Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
6 n- f1 \! i$ n- U0 w# f• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
4 ^; A  |. c( A! @/ L" {• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
7 M' p! z& X5 e9 T+ Z• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
9 @8 Y# U3 ^( H$ M) Z! @4 _9 U• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
6 s) O3 n0 v5 a! `" X• 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
! Z" a  M# p: `. n% O) [2 u• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
4 i1 u/ d- b: l• 安乐死 euthanasia
9 Z- `% R3 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
# f' ~& v4 q8 k! A  T7 d( i• 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  
5 Q% B# S! a5 u  u4 i• 暗箱操作 black case work
* O8 O' Q  |9 H& ]• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
( ~. A6 I$ F+ A4 W6 Y• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
& ~. A2 f9 s( ?# K, V• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
, q- G, L( C: i0 A• 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  
5 Y0 d6 e4 [8 ~+ a. w3 |; t: o$ t• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
1 Y% L  ]. i2 z, Q0 o* A8 J, d7 L• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
% A4 x, p% }( z1 B) X• 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! V5 U, U& Y( d• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
2 _; M$ D8 [" G0 b: c3 s• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
+ q9 _% Z# l. ]• 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.)
& @0 u+ E6 Q3 t* L, Q• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
: K; }5 S1 O2 h* H# k* G• 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  
/ x: F, O+ s% S• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
; S% ~( t0 W) n+ A* {• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
& b- F+ I$ n  \5 M- p2 P; ^• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
4 J6 u& E% z+ F6 `. d& m1 M- Q, n• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
$ H  a- k7 h6 W1 ~• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
7 F  V+ y! F  C  S2 W• 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- Z: F; W& J7 E• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
$ K) @9 `/ p4 r9 H* h& c' X• 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。)
# C4 H- b7 h+ x0 M- `3 C• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
# I2 ~9 o" Q! F* K, d; ]• 百年老店 century-old shop
0 e, E4 E0 T. l8 T& N• 白皮书 white paper
% G! p- c! H* f6 I' j! L• 白热化 white heat
7 i+ s/ z# w! L• 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.
- R, @8 B* c4 c* @( p• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
$ I  S$ k2 h3 I% e+ m• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
2 @# R, H- J* D: K• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
! _# h( ^, A, U1 h( m/ D7 J. E; q; @• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
4 V1 N2 b: r; M• 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.)"  
/ @9 ^# v- b) \4 q6 d• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
/ |" J2 S7 {* J5 j• 白雪公主 Snow White  
: u6 V; Y5 u5 g, E  Q5 a• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
( s8 V4 J9 f, Z& [3 h• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
4 Y3 H2 Z* s+ l0 F, j; r• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
# ~! T# j9 d* ?1 J+ u• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
2 T, W; _; g. b# D0 y# Q- p• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
+ `' d6 R3 W% Z# m• 半决赛 semifinal
$ |3 g0 T& s: |+ r- A5 }  c• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
7 h8 i# c2 e6 C, n- r/ h7 i) _0 Y• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
9 k! K; y6 ~) q" Y7 N• 斑马线 zebra crossing
) Q% F7 ]- [, U* |" ]; J9 f• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
- e8 r% s- O) H  k* s# k7 i• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
) }! k" R; X9 }3 T& d% w• 版权法 copyright law
9 ]; ^+ ]+ i+ |$ {! O• 版权贸易 copyright business
( z* A, r& T( ]9 |4 G0 u3 q• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
5 |: W: S2 U9 a/ i% C5 g• 伴生矿 associated minerals
( k/ T& J" O% k' ~+ |; b& A& ^# g• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
% s7 Y* }4 `' S6 ?• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
: S! G) J% n7 R' t6 Q• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
$ U# @, J6 o& R+ }3 F( `: z( X• 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
' |4 Y; [" w/ o! s7 `! N- _• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
5 `' z2 L3 C9 r2 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
: y. Y6 d2 k# q# Q• 保兑银行 confirming bank
' D* o2 B; [3 Q8 H+ h' L  I0 p• 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
• 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
9 b; c, G5 r, C* t# O. N, l( a7 S• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
7 g3 p( H6 R+ m• 保护伞 protective umbrella
& b8 K7 Z/ x9 T; G& |• 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
2 h  n; e. p1 v/ c& n• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
- I0 x, L7 p+ w. |: }9 ]* z  z• 报价单 quotation of prices
( c- A1 b7 d# j) O  x" X• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
( F& j6 I" e" P# G) W• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
/ J6 c7 I" N% x+ q, y- ]/ d• 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
• 保龄球 bowling
' S% S  M6 a) l$ i" C5 b• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
7 [. _& U0 G$ R, s2 S, _• 保释 on bail
. \+ R( g. _5 t. X9 P• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
& H  h7 j, `0 ~0 ^: u8 Z1 {• 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
2 O4 N- E- T3 a2 y0 x0 T- o• 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
& D, C, n' D% g- A/ P; }+ U* }• 保障措施 supporting measures
" N. V; T; h1 k  M. g9 f+ }9 h• 保证金账户 margin account
7 D6 n2 g3 ^$ b7 d% C• 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
$ \" V2 F3 y$ u# e6 y$ k• 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
. r2 h( C( C  X• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
2 C# b- k9 ^/ E• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
' W* z$ L2 E# Y• 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  
• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
3 C2 r: n1 t8 k% E2 G8 C/ d5 I9 f% U• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
& G  S- \$ O% Z4 q9 X5 c# [• 保理业务 factoring business  
( \* F5 T- t' L2 Z# @• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
8 _- R  E4 {1 Z/ k" a• 保险索赔 insurance claim
5 B0 H: _2 j& J" R• 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 c: e: I, ]$ b* K6 w• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
; O. f) W; o: q• 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
, F3 s8 R# N8 _( ?• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
. m2 A" G! p+ C' F* U9 N• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
7 D8 ]5 H# E$ l* |9 e# e7 ]9 F# v• 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  
• 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.  
