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  
" D* C+ L' A/ `# h! H, Z• A股市场 A share market  
: H( {8 e; ]' I$ s• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
# ?. o: F  r4 ]' A% D/ W! z7 }• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
( k, ^+ \0 [, d  P" W) M0 Q• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
  }: s- T9 d, O* d# `• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
3 E/ s  V  T$ C# G  l2 N• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
5 n4 }# s1 s6 V% i8 F: ^5 H• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
/ i; i. |  ^/ ^5 T3 \• 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)  
  q$ A: N1 e1 {5 c8 b; Z• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
# }* d+ K4 L1 g# u$ F  |& q• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
" h8 h/ q. D# r; U• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
% W8 O$ \5 Q  L6 _• 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 g) E! P/ ~5 k$ E+ C: Y: F' z• 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  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
8 j# g; O5 T+ v. @) T6 E6 u' y( [• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
" m6 u. x; m: z/ P0 E! L) ^% ~& e$ C. B• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
- j; q1 i( ^5 C  J0 n) ?7 c• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
) X2 [$ P# \/ C8 w+ a• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
# _5 l( E8 Z. i9 R• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
) J* d% ?( k% C• 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 K' A8 V4 @: \" P& _% E• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
3 U! Y# F) z8 Q. F, E• 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
$ Y' ?4 Z# w$ A# r• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
* _- \8 R  l, l; W' u& G• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
' W, ~# O" w- ?; R6 m% X; o$ B• 《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
* U6 ~3 Q9 Z  [. V• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
5 K  n' e  E5 R6 z• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
• 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  
) O5 n& |  h/ B6 Y• 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
+ m8 ]$ q/ M* E: s• 拜金主义 money worship
2 j7 [# R# |2 ~: |; d• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
2 o/ h' }( i# d, H8 C; |- {; }$ w• 白领工人 white-collar worker
) a, n% a1 K: G• 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。)
# H  c! Q! w  ~: [• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
* C7 Z# I3 v. k• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
+ |( P2 S% M0 [( {' j• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
" U- `. h; ?0 E; T! M: J• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
( f* D& f% i6 j" l, o• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 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  
& [0 r9 [  j8 X' C, M& K& T• 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.)"  
• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 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
% k: D( Y/ K1 m$ u& ~; j7 ?• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
4 g9 `% U4 s" l8 x• 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
2 b2 b3 f6 Q% ]6 |5 M• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
: r1 s, i' C7 l  w8 W• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
  L& Z3 B9 S; {/ \# a• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
1 S# Q5 T1 s6 q4 P: j+ v• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
1 S6 M; W4 w+ c0 q• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
* S6 }, P4 I& ?- m; J# p% z• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
$ f6 e& U" i; M3 i• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
8 D1 h& v- d/ O• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
% H* X$ C6 N$ P6 N8 X2 }, p+ z& F7 ]• 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  
• 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
% r9 O* H$ n; g+ Z& M7 `( X  S• 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
* f5 U0 N+ w! z6 q8 O- b• 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
1 @+ W% [- L/ q* _, `+ D, q• 包干到户 work contracted to household
, T; N6 N" N4 z& S• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
8 W4 \5 N. C! \% v; s包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
$ Q$ e8 b, q2 v; Z; X+ K9 @• 保护价格 protective price
3 R$ X2 L# [" m7 T• 保护伞 protective umbrella
# V) ^9 c2 a! m9 S) O1 q• 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
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
* Q6 e4 f* A; ~' f1 d• 报价单 quotation of prices
( `# Q5 t* d4 x" i• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
) r: Z. m" }/ \& @! ]9 A4 s, E• 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
- w6 a6 L. g3 q9 u3 \8 g. W• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
+ M8 {+ I, B8 ^8 c) o& p• 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
• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
% ^& @6 ^, J) _' z; f• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
/ y6 B8 ~, p9 h. y8 B* v0 ~• 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
• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
3 f; U! U) I* V- {9 A• 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
: |$ @% h0 n4 [, N( @% O• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
/ p  P! R* {% ]1 V) w% d• 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  
* ~. O3 c0 H! d9 a- s• 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  
9 V7 v5 ], O, @- r( s4 v  \• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
2 Q% Z3 H0 Q9 f+ {4 g* C( T• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
4 V- N6 N  |- M  t- G9 `• 保理业务 factoring business  
9 X; L& d7 U. x- |0 R" O• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
* N3 z7 s% \( Q* h• 保险索赔 insurance claim
/ e) ]) l" j. q3 M$ |! D, P" `3 y• 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  
• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
7 b- K: @; z3 W& H• 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
- F0 o& v8 ?* x1 N1 m  `- n• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
9 B8 D- v/ Y& X5 t3 I, r- w5 }• 备件 spare parts  
5 L9 @9 C+ ~3 [1 U! s• 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  
& d" l- O) ?  Q• 《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  
9 u5 p. K6 B  X' H" A• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
, a' q2 q3 I. X0 k" T• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
& g7 d4 l. g6 i% b7 W# x3 F) 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.  
