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  
! O( w4 J6 |5 I) o# x4 j• 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
' [7 I& h$ x" z/ w! v* O• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
8 v7 l% R3 F0 ?; m• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
' S- f+ b8 B" h6 O# @• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
; s; J! k- i2 t1 L6 _3 W( m4 s4 ^% J• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
) a0 {3 O" {- p0 p1 p8 [• 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)  
6 t$ t, P( X+ H) ?% S7 c- a• 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
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
# [, R$ u2 g* l- O" O• 安理会 Security Council
; T) U$ T7 I( K2 r• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
• 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  
0 z# Y5 B; c5 _• 暗箱操作 black case work
/ e. i3 @+ n" j• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
+ _. q" X$ K, u0 x. m; R& l• 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
7 v0 M. v: e5 ]! Y! m• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
* d$ {7 b% I2 |* ]* |• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
  O' M4 l8 i1 U• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
- w! u- E; b/ S- ^2 j( [* X$ j, G• 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  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
9 O9 Y( `; r( t* O3 P/ `4 [5 B• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
2 r$ p9 t; i& N. {; W• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
  X% G0 s- A+ a• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
, H9 ]4 d1 ~7 c$ B# z( X• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
1 |0 R! m% j7 d) k• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
" I7 J: d" g" @5 F; w• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
  w5 ?/ Z5 i& v. O- D* z/ f) E7 i• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
/ s' x! E) z- ~- `9 p• 霸权主义 hegemonism
9 |1 W# u" L' d. k, d8 q• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
. r/ I  l6 I: v• 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
) l+ x+ l+ b  v2 p" i• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
8 X' e) L9 C( {; f  R7 A* _• 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
6 T" a; C+ j8 ]! h: E( U0 L• 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。)
0 E0 h' c3 s, j$ X8 M• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
* u! T; v, n& C; T8 W4 y2 U: m1 r• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
+ W3 u8 v$ L. H* L* A• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
8 N; `/ i- |( j• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
* I; c4 h* s' S$ T8 }5 u; ]- n! I• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
1 U+ R: E1 x. P• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
* W# z4 A2 u- t% J1 G( D• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
+ j# z. e* U7 e! t* `1 \4 K9 Y0 c• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
! M) ]) G' ?; _; g; l• 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  
2 k( W! N. Q- g5 ~• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
5 N; D  o2 D7 i/ A• 班车 shuttle bus
4 ?4 {8 ?' [1 D7 Z% i- ^• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
: s& f/ m. w8 @5 R9 }, D• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
1 v# U' x6 b  C* t• 半决赛 semifinal
. B) D# p& N' u2 Y- i3 {• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
0 ^+ I9 ?+ x& ^• 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
! ]. a2 o: o7 o' P) X• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
# r2 j1 [9 o5 s• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
2 w7 m# J4 @8 T* d* [& @• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
. Z/ b0 n0 Q) @" a• 伴生矿 associated minerals
) ]( q" O5 Q7 I% I, F! I0 X) N0 Q  q% Q• 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
9 d. ^& y4 {4 I0 }' K• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
( v: v1 Q) N' d" _, K) [$ E( J7 d• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
7 Q3 _, n3 S% l9 d• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
$ D7 @" N3 v* j1 }. a) \• 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
* M: b2 c- H0 I; V5 r* w5 ^• 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
8 w/ e6 X. G3 a: _• 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)
- s% _7 E; T4 N6 z• 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
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
2 ?3 c' r: D6 w4 e" g• 曝光 make public; expose
2 k- o! P3 ~7 k3 ^3 |• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
+ i7 O! F, P' {( b6 K• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
! Y% M3 Q  U: b9 ~8 z• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
: u6 R4 ]8 z6 C3 F' U• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
: a5 g4 Q8 g2 F6 |: v2 B4 E• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
( V( M2 K+ J- K; y5 v• 保健操 health exercises
. Q8 T5 D6 e" T0 @/ U6 s• 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  
8 v% ]4 T: i6 ^9 k) @6 Q0 Z1 F• 报界 the press
/ t7 t7 }2 M& J  w' g( }• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
/ e" j& G, M) |3 }• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
, B% n) y% M5 G* o* h; [• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
: s9 Q1 L% G$ z# W+ J• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
! H, H" ^$ |* u- |- e( ]• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
  o  H; A( J% Y7 O1 j0 S• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
6 O) e# J7 c% v( |3 E2 D• 报销 apply for reimbursement
9 z7 D& R9 s7 @* t( B! O! u. a• 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
• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
0 r' o; n! d- A* s# `' K• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
7 c3 t1 b* B, R8 @# P; W6 U* |• 保安员 security staff
: t6 ]: a! D/ j% V• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
* X, w5 {) d0 L• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
, S/ N2 [# R1 y; J" |3 x• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
9 F5 Z8 S( j+ b: G+ ^) p• 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  
7 ?  T. j* x7 D  @- ?$ |• 报关员 declarant  
) M% ^$ I3 p' X2 Z1 B8 P8 Z2 `• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
& Q7 V6 l7 l/ G9 X7 ]* t) L# B$ o• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
( h+ }7 f2 O% D2 ]0 L• 保险费 insurance premium
' y1 v6 _1 R% D% e+ g  w: }- V• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
/ G- |, {6 W7 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  
• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
% b  p$ r6 m* Q# _& R/ {; 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
7 E$ d0 }; w: v( O1 g9 z• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
1 |, z4 c6 O, C: k• 备件 spare parts  
, \' F9 }5 _. N+ |% }& O* T• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
, t5 n/ b. o6 B6 V2 Q2 Q+ Q• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
4 `0 j. G* A4 `( ?, |3 B' g- y• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
) F; s' r" n5 _( }8 F• 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.  
