Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
. L9 b! J; F+ ^: M# ?5 B6 k1 Z* z• 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
$ u2 n+ y! D4 j" \+ r7 a, \: T• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
6 h2 J4 n1 J+ B# p# i" H# r• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
0 z2 Y' l/ Z0 Z# u, T• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
: @: p( G8 j* ]1 T, S% |4 V0 K• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
2 p" H5 |) U2 n& d7 a  b• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
3 t8 V$ i$ L- w+ Z- r1 f/ H' ]• 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
4 o' q( }' r9 L• 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
4 Z$ v2 ?( y7 y, ]1 r0 [• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
9 ~$ |3 f$ N; n- s& k• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
/ H4 P" j# T+ O+ {& z6 Q. k• 暗箱操作 black case work
2 s$ q; f- R0 y8 V) {7 ]& m• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
! j; Z* L  D4 e: P$ N( J• 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
2 F2 b" {& z- u$ j- x7 w• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
9 _( i- W6 F( _# R& H. d• 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
( f5 x3 d: Y+ N) D! v1 Y• 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  
2 M' v' q, z  m• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
3 L6 H7 ?1 s) V9 |* F5 J& w• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
8 Y0 S2 Q1 `: r- B1 n/ l• 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  
• 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  
/ d) H1 m' H% k3 V/ f• 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
• 拜金主义 money worship
$ C$ h  o1 I. p" E0 S$ X• 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。)
' `! j& f; b* W6 ?2 M! A! x• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
4 ?$ ]( O. }! j• 百年老店 century-old shop
! j: v: z, k* ^2 @' T• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
# C9 t1 S3 |4 Q• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
8 v( y. G% W3 a5 U# j% t• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
% B. ^7 N8 s6 D* U: e5 F# d• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 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  
* _( s6 \. q" N0 n3 e• 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  
% g4 Z( @4 H# g7 d3 Y• 白雪公主 Snow White  
# a: s( \4 X( T; s: V• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
( q4 U- `: l( g3 @9 [• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
) X/ o( s' a1 ]& t% r" L6 F• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
" ^8 {6 ]1 F' M% u+ s• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
* D6 \% j" F/ H; S, u' `9 o• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
5 N( \7 s* C' ?• 版权法 copyright law
- J$ k8 h9 o2 R( _2 c1 S• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
! N& `1 m$ e) g7 s0 A• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
* N& C8 T5 V! q$ R/ F/ w# i• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
# R1 S, C+ ]: f7 {• 伴宴人员 escort  
8 C/ f) ?& \, H1 x4 u( K• 搬运工人 transport worker
! m# X5 f& t5 x0 I, G' f8 n; l2 Q• 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
• 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
3 _6 r! M9 b2 ~• 保兑银行 confirming bank
% L2 l9 ], m+ G; h9 f• 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
' d9 R% ~. r2 N3 M• 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
; |: C5 T# w, }) x% B, T; o4 \• 曝光 make public; expose
' u$ L6 ^% S: _• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
. J* R( O; u& i' V( @• 保护伞 protective umbrella
- Z9 K* V2 n  W% Z" u( s• 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
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
8 C  o& b  n" u% i. A, {• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
2 t3 P' P0 g% X0 S• 保健操 health exercises
: l% Q1 \  S7 ]6 w# g• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
3 p" P+ }7 T9 b* r: j) y3 ]• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
4 d# R! a9 I4 ~& k# M) r# r• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
  |4 R" L$ K8 `( f• 暴力片 splatter film
0 m6 b' M. {8 u$ A! a  e• 保龄球 bowling
& i! q& d& S* J, W# Q% Q• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
8 Y0 p4 M( U+ U2 @5 ~• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
; R& w2 C) r6 U" i2 X# P6 f• 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
( B# U3 c% l8 ?# ~* C4 G9 m1 \- f2 z• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
$ a# B5 K, v! y. t• 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
1 h7 V8 A# c6 i• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
+ }) x6 ]" q7 [& `2 X• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
3 M5 s& `0 ^7 D3 Q• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
8 T) b& T  W! x3 K• 包装业 package industry
6 R1 m  k  L/ S/ b; _6 j• 保安员 security staff
3 l. ^3 p% {4 ~: p• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
4 E4 y# I2 g0 y: }8 b• 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  
- E- y  Q4 B9 Z# A* M& D/ Q• 保健食品 health-care food  
