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  
7 S9 d- `% l$ O/ V8 Z• 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
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
, r6 v: y% [( J, V$ u! F+ ]" [: y• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
; Y7 C9 M8 j7 D0 o# r) m• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
6 E9 a" u( t' ~, h• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
" e8 k! e( V8 l8 @• 安家费 settling-in allowance
+ K, a& e* a  S• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
. y, e8 S! n* ~) Y4 e• 安乐死 euthanasia
* S, W- _4 O" S7 S8 |6 d• 安理会 Security Council
, L' z: P  D7 U& ~• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
. c! W. e# p; z+ m! s• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
& A+ \& A: W" Z8 w- {0 A3 [• 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  
% ?; s$ Y4 ?& f8 c. z• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 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  
• 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  
( i# V' R, [0 z7 N6 K* v& w2 |# P• 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  
0 c+ U3 z( H* h6 S6 U. ?- f• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
  N9 v8 w" I  g• 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

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
+ i7 k8 N, K4 T* `• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
' w8 B/ d3 J' \7 z/ ?• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
, T6 G0 ^$ h, }. K+ q! U• 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  
• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
. q; x' N% ]: J4 t• 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  
* L0 \' H2 T* Z1 D• 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
3 n" G9 j: I# r& |• 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。)
. j4 X  ~9 R  c  E• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
/ m8 ~3 p6 v6 I$ n9 ~) Q+ }. e• 百年老店 century-old shop
! |  I5 I. s6 ^8 G* m• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
- @3 t" @$ n2 e1 f: p1 v' {) V• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
, K5 a" [. O# J' {# G. Y• 摆架子 put on airs  
  c  i8 t7 `1 x+ ~0 O• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
; t0 V4 F* N% Y• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
, M6 m; I( F1 b9 A  _1 d5 z• 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  
; i3 m7 ?9 k& K8 W$ h2 m• 半边天 half the sky
$ s- r9 }1 {3 @6 X4 L8 G3 u9 K• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
% Y3 J' j# ]4 X" `• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
  D" w! {' y' @1 E• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
: |: I4 b" Y4 g& B5 A: l" d• 半决赛 semifinal
7 n/ }+ w5 R* O• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
6 S( N/ s  l- h2 H; u# q2 X$ V• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
5 P( J/ S& v# {5 X: c- t$ a# f* n• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
5 K% J0 T3 K+ C, Q, o7 A  k• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
3 ?% C# C* V& @$ j, j0 e8 S, m• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
" U# z$ M! P7 T- D# O• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
* w* }& i+ @8 `. l• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
9 [" `9 Y2 y3 N. P* s! g! A• 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  
7 }% q) r9 T9 g+ b, F# Y• 伴宴人员 escort  
( }: U/ b1 ]0 v; N; ^0 p8 j• 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  
3 |. l  x; \' C& Y) R! W; \• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
% a  I3 X* {3 `! ]0 s0 {• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
) f* K* P  M0 b1 {5 n1 N• 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
. k3 \- A5 A9 v# x" \• 保兑银行 confirming bank
0 s: S- z5 ~) ~1 ^+ |. Z4 E• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
9 k1 R  m# \) a8 r  f4 [. k! q• 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
! w: {, Y. S* P! F: t9 X& J; W4 j9 z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
4 s1 l5 q- `) _  C, P6 Y7 o• 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
( x' o3 X7 X( j• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
+ }. L1 G  J+ h) G• 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
. h0 b3 E$ V8 d2 y• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
" k/ I& \: \& e3 g! S" R- H• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
9 V: D3 h) ?  \( L: c! z8 j• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
% X( t3 E, W) N) d4 t• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
1 v! u3 M  {! B$ O7 X• 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
; T7 ^9 F. k& B3 |9 u7 {3 Z• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
1 U/ ^  y# a  G) Z% F0 u• 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
/ k+ Q9 U2 A- D• 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
• 包装精美 delicately packed
/ T0 m  L$ b0 u; Z1 M• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
# _. x: G* g9 f6 Q• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
  M, B7 w$ w7 m/ D  Z+ }• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
% m0 j* h) g. M* T1 V" M9 s/ [• 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  
: C! t" B) S7 @' P& t4 n• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
6 I9 `% {: t9 U+ X8 W• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
# K- U, H+ L5 S! }4 |) b• 保健食品 health-care food  
2 h) y% j) R" M+ q0 Y3 L4 D• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
! v$ A; z3 k' Y/ p1 N4 m3 p• 保险费 insurance premium
+ J& W7 \* W  y& X• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
4 b% r# \- \# Q* V: z• 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  
8 ~$ p- q2 s$ y3 N! @# ^# i• 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
2 H' T8 }$ _. \1 k: \% U8 U( B• 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
8 w' G5 b% F+ C# _• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
* [* u1 y& b" w$ E# D• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
% s6 l# l- q  A7 p) q3 [• 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  
1 `2 |; W6 |- o. {/ r• 备用资金 reserve fund
) ~: g; a; V8 O& B5 n. _• 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.  
