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  
• 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
$ z0 N+ X# J9 F5 J5 h! ^1 J! X" g• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
6 c  @! q. X/ i+ J: o6 G2 L• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
# R1 |3 r- b0 Q1 H$ m. c• 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)  
• 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
# {5 x, d' u& z* R+ V% U• 安理会 Security Council
! g1 F; R# [* }6 q6 n5 e• 安全岛 safety strip
. N# B: D: R* Z• 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  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
" U; R% @6 f5 x5 e0 P• 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
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
: e& a+ T5 _' `% C3 ]• 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  
• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
# a+ f) U; K+ \( ]& u" _+ U• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
! K9 x4 Q' {+ q5 [6 f" }• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
. S. M$ O2 f. K• 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
* y3 D# l6 f! M• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
  W7 u* }2 X7 K9 h3 V' h: `• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
$ ?% K9 T) r. {/ X& H# W9 z  p• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
  r3 i7 L, T2 Y' U% z( u• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
, G+ A! T* J# q5 l/ {5 I) t• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
- l* J1 m4 N/ q9 |2 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
7 o$ i7 a9 l9 m) y, ^2 {• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
+ }6 N; Q% o8 `  k5 E" B• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
# ^, e1 g- [+ U- P# E• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
7 g& f* C- t" ]  @8 l# x7 Z• 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
. t' h; |) V$ S$ R) J• 拜金主义 money worship
% f( f0 p, n3 n# Z• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
" f  M- s5 @* a' w( s: l• 白领工人 white-collar worker
. Y" J4 l6 p2 k% d4 R5 X• 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。)
! X8 h: w& X& M" c. T• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
/ u, c6 G% j! X• 百年老店 century-old shop
$ I1 e" r+ x) S" V/ b• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
+ @) \  d. J1 N. J+ g* \• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
5 T: G. K8 y. ?; A2 @4 J• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
- T7 j/ `) q- W$ w( W5 W• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
) {: j8 `% h- x• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
, n6 N8 h6 T. W7 m• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
$ h- w- \; w' n2 x; }% i• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
* R7 O3 U( j8 L, Y• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
; P7 Q$ N5 y0 {• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
) @8 j% R3 {- V• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
& n) p" Q: Y4 _% {• 白雪公主 Snow White  
: k* V7 C6 ?, g9 W& a• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
% E+ g7 H( d+ e7 e• 板儿寸 crew cut  
( f: h/ H& t8 a; T' u! W7 x• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
/ D* q. P0 d- r/ p% w1 X; ]( P• 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
' L; }( m9 c! o+ e* |( }% ]# R3 v• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
9 o8 X3 H. \" ]1 g! ]$ t8 C• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
# f$ Z1 V3 N3 V- U9 G• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
- n$ r' h- c$ d# m" G• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
/ x9 U( Y7 l. D! ]5 |; s+ N" t3 I• 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
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
3 `7 Q+ R. i% k. c* w5 t• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
( E& W, |3 Y9 ~, w9 e2 C# m' _• 伴宴人员 escort  
* y5 H8 u# A" C7 M• 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  
• 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
9 ]7 p' V8 `2 q1 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
: I: u6 S2 a+ f+ j% L9 L• 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
' t7 k: Q4 v/ A- I, b: @& g, z! V• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
9 j+ y# G0 m; A% `; R. _& t5 O包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
6 E- \8 i1 Z# e, C/ `2 U• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
' j% E9 }0 h% j0 I1 u; n• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
* p+ p5 R0 S0 B• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
$ p2 G* V# F7 A! J! }; W: K* ?• 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
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
5 |$ G- q4 v9 H2 l• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
7 n: u4 [  ^. S# ^. `• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
2 _8 b4 J" Q$ g7 ?) p  L• 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
: f# s' s7 \4 R6 a• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
' ?0 ^9 i- F$ J3 j1 e' z• 报销 apply for reimbursement
  R. G6 p% k# `0 l• 包销人 underwriter
) m/ b  ~6 ], k. P• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
7 Y! z/ I3 l9 @- H* ~  W. h. i; j• 保障措施 supporting measures
  Q4 @$ i; u* x9 A• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
0 g6 @" D, t6 B  v9 @$ z• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
( T1 a4 z/ _# V; Z8 q" F9 K4 e4 `• 包装精美 delicately packed
' v& P* P8 X/ n  j• 包装业 package industry
2 w! A+ L4 u  v: H) i0 ?• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
