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  
8 r+ p7 r) ?7 y1 ^• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
- i5 J# M  H7 E  |" D( i: J• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
2 R/ t' y& _5 y8 t% g% }, s• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
# h8 C" u9 _/ |9 k8 G• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
0 i; w/ \8 l* ^2 ~6 V• 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
/ p1 W& w: i' `' _& E: X• 安家费 settling-in allowance
  e* ~5 E0 {2 b• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
9 P" y; B  v, p- L3 Z" w. x, D• 安乐死 euthanasia
0 q& i& w1 n7 i) r6 h  B• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
; I8 F; }, H- C! h. \: f• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
6 n+ p  d6 ~8 y" V( p6 t5 V1 f• 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
• 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  
" A7 H; z9 ?! u( [- i• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
& M$ p6 P1 J. E" X* l• 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  
• 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  
• 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
• 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
5 D  u3 ^& ~8 V• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
/ o+ C5 ^$ e  p' _• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
: c0 c: g3 d' g8 O% j" f" [• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
/ G* |/ v' j' E. u• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
, D+ M% U" r- ]& u. o3 M• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
+ \8 J% s( s1 h& }: Z, d. U• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
# N; b3 K% A4 ?/ e/ z6 x: e• 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
• 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  
• 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
* g; p# L% j5 Z& D• 拜金主义 money worship
4 `' }, I: k4 q* I7 c• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
* ], k, O) N6 D  x7 o• 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
4 I5 Q- b! n; x: Q8 O• 百年老店 century-old shop
* G! z" L" D; A& W6 C• 白皮书 white paper
0 |, Z* N; Z9 U' E/ _5 X1 c  c  |  q• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
' X6 q/ H8 Q/ y) r7 p$ Z5 O• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
9 x7 N# ]2 p, S8 B• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
0 C/ i2 U6 X1 w• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
. b0 n/ q; {  |' N, A• 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  
• 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
- i6 q3 F) p% ]8 b  {6 t) b• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
0 F/ n6 I0 t" a$ Y/ H; B• 板儿寸 crew cut  
  Z  {3 l1 Z0 k& u0 F3 w0 y• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
1 U6 `& W1 x* K& m• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
: s. P8 p) ?' \2 z9 J1 ~• 斑马线 zebra crossing
1 a' G2 O8 q) L• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
) _' r( h" ^* V( W8 J" G4 d9 k• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
2 @+ |- E5 Y( _8 C( n4 A- e• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
8 F6 K: ]; R& [4 ^• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
5 b7 b* E* l  {. O8 O4 ]/ W: m# k: `• 半托 day care (for kids)  
1 e9 l( r+ a( p/ L9 g• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
% e: p, c) ?2 I* I/ l• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
7 ]3 i2 `7 N; v0 H( ?7 u- Y• 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  
4 D# [% }& f6 v: i, i9 ]• 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
' d9 ^3 J. Z. w& \7 H3 {• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
* X) _. @/ n. m$ a, x( t• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
' s! c2 o" F* t5 z/ c• 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
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
5 i, a' L& U; A3 I• 保护价格 protective price
, D3 h% x$ M5 n4 ?- q3 i  v6 ^• 保护伞 protective umbrella
# E4 Q* T/ K" c. ^8 n• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
/ S  E6 h. F7 G) C• 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
• 报价单 quotation of prices
0 e  t- f: i5 n• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
" B; v& C$ F) Y2 Q• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
7 X" G% V* {1 W; S$ L/ L• 暴力片 splatter film
. f% |3 o8 [* A6 @* @• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
( |  D4 Q+ N$ r& I" D• 保释 on bail
0 i  ]7 b0 n' ?/ x3 Q• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
4 P$ {+ B/ e0 f! x4 ~$ i1 E$ i+ 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
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
) Y0 h# `9 \& f; h- z8 {• 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
' K( [7 T- I! T• 保证金账户 margin account
+ M2 Z/ E5 t* [5 v• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
9 g0 |" D( Q1 {+ `8 @• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
6 A  s( k1 S+ k- |7 d2 l• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
- {! T! j& _( k5 G: O) b• 包装业 package industry
1 H7 h& b5 Y/ z( q• 保安员 security staff
2 b+ U' Q" v( t• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
8 x8 {$ e; \# v# n9 h) ~• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
3 c4 U9 ?* B# Y1 O8 w• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
7 D$ y  X  x* Y# Q• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
0 I! C6 \+ O2 X, Y: Z2 M/ O$ z• 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  
; F+ f4 U6 h2 Y2 D9 B• 报关员 declarant  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
# ?8 t3 a! w5 I• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
0 W4 g5 s) Y( o  d• 保险费 insurance premium
• 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
( X& P) h6 ~/ q• 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  
1 Z7 b  y  Q. O' D) F• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 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)  
" r/ W' D* G1 ~% U1 _• 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.  
