Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
3 B. ^, V+ I/ k2 F( x• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
# @* k, W4 c3 }3 X& R• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
7 U8 o+ K$ k) _• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
3 T; k4 J9 Q( `/ q: ?! d. x• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
; c/ a/ @, t6 g: l( \• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
7 }8 g( x: |4 D1 d7 l1 S- @$ R• 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
• 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
; G+ n' \; f- A3 Q' N( f• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
$ K6 W. ~3 Q( Y9 U( A• 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
# s' t" |  V6 n• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
* l  N5 K/ Z9 x, U• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
: U1 S' u3 u& e, G( \& `+ w& _1 h• 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
+ }( H" a- J2 C4 f, T- P• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
/ c0 p. _+ r) H; c• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
3 H6 g+ s% T; S! r4 H+ \• 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
9 J; z3 K& _1 j, Z# B• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
- k& [+ U, H2 N: t% c1 ?• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
* a6 r  L2 R/ }6 E) }) J3 ~• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
- E) ^: _% G) C• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
; n& B' w; @7 D/ z' Y0 V$ ]• 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
0 `* U- p, a, ?3 O7 \/ ^* n9 ^4 `$ _• 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
/ U/ d. c3 t( O2 k, X. K• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
0 A9 M2 k8 B) W! H8 d$ j• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
  U; b. r" b) o. X" j1 G0 C• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
7 Q% R3 C2 G# }+ B, _; J• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
. H8 Z* H5 C' q! \• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
/ o' Z: @3 b* r+ s4 ~" i• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
# N9 O) T# E2 g0 |• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 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
• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
0 D% b  i# Y7 S. p2 s# K' x• 白领工人 white-collar worker
, Z; C, \6 x* W0 N% g) K• 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。)
' D' W. y+ ^0 T( H6 i- {• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
) z3 M3 C! j: ~& P6 I• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
) [! c9 U& V- M2 n( l) q• 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
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
3 j/ \& w6 z8 K8 I; O! r6 u- R• 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  
5 Z1 v" @. j) O) P; ~. s• 白雪公主 Snow White  
+ P. T+ |& x' r3 o. I: I. p: x: f' m• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 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

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
$ j! I2 i8 Z5 X2 L; A7 y• 半决赛 semifinal
/ K! S2 l! x$ n- a1 i. q% t• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
2 a3 R/ C& x  V• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
6 x) I% J# ~/ r; x' X) m• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
* _/ i% V$ e0 B• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
9 f, Q) ^! a9 W& b6 T% L• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
1 o! i' }9 g2 @7 c• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
2 e$ d/ S3 d% U) ~1 x5 l' ]0 a• 版权法 copyright law
7 e& k  f. |( `) W/ s• 版权贸易 copyright business
/ a, @7 p+ h- G) ?) F• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
0 d$ j% J1 M3 m' w- T9 D• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
# [7 P* K3 n2 m: D) ]$ r• 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  
" d7 H0 D0 P; k+ s* H+ I9 ]& \' x! {• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
  P$ S# r7 ]! C, E$ O! E( j• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
( y# l) u  H+ o# `• 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
• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
0 A2 p. e/ q; N• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
1 x# E) V+ a* o8 @9 w- y- `- V• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
  {6 i- `) z# |  R4 ?• 包干到户 work contracted to household
0 K* v2 i% K3 H• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
: J, |: r; P2 |' _0 |" W% s* @包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
4 V8 ^* i: E# w$ U8 ^  y! I0 f• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
9 z9 Q  p( G7 N/ q8 [• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
1 t& K: j: b/ B: R• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
+ ~2 Z3 x& ~3 r1 O) J% S• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
+ Q* p' D; H, T# l, q• 保健操 health exercises
: K, H8 x9 k, ^0 Z  o& l1 P• 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
! b3 b9 C0 ]* O/ y• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
' S, k* A3 M- A3 `• 暴力片 splatter film
6 w& S) B% |5 i! A& j6 i• 保龄球 bowling
# O5 d/ r+ W2 q1 k( P! h. N• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 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
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
# z0 a# G- T% o/ i• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
/ g: Q( B1 K1 Z' W$ Z0 S: s• 包销人 underwriter
. T% D6 |  ]# H/ {• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
* H' ?  t( O4 F& J• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
