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  
4 W4 P# k/ f- H  N6 Q/ B; }• A股市场 A share market  
' A  N. N2 f+ N( _$ g; M% T; k2 u0 ]• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
* h2 R  z; ]% Q4 C" t7 S• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
, {' ]: y3 `% u• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
7 k; x0 k+ T6 Q% P7 Y5 f• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
7 Z5 @& ^$ O' [% k$ G  ]• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
' E  a: O& |3 B" P& s& k6 b• 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
1 u5 t, s; O, y/ X: {9 }& I• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
: f3 z7 [+ k( ^( z& i4 Y6 ]• 安全岛 safety strip
• 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
/ b7 e; L0 [8 I" c# _• 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
' x- M% C+ q- k3 o( k• 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  
3 [6 p7 i  P" a+ P" n• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
) g, Z0 d( |$ g( s0 F• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
! C! @2 F4 @5 ?; N/ D6 F4 W* Q, E) M• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
; _( E+ Y- D) q2 h1 i9 R  o• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
& E+ L9 \, F' F' L2 f• 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  
7 u* }! |# M6 g% R• 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
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
/ M8 B1 x& R) j6 Z( ?• 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)
5 v0 t" X0 }* _) j, N: A• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
5 l! t1 @' e" ?• 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
- u, K* O5 q4 \• 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
9 B7 r$ I* ^' g• 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
1 v; Y7 g! y) F" ~0 e. e• 拜金主义 money worship
/ t7 X) y4 R, z, @; ^• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
- x3 K$ X% D& Q8 i. g, 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
9 ]) a0 ]9 `3 J5 I6 O' z9 o• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
. U, k9 L, c+ w8 s* J( e• 白热化 white heat
6 F0 m7 L3 m* a• 白色农业 white agriculture
) D$ R: R+ U, ?+ t( c+ E7 q• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
- M2 v( k- F0 _* j. L; B- H5 [• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
; g- F4 N/ r3 h: Z8 F$ J; y& f$ g& a• 摆架子 put on airs  
5 J- c2 g8 Q) J7 f( Y$ H( T% `• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
  g0 P, e7 W' D5 R• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
" x+ V& L, X5 T- m7 s8 X• 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  
7 d; F# _7 o! z* M) _, s7 [2 d+ M• 白雪公主 Snow White  
5 S. j# f4 t! v8 [• 半边天 half the sky
+ h, D" S2 Y0 X• 班车 shuttle bus
4 Z6 s3 Z2 g  M/ h% R• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
+ C) J+ c( ^& @% z• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
& f& I7 W2 J! Q( V* \4 F% [3 r$ Q• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
. _" [" K$ r0 g, K/ V, p! l0 P/ z• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
7 U" q9 p  K( k! ~) g8 a• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
" [, z" F) J) W' {• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
( V, C9 Y& _. {4 B4 c• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
. ]" i% X' D, b' I8 w5 B& E) r8 _- i• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
3 L5 s1 x, M& f" T• 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  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 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  
) A5 P8 o% m9 R1 @• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
5 o* G$ o1 ?) i: K' c• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
" e" |/ O9 ?5 B, V- {$ Y• 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
& A0 O( K3 b, ^& j  n% S8 g• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
+ l* [$ x0 _0 R2 m/ T3 C6 o1 y• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
# u2 J# R/ `1 n3 K. d• 包干到户 work contracted to household
. S  H  e* f5 K7 }# T0 B• 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 @* b- U" z+ O, O• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
6 W0 U4 n+ |$ N% M' F• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
. m$ w$ C4 B) C7 n* p: N• 保护主义 protectionism
7 }& g0 S1 n. J" j4 s• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
6 m5 a, f; R" B& w2 d$ B• 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
• 保健食品 health-care food  
, ~1 |0 r8 c7 |: s$ J• 报界 the press
4 T- }+ }/ v3 k• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
6 S  j" n+ j' \. L0 R+ @• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
: C' Q4 b- S5 W& V/ `6 J• 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
7 R/ Q8 p8 r6 P' I7 R• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
% e  A# ~! G% M& W! `) a, H' R• 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
+ a2 g2 s$ l$ q& ]( T7 G• 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
• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
0 l- n! t6 u8 Z6 J  r( f• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
" Q/ A; L  V6 V3 u- r7 U& K• 包装业 package industry
9 M* ~" X- G* b• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
: ~7 l2 N5 z9 G& L& ^• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
