Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

OliveOil

首字母是 A的词组
8 x. ?* \# U4 K  m* L• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
) {; Z# C" b7 L" v4 I• A股市场 A share market  
9 P' c; L0 }/ f6 j) x: O• 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
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
" J, H# S/ {& P: l) \• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
& n' \  u2 A6 B" g• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
& D* P3 S6 M7 [( Y. A• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
6 ]0 x# c) B7 o" @• 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
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
' w* Z, ]+ {( C# V1 N2 k1 j1 q• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
) G% K$ {/ l' s5 ~; Z• 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
3 ^2 h: ~; a& g/ {% v2 ~• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
) m1 _8 N! @8 Q- F- t) e, y  M• 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
. B8 h- T$ ^% H" g; p: W* s* s• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 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  
" |, q# R$ p1 u7 n2 _• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
; g+ o/ M7 R  S! K• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
# @* O* i) r. j3 [, h) I• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
' J9 {! ]# @1 w( K( ]• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
0 n2 U; R- @- ~( g8 ], z• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
" F4 U0 t" O! {• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
" D. k' a' p5 y/ z7 \8 y• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
: e. i2 ?% S, F. L, {7 {9 u• 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
* w2 s, b5 K1 d) R• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
% z4 i5 w- f6 O! p+ m• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
% w+ y5 b8 n" J8 n  ?• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
, ~0 Z0 g$ ~; |( b! S• 霸权主义 hegemonism
' V( i1 o6 d! O& G6 T- T• 吧台 bar counter
9 ?% s" Y2 `, b0 P• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
( {9 f2 x/ V( B! a& s( y* G  A; N8 J• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
& a/ K1 O  v. v' P( Y+ I, T• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
4 x  [$ Z( _7 V, S& B4 [. o% l9 L• 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
• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
2 h' w' e5 O6 p1 Z7 I1 b• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
# m$ m: o. I2 U+ V( `• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
  m+ g4 |. M* N6 I• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
, @! W1 A4 K" I  }8 V( a• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
) j" d$ X6 F  B8 ~* v% b9 K• 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  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
& d2 I# d' ~1 ~• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
8 _/ t% y6 A- n3 ~7 p( }+ c• 板儿寸 crew cut  
+ m' r, E/ _" U# j; Q8 x" `• 办公室设备 office equipment
* ^$ J* T$ {0 t- y1 z" V" c• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
0 a( e: L6 e2 w8 N& p( g1 g4 s  T• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
6 D* a8 i; }) [• 半决赛 semifinal
2 x: i8 i. ~8 C; }• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
0 _$ j. V( s. S+ k' 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
0 H1 ]9 y8 f. Z  s4 f/ o1 Y• 版权法 copyright law
- c& V; z3 m: n, j& h• 版权贸易 copyright business
( H6 W4 y2 k5 @• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
4 y$ y! O6 \4 M* ?6 E• 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  
& _1 R$ p' ?0 G5 U• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
0 [1 r/ P5 |+ j, [( v• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
( r( P9 U5 D* r+ P4 k6 `8 \! P" B• 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
• 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
' i! X6 X9 M8 u0 o• 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)
. w: [$ v8 j1 S! \' u• 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
( o3 U( q; Z! o# G8 {包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
6 K3 f8 j' s! A8 y1 ]% y) }• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
) G5 G8 M7 `2 @• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
5 x& x% j  o+ V# I$ C• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
: {% d* `$ r: g3 X$ r8 p• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
% D# m/ a5 g2 a; \* g• 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
+ y! U% N. g/ n" T2 j# O- ~; j• 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  
% n5 Y2 X- F  |• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
8 T* D4 ^- E6 O2 c) n% ]• 保龄球 bowling
5 \3 l  H' R; B  |6 J• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
# ?1 I4 {: I- o" a7 |5 O% j: k• 保释 on bail
9 v* p4 t" K. I4 B( Y2 f• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
; R# b, M  R; {9 X: X, W; b• 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
) S2 G, {1 P! M2 K% _4 Q+ B• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
6 I5 B2 ?* a0 h0 ]• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
- k% D/ N3 }& V! z8 N4 g, 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
5 U3 D: W, [' v& o, y• 保障措施 supporting measures
* Y6 N9 q- h8 \• 保证金账户 margin account
  P- _) r: A% d9 s8 j+ R5 z• 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
+ \- K% y- s0 H  A• 包装精美 delicately packed
2 b7 b; l' ~; z) H& A' A• 包装业 package industry
5 z1 U. D, z/ F- q: E& b• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
) [' k3 f% ?6 U  z2 ?# p% G• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
' s# n/ X  |% f* e7 t• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
0 R2 {7 q  B& N* e9 R& W( Q• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
& ^: Z: v0 A- k! H" o. L$ v9 C• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
) h2 M/ I* t9 m+ @• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
3 N% j( h8 l$ X# @& u8 [* [- B5 y• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
5 n( N( K+ z9 `! y7 e' L$ B, ~• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
! ~# A. x3 q: u0 B2 L' U3 H• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
( @6 O. o) W( a2 a• 保险索赔 insurance claim
2 {% }% U' O' k1 E$ g1 A• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
( H. [  a% t4 o• 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
7 B2 G! g: h( @" D8 t2 C• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
) m' I4 C- n9 U; L/ e- p/ |- d5 t• 备件 spare parts  
+ c! m' \0 Z3 M8 d• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
' R( k+ S! \) E• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
0 L( {! S+ _% S8 O' A2 @• 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  
+ _4 x( F5 ^4 r$ q/ d7 @• 备用资金 reserve fund
$ Y0 w4 ^+ k7 s• 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
' z& n7 [. n1 U! [• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
+ P, u2 @; S, E, D% I• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
, h% }+ f) {0 D' T$ a# y' N• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
1 |" u$ q/ u2 p1 R# p" m# M• 本土化 localilzation
% ^$ l( [( l. k) d. l! v& V; Y• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
3 ?  S7 @  `1 y: q  d9 h• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
2 C' {8 I4 }) X% p4 r* U- m' c• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
4 m0 [' T9 {- R• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
* h; @" ^* I" c* b9 G• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
8 a* J- z7 N, C/ m& C: H4 \5 P• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
; ?# o- U) `# ?) P/ J, l• 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
3 I4 `7 F7 _& O9 L, D0 D) z• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
8 i, z) r% ^5 t4 ~: e: V• 毕业设计 graduation design
7 ~9 O; c; z  y1 K• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
) x% ~4 o( Y% T0 t* {  X3 @3 G• 便当 brown bag
6 \* k2 U$ w9 ~• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
- w7 w4 X4 w- q& z• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
- m' {4 }- o' H7 J• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
! y% j% \" ~% o( F• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
. ~! v7 F6 ~/ J5 c• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