  z0 M- z4 b* w' m0 N/ v• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 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  
: ]5 c% y/ l6 T1 B• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
6 ~- R) Z) C% F2 k8 D• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
& b  B2 A  ~) Z, Y9 q• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
! i0 X& H1 A3 W• 蹦迪 disco dancing
1 I* v4 z4 j9 ]. Z• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
& a8 `! s' I6 Y/ C• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
+ E9 z2 k3 O3 O• 比基尼 bikini
/ u! }& b6 _; s• 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  
8 q. I3 d/ i; r+ y• 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”
6 }* c( h: z1 L3 M. U• 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
• 便当 brown bag
" u' H3 ]% w' Q  ]: e& p0 p! m- X  K• 边防证 fronter pass
# s. m8 T' {( k7 {& F% x$ {7 R& R+ S• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
9 a7 B. D$ y- E+ {7 U: t2 D, N• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
$ d' k) ]. B3 U7 a2 D! i• 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
3 }0 B( P0 a5 B, d# @, u1 A• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
, X4 f, U7 d' b! ~9 j4 J+ h+ X• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 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  
' K1 {4 V" a7 N5 }: w" q0 w. \! |• 表演赛 demonstration match  
5 w; k5 {2 p% T5 w# o. U# ^( @• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
' H- W" z' ^4 |/ @• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
# x7 ]  L& a! C* p% y3 ~4 h• 并网发电 combined to the grid
- M$ u1 X5 U8 F• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
! E/ M/ r. y' ~- K• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
/ j1 x, b" B1 q2 }) i• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
) _% h5 F6 d; J) v! ~: v1 C) R. c• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
7 E; p& D0 t9 `; x• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
) b* f! R2 E/ D1 B. f6 k+ t; i9 `• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
9 j# E) M5 p( E/ w" f• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
' v& p) ~+ ^$ e% [• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
! G! X) D" B! ?) S• 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)
) o7 }0 c0 i6 Y) p8 ]• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
1 W. v; E9 R  D; x• 博士后 post-doctoral
4 B; R: }) \4 |$ Q4 t• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
/ k6 @" b# k. V% C( }4 a• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
1 z6 j" Y; u6 R; I- w• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
- ?0 |: @8 _) N& [* p: C• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
* O+ x, L1 T9 W- c) X4 L: n• B to B (B2B) business to business  
% |" `% L+ _8 D• 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
: Z$ r- R& w. X% N1 R# k' e9 r• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
4 b! K/ F7 n; n* E0 G3 _• 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
) g; _$ f8 e8 N0 }" q• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
8 G) c: }  N& z• 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
• 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
( _! H. q1 d" C# i! r• 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
3 B6 N' ^$ W/ f' g5 q• 不可抗力 force majeure  
0 w" p1 D( k# L• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
' ]9 R/ v; x  A• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
& [# M; [+ }8 d- H7 ?8 l/ f• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
1 @2 e  w# w: l• 不眠之夜 white night　
$ ^! d* a( ^3 a0 K4 V) |  Z. m• 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
/ r0 s  V* X1 y: B• 补缺选举 by-election  
4 n9 r6 N2 @$ S/ f9 o- r• 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  
• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
! {! u: P  U9 E4 Q  j* p• 步行街 pedestrian street  
/ x; C3 w$ W* [3 ~8 J& l• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
" z$ H& Y* k+ u! p" [• 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。