Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
' r: C, C8 [- P/ R$ x9 P5 d( m• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
5 }. d( t4 a) ?( |3 f• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
1 w/ ~' b& C3 N6 M• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2 {9 ^/ F: F# s' t• 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
3 P6 w1 o$ a0 j' b# Y" Y• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
: T8 I# ?$ q+ r$ F. F2 X• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
2 {* q% D6 @' u, H0 r• 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
% N9 A( d# M$ v* u4 r/ E• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
( ?, j" `) g, o: n• 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
! K5 L& R" R, w; T$ W) E( E% {- K1 F• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
0 J3 B% F0 |8 S• 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  
- ^: j& \0 ?$ e: Q( U# l, C. c2 L6 H/ P  [• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
+ B! k! }  o1 D0 `4 w• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
: M. Y5 \4 f! s- d- r6 e9 y0 t• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
# V5 _5 G  {: d3 c4 \: J• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
4 F9 ^. Z/ I- l  \' _* b• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
2 Y1 t. Q9 [" j• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
5 G! V! i6 g5 Y' i7 y• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
* _: E; m& E" n3 |; a• 《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
* w9 r8 q# f! f3 T2 }8 T* }• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
+ ]. L7 Q: i5 Y• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
2 Y$ N9 F4 X' s6 _/ Z• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
' I# C& Y3 H/ m$ f( T; Y, k$ h$ R• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
! k0 m* F% s2 U0 r8 x• 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
5 ^5 M0 q8 \6 ]' T. X• 白领工人 white-collar worker
' x5 u( `# r5 k1 ^* B2 p: d& r• 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
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
. ]. M# N9 e: @• 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
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
9 y$ Z2 r$ m9 }9 M2 X• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
" O* ]% O3 b" w9 ?, `• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
5 g: i8 N( O) X7 J* z! a• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
. k- K5 u0 i# ~" H/ e8 ?. b• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
% a& T. R' i8 ?$ ^• 白色行情表 white sheet  
: s$ T9 l4 J) a• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
1 P  K4 j9 p" K0 N# ]  N• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
. M; e- s( B$ v' ^  K* u( r9 q• 半边天 half the sky
, s$ p; R' {9 y! d- E$ n9 d• 班车 shuttle bus
$ N1 z$ E0 Y2 x: n" i; d* @• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
  D2 B. \+ K0 U- ?4 S• 半决赛 semifinal
7 r, K# I: Q. K• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
: T) a$ P+ j( @4 d0 f* c/ |• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
. M# `% N1 B/ N6 [• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
2 c  F% P3 q) e5 N• 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
+ ~+ N; S& r7 }$ f( E• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
' N( z6 d8 d; w& A* a• 伴生矿 associated minerals
6 l( Y  G* @+ a3 Q• 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  
7 t$ J6 Q) l2 {# P. P! U1 o• 搬运工人 transport worker
/ T5 |% w' _6 @/ v8 v7 x: O$ g• 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
$ |" V  C, q" ?4 K# ^9 p3 K• 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
7 A7 G5 J) B/ ~; D8 Z) l9 I, H; _* m% P• 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)
' }0 c7 v$ Y8 P1 d8 R& `• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
! k8 X0 U4 x4 H$ b8 c2 V7 t• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
# ~' I( e& a9 g' u+ Q* a4 o• 包干到户 work contracted to household
' ~; P7 Z7 D( u+ A• 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
" }) a  v! J  Q) r+ s( _' H' P• 曝光 make public; expose
* s* L) ]( l: |: E• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
+ z8 I8 c* @  X5 u• 保护伞 protective umbrella
) j6 O& l8 A0 p* w! u- ]• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
$ j. C5 r/ T1 x• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
! w( V/ h1 V& z+ P  }- l( a8 y/ F• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
9 O8 b" i8 g( h3 T6 w& Y• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 保健操 health exercises
/ r0 D* L8 C! i% G" n• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
: }0 _7 U& S) ^5 g; z( L• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
7 d2 B, W% E2 ]3 O, Z, l7 s' c' r• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
# g5 h* N4 k) a( C• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
3 n4 K" V, s2 C3 k7 P* I• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
- \) I* j0 V$ Y) M• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
4 W' D6 h" `7 f) e- Q• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
! e+ j; g, r8 J+ E6 q( t• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
+ m! W0 D& I7 U4 r• 报销 apply for reimbursement
3 l0 D* }8 z* b( O8 i• 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
• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
* G: }  Q) i% v+ e4 r• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
& p" O) g( d0 E+ ?; ]( v$ S; F8 J• 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  
$ w/ F7 n5 P2 L• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
( ?* p6 H0 q  h9 Z  Y2 z• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
2 }7 |- @9 N1 Y' ~• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
; o8 d6 V% Y2 ]& B4 h7 p8 m# ?• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
! j, N6 x! h  p" _. {1 V7 R• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
* C9 {6 K0 \' e" {4 ~8 Z( o• 保理业务 factoring business  
, s' w. O( l! {& A• 保险费 insurance premium
7 N* s* H1 e4 u# m• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
( A9 X5 l, G7 m1 f  L9 b* _• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 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  
4 q# h" W5 N$ N8 Y& Q& w• 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

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
/ x3 r" R' w% x' U* x/ N, r• 备件 spare parts  
$ i: Z' B& g6 o* R% _• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
" K/ n2 G" S5 m- p, O. M• 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)  
- a7 M7 Y1 {- d8 c5 w/ u( n9 P• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
9 y; H! {/ S4 A$ e• 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  
• 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.  