OliveOil

• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
% N: U" i. W$ a# D, F• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
( J8 U" ]- u* R4 o3 u' X3 I• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
; W8 k! [( H( i• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
" E4 m/ ~8 E1 Y9 F' y• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
/ D6 u) W& r( |2 v) _5 O5 h3 a: A• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
0 j3 Y& A. M( t3 [- Q% a• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
' z- U- o& |/ H8 z/ W• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
: n* C: g- c9 ~2 V# j• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
/ b& t/ L. w, F- ^$ `: N9 {: _• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
% x" c5 P% R- x3 R• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
, K& ?' P$ v2 s1 u6 @• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
% Z* w1 \8 d! X& L. B6 Q• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
' w" C& @1 [' b+ ?• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
# Q5 Y3 L  C' M" a% S5 W• 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  
, o* i$ C4 b* Y& E+ T• 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)
; Y2 X8 T& i. a( B% t• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
/ |: y& T$ i  Z; J7 {• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
4 R1 G) q. m1 K/ s, b# b. y• 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
& y# B) N& S0 Y" P6 l• B to B (B2B) business to business  
0 q0 k7 k* F3 A- u. N& x* E• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
: M5 ?2 r1 i; c' r3 G" {3 _• 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
- n( L+ f# v. x- ?• 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. "  
* Y* L* G; M* \  Z2 k3 d* n) n• 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
! ?- ?+ c) O3 D# t( O+ y• 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　　　　　　
3 w5 m5 x6 ?) C• 不记名投票 secret ballot
6 Y" t& V% z5 D" @* S$ l• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
8 S: a- C0 E) e• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
. e- M5 p2 \& u) _% t• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
+ M4 R# U, ~! Z  V# L% N• 不眠之夜 white night　
+ w& w' P3 ^& B% v- M% E• 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
! |4 h2 {% y2 V• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
/ y8 Z3 L& }# d- B$ T* ~7 e$ R• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
9 T7 q9 c9 x3 M5 i8 W• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
4 c  C1 _; J: @& ^/ B( Y1 [$ `2 ?• 步行街 pedestrian street  
1 G6 W) x+ E- i' {• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
! p4 C1 `- {' k0 ?, 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。