9 U7 T- ~- S0 a! X! m7 T• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
$ y; ^' |, T* z# A• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
$ k* ]! F1 F, M5 b; V& F0 @• 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.  
( V$ f( \& W# }! \! [• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 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  
, k4 J( ], k' N( D( l5 c) ?• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 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# U# ?9 r& e0 m% s• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
! q7 `3 L8 n) Y$ P- X( W• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
2 Q  R: n8 {$ E$ f; `- B• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
+ V4 \$ O. e2 G4 ~* n$ y( T• 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
) {3 r9 h" ]$ \( e# F• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
$ H, [; p4 S7 a; L• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
8 F! M( t; O3 q& g• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
/ N# z$ w7 y* R/ d• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
: B) ?9 D0 v6 d9 Z; R, i• 边际报酬 marginal return  
% M: F, g$ f! U5 k4 z5 \, ]7 Q• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
+ Q+ I! [# w2 m( Y• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
6 x. j( z( k' q1 s; s, O• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
+ n: u" v! ?  f( R9 ~4 J4 f# f& g3 g• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
7 {, A5 r( e! M" U4 _• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
$ C/ z9 O) q' {4 [0 n3 w• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
& ]# d7 \/ w0 ]( l• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
+ l( _/ x3 ]0 }' q4 r5 D• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
5 B, {! S* G$ |0 y• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
8 R  ~4 Y# E2 H• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
6 a( p. {2 e. K; ?. t% G" ^• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
5 f& ?7 m( z% `; F1 |# e2 i3 r# v% R• 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  
1 Z4 Z2 q! \: b4 y  i• 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)
( ^) e) ~) o' K0 ~* E• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
! b1 r* V0 ^/ a0 l3 U• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
( s# j3 y; N: Y+ ^4 |• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
# L* r. Z" Z% B• 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
% [- x0 Z5 f, Q/ y2 Y+ A5 @• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
2 Y* g( X  z6 N6 P+ D5 x: n• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
4 X- J" a! Y( v* q6 Y• 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
• 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
' [  F- R/ H( U* I2 x• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
& P4 O' X4 l+ B0 A• 不感冒 have no interest
7 T) V$ I; f0 t• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
9 P: K. @3 ]  S! }6 b# k2 `• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
0 b( ]! r6 @' x, f! y8 S• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
" Q, s. D: p0 b. g+ O* y* f" _4 Y• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
+ I& T+ a6 U# f+ n- t( C• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
$ `4 f2 L6 f* q• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
" F4 D' B) B( `% y; U4 T6 I4 w1 u$ C; L• 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 H2 v: e) w9 n& t  J/ V" }• 补缺选举 by-election  
- l1 N7 d! L1 X• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
5 v  |  @7 A+ P6 }• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
  n! w1 Q' v: I% f8 ]& ^2 F' O• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
7 Z' q" _/ W: g& ^, Q• 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。