Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
& n; a6 e) n/ {( Q. P• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
- e% |) H  l0 s0 i1 b) @$ U, H• 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
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
; n# g' a5 Q% C/ V  E9 A/ w• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
+ O( o! l) U, p$ c+ H. K9 z% Q/ R• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
: {) ?4 j# e# z9 F• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
2 A6 \/ P# T' V5 }$ `. {• 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
. l5 Z8 R) e( _2 |: {4 Y: }• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
: }  A: }7 U: y% m2 r, |• 安理会 Security Council
$ x* S+ O# R' U/ @• 安全岛 safety strip
* ^$ h8 a$ j: }  U% C• 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 B, k: p2 F+ V) e9 M• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
; s7 q/ C. w$ T9 h# |• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
8 P) G4 e. i% B% d$ y• 暗箱操作 black case work
- @7 J9 Q9 E6 J/ L# h• 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
4 j+ c4 u3 x; i0 T• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
$ [, b/ C- i! z2 D" l8 V4 U* p• 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  
% `0 @( c" O0 j$ n; Q7 j, ]• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
! r& Y  m; O: h( F• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
8 W! J$ a; |! ?+ V9 D• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
; j0 d( Q& X. Z& s5 d• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
+ h. Z4 [4 E: }8 i• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
& G/ e" p; W# [; a# b• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
- N1 z  Q& H5 D" }1 E9 S! I) s• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 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
5 s5 k( F# p$ y/ y• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
) N1 j0 F: b7 _. s: F• 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
5 b6 x  y/ ~- ?% O# x1 C9 O• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
9 w. i; f- f0 B# H: u& B& J• 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  
• 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
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
$ l3 W; `% e* c; z) K: N9 A( [! z• 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。)
0 n% ~# ^8 O) Y9 R# u• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
' H1 d9 L5 g- G1 _$ _& }# O1 m' n• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
+ y* |2 {5 u' p& ]# @9 u• 白色农业 white agriculture
" k, z* v+ l: U6 d$ ?- R, L- Y/ I• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
) j% t% y1 q9 s  w  o• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
( n, l4 q" ], s6 O8 ~1 U) a! K• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
+ J0 ^. b7 C9 F/ O( d4 S• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
, ~0 r1 F' m0 T4 Y• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
$ C- {8 K; ^  U, R$ D& R5 ?# l• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
- T- h) L6 j# I8 A- I2 n+ b- @- e. o• 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.)"  
5 F+ Y: {% \. O+ |7 R/ \$ f• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
# X/ D" y0 g" g: Z) D• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
8 }$ e$ X" L+ g( R! H! M$ t% S1 x• 板儿寸 crew cut  
! X4 X9 V0 _; |* R# A• 办公室设备 office equipment
+ T2 ]. p# L; M• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
/ w" n0 f; U, F3 U/ f& z6 I% x• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
+ j8 P, g6 V& p/ P$ M• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
1 O; G: K  _1 `• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
* v* K" m% f" U% D- `• 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
5 s. _5 ^/ I/ B) B+ U9 I2 D. T• 版权法 copyright law
6 `8 o9 D3 A& B6 v: I. F0 M• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
0 D/ d, `/ B- J, Q• 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  
4 h8 q1 K& J* A) D; }. G• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
# G* G! F: K$ H% [/ K: S% Y• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
& q" {7 M9 ?) ]& l• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
1 `( J( m9 @5 S0 t/ R• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
. E, B  J+ z( A. i5 z( |. k• 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 s# c, |% D8 n5 P& 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)
# V5 l8 ?  Z$ i) l0 s" ?• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
2 k3 y. O! }+ o5 g8 q9 z• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
' {6 F7 _0 h$ c3 q1 H2 T• 包干到户 work contracted to household
- K8 V  i+ J! ]/ @• 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
' F/ U& \6 H$ x, \( b+ ^+ I2 w• 曝光 make public; expose
• 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
6 G8 e. j# Q* [+ H' f' G0 b  p+ J) k• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
+ z- S6 W6 H. ]. e" T: D% {• 保护主义 protectionism
, g& X( C: d1 s! Q2 v8 i! X& o$ J• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

