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  
• A股市场 A share market  
* k: H( T% I( R1 z• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
' R  E7 _" L1 [• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
  Q& A% F4 w8 A. s• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
) }" y/ M6 C& G, ]/ f% ]• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
3 d# z9 ]0 Q" s" g' e/ I1 ^+ f9 c• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
0 F- Z& H" P( O( c9 e+ S" q• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
2 Y1 S! m' U& M$ J• 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
; v+ j0 Z$ R( Y7 ^& r2 L  y9 j) y• 安家费 settling-in allowance
5 R3 t6 S; ^: I1 z• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
; C- R. H2 y; J• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
$ M; S4 E; r" Y• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
; N: k& t3 |1 A3 k$ k" g• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
0 B9 I& o6 ]8 E& Z, a' X# h/ f* R• 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
8 V" G' o8 s/ d) J- k• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
" @7 B0 I2 }2 O! ?; W• 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  
& ~- y5 P. o. l1 j' w7 i• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
0 m' n! S8 E& s! k& c, r1 F/ O, X: U: E• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
2 e, R1 e$ X( I• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
- R5 c" `1 H# e8 l, a- L& W; W• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
  ]7 {) k5 }  b9 s• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
/ n/ l! j, A1 H  z• 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# r7 B: ]$ E' Y% b• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
5 F3 E# R7 a3 I) K- ?- t) f• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
7 ?. O) {6 {3 |/ R  C• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
9 k+ e. f9 ]$ K: l; V; S/ O% `• 《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
3 r; x! Q3 N' m: `6 F+ [" `• 吧台 bar counter
  ^1 Y8 W+ R% r( J• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
+ p0 r" k4 A( P7 t0 W( g- h• 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
9 F, e: _2 U/ U) G( c5 ]* x) s• 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
1 g/ b' m0 T' [) Q, r) S• 拜金主义 money worship
* k0 d, _5 T$ t# A. W• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
' N" d$ l' p7 N  C• 白领工人 white-collar worker
- o+ \9 y9 N" z8 u• 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。)
( O) P- b& |3 p5 e5 _$ M5 n7 {• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
% g0 k0 m( w8 e( b• 白热化 white heat
' G. X. e2 N7 w9 O% p7 V/ _6 {• 白色农业 white agriculture
4 S0 f8 @; u/ K) @2 Z- t. L  \• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
( y9 l) ]" c9 q: S4 g' x! A• 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  
; ~! T6 R+ J& G( P6 y0 q• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
  z7 t) d9 ]! U4 ~$ ^• 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.)"  
2 d' |; D! n& L0 y! o# x, B• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
$ D( d% A" I& Y" u) G) e• 白雪公主 Snow White  
2 E# h! e; _' m/ o5 {• 半边天 half the sky
) X1 _8 T5 E' U3 [7 z: j3 [4 V• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
9 `" l2 o. f4 q5 D8 J" @• 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
8 ]6 d3 G) }. K' Z, q$ k• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
. M. \' Q+ L. d2 X$ u  x3 P• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
& j2 I. b" b1 J9 a• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
$ b( k# }- d- }" z' w) C4 ]• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
' E9 U1 k+ I8 E• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
  F0 d4 @1 k7 I: W* X" k+ t• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
6 V7 Z+ R/ C6 d• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
4 o: |% g, M( P0 G1 J• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
( P( ?" h' @8 [4 D) _• 伴宴人员 escort  
+ [6 p- r' I3 X; z" s* r5 ]• 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  
. E/ u3 P# h) A" B• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
9 \& @- J/ h5 o1 V7 v• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
$ m9 `# j  \0 z  Y3 i! A8 T• 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
• 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)
& k. V* p1 X( w• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
! z2 _" y% B+ @& r$ w3 L" H• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
3 ^1 M+ }- S, o5 r' T• 包干到户 work contracted to household
% `% w: x) Z) ]& C% _. i• 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
" x/ z! c. c: H$ y7 W: U% w  v• 曝光 make public; expose
* C2 P4 L( L# n  f• 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
4 P3 ]3 w! V2 J1 F• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
. u9 Y% C. {4 G; |• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
4 g7 t2 j) a  t% `) n5 t• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
( X4 Y2 G9 F* l• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 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
' ~8 |5 p+ Y1 m9 ~  S4 G• 暴力片 splatter film
+ t; B: W& q) R• 保龄球 bowling
• 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
5 @. I# Z& @& ?4 r• 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
5 I' T2 u- E9 U" e• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
