Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
8 ^$ p" r# ~% b1 ~6 N" g• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
) x5 S) ~- E. ?% E• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
! o1 T) F) \3 B4 f• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
# s3 Z; E2 r6 K. |- Y. @• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
2 ^: }7 }. f- M7 I8 V• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
  \8 c5 v4 y; e( U9 S• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
3 |0 `( a8 U0 b6 W2 G9 V• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
) g6 k! f% L; b" w/ q& r5 b( ^+ d• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
2 o. T. b: I0 D& c• 安理会 Security Council
/ q, r$ j4 U! u, W% I• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
5 v- f; Q& m# C4 p! O) s& Y• 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  
) v8 o; G% P3 u• 暗箱操作 black case work
: \, x; `  ~# K4 l' h• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
! b% x. @8 D. f• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
; S- C; f  }& N! J• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
* {! j( w$ C3 j- J) e8 m# `• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
5 t' ]- d0 N. \( f• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
4 j: v2 F) _4 `- ^; _- `3 m: @• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
7 `2 \$ Z' s( J  g• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
" N3 O% }( v% T/ e• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
* `- e" w1 N) F' P. Q% e" {• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
4 k9 m8 N. s. `/ a2 }! `• 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
' }$ @$ ], h: k8 {6 Q7 k3 n• 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
* O1 o) f  {# ?7 ?. R• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
0 L& t( ?& F  Q. {7 ~& q4 ~- Y, R• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
' e  O7 O$ @# L  \9 f7 s7 T( Z• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
5 `% H, J: t. t• 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
- d" L! ?+ B. @0 B" A% W• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
+ {( V: t4 ~1 i6 }% Z; S# W• 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  
1 p% q0 n6 C& H3 |9 `• 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
7 ?5 Q. [8 r8 L• 拜金主义 money worship
' v( X2 U: S; \6 M' ?- }/ B• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
- d+ ?( R6 ?% `: b# h; u( f• 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。)
+ s# i2 x& `6 s& M8 g  _2 M• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
% \! t, P, D. I/ }1 P• 白热化 white heat
- V  W! z( B4 D# `7 p# c6 d) L$ x' ]• 白色农业 white agriculture
; u4 D; v% g# v& D• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
& `: I% }. i$ D• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
/ P: M2 @( P' p/ @• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
& z" i8 D! @7 R$ O+ G• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
- X) d( R( Y, @' u0 J" k  w• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
4 W/ l: x; y7 O+ W; Y7 D6 N% T• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
% q* X3 e+ Z4 z: u• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
9 N; ]8 J5 |8 }, T3 i, ]• 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
; h3 o* A( a5 b9 s/ Q1 |+ _4 u• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
+ Y2 y! h$ P8 r* a• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
- u! {) B# X6 A, U0 z• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
* R; t) k, I1 H1 @• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
  ~; M/ X1 m, F• 斑马线 zebra crossing
( i6 E% |8 T4 i1 G$ k) y1 u• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
- l7 i! B6 \1 q# W) @9 N• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
. a1 @+ }2 t6 m( u4 ]6 L• 版权法 copyright law
6 D% X$ e$ I, ~+ A9 |  X3 x• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
- B: c( z3 o, O- T- G• 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
- F) A9 J' [# x$ ]- k• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
* c  k, i) |% z$ E6 a- J( Q• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
8 b  ~( ^1 w5 F) }4 I8 O• 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
• 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)
2 c2 I- s3 S: I- C1 H. P• 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
7 F( S1 L* o/ c) K( N6 o# _• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
7 Z1 t' H( \( D7 F包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
4 R1 S9 G7 P, }& P/ c& j/ B• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
* [# W8 V, q. ]3 A• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
6 t. S7 K/ E8 R• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
" j. W2 \. X: p. q7 B& B, d( G: Q• 报价单 quotation of prices
# R  B+ P, F& g# e3 }• 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
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
% [5 E3 D6 I* y6 K• 暴力片 splatter film
+ v- m# ]2 R5 z9 L1 E! j/ n# H• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
) b4 w- P" @7 F* u/ J4 s! S# c. \• 保释 on bail
2 g) a$ J: n4 z$ n5 ~3 `• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
  I9 I; T' j/ @( p2 i' C8 d$ e• 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
$ D, A; H, O) s( @$ m' B• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
& {8 W' l3 e* ?  w3 r  k• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
3 U! r; f/ q! z: ~• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
' x0 x3 Z! S1 ]4 @• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
  f7 ^9 N/ v, y; }8 U• 保障措施 supporting measures
1 ?) C8 G! D, w# R9 T6 ^3 z• 保证金账户 margin account
1 M2 E6 o* A. @• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
5 L6 G# l+ O. B! e( G• 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
+ A0 ^, B& L0 U" O- N• 保安员 security staff
6 h& V7 E5 ?* j! u% V• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
: X, u6 \1 ^+ |! h• 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  
/ L  A1 H, @  g6 ~0 f7 P  }• 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  
; p1 _) v% R( G9 `: S# b& |• 报关员 declarant  
& ^! `' q. _1 D7 V8 k- W• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
! L! U' X) |$ r  f• 保健食品 health-care food  
: @9 Z1 v1 a! F+ J* m• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
. Y9 Y6 }% u8 n8 H' o4 [( U• 保理业务 factoring business  
' d9 V5 {+ {7 l4 `# c• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
$ m1 ?/ G9 P- G' z' `• 保险索赔 insurance claim
! u$ ^  a1 E* q# P9 w( c• 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 n: D/ |& }) Z# F3 T; p8 v/ l• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
7 U( k- U- _; S, W• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
* `! C% v6 O" V2 \( B• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
+ P) T- }* ?; O8 V# u* m: D• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
! S3 e  N% T, z# E% E% y• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
* e$ |8 V1 c9 w! D/ \% C• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
5 ]9 Q' y: w) K& d; L7 B& a! s• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
$ L0 }5 p9 u4 h& f6 L) J• 备用资金 reserve fund
) T2 c4 }! S9 S4 O9 k, A( O7 K! K• 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.  
