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  
; W( a- c' p" V/ C5 m& L• A股市场 A share market  
- J, d7 F, S: Y; W! t; y• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
) l: Y6 v0 o; ]1 x* n( z! {! d! {• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
' F9 K+ l* _: `' j" T• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
2 `8 V' @: h- ?3 f- [6 L• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
2 N4 Q& z8 i7 |5 B/ \4 }% r• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
* `# ?* w7 _& l! T0 r• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
. C3 T) i( F! M. H% e5 @  B• 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)  
9 }. b3 d! w7 w6 ?: N! D• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
! g; J% {: V) T6 p/ d1 K- `5 T. A• 安家费 settling-in allowance
9 C. H. U  d; e' p" x) H# [• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 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  
" X- p" j+ @0 r. k9 ~$ w• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
( [: s; G% f: |4 v# ~; q' L' 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
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 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  
# x8 h  T4 H7 A, }. I; O6 d• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
% Q3 Q# @& v. |. o4 o& B• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
! y7 K7 ?1 {, p& o• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
1 Z7 r5 o0 w1 n! x( C6 F4 z• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
- ~$ q6 P" j4 q- D+ 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
4 i9 G" u$ t. Y/ w/ V! t0 V7 h& ~• 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
• 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  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
  r8 l, A- q& P2 X3 c* n; s( F• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
0 w  g2 N  k4 b2 v7 b6 {; U6 ]- O3 p9 l• 吧台 bar counter
& V6 R: P4 Y+ z# n7 e7 d( @• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
( Y* n0 B. e3 O• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
* a) ]$ r0 x4 _9 m3 g• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
5 M+ z, `2 G5 P8 u+ t• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
% ~) A, z" K6 b1 ^" I1 o; p• 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
2 s8 H5 S6 j+ m/ w* H& i- Z: u• 拜金主义 money worship
/ X( X& b+ ]5 W) A, i, f• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
& S* |4 U8 r: Z/ w2 c• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
; y( E- Q" N5 `• 百年老店 century-old shop
) M  j& p; G0 N* b- @• 白皮书 white paper
/ p: Z+ T" ?4 `+ |& ~! W. f" |3 i& M• 白热化 white heat
3 d# \/ G3 e2 g/ m8 l• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
; y3 o, t1 t- t! i1 s/ g• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
- Z! y% s+ m6 \& ]/ E• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
! C% }  M) C8 _& m. R+ I• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
4 f' V, \0 T# @: T• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
/ z' F1 t0 Z" b• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
8 Y* a& E( `6 {) _+ u• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
. U* }3 G5 y- Z  ~$ X0 ~1 b- y• 办公室设备 office equipment
- c) `! M  I9 C4 a- d' C• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
- M% W" `4 Y7 }! Z# T: k; H+ r• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
- O4 x; r, Y4 ~; `- [- a• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
, D4 M- r/ H$ k0 N4 ~• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
9 L6 M: I1 t/ S' \9 E0 P% G• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
# K9 r5 J% h: Q& u2 \+ Y' J• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
8 O5 B9 @/ ]3 H; p' u3 C/ |• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
$ V' C* o" y8 t$ N1 N• 版税率 royalty rate
/ E) v( X% ^/ ?1 F3 S  h• 半托 day care (for kids)  
  _. M% E# R6 w) a• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
! `3 _; y" p" V& r• 伴宴人员 escort  
4 V0 t0 C1 @% I9 u0 y• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
+ Y* l2 C& h. w, u& m& D0 G' K• 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
9 ]' D2 P, a4 s; G+ k  @• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
2 Y  o" k+ M' L. [+ c, H• 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
" S: k9 y$ c& h- t' t5 l. ?9 o• 保兑银行 confirming bank
8 U3 b9 z2 d* g6 m9 G% q• 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
8 P+ t9 D; a* ?• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
6 c, H! ~6 w# d, j% H9 b包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
5 e; B* O4 K" [( u• 曝光 make public; expose
# k# Z& F# p! W  L+ E• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
  @" ~1 Z/ E9 M; n/ b" X5 M• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
4 Q6 ~6 e9 r+ @6 D• 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
/ O; ~5 i6 Z$ V. v0 [$ q• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
7 g+ t4 M3 S; _. \6 V) T+ x1 C• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 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  
0 j; {% ?' K6 O2 c9 K, k; u# @' N6 y) r• 报界 the press