8 M: ~$ r. E1 L. t% d• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
2 M- u' x7 M) J3 ~: b3 U• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
# M! x4 R% W6 r; _) y% B) {• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
; i2 A% M! ]+ P3 N( b$ i• 包装精美 delicately packed
) H& H, A6 S4 S' h2 _' x4 m" T! l• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
) A+ `2 U2 b. B- f1 N. p4 ]• 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
• 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  
9 N* ?" K5 o1 `• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
& W4 M: a( t- q0 s6 V( K2 R• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
% x) ^. Z6 b8 D* [• 保健食品 health-care food  
, n# W& i( e) z6 h7 [4 g• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
. a0 x! h; j' r+ [# j+ ?• 保险费 insurance premium
: d5 ]- p4 [' ^• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
! t/ q6 Y7 E# }  f: h• 保险索赔 insurance claim
: K- P0 H9 \- O) [9 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  
. F) i$ ^: U' u: M. V( y% Y• 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
# X. V9 |! j+ M8 c# D7 y• 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
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
2 E: j( h, D' F- t  t/ b1 t5 i• 备件 spare parts  
# _8 I; a% F, `9 M• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
5 B0 ?! U& P% \" R. R! \9 g5 D• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
+ t$ _2 i4 W8 N4 m% j3 d5 N• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
) n% Y# N8 ^; H1 a: ?/ ]; K1 N• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
$ n4 T. w; D! N* A  N) x. I, A/ `• 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
$ x2 Z5 C) G2 r3 q  B• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
: u0 c; ^2 Z  ]1 j0 m, K• 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  
) }$ L1 |& f* |- l' o4 p• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
' ^8 h8 V" N8 z• 本票 cashier's cheque
: U- _/ F9 g6 D% {# L7 M! t2 x• 本土化 localilzation
# _1 D' v$ o; i2 ~% q2 p+ l% L• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
2 |; S, R8 [6 q  M4 u• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
# d8 D, i- F, |0 Y9 m7 ^2 J& [• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
, E, \; |2 c$ s' ]. \  Y, T• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
  T3 F5 ^, L# p2 q; l  i5 h• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
' j7 n* c% z3 c$ X8 w) K• 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  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
" i5 S9 E0 ^. s& m0 o• 毕业设计 graduation design
3 k2 T; M/ i2 \1 S/ p& z5 l& H  |• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
* g# A$ @# w& E• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
8 P4 o6 p- O# e& ?4 [• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
) |" F$ @, K  k: O4 j* r7 D$ H) C• 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
8 C6 O# h7 e6 r( M- k' R, h  H5 R• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
( x! \5 F. X. {9 U9 {- V• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
( ^- n  L5 Q, G) G• 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
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
# E& @- D7 i3 ~& v8 T: E; f• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
5 F4 r/ M) \" [: ?6 \" A5 y% U/ p• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
1 ^  R# m8 o% `• 并网发电 combined to the grid
! Y# B- ~  m# {" o5 H# C; v) j• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
4 t4 X! F+ i* \. l• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
- h) g5 M$ q7 |• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
1 I0 r' B( M1 n" _, h, _. O• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
3 M$ I  w+ J7 Q1 {6 {, B• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 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)
* R* z, I- M3 q$ G' z" X" C• 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
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
0 t% d% S& s9 b! D/ J( k' j# i• 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
8 L0 b) U" s8 a, \2 c• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
: T6 s- F1 i  a3 R1 c0 D• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
. d  ]* J/ q$ C• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
1 y7 z* T: m6 j3 Z• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
0 g" ~( H) z. o8 _! }% B! ~' P• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
2 ^( L- a. L/ `- [6 x% O• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
" g# D& t4 h* ?/ j9 H• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
7 E: y# B+ y# ]• 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
( ]. T! P9 t% ]3 r! e• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
* t8 Q" Q" t( j5 R; e; V3 f. i• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
& P; T6 f8 N! J' W1 t6 |! J1 p; o• 不记名投票 secret ballot
9 f& \7 F/ f1 K" k• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
* u: l/ T& o. j5 a5 x• 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  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
0 |9 ?. c6 z4 B• 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)
• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
" U6 F2 F- @! V1 X, W• 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
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
! E! o9 o% O& W• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
7 o4 Z# K" h; x$ T# |• 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。