. v3 ?2 _" S8 k& }& p• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
' I: ~; F& E0 p: ?+ A6 C: F• 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  
5 h$ |: m1 F' m( O• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
' P5 u# Z& o' B( k• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
% Q$ T' m4 q9 b* E) N• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
$ h, Y& x8 J5 Y; a7 s• 蹦迪 disco dancing
9 t' r+ Y8 l2 }* ?• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
. S) u) o% l4 J• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
) i" v* z- A0 J4 C* n" H• 比基尼 bikini
8 O- V; I" X' j3 r+ h• 比较文学 comparative literature
9 L) ^8 `/ S( m; o& y: ~• 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”
4 {3 C$ {& R7 r" q& {1 }! u• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
/ g& N) e. m2 B" ~• 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
$ K; ~) ?4 F( E% ~+ l! T• 便当 brown bag
8 Q+ S0 h! X* }5 {• 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& m7 h9 Q0 M& \" e. b7 ^: r• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
3 g; P' p! B3 d( H4 A• 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
' M/ Q; I7 t' F6 b6 y$ k1 t( r• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
; A$ H, X& f. L! s- \" f* N8 T• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
6 `  ~& J/ r; b$ F) r' _• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
1 G# f1 u. ~# `• 标书 bidding documents  
7 E5 G$ c8 w4 ~% F5 {• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
1 f! d; W& U9 D' [2 r, M• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
5 X" c4 D$ R/ p1 V  m/ `8 `• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
# G( @0 x8 [, ?+ G; o• 并网发电 combined to the grid
* I: w, Q' R$ K7 i• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
7 v- F5 Z2 Q: {  \• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
4 x( H5 B( f( k; L. N6 I• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
1 w3 y; c( ?+ A• 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
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
- x4 B0 o& }; ^1 R% B0 N, B• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
" i" [! U" ]& Q: b• 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)
3 @! E5 U, i2 _& J" @- W• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
4 P. q. R2 w* B0 t3 o' o• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
& t" k: w. ?+ z& h. J5 Z• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
1 U+ }, {8 h) E( g/ D$ i$ h! T& \  ]• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
  V/ i3 c) W0 Q4 n2 ^2 x* H• 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
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
2 C7 u- V/ e7 S- H• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
& \7 m3 t0 G0 d. d# ~• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
; _6 u; g: i  }. h$ 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
" H( d& \( E3 C6 B- D5 M  O. r• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
2 E, _! m. o0 U& U; g, f• 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
/ T4 a4 n/ z7 V6 o* R• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
9 ~. k  R; W5 m/ c# E6 k$ |% H• 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　　　　　　
) p/ D$ N$ Z5 u  W• 不记名投票 secret ballot
! l" Y3 j8 z# H/ P• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
- ]9 o0 k, l# Z• 不可抗力 force majeure  
3 D, r& o# ]5 n9 A5 q• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
  O0 w0 G* `( b2 I( P• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
7 z3 F2 f: Z' C: M0 ?, G3 y• 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
& t8 P" G, f9 y* v• 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
7 M# t" M9 ]* W( V* g/ j• 补缺选举 by-election  
: ~4 `( H- r7 ?0 I7 v• 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  
• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
, S' L" U* P0 @0 u4 Z8 ^  t5 U9 C• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
$ q. ^; v' A$ y• 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。