: [: g' }4 r' q) F• 本票 cashier's cheque
1 D0 J# }! `( D, m' }0 d3 S4 g# d• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
( [+ q+ A. G7 S( S) e• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
, r# f7 a8 C2 D$ B  U$ M8 w( A• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
5 \1 m0 _0 t3 b$ A, S/ i• 比较文学 comparative literature
" D$ I$ Q/ A5 q5 v+ @+ O8 P• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
7 V2 H% ]# C$ P, _" V0 ~• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
$ H6 R8 p- {$ I5 W& u" b• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
/ q" o/ d: m, V( q5 |• 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”
$ o5 q: B7 Z) i5 x7 e( ^• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
  Q! [% u, ^* \& y: \$ [• 避税 tax avoidance
- @' f0 u; M1 ~' _• 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
• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
2 ^3 H/ A" M% V% |4 N$ I: K• 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
• 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
• 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
$ i, G" Z# L  ]: F, @( ^5 U• 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
4 }* |( ?$ y8 k% ^• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
/ I5 K0 j# E6 s/ p' U# g. _7 p+ F• 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
$ c+ o, W' I4 u* e• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
& q+ r% W* S# {9 R: M" T  K• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
7 R, z- B/ P* I) j• 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)
' F4 P, Q3 u1 p9 y• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
. Q& q+ \+ Z' m) O• 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  
6 X+ P% J1 E0 [0 x' z• 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)
* U6 W) s' K. R  I) v1 Q• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
5 i  y7 p5 X) ^1 @$ V  e/ d  l0 w" Q• 博士后 post-doctoral
% v3 q4 `" E4 i  j+ B( \9 s# g• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
) Y6 K! d, f- E$ s$ T• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
2 i, t9 u1 R$ H  P• 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
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
* U( l" [2 [+ Z9 B, O0 r+ H• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
. l) @5 F" W, g9 B• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
# u( e7 A  ~5 p' K; G1 h4 ?1 |• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
" Q4 Y. E4 |; A+ n0 [! m5 s5 Y• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
' {" G1 a# X5 o4 T8 H• 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. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
& L* c& z+ \4 o* |" @9 o/ i- ]  F1 [• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
$ L+ f/ C( D8 q5 {, n• 不得转让 not negotiable
3 p" \, g! W: R, r9 c* A# N& Y7 \• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
. ~/ n! h: x% ?4 e6 v• 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
- H4 x8 M' N# z' u( `• 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.  
, L  o; I& Z% N) h• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
( \' L" e8 v4 o9 Q3 s0 K* I• 不可抗力 force majeure  
: v& n% z: Z9 ]6 n" Q• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
3 g# R2 |$ D2 ~7 _5 ]2 A& n* j; O• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
& @( Z5 ?& A1 i/ m3 ^% R• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
' }3 c* k. x% n• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
9 d; z. n! y& k6 G& u5 I• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
# X$ i1 G, P* `! n5 z3 P• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
! {) L' k$ _" n. @1 \- W• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
9 m2 T0 j8 Y3 t, @0 y• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
1 }5 ]. k9 w' m; Q• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
7 ?' o; P- s* V" a" A& A• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
" A7 @: d; h5 w7 k/ K# U+ |6 a5 D" R& h• 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。