) |: M+ j- Y+ ~$ }• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
4 m% r8 o; J* N" ^0 x8 X+ F( F/ [3 }• 病毒性感染 viral infection
2 z/ L. ]' r' \. e• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
" Z9 S  f4 O' T4 x! X0 P• 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"  
( e: A1 A7 r3 S: \: }  C4 s• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
! k/ g: _$ {& f) T2 H- B  P! ^• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
7 G/ {  L" Y5 l8 H/ a• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
9 {4 h" O( ]" T9 R• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
% j+ `1 V) v( Y( Z# [• 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  
: F+ Z" l' d% M) J# e1 C• 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
6 c) v: x. w0 k% Y6 S• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
( [1 T6 e" q# g' z5 c. X1 v* Z2 a• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
  K6 V7 p6 J7 @• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
" x+ O- {5 j  z$ f' u' U8 [• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
8 Z* D$ _+ S' _0 M4 h• B to B (B2B) business to business  
! V% Z5 S( N! M$ {  [1 b5 U9 H• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
3 W5 `# O7 J! p( h+ U1 A• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
% |: y5 p, P8 C1 K• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
+ d+ M2 ~6 l  o• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
3 ?8 A' F! h+ C• 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  
$ Q& i4 I2 U& c& C% u( y• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
( ~& a5 D% U( l; P9 [" w0 a• 不得转让 not negotiable
1 H" G3 N8 ?# Z4 V. w1 ^/ c- Q5 n• 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
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
+ P! p; j1 u& ?• 不记名投票 secret ballot
2 Z( F* B6 j6 Q2 M9 g3 h• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
' Y" F+ l5 M9 G! L  x/ U5 J& N• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
8 c, Y8 u- k' u( d! `/ ]• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
; g1 @9 ~2 A% `$ l6 M• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
7 u; q0 m% x# ^) ~9 x• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
3 Z- m+ D; f3 K• 不眠之夜 white night　
2 a% i( ^: a: }" R• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
# G3 O6 K; m. W9 Z• 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.  
7 C4 W3 B+ Z" }& H- [• 不速之客 gate-crasher
" d! S* n/ B& Z• 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
8 u0 @" T% Y" K• 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。