Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
' D9 ^; c5 k+ P& n9 o) G/ |, N3 N• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
2 r% d; k, `- s7 ^• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
6 \% t. V  S6 I& b% C• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
. k/ r# ?. ?0 b" N% B• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
: P6 F! w3 g# D9 ~• 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
& i4 i2 q! v3 R* ^/ C* v1 T• 安家费 settling-in allowance
7 a* `9 L7 `5 f) Z  y* b• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
0 O, b: d- v+ W0 j% }• 安乐死 euthanasia
, B2 M$ c% V$ U% d" c: K• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
3 u3 B! Q2 R5 B; i. I• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
2 Q  Y! C) ?) b' e. A, g3 G2 t• 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  
/ V$ w0 s4 L) p* f; u/ C1 c3 G• 暗箱操作 black case work
/ W% j, f  j2 n( E- v  j; l• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
! N7 \2 W7 K/ j( R/ U: V4 \) n• 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
* A3 H; T$ b2 W# z! j7 I4 j• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
9 d7 }- f5 l/ c. @3 A+ D3 u# N9 K• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
4 M" U( i! _. @5 e• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
' w: x; S% a8 I. x: s' W! K• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
  \. @  p* f5 V9 ^) Y0 a/ b$ K• 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  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
% @! o: u" r4 {: H' U% J1 Y1 J• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
% U; w0 K7 _# m  q; B2 d5 i• 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' x$ `+ R$ T! X  N6 l• 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  
+ M1 T1 K9 o1 Y% s4 a5 H2 [• 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
3 W! G! P% ]2 S3 G  j3 w• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
! q  ?# K$ y+ H• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
' @) w- U- }& e# `- o* T• 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
% o& @# x3 b, ?1 x' l• 拜金主义 money worship
& J7 Q8 }( W* G4 i8 M* ^9 `• 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。)
& |8 Y4 }9 P' c# H, L2 i& t• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
; N# N: [$ ]5 D" j( \- O• 百年老店 century-old shop
# L& |2 I% u+ S8 L; d7 m: |• 白皮书 white paper
. x6 t0 G3 k4 Y7 K• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
. Z2 A+ b( f* c) P$ [% p* S• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
# l% ~3 w( R  e& x7 |• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
8 V$ Q& R% L. O5 G, e• 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  
• 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
$ X% j% M/ Z! x0 W$ C6 ^" Z• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
& \7 v3 @* Q$ G! g• 板儿寸 crew cut  
: ^) N/ G3 L  m- H1 m9 c• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
; O* u% C% D3 K, ^. J/ x• 半决赛 semifinal
( m$ X1 P0 r9 S1 ]& }7 T0 r• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
7 j; b6 m1 |* `• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
9 ]+ i: t* W4 ?4 r& f• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
1 r8 ~, E" r. c, }& v( A% ]• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
! }5 o/ S. u# ~8 D2 G) i$ u• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
/ }  b! S7 M" E% @1 S, a1 B( [• 伴生矿 associated minerals
# I8 Q, o  n. v. ~3 a) t• 版税率 royalty rate
$ B$ `. g8 l. Y! P5 b2 N• 半托 day care (for kids)  
8 D, b& L) K" [0 b• 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
0 J  Q+ C# G* A- r8 U• 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
# w2 W  v! S, T$ h• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
: \: @: X9 f  J0 C3 m• 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
  Z3 Z* e7 A* N* ]7 u• 保兑银行 confirming bank
9 A0 U% H  y' c% Y+ l% n• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
. U7 |( [7 G& @2 l• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
; z2 o: s( i: m, y• 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
• 曝光 make public; expose
. r6 v, ?& d4 i- n4 A* ?• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
) @; L/ a4 s7 t3 g& {4 B• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
/ s3 y8 _  I' w& t7 S& K: Z• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
8 u# h( j3 l3 g9 P& ?& s• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
2 N5 Q* A/ u1 S• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
. N0 T" j: ?6 g, M6 }( Y  G• 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  
( q- K6 M  i8 b( U# I• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
# A  r, I8 l5 S9 ~6 r# ]- R. ]• 暴力片 splatter film
4 }, y9 i2 d: D. Y7 w5 T1 [! i3 s• 保龄球 bowling
' h! k$ u  S4 o$ U5 v' ~• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
* a7 ]" e) D% S3 v9 s• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
5 G/ W6 E6 M; {* d- w7 j• 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
8 U9 ~) ^- K' H0 ?& X  X. S. f# Y• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
( _# G& I4 m; T! l8 L• 保障措施 supporting measures
# o8 w. F6 C2 C. j. u' r• 保证金账户 margin account
+ `- S0 ~& a$ d0 |• 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
' y2 t5 Y. t( d+ U( c& B+ `• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