' j6 M5 y) w5 ?$ b( @  u• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
+ G4 _7 p! o1 V: I5 S- _• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
6 j* P) Y0 B& }' P: h: H• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
# S/ }7 y0 B9 N* E( X2 g• 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  
/ v/ S" d- S, \! A; e% S% w' J8 H• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
% K- |! l8 P+ z) U- O, ?• 本票 cashier's cheque
  ^$ C. U( l. f/ O3 ~9 G) i• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
. X8 H- m3 x; n6 V( Z, j• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
+ d" u- p5 C6 f! `( m# Y• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
: v0 R- |9 v0 p  Q% j) S" [• 蹦迪 disco dancing
- U% h/ z  A, ?• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
* h4 y: A, a  f0 w! E6 B• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
2 Y) F% O% N6 O6 J; J• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
! @7 @" j! Y" v1 _1 l3 f• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
. q; x0 t" ?) [4 H* W. C1 Z• 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
' g' e/ G) {: O4 D% U  A8 J- O; s• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
) }* g, P1 o3 F) |' w• 便当 brown bag
4 J& R$ J1 U9 i1 d; R5 Y• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
4 _, w8 n$ G4 [• 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
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
0 W4 U+ r9 u" b9 o* C" Q4 |• 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
' \' D( Q/ u$ D+ b: }5 f• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
8 [% S! {! |$ z. u& t6 R" C. R• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
% i% Z7 c( {' [' |+ }& L• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
# ]0 ]. Y9 G& Q6 s2 ~5 S1 {3 W3 \• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
  \* R* i" w0 Q4 J• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
' p* S3 j1 U6 s. }• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
& B3 I' w1 x& z/ G% i• 病毒性感染 viral infection
% P* q* Y& i8 y& U3 q• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
# Z* Q0 o, z9 {: n) S* r• 并网发电 combined to the grid
1 `/ N) n8 Z+ O, i& 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
/ P. V4 X7 z* ~+ @! K2 x• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
% o  @& |  z) K0 `0 a3 e) G/ F6 X! n• 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
1 n4 r; t6 W6 [/ Q& E+ H+ H- g5 _7 t• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
' Y' u( k9 |6 o$ M• 《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)
# w: C1 j- Z' p3 p• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
% i5 }2 _# t3 p0 \/ J* W3 w• 博士后 post-doctoral
1 W2 _, S2 ?' m# I1 B• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
6 `& G9 Q8 z  m; \• 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
1 _9 W4 C9 j. [  V) S* g• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
- N) o: a# i. x- ?• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
, k( S" q1 E% [* U6 W7 a) c4 F$ }• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
3 Q! r: }, _& B9 l) m! `$ j• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
0 B+ k' N+ {/ W& \" n• 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. "  
7 i8 E: b8 D  K! h4 I$ t• 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
! R" u% u2 S; Z! B• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
* t7 v2 \& W; `* S5 b  `& ?$ V8 i• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
, m2 p( S8 i& C; L; E: a• 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.  
4 t! M5 w4 @, O" U7 V( u6 k• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
* E( g" W6 |' y. c5 l• 不可抗力 force majeure  
$ c1 x1 y5 S* F" n, @9 z0 a• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
3 [" i, i5 s8 W• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
5 [' A) ?3 [5 w9 P6 @  a" x• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
/ X6 x, F4 y" W* Q) ~! y• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
. J8 C# f0 t' t8 |2 e4 s• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
/ |# D1 \2 e7 I1 \, Y/ q3 J- n) e: j• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
0 a1 o( U+ E* f- |9 X/ h& `" o, _5 W• 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
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
# h4 i, N% |6 h+ p& Z0 ~; x• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
9 `0 g5 ~- [7 [0 J$ [& N• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
! Y: F/ i2 P5 B& s( t6 d• 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。