Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
+ U& w. \* l4 B: A4 W• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
2 @! n6 @$ i  u8 {( D9 v8 `• A股市场 A share market  
* i& g/ }* H2 N) T* [• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
5 T1 ^1 R4 O8 A% }- m• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
0 p2 B7 e  f, B1 X• 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
# |* b- h$ C9 ]# L• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2 C  M2 y$ Z1 E• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
) R) U% e- b) P& W8 M2 G) Z• 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
3 V6 R/ R7 U4 x# Y+ V  w• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
* L  N& H7 s, _* ?• 安乐死 euthanasia
7 a3 K8 @1 A7 o! _1 [( N, I• 安理会 Security Council
- m& f4 v4 J+ O0 o% z7 S• 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  
• 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  
• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
' Y: j* n. v, X7 A2 e& `• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
6 s" ]; G( O" x# F, ]% L+ `$ z/ P• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
+ r/ W( T; e" V' e• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
' d' T* Z4 T5 T# t* c• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
, g6 D, q6 B4 X1 ^• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
/ i! [. P, i$ O5 N• B超 type-B ultrasonic
( `" ?9 G2 V& x' `3 Y9 e• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
: d! u5 x' @5 [0 L( z% p$ L• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
$ C" P- `8 W$ s• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
) v6 T: D, Y: R3 K• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
7 ?6 I0 g1 f+ S  j( ]• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
5 Q2 K' \0 u/ A& k6 y$ v% Y# v• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
. q* _# _8 r9 S5 V- n! A6 a• 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
! `* L8 ^$ {5 I• 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
% D' S7 S1 H7 Z# Q/ w4 O/ i• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
+ V4 @  X1 N* N9 \2 y; r5 }& q• 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
$ C9 |  Q; N, W9 n& h/ O; p• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
# f1 G9 m0 E& @$ E: j• 白色农业 white agriculture
: x. E7 V3 k; P) @7 c# T4 V8 k• 白色污染 white pollution
1 K6 e( k) {. ?• 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
* J$ S/ f; z9 ?& [! @  L• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
2 ^4 Q% H) g  Q+ b6 }& L  ?8 e0 d• 摆架子 put on airs  
6 S7 Y+ f0 Z) X& a$ V5 Q( m• 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
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
2 _* c! d$ d' H& f• 办公室设备 office equipment
% w0 E& i: |( y2 U$ {• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
) Y1 a; G: O+ T; i5 j• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
9 q% [7 _4 Q: k3 n" N& T• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
: S; J/ h+ H" k" K: s8 z* h7 _( D• 斑马线 zebra crossing
. _3 @- |# Z. H& b$ e9 P: v• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
$ X! e+ i# x6 ~. `% O! Y0 T0 ]• 版权法 copyright law
  z. A) d4 v# t) n# U• 版权贸易 copyright business
' K$ X0 g# j' {, Z• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 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  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 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  
; t% ^3 a) i7 c0 a! M3 z) z• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
  w% a! W' n- G3 ~) z8 B• 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
  c0 C. c, J: f7 r• 保兑银行 confirming bank
• 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)
. m% q; F1 z. v1 ?  H" ^$ {5 X• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
7 ?/ ~  _7 c8 y* O  S. h7 X5 e; F• 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
4 E2 F2 H0 Z+ F" H. ^• 曝光 make public; expose
' }! t9 ^( [, N• 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
• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
4 {+ h  C8 l3 R9 C- T) }: t) H• 保护主义 protectionism
' `, e$ F! \+ i/ o' a" N• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
- x' K) z+ k6 R! e5 @% H2 @; U+ i8 a• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
6 C: G1 M, A( r# f• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 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
6 `( N1 v9 i3 a' |) ^) u• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
. @' p% U6 L3 W$ z4 l  o& V• 保释 on bail
• 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
8 I4 t: M9 ^7 G, r• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
, Z' }, d# Y$ A! |• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
! \4 M* b! M6 y' H& ?! N• 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
( b) U/ ]7 K& Y- R2 x/ k• 保证金账户 margin account
2 |# h: W7 r! k; `• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
3 O+ }  q8 O+ }9 C5 e• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
/ f7 i! r' a6 ~5 Y0 w% S9 y, d• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 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  
' |2 }* {6 w9 l7 F1 M" C- q• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
" Y- V7 y" s" w" y5 _6 m% ^8 t• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
& R4 d7 Z4 m. g* P% _: Q3 {- S8 x: F• 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  
- ^% J/ y3 C5 t! [" r• 报关员 declarant  
5 t: R# _; \- J: A/ t' F• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
- l6 q. U. R0 x" C* R  a• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
- Q7 a6 h! _" b. A& w9 \' u. B• 保理业务 factoring business  
) _( ~3 N& M( o! @& z# {9 ?+ ^* m) o• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
& V* J/ L# L( m( Y• 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  
& k/ y* _7 u+ m' u* ?- R2 B• 保证金 margins, collateral  
) c0 l0 n  Q2 O• 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  
$ J, ~1 @% E4 m& O7 M1 ~( v% x• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 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  
# C, ~1 o' v/ k8 U2 R0 L• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
  H0 L, I1 @6 I' N• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
* E1 N- @5 u% O; q$ W+ i% Y* I3 b• 《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.  