5 Z% X" v( f) D2 ?; s• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
! R% f- p5 ?! s/ v! H; @: z• 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  
+ X: F  X0 t! e' ^• 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.  
# U  O% y; A, ?: }$ n' p• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
; J& y( ?4 r6 \: [9 G• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
" k2 |" c' a$ y# i9 q% e• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
1 s6 D& G/ p. L- ?8 K• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
4 c; A5 J! B& P( r• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
8 o( b& m& \9 m: N. p• 比基尼 bikini
& l; u+ ^* e6 t% ]• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
$ E1 l. c" b0 V0 w- C$ G• 闭卷 closed-book exam
0 F9 m" {7 V3 y5 u) n5 n$ N• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
5 Z5 o: ?) A6 W: K* h8 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”
# T9 c, L& }, x' z4 E• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
: i' T9 h. W7 H9 [7 V• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
! Q8 Y. O, H4 O8 n0 r" M! C8 h• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
9 X  \9 v2 |2 a• 便当 brown bag
  Q+ V5 F& ?/ Z• 边防证 fronter pass
. K* t- R6 O  E! m• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
& h% g. N. z3 d( g8 z3 Z! [• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
: Q2 G* S' o) O. j8 ^" N• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
! @. U+ g; `+ Y' w$ h" ?• 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)
' t5 o, s% s4 M( {3 ]2 s# {4 M8 T7 ?• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
* `6 X/ \, K: a6 v• 边际报酬 marginal return  
3 ?$ ]2 J0 J/ o' v( i3 P• 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
2 {1 w5 Y* v) u, p1 ~/ |• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
, W% \. l9 {& F4 p; `+ m• 标书 bidding documents  
3 {: B) u4 R+ X. |• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
2 q" z6 @0 s8 I' `( b0 N" A• 病毒性感染 viral infection
$ R$ O) r, d* m$ n; @* O2 J* {, ~) D• 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"  
/ u# x  x# U" G6 \/ I: C6 _% x• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
# Q+ H3 Q* B! ]5 g* ]9 ]2 z• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
; J) t* H, V/ r" ^• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
* r# |' G/ x. X• 《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! }- h  I4 {3 C0 \) B5 a• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
: h( R+ N$ j% I3 e* d; T- L• 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  
" a8 Q" o( ]) n0 x% ?: {2 @" P• 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
. a, \2 W4 F* [" p$ y" @( F4 K• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
& B! ?$ t& p' v3 a- [4 M- g• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
0 S4 y- J: E5 u. {) x• 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  
4 _4 r! X+ {( B4 j3 e9 w• 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
! b$ R$ U) k& E; N5 s/ ]• 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
) s1 e6 j9 ^8 }  f• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
& N2 C& m- L# V/ o! t0 _4 F( `• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
/ V, }" h% @. y2 @5 F0 q• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
0 C7 d5 @; H3 @5 E) h• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
4 `. i* X6 J3 _1 l7 X( u• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
" q' ^# h& _2 d! R+ j$ Q6 |- [• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
+ p) v, U/ v" }" d' @8 W" X6 b8 e• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
0 Y5 z1 ]- P. p! l: m6 D/ w4 z3 \" Q• 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
/ U3 h. z' A! Y2 I' _• 补缺选举 by-election  
/ t' ?3 a. i) d5 p" y7 u7 ]/ \• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 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
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
& |7 L6 O7 }* c" P• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
6 [  j% U( N% W( [1 m, g• 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。