1 W2 x+ F0 V; r$ X: V* I% J/ L• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
0 A7 D& P4 ~' D( P* ~5 e• 保理业务 factoring business  
: d: Z/ j) K# o; v0 R- N3 Q* n$ }• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
1 O4 E* i) D# a" J/ k, z• 保险索赔 insurance claim
3 O" X/ f: |5 j$ c, Y0 r6 v+ c• 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  
5 A/ F0 J  n: O9 s0 v- `• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
2 `5 u- t) I. y" h8 b, H9 O( Z• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
  s! R/ N  @5 ?  \0 X2 a• 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
8 I6 z4 ]1 {3 b* v* d• 备件 spare parts  
% l. c5 Y1 `5 z, p6 Q6 c• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
0 z  r. P' u( o& ]• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
( }6 F, Q9 d; f( Z• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
2 D, X- j3 g, u( H9 s• 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
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
# X4 ~9 H+ l6 ?: p; u  F/ M* R• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
5 U+ x2 G! g% S( H* A• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
8 g- a( [) U" |4 A/ M' Q• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
6 `& F9 ]4 o, T& H9 n; S5 h• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
2 O2 `6 s0 @* U3 }3 _2 A. _  a• 本土化 localilzation
% w% _0 p  }  M5 F' B6 F" ~• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
8 o% q; K0 M2 E; j* c! a% i! Q3 z• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
0 ~/ ~  {4 {: {/ Q8 @2 j• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
% D) P; M  Z* z" q7 m• 比基尼 bikini
- y2 C& j$ M( Y3 U• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
, d( ^+ W* S1 b; Q7 }6 H# R• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
: y2 U2 {6 Z5 ~! f; u4 l• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
. t9 C: _- I( W: e" z• 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; c/ k8 c7 g) \( R$ |) V/ z• 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
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
- A% E0 U4 {) C% Z, E7 h* V# L* ]• 边际效益 marginal benefit
+ `, N+ {$ {) f" N4 l+ T• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
5 f0 g8 F9 B* a( W8 T• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
! n' Y! d+ M/ [0 Z* ~+ N• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
* d" z4 ~4 _% C/ o* i% H  s• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
, `( t; O! [0 v+ @; k/ H• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
& S( b& _- l# u• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
! }- b& M/ X" v* W6 j% a4 L• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
! E: ]( D: C' l4 [. G• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
4 d2 g2 L+ O/ u8 u9 g• 标书 bidding documents  
# B3 C8 q( a1 w5 n( V6 n. s• 表演赛 demonstration match  
( U0 _1 z3 A' Y( H* W• 冰雕 ice sculpture
! u& f% M/ N$ Q: b, X3 G1 Q5 i! Z6 F• 病毒性感染 viral infection
, O8 \' q9 L% _7 p• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
( j  g0 r0 Y& c• 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
% L4 ~" w. `* U0 t5 w0 c- T: Z• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
6 p+ }" x3 s; q+ k4 C• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
; G/ d* }4 y! r. p• 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)
1 F/ b# r9 {# n1 L/ B+ `. x• 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
/ O7 \: A, P: D  X. M0 ]% H• 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
7 [0 L* C+ b2 l) r, x• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
8 X6 M/ G* ~) n: r" _0 z7 C+ [! ?" V• BP 机 beeper, pager
' {& p: V( T& V• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
5 n3 s$ P+ p. ^& m( q) ~) I• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
! z5 |- G' \, {( I• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
( G, [1 M6 v/ w* r9 o• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
$ x' I9 _0 u1 v" I# {4 L. Y6 {2 O• 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
• 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
, i! j) e7 |+ R* B• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
3 M6 O2 T- F1 ^. N! E& W• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
4 S& l0 |$ ~3 b( W7 }% L• 不记名投票 secret ballot
" |$ [7 @& a4 S! M) u- q9 u" X  I• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
; p2 O( M% u) j- v( S6 D* y; @8 l• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
8 m: Y3 Z- K/ \& C6 _• 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  
/ I3 R6 N4 _9 S2 ]• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
: L$ `+ {1 b8 F9 e• 不眠之夜 white night　
! S% m/ C8 A; x  q9 K" u' a• 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  
) d1 a2 @/ n! F& a  B• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
( O0 h% y" G1 O; l' b• 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
- d$ W0 W: _% I4 S  W• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
0 @- j, Z. l& B• 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

spark

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SlimPig

这些词在国内很流行，这里用的比较少了。