' r' z6 J/ e; q. k• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
' t( R9 ?' z5 z/ ^• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
+ s: F& J- |: W- r8 x• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
8 p$ d+ u4 z0 e/ @" ?% D5 E8 A, G• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
" \7 Z1 U" O0 t. {( X• 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  
$ P* W4 |' G! n! e, l3 Q• 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
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
! Q/ q  _9 k( P0 k• 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
( e. U8 `; o! `" {, B; x• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
+ k$ Z( n% J7 R- Z0 |• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
3 j0 D+ q5 q9 q( X* U# B• 备件 spare parts  
% M, g0 @  G: h• 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)  
2 G5 r- X7 M. s# X* b/ X  u• 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)  
0 G3 c; k: B" v. O• 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
% O  E* {3 h2 p" o7 M3 Y• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
/ ~! Z) ]" e! `# k; m# K7 K( m8 F• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
' {3 L8 n) A! t% i# Y• 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  
& P" ~: J9 c; B: ]" l5 |• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
+ l* n' ^3 \+ k/ u+ t1 p• 本票 cashier's cheque
6 m- C1 H3 F2 }! W• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
7 R# X8 K  s$ u/ W7 r+ L• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
% q) x5 x6 G! c) o( z! R- X7 d• 比较文学 comparative literature
3 U) i* Y$ K' B5 k+ A: K• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
- D5 j+ ]* d* Y7 b+ B• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
/ d& ~' O" t9 J7 a- s5 |• 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”
9 m! A1 p8 C# B/ ^• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
  e& Q3 e6 z9 W2 V1 l7 S0 p• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
( {, B1 b% m  h5 e3 G. t• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
4 \8 g1 w: R1 Q/ r6 g5 W6 C( T7 c• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
6 f/ h  f# C/ I. F: u0 A• 边际效益 marginal benefit
) d* W) P  ~1 u9 ]• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
3 o0 M5 Q5 w) f- v9 E" `8 y3 g• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
. P' [% k! B) Y/ V& x5 q• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
3 N, z) p" k9 G5 |% E8 {• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
6 I; v. f4 K9 o8 K& L: Z& l* O* p- R/ R/ t• 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
7 V) [4 u; X& v4 Z/ D• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
* z3 b+ P5 C4 n# m# V- t4 S2 Y• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
/ i$ V, I+ @+ N2 M; S! Z• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
& D: Y% _1 ^) [4 u• 表演赛 demonstration match  
$ C9 ?/ i4 B1 R4 _6 A• 冰雕 ice sculpture
9 ]! z4 w$ i% I1 T0 b5 J* o' e• 病毒性感染 viral infection
- A/ q4 ]( A5 P' I5 C: Q+ U• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
5 i4 o& C" J3 h3 |• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
  |, @- |- H+ D- Z• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
5 h8 {- T% D( x4 [- T: S• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
7 N  W( q  d9 ?# r0 s" u- p/ ~• 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)
: |2 x) a- B3 v( P/ X2 W! h9 U• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
8 y$ v' c1 h7 |/ q1 L' W  K# f* R• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
* @& n/ {" S) x* i5 J) E( s• 《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
' ^/ t, [$ {  N: m• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
/ Z( @  Z% r, U7 V  o1 c• 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
$ w8 t/ d* q4 \" Y+ Q1 _, Q• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
$ e1 A8 x! G% ]2 ]6 e  _/ F• BP 机 beeper, pager
) E' _- |. J9 |5 [• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
! b( _' u- e/ m; _. V• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
- Z5 ]/ i5 p; ^" ^. ~3 o9 T• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
- a6 {" W$ |+ Z5 B" i/ p' r• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
5 O. x, t# ^  u1 F$ ]2 R• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
& a5 b2 F$ T7 U3 d• 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  
• 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
7 W1 H0 B2 K+ O; l' C4 w: y• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
  G0 ?; U' ~. }3 f( V• 不感冒 have no interest
$ i& {6 `. ?* h" v( {( c• 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　　　　　　
5 o. J4 r( p$ e• 不记名投票 secret ballot
* U" U2 u# e. Q• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
- s, W$ N$ k% m; C• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
1 I  l4 k! m$ w* ?9 x• 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  
8 v) F) Q' x' G+ D• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
; J  o: O* ]0 `• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
( m6 ~6 ?. u( O; g• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
; X4 g# k$ `" I: z6 k7 Y8 e• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
. |  l4 y& [: \• 不速之客 gate-crasher
- g1 x; p$ J3 `! v• 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
% ~6 Y4 X7 f- }( i1 W  B• 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。