/ y! H1 p6 G2 D" A9 y, D  d: k• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
8 M& X  s' ]( ]1 \3 ?• 保释 on bail
% S. r$ s- d& p+ n, a• 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
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 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
4 S( j/ I$ J& b) e6 t0 e9 C. K: i: u• 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
) M2 {: B, k3 F) p4 v2 ]% R• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
8 p5 y2 `+ D1 |9 H) n• 包装精美 delicately packed
6 C# U- V0 |0 |' ^1 t1 t• 包装业 package industry
" v) A* s4 a2 V: {2 u: B0 ^• 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  
0 W9 _8 v6 Z( h3 n# [8 s3 y• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
6 c" m$ H6 w- q; j$ z7 ^9 X  E• 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  
& O9 q, Y" R  I9 _• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
7 K# K" |1 U3 a! m: M; |1 i• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
* N+ w; L' q" ~$ \3 g, J5 l• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
. _9 \( @' ?$ \( @7 ]$ v• 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  
* c# q+ Y* v6 ]; G• 保证金 margins, collateral  
3 S( I& a3 x5 p% O6 `7 b; ]+ g$ \4 e• 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
• 备件 spare parts  
• 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)  
• 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
( w6 j( }9 Z5 p5 I( ?3 }• 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  
% e% l  ?+ o) _# c2 n2 |2 N• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
! K. |/ m4 A3 o( ~) C1 s• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
8 [2 Z7 I2 C9 y6 l/ E5 w• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
* d1 j( U2 W8 }  a' p% [. z# O' A( u• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
+ h7 q" I# O  l" i• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
( P( k' I* U  z/ z• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
1 F) e( t+ w, l' m% Y• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
! u% ^! C% H3 ]3 w, M- ~. m. |• 闭卷 closed-book exam
, I' c. _: A  U/ K. n" C3 v• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
3 i" _: i! x2 H• 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  
• 避税 tax avoidance
& E6 D  d5 p4 o: A1 f0 U% N• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
& ~1 u9 ]9 |* {: {- @• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
4 K& u) \/ I; T6 p5 j; _• 便当 brown bag
3 O5 m0 E' M; N$ ?* o9 L5 q• 边防证 fronter pass
; N1 J% r; T  {( p• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 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
( N) }" m/ ~1 g" _2 K5 w' y• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
9 o; s* ^0 [- O" n- [( s5 m! ~) Q6 s• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
4 ^: i! K% j: m• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
# N2 x* K8 g2 T' Y( g! k• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
7 G2 e; ~' a0 v+ p: L• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
9 r& v+ R/ O9 O# Z• 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
$ A/ |+ e/ }8 I+ s1 D6 U• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
/ ^: |& G% _+ n* L• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
. @5 ]$ W- T! Z/ d1 z9 g5 A• 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"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
2 [% z* Q  p3 o6 p  d3 @• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
2 a1 N: ]! }0 q• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
$ z' P& A+ H3 [9 T/ V8 y9 U$ y• 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  
• 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  
2 f/ a1 K4 R. G/ x6 @4 {5 f• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
5 e! w8 r3 ~3 c- m8 D• B to B (B2B) business to business  
: H5 Y9 u4 e% f% }+ _• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
, w2 H; S4 c) L! o- q" c• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 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
) A! U& v; b, ^4 v7 t• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
! I) r6 a) S3 n8 u• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
3 U8 N6 }& {& D8 q0 p• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
! x. H; \/ ^5 |  J• 不得转让 not negotiable
6 K/ L" \# U! Q2 r. F• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
6 e6 C5 c" m5 B2 e• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
- x& @& l0 Y; ~* P0 h( ]• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
* L( h3 ~- u4 O# h7 @• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
0 T: v# O7 A$ d) u• 不可抗力 force majeure  
. r# V: \6 R; @& {5 C9 b4 r! p• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
* r7 Z3 B* s& O: A# M# Y7 B  f• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
' ^5 G' _: {& ~, u8 u1 Z" w' G• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
2 X* G0 {3 @) Q' A9 n! _• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
9 s0 a/ T( }% ^% x) o$ z) `• 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  
• 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
/ B8 q2 T: a) L* j1 Z• 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。