OliveOil

• 保健品 health care products
5 k2 [! g, G& {) ^: v• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
" |* t' {4 b7 K* q8 b& U+ i• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
% M! S% I& ?* Z( v% r# G$ v* b• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
" R8 c( C% {- k) H! s% f8 c• 保释 on bail
& e' c$ d/ l, ]• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
( O) B" D& u' q7 U& s. _4 t• 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
5 A0 J6 Z& ~0 K0 [9 P% ?, K• 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
- k5 L) ]0 D. M6 W9 N• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
3 X5 {' i/ F  m$ m; m6 w% s• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
" s4 S0 L* t; l1 ?9 k, e• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
/ `/ X& H$ ?0 ~5 e# J4 C9 a• 包装精美 delicately packed
; Y: J4 ?& r- V" i. }  ^" c• 包装业 package industry
! p  {% s8 c+ a6 `+ R. ?7 m. v• 保安员 security staff
/ h. l6 ~) L- w" @  ~• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
$ |& a* I3 z6 s0 F( A$ j# h" O• 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  
7 l: Z+ `; H" v3 B( ]/ q• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
; c/ u/ B- T% y* s7 B• 报关员 declarant  
4 N7 |& K2 A% ^/ N2 ^, u  s• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
; U8 E; ]* [' w8 F% ^• 保健食品 health-care food  
5 S) ?; m8 H* l- W% Y3 m" o• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
7 L5 J4 ?9 Q8 `% I• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
# y  H/ _# Y  c9 C: O; M% m* v• 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
8 r) _3 W2 w. d) y$ f% \  k0 D• 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  
• 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  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

OliveOil

• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
1 {$ p7 i3 k9 N9 n' u* {1 e5 V• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
8 ^) o. Q- s( n6 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.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
. C; a( y1 B( P: V) x0 k• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
5 a! E8 H. w; u- q( T5 G) Z2 C9 u• 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  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
: _4 }3 ?+ h2 V' a• 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  
% W0 n7 t! w) l8 }0 h% @& X• 蹦迪 disco dancing
9 a% x9 w" G& _( ?• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
5 x+ a; u% z8 I3 _% x• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
& o" a& z7 [% _6 y- j) {• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
+ {1 p. \* ]$ ~% _) ^7 s9 w• 闭卷 closed-book exam
/ E9 h- p% N* G; B9 h• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
, _8 Y3 P5 |9 {# a• 避税 tax avoidance
4 N9 C3 M0 |) k# @8 \• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
- |( i# b. P" N• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
6 j$ @% K/ e( X5 p! M: z# A• 便当 brown bag
. F0 T, V# v4 A. L• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
5 V) Y' m# I, e. G6 D• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
9 a& G0 I4 u0 P9 @$ a% r• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
2 `$ ]( T' c) ^' X. V9 V8 n• 边远地区 remote and border areas
" ^  O" n3 Z+ M4 A+ M• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

OliveOil

• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
! `& D; Q5 E- D$ U9 B2 n! m0 b, R• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
! _' Z) x) H, o# g( W• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
4 Y! J: m3 d7 L' S" e. D+ }  c• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
% K) Q1 d+ P4 X, V/ g) M" k• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
& _; u5 x7 d: |  G2 Z; O8 j• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
, g. ?* S' A! b) I• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
/ i/ o, E  A" ?: v1 S/ t) X; O• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
% d4 T6 }4 F( D. Q' y• 病毒性感染 viral infection
8 {; \* Z/ O' u4 w• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
- e( a2 f9 \" C9 J! A# E6 \: n2 f• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
  C3 @/ @' d$ g$ ?) D7 \2 N• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
4 E6 Y& a  {7 c5 J* s• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
- a: v# y0 |; F' i* @% J  h• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
' q& g$ T1 l$ Z• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
7 F/ E, ~* J6 T( `: l0 M% I• 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  
9 v( q4 z1 y0 Z( N: C' j• 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)
9 |. f$ ]) p( |% z, E4 z; n. ?• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
) S8 X$ t0 B* T2 y; e7 l( O• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
6 h+ m; C  X- M3 q• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
: `2 H  F* ^6 K7 F• 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  
9 L) }- Z1 n  n• BP 机 beeper, pager
: {" I0 Z$ K7 R) Y9 N• B to B (B2B) business to business  
: J* w* g4 I* s) B• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
3 x- }9 k2 Y: B2 `. ?0 J7 }$ w  a• 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  
. ?" |# v5 }. }/ Y4 t/ W• 不感冒 have no interest
9 `! U$ ]0 L8 T1 B( j• 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　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
& P. N) n* H6 M+ Z• 不可抗力 force majeure  
6 T& r" b6 C2 {/ t2 S• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
  y! A5 ~. n  U2 x! V4 h• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
" T# N( {. E* c7 x4 P' g• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
4 q0 ]! C9 c3 Q+ _  B( p• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
, |* L, C+ n, V* j9 \, M6 P! E• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
9 j2 v3 F& D9 B# Y/ U• 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
( J: k' G; z2 O& e0 f% a) T• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
* J/ K1 Y+ e% w( v/ T• 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
+ B1 Z  W* [, x# N6 s• 步行街 pedestrian street  
% f7 n- h/ D6 }5 ]/ Q% |. Z• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
, s' U6 g' Q( ~7 t  o! h• 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。