, C) I  U3 Y( F2 r• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
) p4 u4 _& x. w1 `1 I/ U6 t• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
" }1 e5 g7 u8 n- V• 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  
• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
( v4 `# \  q4 C8 @7 t5 e8 ]9 `• 保健食品 health-care food  
" {6 O( H& V! O! P& Y8 w8 O' R• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
; ?; i2 n- W  V• 保理业务 factoring business  
3 D( {9 y/ Z, o$ E! A• 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
• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
. T: g8 d$ c, R: ?7 w) h3 ^' g( ^• 保证金 margins, collateral  
0 w! h6 Q4 [7 f4 g, T. J• 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
5 m, M# x8 i. _/ \* B; g• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
4 Z. D8 e4 w' A4 q. T# p0 o# R4 h• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
' d& b7 t- F0 Q• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
# t8 o% ^  x5 t( J- e- I8 O• 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)  
2 y# |0 Q8 O( a! ~' V• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
! p$ q+ m( ~2 G# l% i7 {• 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
9 A5 N1 s- m3 [; e  J5 D! I7 [8 u• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
, j" b( s# D, S1 L$ o  L8 \' {• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
# z3 V: [7 o8 t• 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
• 本土化 localilzation
3 o: p/ L: Z; X6 X, D2 v• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
! H+ A; k" r3 }- C. v/ x  t• 蹦迪 disco dancing
& F2 m: @4 y& w' S• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
9 T4 c% }$ F5 w% `/ a. U% y$ v• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
8 a2 Q: g0 c0 \3 q, z• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
  X. n6 U; W* ^$ I1 o5 ?• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
; k- C6 H4 o9 s• 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”
, T, a6 b9 e0 f/ K• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
6 v; w) A2 ?- o' {, H4 _% E& G• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 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
& w9 w% l* o& S9 D1 |- P/ g• 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
" c. z( M6 o" ]7 q0 n1 C0 [• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
0 E0 D: m' }' z1 R' t6 h3 D• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
1 x4 Z9 v7 {- j6 a- x* ~* y# e' S0 l7 z• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
2 A9 l- X2 Q0 Z4 {9 j0 \: ]• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
3 {$ k4 b% K1 I* H  a• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
. s9 q. T* @  ~0 g4 Z1 V1 U3 m- e  |• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
0 ?" p+ w' i1 r5 t" b) |5 C• 标书 bidding documents  
" A1 l& \# Y# G" r0 q% v• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
( D8 A" m: L0 T( V% I3 E$ ~• 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"  
, [" x1 V, ~+ X' A  J5 Q: L3 ?• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
1 a% I8 U1 X" O! z+ H• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
( w$ |3 m7 A1 r• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
2 c1 ], Y+ n5 }• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
* \0 ^' y' f3 W* x# F* V• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
) T: N0 j* p8 A: s" \+ G• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
/ @. F1 B0 i5 \/ a6 R; m• 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)
0 o6 K2 S' W5 r1 n* v/ N' b• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
/ Y- y% `* p9 {! U& f• 博士后 post-doctoral
8 S, H' S3 \3 w% }• 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  
• 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  
8 u5 d' z8 k# ~6 r0 c  h+ m: G• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
1 Z# d: ^7 T+ N* t+ b3 Y3 D# {• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
* h4 p1 O1 [2 j9 `4 `" \' z• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
- W6 z# M/ P4 g• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
- F& f& j3 \" ?3 b$ E) Z• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
: |# x, T  F* r7 x' L• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
  S! [9 p# t1 ]0 t• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
& i* \; f- J' S; I4 \• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
) E/ h. H4 l  b( U$ U• 不感冒 have no interest
( O) R: C. T0 N& W: F• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
$ t% R9 H* \9 a4 l% V8 l• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
# o4 \% E# J% h' F. A• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
8 _) D  C# z  M  F: i6 a• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
% H$ I( n$ |2 V• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
' i6 K$ ^7 k+ x2 t• 不可抗力 force majeure  
& Y. F0 S& y0 y5 c* ?/ f8 k- M• 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  
% W$ l6 Y" ^' K• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
: v) A0 D/ B2 n' G  E) I• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
5 Z" V6 t3 w& h! q6 y• 不眠之夜 white night　
: ]/ t( p4 }4 X" R/ O• 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
$ `1 r, L2 n- N2 g' N8 h' u• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
* b* ^6 P: w3 u/ e( ~- }9 \# n• 不速之客 gate-crasher
# J& N( I8 l+ u% j. o5 [: O• 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
0 K; B4 o5 U$ P+ j% I1 T• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
/ l. e( @  N, Y( d$ R; o: u7 L• 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。