1 p) i7 q$ X2 P9 Y4 K1 B• 报销 apply for reimbursement
+ f1 C* h  D; x7 y• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
8 Z% ?  e: y4 G7 \( m• 保障措施 supporting measures
: Z* z7 V( u  b• 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
• 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  
: }- {* d9 f- ~" ~) U• 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  
3 E* Z6 X- d/ C- t; ]• 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  
' C3 c3 K" a' J4 \/ g& h1 O• 报关员 declarant  
+ B) g! F, d6 o8 V- F# }0 |. k" K• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
! M' S1 s7 t( Z2 Q$ o$ c• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
/ n5 a9 i5 c0 O• 保险费 insurance premium
% ]6 F! S- t7 z5 u• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
# o( Q8 u( s! J/ }2 z• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
" W, L! {& v& v9 h# @& n• 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
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
* u: {& r0 P7 V6 r& F• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
- U# k. `- i" Q' F• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
% i- y! s, z" J9 u, f4 ~; E0 F• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
• 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)  
- F' V2 `2 }5 k+ {• 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.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
% w+ v" x2 s6 y: u) G) r• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
) x7 L/ ~% Y1 X) j6 j• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
" N( a4 w7 z- w/ c/ n• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
( j2 i1 M; s# F( h; C9 ~' R' a• 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.  
% [+ L: H- D8 g# b2 n) e. B) ^• 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  
; Y6 |! n8 c7 d& Q6 f• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 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  
! \4 ~+ \# r" r• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
4 R% [8 Z" R& Y- x7 J/ a& o2 j5 e0 D• 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”
5 z9 o& Z0 n9 j8 w$ U9 D• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
+ a, ?% @  `5 k! t& e• 避税 tax avoidance
% ]8 |9 ]; c7 G6 L* a7 [1 u• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
( q# k( z) R7 s5 y: ?% B• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
4 t5 o/ |  p4 x' h& c• 边防证 fronter pass
$ x& j* \1 N; s, b) M) [/ e0 H• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
& V6 N4 M! s; |3 k! t! Y• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
/ ^- V5 q3 u6 L  S* f• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
3 p% W) E+ X% \& ?% U" H• 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+ b' y. ^0 f* d5 ?• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
6 p& F4 i3 e+ \  r  k7 @) V• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
. z* _4 S' o; F0 m, M* P  K# A• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
; e1 h: J4 [! q, w& c' A" d• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
7 O1 Q3 D, E& T0 r7 H• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
4 K2 M( _  {" T; ?• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
. O1 B$ q2 F. N• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
" f& ]# v  o% n8 d3 S• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
. Z% g2 K( t1 f% a5 F• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
  }( s# J! w* z! Y, H• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
  n/ y/ ~5 n0 A& O, L: c• 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  
, A- b0 m9 _' ?7 A• 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
• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
- x8 g; {1 l# l; [/ d• 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
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
1 d% H' r; n: f3 a8 U• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
9 U0 X& J$ F! Q6 r• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
  ]4 m; R* |7 A5 z: e% O• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
+ K, u+ Y- E% g* [0 u% M• 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. "  
8 ^3 w( K" K* ]  ?2 q7 F0 x• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
' i+ n  {  E4 A. I! g• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
! o  ?; d7 i" J) i• 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
2 K: k- [8 v! X$ L5 j• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
) i6 i. z& D: l• 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  
. H1 K- s1 W$ l5 ~• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
9 i6 T  O- o! x1 T6 Q. U  g• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
) _5 d1 @& N" @3 _  e9 o% @• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
2 L% l) Y  c2 |+ I• 不眠之夜 white night　
  Q- C4 c+ P4 h2 k) n  B+ y9 v8 [• 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
8 I$ r6 F5 u5 Z- ]( \• 补缺选举 by-election  
" L0 o, t0 k0 n  K• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
3 J% P5 W+ R! P! H• 不速之客 gate-crasher
6 ]3 t1 a! F) U# |, s( d( O" K• 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
- M( ]+ S! E2 K) V) w• 步行街 pedestrian street  
5 X- C& O8 y+ }0 \4 E• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
' J( n7 Q  T; t9 L. O( C$ f• 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。