% R$ p7 a7 M3 @( Q& Z: ~+ I* s/ j0 S• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
& i& O+ ^6 q0 L9 T& C$ ~8 K1 G$ a2 Y• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
% `" x5 k7 y' k. e! Z6 N• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
- R, F  j% Q& f1 o6 s• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
+ _. ~' W. I) g- q  ^$ z8 o- o9 ^• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
+ v, v3 w  v5 U6 o• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
4 [( Y5 |+ C- s8 h4 l# |: P• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
' d" O8 h$ ~- r' n+ ]: e• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
- f! [* h6 Z( K3 L" x. b( H• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
. w, O9 ]& k4 e6 ?# @7 E• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
8 K1 }0 }  g0 U# y9 l• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
7 l/ ^( E- \* r- A+ J( P• 闭卷 closed-book exam
! J/ T# z* D# D+ t# @& z" |) A• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
# n$ @2 A% S6 Q2 h• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
. J! h4 Y- \/ F. X& G2 b9 J2 C. o• 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  
3 T$ v" I7 J7 L/ g, O/ ?; S& E- A• 避税 tax avoidance
8 T8 ]' I1 ^/ Z; A1 |• 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
' A2 j- ?; z! ]: y• 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
) b; G' L- J+ Y7 X• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
0 q7 U4 d" z! B  V) [: a$ Y; G• 边远地区 remote and border areas
• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

OliveOil

• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
8 F+ L6 m: z8 a/ j! R/ @( i' V• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
- A/ H4 U, I, C& T• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
* `* G3 u: H6 \& g8 M• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
6 o6 r7 l# q- R) k* h5 r• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
& {: B  P$ Z# N7 m• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
5 B9 q5 D+ P2 M& I3 B• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
/ ~0 K  j2 G4 c6 K) H: e* t; r7 ~• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
0 k" R6 `9 i/ ~) e- V. T" h/ `• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
' [: r; \$ i( v9 w• 冰雕 ice sculpture
* b7 I7 J3 f" `• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
! ?2 F: B4 C8 a+ G• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
! j4 a( n- d; N) y' {# g' y• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
" Y9 y2 Z9 R3 \4 r0 j/ V' D/ n• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 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)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
- g) N: [5 ~. E4 T# z2 O( g• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
( N- o  m( P, L* A% p( k• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
1 S5 N6 p* k. s' _% V6 \• 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
; K" b+ m" A6 M' m# s% d• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
2 A* w! @; p$ N4 Z; S9 o8 a+ ?• 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
* A1 {: U4 S8 i3 l( n- p8 M) [• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
/ ~) n' C7 f; Z( K9 b• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
% B7 q! L+ A$ o7 l• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
- m) X9 T5 D! m# H9 r% u" X• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
8 I4 B$ D1 E( `, U( ]! D• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
( H% l2 T, F7 t* }" r• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
/ A( ]/ W. T/ I, D! x• 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
3 s* \6 Q1 L% L* D  U- g: c• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
, Y' y1 U) w4 J: \" _• 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
- i4 j( B  `2 V" c, B9 @# o• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
. \2 q" }4 R* W) b• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
! r9 j/ F% I7 `5 n: o• 不记名投票 secret ballot
+ N7 p3 W* K! b$ d' V• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
% B& _, M# R  z9 P6 N1 `6 v• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
! q. _0 T) J9 A: E• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
1 \$ ~- o( q2 z• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
& l2 j& \, T, d" G# V5 r' J• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
  x. w7 ~! Y2 \* T. p9 P• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
7 o' l/ O6 T9 l6 K/ x! `2 I5 r• 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  
2 L# u1 o# L* Z* z9 r• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
( B8 h, d& \' e; c5 s• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
- w& K) A2 e6 |5 A- J5 p# E# W• 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。