+ z$ ?' F  Z* v• 本票 cashier's cheque
% L" a, K1 s/ _0 _; t/ Y+ ^9 p" P• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
- k5 h$ ?! @' \# O3 i• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
+ y7 Z- j5 p5 Z7 D• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
$ e. e5 T1 ?# M& Z# c( W0 h, [! B• 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
: P+ t% D, D/ [4 P7 P9 u• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
3 c2 k8 i: H% i( O2 `4 V% 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 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
2 `7 N! f' _; _: Y7 _+ D( x* D* R• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
% ?3 \9 K8 ~/ e4 N; x; T# y• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
8 D- V& a1 _* i+ S" T* }( J  l7 i$ l• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
4 O& T. l3 L0 I! W; |) @/ u( l• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
9 h# }0 S' G3 d; X  o- T4 e  u9 k• 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
; S. [( O" I$ R9 Q8 g• 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
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
7 `/ _* E4 N$ q0 Z1 N, Z; P% f• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
7 O  C1 \% `& Y) G# H, B• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
0 y+ U/ F! _+ }2 d" `# S& y• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
! H6 v# ?0 r2 M( R& h/ d- |• 病毒性感染 viral infection
+ K7 _' e% }* D7 U2 l0 I• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
6 Y* o& B* d0 C% Q0 D& F. @: \; U• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
) v. D: w2 P) S$ a1 h9 H, i: @• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
! ~. C9 `8 @8 m$ ]• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
2 ?1 ?4 r2 }, @• 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
) c7 m( q/ ~" E5 b7 f• 《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)
• 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
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
' y, H" o0 q* H1 P4 M* z' s• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
7 ~* {" ~( O% K$ k5 B• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
* _: b$ f; v- \2 Y" J' _# u• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
" n* j. ^% f5 K! ~! Z1 v- y• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
% U/ g1 B( k# L  e8 V• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
! a5 x/ |7 b6 v2 K2 t) T( H4 }) R7 P. o• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
4 Y) }1 y8 O  y. c  b• 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
& {/ _, N. q" P+ X9 K+ Y• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
; p5 x3 Z2 [# {/ \$ {- T$ P$ p• 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.  
# L3 D! a/ V, m3 e• 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
4 i. b; C- z! t. l• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
3 f. f  j8 _1 _' g* u; p* D• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
' g1 H4 F" b3 \; l9 N• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
1 n1 @: E8 g! K& |• 《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
6 d0 W- Z* w* u. Z+ r4 z: l• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
" P& h0 N1 M7 l! U: X• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
1 R( I; b2 C% S2 n: @, V. k4 k• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
5 Y- o& f* W, E$ Y3 E5 L• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
1 d3 s( ~- d5 U• 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
( |, y9 `* ^' I" a7 K0 _• 步行街 pedestrian street  
0 [3 l2 w; u6 W# i" X0 D• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
• 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。