0 |1 t3 V' h' [! r0 F5 O• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
; q7 b- N5 v7 C& G6 a3 ?• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
) A" W) V: K0 w$ z: \' s4 y• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
5 c  M9 [' t( j; ~  U- g# I• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
, t2 T1 N; Z# E1 X• 保健食品 health-care food  
) H3 m" h3 `8 \9 l) U% E" A1 R" }+ D• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
4 ]' x& o& V; K  M• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
9 X+ |# R& ~' ]: ]2 N' d• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
. B/ M  Z& n% @( Q- |• 保险索赔 insurance claim
& b( V* @& l& ]3 Y; Y6 K8 c7 W• 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  
  f  k* {0 C' ]% E3 `• 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  
% t+ b1 V7 m- Z3 ]2 U! j• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
0 h  }( ~* z8 z; _. c- J6 }. `- v• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
4 @  @1 l0 |8 J• 备件 spare parts  
+ A1 ^/ \( B% d$ z" p• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
  P0 E0 ]3 ]3 w! n' \• 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  
7 }$ R% {  S8 p7 S8 Y• 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  
; ]1 Q3 J5 W1 R9 H• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
! O, e8 M# M' a! G* {• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
' g# u+ N/ k! |* S  Y9 e- n3 W, [• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
; }1 j0 {6 N0 E" t0 n$ z• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
9 w  p% }1 V9 V0 t! e0 c1 p, d• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
& j& q  N3 a- h4 J$ n$ S! n+ B• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
4 u9 Q# L9 d8 ]( _- P• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
" y; L8 ^! A7 A# \• 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  
% I0 |- a8 @% k( C, F; U- p• 避税 tax avoidance
2 f% s3 _9 I! }+ R/ C+ W• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
! m6 y$ d# N+ p• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
9 c! A' b( K, H4 s• 便当 brown bag
" h) j  e0 v9 r4 F/ Q: s3 n& _2 K• 边防证 fronter pass
0 S+ N  a  k* F7 i3 F• 边际效益 marginal benefit
$ h' X+ ]: M/ d1 t* `• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
1 |9 F( b% o" l4 _• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
( E/ b2 z- u* [0 e  D3 p• 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
1 }0 }8 ^2 x5 m! G& H/ n• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
3 l* I4 S: a4 a: t9 V/ ^! P• 边际报酬 marginal return  
& R' m( v. E+ Z• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
$ T6 {* B$ ^6 b0 C# |; j9 Z; X8 l. R• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
2 ^6 e  X1 p$ Y, e! D" B• 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  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
6 `: E& A# ^5 x/ U% S• 并网发电 combined to the grid
! U$ a+ W# h* J, e• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
% B$ N2 h4 v3 ^# F# J1 a• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
9 c' D/ N# e( h0 ~• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
" C* a- J  b/ A1 _# ?, k; A3 C• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 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
4 L4 {6 D. o. X! p+ |$ z• 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  
" S. r$ G+ e1 j9 v• 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  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
  B6 E8 Q) z3 j0 I# ^) n6 U• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
; C+ W$ I; [4 Z4 C• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
- b8 u; K" A# `  R9 e; j• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
; Q+ }" r! Q% I) ~) F• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
5 j6 I" y# C9 j  g; H• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
3 J$ N6 C6 f3 z0 D+ r• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
9 J& F. @  J# v2 K' k& V$ e• 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. "  
: z4 J  C3 \, u• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
* C; h) C3 M4 {& |/ g• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
  `; t- Z$ l3 d* ~& M# t• 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
" ?8 w+ @/ _: q* H4 {' i$ y9 o• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
" j  [4 W5 f' F& n$ S! Q6 h• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
6 m2 p. T$ t; A: J+ V7 f# S• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
6 z- [/ A2 d0 n8 H• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
2 S! I1 Z% v( N3 C: t. r• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
# U( s2 i8 C0 ~5 b• 不可抗力 force majeure  
0 ]2 I/ w! D! n4 \• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
7 R0 C: v% g( H7 |0 z8 m• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
& U- x( @* `2 v7 \• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
* y( n0 m8 Z8 K. J- n( b• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
0 z( _* q" j, v& m6 W2 J• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
# G$ Z( ^5 I7 Y• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
0 |3 r0 t: Z3 O# ]4 W: i• 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
5 K! s1 G" ]1 y: L• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 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。